diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b62a71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Generated files by hugo
+/public/
+/resources/_gen/
+/assets/jsconfig.json
+hugo_stats.json
+
+# Executable may be added to repository
+hugo.exe
+hugo.darwin
+hugo.linux
+
+# Temporary lock file while building
+/.hugo_build.lock
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diff --git a/.hugo_build.lock b/.hugo_build.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/content/archives.md b/content/archives.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95b4db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/archives.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: "Archive"
+layout: "archives"
+# url: "/archives"
+summary: "archives"
+---
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diff --git a/content/posts/welcome.md b/content/posts/welcome.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2938aab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/posts/welcome.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+author: "Roland Thomas Jr"
+title: "Welcome to my blog!"
+date: "2023-06-07"
+description: ""
+tags: ["post"]
+ShowToc: false
+ShowBreadCrumbs: false
+---
+
+Welcome to rtj.dev!
+
+---
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diff --git a/content/search.md b/content/search.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c9b881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: "Search"
+layout: "search"
+---
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diff --git a/hugo.toml b/hugo.toml
index 01b3ba1..72e792d 100644
--- a/hugo.toml
+++ b/hugo.toml
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 baseURL = 'https://rtj.dev/'
 languageCode = 'en-us'
 title = 'rtj.dev'
-
+paginate = 10
 theme = 'PaperMod'
 
-[params]
-  foo = 'bar'
-
-
-  # home-info mode
   [params.homeInfoParams]
-    Title = "Hi there \U0001F44B"
+    Title = "Roland Thomas Jr \U0001F525"
     Content = 'Welcome to my blog'
 
   [[params.socialIcons]]
@@ -23,4 +18,31 @@ theme = 'PaperMod'
 
   [[params.socialIcons]]
   name = 'credly'
-  url = 'https://credly.com/users/roland-thomas-jr'
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+  url = 'https://credly.com/users/roland-thomas-jr'
+
+[languages.en]
+languageName = 'English'
+weight = 1
+
+  [languages.en.taxonomies]
+  category = "categories"
+  tag = "tags"
+  series = "series"
+
+[[languages.en.menu.main]]
+name = "Archive"
+url = "archives"
+weight = 5
+
+[[languages.en.menu.main]]
+name = "Search"
+url = "search/"
+weight = 10
+
+[[languages.en.menu.main]]
+name = "Tags"
+url = "tags/"
+weight = 1
+
+[outputs]
+home = [ "HTML", "RSS", "JSON" ]
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