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+# Dark Simplicity
+
+Dark Simplicity is a minimalist oriented theme with a dark color scheme for [Hugo](http://gohugo.io/).  
+
+## Supports the following built-in functions from Hugo:
+
+* Menus, either add menu = "top" in the page parameters or add the proper parameters for each menu entry in your config.toml.
+* Pagination for posts type.
+* Taxonomy in the form of tags.
+
+## Supports the following parameters:
+* copyright, it supports safeHtml, so you can use HTML without problems.  Defaults to © CurrentYear. All rights reserved.
+* description, puts a tagline like this: |sample tag line
+* google_analytics_id, put your google analytics id if you use it.
+* disqus_shortname, put your shortname for your disqus account if you use it.
+
+## Notable Features
+* Utilizes Sass and Susy for Generating the CSS and Grid. Includes the original SASS files so you can make modifications using the variables for easily changing colors used.
+* Uses some Google fonts.
+* Minimalist look and feel.
+* Supports Google Analytics.
+* Supports Disqus Comments.
+
+Example Configuration (config.toml):
+
+contentdir = "content"
+layoutdir = "layouts"
+publishdir = "public"
+builddrafts = false
+canonifyurls = true
+baseurl=""
+theme="darksimplicity"
+title="Dark Simplicity"
+author="administrator"
+languageCode = "en-us"
+
+[taxonomies]
+  tag = "tags"
+
+[params]
+  description = "A Dark Minimalist Theme Built Using Sass/Susy for Hugo."
+  copyright="© 2015 Matt Rhone. All rights reserved."
+  google_analytics_id="XX-XXXXXXXX-X"
+  disqus_shortname="sitename"
+
+[[menu.top]]
+  name = "About"
+  pre = ""
+  weight = -110
+  identifier = "about"
+  url = "/about/"
+[[menu.top]]
+  name = "Twitter"
+  pre = ""
+  weight = -100
+  url = "http://www.twitter.com/Username"
+[[menu.top]]
+  name = "RSS"
+  pre = ""
+  weight = -90
+  url = "index.xml"