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3. Creating Themes

Alex Libby1 
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RUGBY, UK
 

By now, we’ve started to add in some test posts, along with media and videos. Our blog has limited content in it, but what about the look and feel of our content? We’re not limited to the landscape theme that is enabled by default, right?

Absolutely not – welcome to the world of themes in Hexo! There are dozens of themes available from the main Hexo website: you can see the list at https://hexo.io/themes. The use of an existing theme is just a starting point, though – if we’re not happy with what’s available, then as Hexo uses JavaScript, standard HTML, and CSS, it’s a cinch to start designing themes.

Creating a theme can ...

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