diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..4dea62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+public/
+resources/
+
+.hugo_build.lock
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "themes/papermod"]
+	path = themes/papermod
+	url = https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod.git
+[submodule "themes/PaperMod"]
+	path = themes/PaperMod
+	url = https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod.git
diff --git a/archetypes/default.md b/archetypes/default.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/default.md
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++++
+date = '{{ .Date }}'
+draft = true
+title = '{{ replace .File.ContentBaseName "-" " " | title }}'
++++
diff --git a/content/posts/welcome.md b/content/posts/welcome.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/posts/welcome.md
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++++
+date = '2025-12-18T17:30:08-06:00'
+draft = true
+title = 'Welcome'
++++
+
+## Welcome to Shadeouts
+
+shadeouts.net
diff --git a/hugo.toml b/hugo.toml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/hugo.toml
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+baseURL = "https://shadeouts.net/"
+languageCode = "en-us"
+title = "Shadeouts"
+theme = "PaperMod"
diff --git a/static/robots.txt b/static/robots.txt
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/robots.txt
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+User-agent: *
+Disallow:
+
+Sitemap: https://shadeouts.net/sitemap.xml
diff --git a/themes/PaperMod b/themes/PaperMod
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/PaperMod
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1cf53273c3ba58f0593ecb7c2befe11274f51a4e