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+    baseURL = ""
+    languageCode = "en-us"
+    title = "Dotawo Journal"
+    theme = "sandpoints"
+    relativeurls = true
+    disableKinds = ["RSS", "sitemap"]
+
+    [params]
+      description = "Some description should land here...."
+      images = ["/UNS-logo.png"]
+      title = "Dotawo Journal"
+      giturl = "https://git.sandpoints.org/UnionForNubianStudies/Dotawo"
+      home = "journal"
+      catalogprefix = "/library/"
+
+    [outputFormats]
+        [outputFormats.js]
+        isPlainText = true
+        mediaType = "application/javascript"
+
+    [outputs]
+        list = ["html", "js"]
+
+    [markup]
+        [markup.tableOfContents]
+            endLevel=4
+            ordered = true
+            startLevel = 1
+
+[module]
+  [[module.imports]]
+  path = "git.sandpoints.org/Drawwell/SandpointsTheme"
+
+# if only [[module.imports]]'s path is provided
+# and repo is made into hugo module (hugo mod init repo_name)
+# [[module.imports]]'s path should apply SandpointsTheme
+# 
+# if repo needs some specific customization the rest of the
+# mounts below should be added respectively
+# 
+#   [[module.imports.mounts]]
+#     source = "archetypes"
+#     target = "archetypes"
+#    [[module.imports.mounts]]
+#     source = "assets"
+#     target = "assets"
+#   [[module.imports.mounts]]
+#     source = "data"
+#     target = "data"
+#   [[module.imports.mounts]]
+#     source = "layouts"
+#     target = "layouts"
+#   [[module.imports.mounts]]
+#     source = "static"
+#     target = "static"
+#   [[module.imports.mounts]]
+#     source = "customizations/specific_custom_instance/assets/css/site.css"
+#     target = "assets/css/site.css"