# Waldron

> A clean, image-led blog theme for writers and small publications.

Waldron is an Astro blog theme with categories, featured posts, a paginated journal, an archive, and eight listing components.

- Category: Blog, Editorial
- Price: In development
- Made for: Writers and essayists, independent magazines, food and travel blogs, and personal journals
- Live preview: https://baselayer-waldron.pages.dev/
- Page: https://baselayerthemes.com/themes/waldron/

## Pages

- Home: Featured spotlight, latest posts, topics, an author band, and a reading list
- Journal: Every post, newest first, eight to a page with a topics sidebar
- Category pages: One page per topic, built from your category list
- Archive: Every post on one page, grouped by year
- Post: Cover image, reading time, related posts, and previous and next links
- About: Portrait, story, and a few highlights about the writer
- Contact: A contact form for Formspree, FormSubmit, or Netlify Forms
- Privacy: Privacy policy starter text in Markdown
- Terms: Terms of use starter text in Markdown
- Accessibility: Accessibility statement starter text in Markdown
- 404: A not-found page with links back into the site

Waldron puts the writing and the photography first. Inter, warm paper tones, and a terracotta accent keep it calm, so posts feel like a magazine you want to keep reading.

Posts are Markdown files with a category, tags, a hero image, and an optional featured flag. Every listing takes plain post data, so moving to a CMS such as Sanity only changes where that data comes from.

## Sections

- Post spotlight: A lead story with a side list of recent posts
- Post grid: Two, three, or four columns, plain or bordered cards
- Post list: Thumbnail left, right, or none, with a numbered style
- Post feature: Split, stacked, or text over the photo
- Post archive: Every post grouped by year
- Category list: Cards, filter pills, or a sidebar list
- Author card: Home page intro, post footer, or sidebar
- Pagination: Numbered pages with newer and older links
- Call to action: Closing band on the home and post pages

## What's included

- Eight listing components: Grids, lists, features, a spotlight, and an archive, each with options for images, excerpts, and meta.
- Categories built in: Each category gets its own page, filter pill, and count, plus a link in the navigation.
- Fast, responsive images: Hero images load first, the rest load lazily in modern formats, and each post gets its own social image.
- Ready for a CMS: Listing components never fetch data, so you can swap Markdown for Sanity or another CMS without touching them.

## Built with

- Astro 7
- Tailwind CSS v4
- TypeScript
- Markdown