Website template
Paper
A simple, clean, flexible Hugo theme
Blog · Free
Pages
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Design breakdown
An AI reading of this template's design: colors, type, spacing, sections and signature details. Ottermind starts from it when you use the template.
- Overall
blog, minimalist, low density, light
- Palette
background #faf8f1; surfaces [#ffffff, #000000]; text #000000; muted text #171717; primary #000000; accents []
- Type
headings ui-sans-serif, 600, sentence-case; body ui-sans-serif, 16px; scale h2 24px, body 16px
- Shape & spacing
button radius 12px, no borders, no shadows, section spacing 40px, content width 680px
- Sections (top to bottom)
- Header — horizontal layout, logo and navigation on left, social icons on right, white background
- Hero — centered profile image with circular border, name in bold, tagline below, light gray background
- Content — vertical list of article cards with featured label in orange, title in bold, date in small gray text, consistent spacing
- Pagination — centered black button with white text "Next Page→", rounded corners
- Footer — two-line layout, copyright on left, Hugo attribution on right, light gray text
- Signature details
- Circular profile avatar with thin white border
- Orange "Featured" label above first article
- Minimalist navigation with icon-only social links
- Clean, uncluttered typography with generous line height
- Centered content block within fixed width
- Black pill-shaped button with arrow for pagination
- Other pages
- /about/: single-column layout with descriptive paragraph and bulleted list of GitHub links
- /contact/: minimal contact info with two bullet points, no form or input fields
Template details
- Category
- Blog
- Built with
- Hugo
- License
- MIT
- Author
- nanxiaobei
- Listed on
- Hugo Themes
- Price
- Free
- blog
- light
Original design by nanxiaobei, listed on Hugo Themes. Ottermind does not copy the template's code; it builds a new site from the brief.
The brief Ottermind starts from
It opens in Studio as a draft — add your brand, audience and pages before you send.
Build a blog website inspired by the "Paper" template. Reference brief: A simple, clean, flexible Hugo theme Style and features to reflect: blog, light. Use original copy and imagery for my brand rather than the reference's placeholder content.
How to use this template
- 1
Click “Use this template” to open it in Ottermind Studio with its brief filled in.
- 2
Add your brand, audience, pages and content to the brief.
- 3
Ottermind builds a new site inspired by this design — keep editing it in the chat.
