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title = "Customize"
summary = "Change the title, menu, and footer strings first. Leave the rest alone until it bothers you."
weight = 12
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The fast path is to change four things in `hugo.toml`: `baseURL`, `title`, `params.sidebarFooter`, and `params.homeFooter`.

Then adjust `menus.main`. The sidebar shape comes from the menu, so you do not need a special data file or extra config layer.

If you want a different voice on the homepage, edit `content/_index.md`. If you want layout changes, start in `themes/starless/layouts/_default/baseof.html`.

That is enough for most forks. The theme stays easier to live with if you change one obvious file at a time.