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 # aether
 Aether is a Hugo theme for blogs that emphasizes motion, depth, and material as design elements.  Aether presents your content in a clean interface that highlights good photography and writing.
 
+## Features
+ - Content is displayed in cards that use movement and depth
+ - Category pages that group similar articles are automatically generated and added to the menu
+ - Looks good on any screen using responsive web design
+
 ## Installation
 In your Hugo project's theme directory, clone the Aether repo.
 
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 git clone https://github.com/josephhutch/aether.git
 ```
 
-Add the following parameters in your config file if they are not present already.
+Set the theme to aether in the config file.
 
+## Usage
+### Website Configuration
 ```toml
 baseURL = "https://yourwebsitenamegoeshere.com/"
 languageCode = "Your language code"
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 [params]
 brand = "joehutch"
 description = "Your website's description."
-homeimg = "url to the image used for the home button"
-bgimg = "/img/ignasi_pattern_s.png"
+homeimg = "URL to the image used for the home button"
+bgimg = "URL to the image used for the page background - optional"
 ```
 
+### Creating content
+```
+title: "Aether: A Clean Theme for Hugo Websites"
+date: 2018-05-02T14:33:42-04:00
+description: "Aether is new theme for Hugo that emphasizes motion, depth, and material as design elements. Distracting styling and page elements are forgone to focus on the content."
+categories: ["Web-Dev"]
+featuredImage: "/img/mdd-macbook.jpg"
+menu: false
+list: true
+draft: false
+```
+## Helpful Links
+[Hugo Documentation](https://gohugo.io/documentation/)
+
 ## License
-MIT © Joe Hutchinson
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+MIT © Joe Hutchinson