# Getting started with the hyde theme

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**Created:** [January 4, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/getting-started-with-the-hyde-theme/1998 "2024-01-04T03:21:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![fprasx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/fprasx/32/1157_2.png) [@fprasx](https://zola.discourse.group/u/fprasx)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/getting-started-with-the-hyde-theme/1998/1 "2024-01-04T03:21:31Z")

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Hi,

I’m having trouble getting started with the [hyde](https://www.getzola.org/themes/hyde/) theme. Would it be possible to post the source for the example (the one with all the screenshots) somewhere?

In particular, I can’t seem to figure out how to get rich text in the description. In the example it looks like “A brazen two-column Jekyll theme . . .”, but it seems like the word Jekyll is actually a link, since it has a different color. How can I achieve this behaviour?

Additionally, is there a way to make the root of the site (as in \_blog.com) default to a specific markdown file that can work as landing page. In the case of the example it would mean the Introducing Hyde page showing when \_blog.com is loaded, instead of at say, \_blog.com/introduction. (Sorry about the underscores; link limit for new users) **FIXED** : it seems like `transparent = true` is the answer!

Furthermore, how could I go about producing a footer, like the one in the example showing the “Copyright 2014”?

If these features are not provided by the theme (as in there are no `config` fields to set for them, like for name or links), I think it would be helpful for the docs to include that. As a newcomer to static sites, what should and should not be provided by a theme is not obvious to me.

Thank you for your help!

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**Author:** ![utcursch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/utcursch/32/1158_2.png) [@utcursch](https://zola.discourse.group/u/utcursch)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/getting-started-with-the-hyde-theme/1998/2 "2024-01-05T00:02:43Z")

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The screenshot seems to be from the Jekyll theme: you can find the markdown code for that page [here](https://github.com/poole/hyde/blob/master/_posts/2013-12-28-introducing-hyde.md?plain=1).

The code for the homepage (including the sidebar) is in the file `themes/hyde/templates/index.html`.

For the homepage content, you can modify the code between `{% block content %}` (line 54) and ` {% endblock content %}` (line 68).

For the sidebar copyright notice, you can insert the following code at line 47 (a little above ` {% endblock sidebar %}`):

`<p>&copy; {{ now() | date(format="%Y") }}. All rights reserved.</p>`

The sidebar links can be configured in the config.toml file (`hyde_links`).

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**Author:** ![fprasx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/fprasx/32/1157_2.png) [@fprasx](https://zola.discourse.group/u/fprasx)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/getting-started-with-the-hyde-theme/1998/3 "2024-01-10T03:30:42Z")

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Sorry for not responding! Thank you so much! This helped me with everything 🙂