diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/ui/struts2/core/CreateWeblog.java b/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/ui/struts2/core/CreateWeblog.java
index f2ffe2b3b..d819be54e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/ui/struts2/core/CreateWeblog.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/ui/struts2/core/CreateWeblog.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class CreateWeblog extends UIAction {
     
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(CreateWeblog.class);
     private static final String DISABLED_RETURN_CODE = "disabled";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_THEME = "basic";
 
     private CreateWeblogBean bean = new CreateWeblogBean();
     
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ public String execute() {
         getBean().setLocale(user.getLocale());
         getBean().setTimeZone(user.getTimeZone());
         getBean().setEmailAddress(user.getEmailAddress());
+        getBean().setTheme(DEFAULT_THEME);
         
         return INPUT;
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/archives.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/archives.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d22bf492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/archives.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>Archives — $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="reading-shell">
+      <header class="page-title">
+        <p class="kicker">Base camp</p>
+        <h1>Archives</h1>
+      </header>
+      <div class="calendar">#showWeblogEntryCalendarBig($model.weblog "nil")</div>
+      <section class="recent">
+        <h2>Thirty recent stories</h2>
+        #set($recentEntries=$model.weblog.getRecentWeblogEntries("nil",30))
+        <ol>
+          #foreach($recentEntry in $recentEntries)
+          <li><a href="$recentEntry.permalink">$recentEntry.title</a></li>
+          #end
+        </ol>
+      </section>
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/custom.css b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/custom.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69ce9f218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/custom.css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* Add weblog-specific Alpenglow overrides here. */
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/day.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/day.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc4bf4d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/day.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#foreach($entry in $entries)
+<article class="story">
+  <div class="story-index" aria-hidden="true">$velocityCount</div>
+  <div class="story-body">
+    <div class="meta">
+      <a href="$url.category($entry.category.name)">$entry.category.name</a>
+      <time datetime="$utils.formatDate($entry.pubTime,'yyyy-MM-dd')">
+        $utils.formatDate($entry.pubTime,"MMMM d, yyyy")
+      </time>
+    </div>
+    #if($model.permalink)
+    <h1>$entry.title</h1>
+    #else
+    <h2><a href="$entry.permalink">$entry.title</a></h2>
+    #end
+    <div class="entry-content">
+      #if($model.permalink)$entry.displayContent#else$entry.displayContent($url.entry($entry.anchor))#end
+    </div>
+    <footer>
+      #if($entry.tags)#foreach($tag in $entry.tags)
+      <a href="$url.tag($tag.name)">#$tag.name</a>
+      #end#end#set($commentCount=$entry.commentCount)#if($entry.commentsStillAllowed || $commentCount>0)
+      <a href="$url.comments($entry.anchor)">$commentCount comments</a>
+      #end
+    </footer>
+  </div>
+</article>
+#end
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/entry.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/entry.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab33e9123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/entry.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>$model.weblogEntry.title — $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="reading-shell">
+      #set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+      <nav class="pager">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+      #foreach($entry in $entries)
+      <div class="comments">#showWeblogEntryComments($entry)#showWeblogEntryCommentForm($entry)</div>
+      #end
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/footer.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/footer.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6f20cc2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/footer.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<footer class="site-footer">
+  <p>
+    <strong>$model.weblog.name</strong>
+    — #if($model.weblog.tagline)$model.weblog.tagline#elseField notes from a life in motion.#end
+  </p>
+  <nav>
+    <a href="$url.home">Home</a>
+    <a href="$url.feed.entries.atom">Atom</a>
+  </nav>
+</footer>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/head.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/head.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecd7f763e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/head.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<meta charset="utf-8" />
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+<meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="$url.resource('theme.css')" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="$url.page('custom.css')" />
+#showAutodiscoveryLinks($model.weblog)#showMetaDescription()#showAnalyticsTrackingCode($model.weblog)
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/header.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/header.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4550c8750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/header.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<a class="skip-link" href="#content">Skip to content</a>
+<header class="site-header">
+  <a class="brand" href="$url.home">
+    <span class="brand-mark" aria-hidden="true">▲</span>
+    <span>$model.weblog.name</span>
+  </a>
+  <nav aria-label="Primary">#showPageMenu($model.weblog)</nav>
+  <a class="feed-link" href="$url.feed.entries.atom" aria-label="Atom feed">Feed ↗</a>
+</header>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/preview.svg b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/preview.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3dde1dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/preview.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="600" height="450"><rect width="600" height="450" fill="#eef0e9"/><text x="32" y="34" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" fill="#15373b">▲  DAVE'S TEST BLOG</text><circle cx="445" cy="183" r="105" fill="#ffb258"/><path d="M270 350L365 205l55 70 52-110 128 185z" fill="#8db1a4"/><path d="M210 390l125-150 70 82 72-102 123 170z" fill="#102d32"/><text x="32" y="105" font-family="Arial" font-size="11" font-weight="bold" letter-spacing="2" fill="#e46b55">TEST WEBLOG / TECHNOLOGY</text><text x="32" y="166" font-family="Arial" font-size="48" font-weight="bold" fill="#15373b">There are many</text><text x="32" y="216" font-family="Arial" font-size="48" font-weight="bold" fill="#15373b">blogs but this</text><text x="32" y="268" font-family="Georgia" font-size="52" font-style="italic" fill="#e46b55">one is mine.</text></svg>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/search.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/search.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1cac6105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/search.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>Search — $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="reading-shell">
+      <header class="page-title">
+        <p class="kicker">Search the trail</p>
+        <h1>“$model.term”</h1>
+        <p>$model.hits results</p>
+      </header>
+      <form class="big-search" method="get" action="$url.search">
+        <input name="q" type="search" value="$model.term" aria-label="Search" />
+        <button>Search</button>
+      </form>
+      #if($model.hits>0)#set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+      <nav class="pager">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+      #else
+      <p>No stories found. Try another trail.</p>
+      #end
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/sidebar.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/sidebar.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62afe5503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/sidebar.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<aside class="explore">
+  <div>
+    <p class="kicker">The journal</p>
+    #if($model.weblog.about)
+    <div>$model.weblog.about</div>
+    #else
+    <p>Technology, family, powder days, open roads, and everywhere they lead.</p>
+    #end
+  </div>
+  <form method="get" action="$url.search" role="search">
+    <label for="alpine-search">Find a story</label>
+    <div>
+      <input id="alpine-search" name="q" type="search" placeholder="Java, skiing, travel…" />
+      <button>Go</button>
+    </div>
+  </form>
+  #set($mytags=$model.weblog.getPopularTags(-1,12))
+  <div class="topics">
+    #foreach($tag in $mytags)
+    <a href="$url.tag($tag.name)">$tag.name</a>
+    #end
+  </div>
+</aside>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/tags.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/tags.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f857fa9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/tags.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>$model.tags — $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="reading-shell">
+      <header class="page-title">
+        <p class="kicker">Stories filed under</p>
+        <h1>$model.tags</h1>
+      </header>
+      #set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+      <nav class="pager">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/theme.css b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/theme.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e08ea6b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/theme.css
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+:root {
+  color-scheme: light dark;
+  --night: #102d32;
+  --bg: #eef0e9;
+  --paper: #f9faf5;
+  --ink: #15373b;
+  --muted: #627376;
+  --line: #cbd2ca;
+  --sun: #ffb258;
+  --rose: #e46b55;
+  --sans: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
+  --display: ui-rounded, "Arial Rounded MT Bold", var(--sans);
+  --serif: ui-serif, Georgia, serif;
+}
+* {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+body {
+  margin: 0;
+  background: var(--bg);
+  color: var(--ink);
+  font: 1rem/1.65 var(--sans);
+}
+a {
+  color: inherit;
+  text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
+}
+a:hover {
+  color: var(--rose);
+}
+img,
+iframe,
+video {
+  max-width: 100%;
+  height: auto;
+}
+.skip-link {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: -999px;
+}
+.skip-link:focus {
+  left: 1rem;
+  top: 1rem;
+  background: var(--paper);
+  padding: 0.6rem;
+  z-index: 10;
+}
+.site-header {
+  max-width: 1320px;
+  margin: auto;
+  padding: 1.3rem clamp(1.2rem, 4vw, 3rem);
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 2rem;
+  align-items: center;
+}
+.brand {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.7rem;
+  align-items: center;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font-weight: 850;
+}
+.brand-mark {
+  color: var(--rose);
+}
+.site-header nav {
+  margin-left: auto;
+}
+.site-header nav ul {
+  display: flex;
+  list-style: none;
+  gap: 1.3rem;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+.site-header nav a,
+.feed-link {
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+}
+.feed-link {
+  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
+  border-radius: 2rem;
+  padding: 0.4rem 0.85rem;
+}
+.hero {
+  max-width: 1320px;
+  min-height: 590px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  padding: clamp(2rem, 7vw, 6rem) clamp(1.2rem, 4vw, 3rem);
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1.15fr;
+  align-items: center;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+.hero-copy {
+  z-index: 2;
+}
+.kicker {
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.17em;
+  font-weight: 850;
+  font-size: 0.7rem;
+  color: var(--rose);
+}
+.hero h1 {
+  font: 900 clamp(3.6rem, 8vw, 7.5rem)/0.82 var(--display);
+  letter-spacing: -0.07em;
+  margin: 0.3em 0;
+}
+.hero h1 em {
+  font-family: var(--serif);
+  font-weight: 400;
+  color: var(--rose);
+}
+.hero-copy > p:last-child {
+  max-width: 34rem;
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+.hero-art {
+  min-height: 460px;
+  position: relative;
+}
+.sun {
+  position: absolute;
+  width: clamp(180px, 30vw, 390px);
+  aspect-ratio: 1;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: var(--sun);
+  right: 4%;
+  top: 3%;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 0 35px color-mix(in srgb, var(--sun) 14%, transparent);
+}
+.ridge {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: auto -10% 0 0;
+  height: 65%;
+  clip-path: polygon(0 100%, 18% 54%, 30% 72%, 53% 20%, 65% 48%, 77% 32%, 100% 100%);
+}
+.ridge-back {
+  background: #8db1a4;
+  transform: translateY(-15%);
+}
+.ridge-front {
+  background: var(--night);
+}
+.content-shell {
+  max-width: 1320px;
+  margin: auto;
+  padding: 5rem clamp(1.2rem, 4vw, 3rem);
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 260px 1fr;
+  gap: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 7rem);
+}
+.explore {
+  position: sticky;
+  top: 2rem;
+  align-self: start;
+}
+.explore > div,
+.explore form {
+  margin-bottom: 2.2rem;
+}
+.explore label {
+  font-weight: 800;
+  display: block;
+  margin-bottom: 0.45rem;
+}
+.explore form div,
+.big-search {
+  display: flex;
+}
+.explore input,
+.big-search input {
+  min-width: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  background: var(--paper);
+  color: var(--ink);
+  padding: 0.75rem;
+}
+.explore button,
+.big-search button {
+  border: 0;
+  background: var(--night);
+  color: #fff;
+  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
+}
+.topics {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 0.45rem;
+}
+.topics a {
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
+}
+.story {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 3.5rem 1fr;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  background: var(--paper);
+  border-radius: 1.2rem;
+  padding: clamp(1.4rem, 4vw, 3.5rem);
+  margin-bottom: 2rem;
+  box-shadow: 0 14px 45px color-mix(in srgb, var(--night) 9%, transparent);
+}
+.story-index {
+  font: 700 1rem var(--serif);
+  color: var(--rose);
+}
+.story .meta,
+.story footer {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  font-size: 0.78rem;
+}
+.story .meta a {
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
+  font-weight: 850;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.story h1,
+.story h2 {
+  font: 850 clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.5rem)/1 var(--display);
+  letter-spacing: -0.045em;
+  margin: 0.5em 0;
+}
+.story h2 a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.entry-content {
+  font: 1.1rem/1.72 var(--serif);
+}
+.entry-content blockquote {
+  border-left: 0.35rem solid var(--sun);
+  margin: 2rem 0;
+  padding: 0.8rem 1.5rem;
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+pre {
+  overflow: auto;
+  background: var(--night);
+  color: #eef8f4;
+  padding: 1.2rem;
+  border-radius: 0.75rem;
+}
+.story footer {
+  margin-top: 2rem;
+}
+.story footer a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.reading-shell {
+  max-width: 850px;
+  margin: auto;
+  padding: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 7rem) 1.3rem;
+}
+.page-title h1 {
+  font: 900 clamp(3rem, 9vw, 7rem)/0.9 var(--display);
+  letter-spacing: -0.06em;
+  margin: 0.2em 0;
+}
+.pager {
+  margin: 3rem 0;
+}
+.pager ul {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  list-style: none;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+.calendar {
+  overflow: auto;
+}
+.calendar table {
+  width: 100%;
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+  background: var(--paper);
+}
+.calendar td,
+.calendar th {
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  padding: 0.7rem;
+}
+.recent li {
+  padding: 0.5rem;
+}
+.site-footer {
+  background: var(--night);
+  color: #eaf2ee;
+  padding: 3rem max(1.2rem, calc((100vw - 1260px) / 2));
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 2rem;
+}
+.site-footer nav {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+.comments input,
+.comments textarea {
+  max-width: 100%;
+}
+@media (max-width: 760px) {
+  .site-header nav {
+    order: 3;
+    width: 100%;
+    overflow: auto;
+  }
+  .site-header {
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+  }
+  .hero {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+    min-height: auto;
+  }
+  .hero-art {
+    min-height: 300px;
+    margin-top: -2rem;
+    opacity: 0.92;
+  }
+  .content-shell {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+  .explore {
+    position: static;
+  }
+  .story {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+  .story-index {
+    font-size: 0.8rem;
+  }
+  .site-footer {
+    flex-direction: column;
+  }
+}
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+  :root {
+    --bg: #0c2226;
+    --paper: #143238;
+    --ink: #edf4ef;
+    --muted: #a6b9b8;
+    --line: #315158;
+    --sun: #f5a953;
+    --rose: #ff8a72;
+  }
+  .ridge-front {
+    background: #061719;
+  }
+  .feed-link {
+    border-color: var(--ink);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/theme.xml b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/theme.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bed9f2639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/theme.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. -->
+<weblogtheme>
+  <id>alpenglow</id><name>Alpenglow</name><description>An image-forward mountain journal with immersive cards and an alpine palette.</description><author>Apache Roller</author><preview-image path="preview.svg" />
+  <stylesheet><name>custom.css</name><description>Alpenglow custom styles</description><link>custom.css</link><contentType>text/css</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>custom.css</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></stylesheet>
+  <template action="weblog"><name>Weblog</name><description>Main weblog</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>weblog.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="permalink"><name>Entry</name><description>Single entry</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>entry.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="search"><name>Search</name><description>Search results</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>search.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="tagsIndex"><name>TagsIndex</name><description>Tagged entries</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>tags.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>_day</name><description>Entry list</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>day.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>Archives</name><description>Archive browser</description><link>archives</link><navbar>true</navbar><hidden>false</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>archives.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>standard_head</name><description>HTML head</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>head.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>standard_header</name><description>Site header</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>header.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>standard_footer</name><description>Site footer</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>footer.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>sidebar</name><description>Explore panel</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>sidebar.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <resource path="theme.css"/><resource path="preview.svg"/>
+</weblogtheme>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/weblog.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/weblog.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9adcdb7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/alpenglow/weblog.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>$model.weblog.name#if($model.weblog.tagline) — $model.weblog.tagline#end</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content">
+      <section class="hero">
+        <div class="hero-copy">
+          <p class="kicker">From Colorado to everywhere</p>
+          <h1>
+            Life is better
+            <br />
+            with a little
+            <br />
+            <em>altitude.</em>
+          </h1>
+          #if($model.weblog.tagline)
+          <p>$model.weblog.tagline</p>
+          #end
+        </div>
+        <div class="hero-art" aria-hidden="true">
+          <span class="sun"></span>
+          <span class="ridge ridge-back"></span>
+          <span class="ridge ridge-front"></span>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+      <div class="content-shell">
+        #includeTemplate($model.weblog "sidebar")
+        <section class="post-grid" aria-label="Latest stories">
+          #set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+          <nav class="pager">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+        </section>
+      </div>
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/archives.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/archives.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a09c6b2d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/archives.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>Archives / $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="reading-shell">
+      <header class="page-title">
+        <p class="label">DATABASE / ALL ENTRIES</p>
+        <h1>Archive</h1>
+      </header>
+      <div class="calendar">#showWeblogEntryCalendarBig($model.weblog "nil")</div>
+      <section class="archive-list">
+        <h2>LATEST_30</h2>
+        #set($recentEntries=$model.weblog.getRecentWeblogEntries("nil",30))
+        <ol>
+          #foreach($recentEntry in $recentEntries)
+          <li><a href="$recentEntry.permalink">$recentEntry.title</a></li>
+          #end
+        </ol>
+      </section>
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/custom.css b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/custom.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e9a07b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/custom.css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* Add weblog-specific Dispatch overrides here. */
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/day.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/day.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e36e259a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/day.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#foreach($entry in $entries)
+<article class="dispatch">
+  <div class="dispatch-number">#if($velocityCount<10)0#end$velocityCount</div>
+  <div class="dispatch-copy">
+    <div class="meta">
+      <time datetime="$utils.formatDate($entry.pubTime,'yyyy-MM-dd')">
+        $utils.formatDate($entry.pubTime,"yyyy.MM.dd")
+      </time>
+      <a href="$url.category($entry.category.name)">/$entry.category.name</a>
+    </div>
+    #if($model.permalink)
+    <h1>$entry.title</h1>
+    #else
+    <h2><a href="$entry.permalink">$entry.title</a></h2>
+    #end
+    <div class="entry-content">
+      #if($model.permalink)$entry.displayContent#else$entry.displayContent($url.entry($entry.anchor))#end
+    </div>
+    <footer>
+      #if($entry.tags)#foreach($tag in $entry.tags)
+      <a href="$url.tag($tag.name)">[$tag.name]</a>
+      #end#end#set($commentCount=$entry.commentCount)#if($entry.commentsStillAllowed || $commentCount>0)
+      <a href="$url.comments($entry.anchor)">COMMENTS($commentCount)</a>
+      #end#if($utils.isUserAuthorizedToAuthor($entry.website))
+      <a href="$url.editEntry($entry.anchor)">EDIT</a>
+      #end
+    </footer>
+  </div>
+</article>
+#end
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/entry.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/entry.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80e6df89b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/entry.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>$model.weblogEntry.title / $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="reading-shell">
+      #set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+      <nav class="pager">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+      #foreach($entry in $entries)
+      <section class="comments">#showWeblogEntryComments($entry)#showWeblogEntryCommentForm($entry)</section>
+      #end
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/footer.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/footer.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a12a04d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/footer.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<footer class="site-footer">
+  <span class="status">
+    <i></i>
+    Publishing since the early web
+  </span>
+  <strong>$model.weblog.name</strong>
+  <span><a href="$url.feed.entries.atom">ATOM.XML</a></span>
+</footer>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/head.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/head.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecd7f763e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/head.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<meta charset="utf-8" />
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+<meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="$url.resource('theme.css')" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="$url.page('custom.css')" />
+#showAutodiscoveryLinks($model.weblog)#showMetaDescription()#showAnalyticsTrackingCode($model.weblog)
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/header.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/header.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..473d39637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/header.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<a class="skip-link" href="#content">Skip to content</a>
+<header class="masthead">
+  <a class="wordmark" href="$url.home">
+    $model.weblog.name
+    <span class="cursor">_</span>
+  </a>
+  <nav aria-label="Primary">#showPageMenu($model.weblog)</nav>
+  <form method="get" action="$url.search" role="search">
+    <label for="dispatch-search">Search</label>
+    <input id="dispatch-search" name="q" type="search" placeholder="⌘ /" />
+  </form>
+</header>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/preview.svg b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/preview.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8acd558f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/preview.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="600" height="450"><defs><pattern id="g" width="36" height="36" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse"><path d="M36 0H0v36" fill="none" stroke="#cfd0c8"/></pattern></defs><rect width="600" height="450" fill="#f1f1ed"/><rect width="600" height="450" fill="url(#g)" opacity=".5"/><path d="M0 54h600" stroke="#11120f" stroke-width="2"/><text x="25" y="34" font-family="monospace" font-weight="bold" fill="#11120f">DAVE'S TEST BLOG_</text><text x="25" y="102" font-family="monospace" font-size="10" font-weight="bold" letter-spacing="2">TEST WEBLOG / SAMPLE CONTENT</text><text x="25" y="174" font-family="Arial" font-size="64" font-weight="900">DONEC AC</text><text x="25" y="235" font-family="Arial" font-size="64" font-weight="900">SAPIEN,</text><text x="25" y="296" font-family="Arial" font-size="64" font-weight="900" fill="#ff5b35">LOREM IPSUM.</text><rect x="25" y="342" width="34" height="34" fill="#d9ff43" stroke="#11120f"/><text x="34" y="364" font-family="monospace" font-size="11">01</text><text x="80" y="357" font-family="monospace" font-size="10">2019.01.20 / TECHNOLOGY</text><text x="80" y="389" font-family="Arial" font-size="25" font-weight="bold">PROIN NULLA LECTUS</text></svg>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/search.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/search.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..090a93a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/search.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>Search / $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="reading-shell">
+      <header class="page-title">
+        <p class="label">QUERY / $model.hits MATCHES</p>
+        <h1>$model.term</h1>
+      </header>
+      <form class="query" method="get" action="$url.search">
+        <label for="query">SEARCH_TERM</label>
+        <div>
+          <input id="query" name="q" type="search" value="$model.term" />
+          <button>RUN</button>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+      #if($model.hits>0)#set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+      <nav class="pager">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+      #else
+      <p class="empty">NO_MATCHES_FOUND</p>
+      #end
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/sidebar.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/sidebar.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a33dd2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/sidebar.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<aside class="index-panel">
+  <div class="panel-label">INDEX / TOPICS</div>
+  #set($mytags=$model.weblog.getPopularTags(-1,24))
+  <ol>
+    #foreach($tag in $mytags)
+    <li>
+      <a href="$url.tag($tag.name)">
+        <span>$tag.name</span>
+        <small>$tag.count</small>
+      </a>
+    </li>
+    #end
+  </ol>
+  <div class="panel-about">
+    <div class="panel-label">ABOUT</div>
+    #if($model.weblog.about)$model.weblog.about#else
+    <p>Software, open source, and life outside the terminal.</p>
+    #end
+  </div>
+</aside>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/tags.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/tags.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db0f2090d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/tags.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>$model.tags / $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="reading-shell">
+      <header class="page-title">
+        <p class="label">FILTER / TAG</p>
+        <h1>$model.tags</h1>
+      </header>
+      #set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+      <nav class="pager">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/theme.css b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/theme.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb4a30561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/theme.css
@@ -0,0 +1,390 @@
+:root {
+  color-scheme: light dark;
+  --bg: #f1f1ed;
+  --paper: #fafaf7;
+  --ink: #11120f;
+  --muted: #676961;
+  --grid: #cfd0c8;
+  --acid: #d9ff43;
+  --orange: #ff5b35;
+  --mono: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
+  --sans: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
+}
+* {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+body {
+  margin: 0;
+  background: var(--bg);
+  color: var(--ink);
+  font: 1rem/1.6 var(--sans);
+}
+body:before {
+  content: "";
+  position: fixed;
+  inset: 0;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  opacity: 0.28;
+  background-image:
+    linear-gradient(var(--grid) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, var(--grid) 1px, transparent 1px);
+  background-size: 48px 48px;
+  z-index: -1;
+}
+a {
+  color: inherit;
+  text-underline-offset: 0.22em;
+}
+a:hover {
+  background: var(--acid);
+  color: #111;
+}
+img,
+video,
+iframe {
+  max-width: 100%;
+  height: auto;
+}
+.skip-link {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: -999px;
+}
+.skip-link:focus {
+  left: 1rem;
+  top: 1rem;
+  background: var(--acid);
+  padding: 0.6rem;
+  z-index: 10;
+}
+.masthead {
+  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink);
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto 1fr;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 2rem;
+  padding: 1rem clamp(1rem, 4vw, 3rem);
+  background: var(--bg);
+}
+.wordmark {
+  font: 800 1.1rem var(--mono);
+  text-decoration: none;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.cursor {
+  color: var(--orange);
+}
+.masthead nav ul {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 1.4rem;
+  list-style: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+.masthead nav a {
+  font: 700 0.72rem var(--mono);
+  text-decoration: none;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.masthead form {
+  justify-self: end;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+}
+.masthead label {
+  font: 700 0.65rem var(--mono);
+}
+.masthead input {
+  width: 6rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
+  background: var(--paper);
+  color: var(--ink);
+  padding: 0.4rem;
+}
+.issue-header {
+  max-width: 1400px;
+  margin: auto;
+  padding: clamp(3rem, 9vw, 8rem) clamp(1rem, 4vw, 3rem);
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr;
+  align-items: end;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink);
+}
+.label,
+.panel-label {
+  font: 800 0.68rem var(--mono);
+  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
+}
+.issue-header h1 {
+  font: 950 clamp(3.4rem, 10vw, 9rem)/0.78 var(--sans);
+  letter-spacing: -0.075em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  margin: 0.25em 0 0;
+}
+.issue-header h1 span {
+  color: var(--orange);
+}
+.issue-note {
+  border-left: 2px solid var(--ink);
+  padding-left: 2rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+}
+.issue-note p {
+  font-size: 1.15rem;
+}
+.issue-note a {
+  font: 800 0.72rem var(--mono);
+}
+.publication-grid {
+  max-width: 1400px;
+  margin: auto;
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 290px 1fr;
+}
+.index-panel {
+  border-right: 2px solid var(--ink);
+  padding: 3rem 2rem;
+}
+.index-panel ol {
+  list-style: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 1rem 0 3rem;
+}
+.index-panel li {
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--grid);
+}
+.index-panel li:last-child {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--grid);
+}
+.index-panel li a {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  padding: 0.48rem 0;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font: 700 0.76rem var(--mono);
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.panel-about {
+  font-size: 0.88rem;
+}
+.entries {
+  padding: 3rem clamp(1rem, 5vw, 5rem);
+}
+.dispatch {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 3rem 1fr;
+  gap: 1.2rem;
+  padding: 0 0 4rem;
+  margin-bottom: 4rem;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink);
+}
+.dispatch-number {
+  font: 800 0.75rem var(--mono);
+  background: var(--acid);
+  color: #111;
+  width: 2.2rem;
+  height: 2.2rem;
+  display: grid;
+  place-items: center;
+}
+.meta,
+.dispatch footer {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  font: 700 0.69rem var(--mono);
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+.meta a,
+.dispatch footer a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.dispatch h1,
+.dispatch h2 {
+  font: 900 clamp(2.1rem, 5.2vw, 5rem)/0.91 var(--sans);
+  letter-spacing: -0.055em;
+  margin: 0.35em 0;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.dispatch h2 a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.entry-content {
+  max-width: 820px;
+  font: 1.08rem/1.75 var(--sans);
+}
+.entry-content h2,
+.entry-content h3 {
+  line-height: 1.05;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.entry-content blockquote {
+  font-size: 1.25rem;
+  border: 2px solid var(--ink);
+  box-shadow: 8px 8px 0 var(--acid);
+  padding: 1.2rem;
+  margin: 2rem 8px 2rem 0;
+}
+pre {
+  overflow: auto;
+  background: #141712;
+  color: #e9efdd;
+  border-left: 6px solid var(--acid);
+  padding: 1.3rem;
+  font: 14px/1.65 var(--mono);
+}
+code {
+  font-family: var(--mono);
+}
+.dispatch footer {
+  margin-top: 2rem;
+}
+.reading-shell {
+  max-width: 950px;
+  margin: auto;
+  padding: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 7rem) 1rem;
+}
+.page-title {
+  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink);
+  margin-bottom: 4rem;
+}
+.page-title h1 {
+  font: 950 clamp(3rem, 10vw, 8rem)/0.85 var(--sans);
+  letter-spacing: -0.07em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  margin: 0.25em 0;
+}
+.query {
+  margin: 2rem 0 4rem;
+}
+.query label {
+  font: 800 0.7rem var(--mono);
+}
+.query div {
+  display: flex;
+  margin-top: 0.5rem;
+}
+.query input {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  border: 2px solid var(--ink);
+  background: var(--paper);
+  color: var(--ink);
+  padding: 0.9rem;
+}
+.query button {
+  border: 2px solid var(--ink);
+  background: var(--acid);
+  color: #111;
+  padding: 0.9rem 1.5rem;
+  font: 800 0.75rem var(--mono);
+}
+.pager {
+  margin: 3rem 0;
+}
+.pager ul {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  list-style: none;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+.pager a {
+  font: 800 0.72rem var(--mono);
+}
+.calendar {
+  overflow: auto;
+}
+.calendar table {
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+  width: 100%;
+  background: var(--paper);
+}
+.calendar td,
+.calendar th {
+  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
+  padding: 0.6rem;
+}
+.archive-list h2 {
+  font: 800 1rem var(--mono);
+}
+.archive-list li {
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--grid);
+  padding: 0.6rem;
+}
+.site-footer {
+  border-top: 2px solid var(--ink);
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 2rem;
+  padding: 2rem clamp(1rem, 4vw, 3rem);
+  font: 700 0.7rem var(--mono);
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.status i {
+  display: inline-block;
+  width: 0.65rem;
+  height: 0.65rem;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: #39b86a;
+  margin-right: 0.4rem;
+}
+.comments input,
+.comments textarea {
+  max-width: 100%;
+}
+@media (max-width: 760px) {
+  .masthead {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+  }
+  .masthead nav {
+    grid-column: 1/-1;
+    grid-row: 2;
+    overflow: auto;
+  }
+  .masthead nav ul {
+    width: max-content;
+  }
+  .masthead form label {
+    display: none;
+  }
+  .issue-header {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+  .issue-note {
+    margin-top: 2rem;
+  }
+  .publication-grid {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+  .index-panel {
+    border-right: 0;
+    border-bottom: 2px solid var(--ink);
+  }
+  .site-footer {
+    flex-direction: column;
+  }
+  .dispatch {
+    grid-template-columns: 2.3rem 1fr;
+  }
+}
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+  :root {
+    --bg: #11120f;
+    --paper: #1b1d19;
+    --ink: #f1f1e9;
+    --muted: #a5a79e;
+    --grid: #343730;
+    --acid: #cfff3d;
+    --orange: #ff7756;
+  }
+  .dispatch-number,
+  .issue-note a:hover,
+  .wordmark:hover {
+    color: #111;
+  }
+  .masthead input {
+    border-color: var(--ink);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/theme.xml b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/theme.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e363c1c3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/theme.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. -->
+<weblogtheme>
+  <id>dispatch</id><name>Dispatch</name><description>A precise, high-contrast publication theme built for code, essays, and deep archives.</description><author>Apache Roller</author><preview-image path="preview.svg" />
+  <stylesheet><name>custom.css</name><description>Dispatch custom styles</description><link>custom.css</link><contentType>text/css</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>custom.css</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></stylesheet>
+  <template action="weblog"><name>Weblog</name><description>Main weblog</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>weblog.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="permalink"><name>Entry</name><description>Single entry</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>entry.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="search"><name>Search</name><description>Search results</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>search.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="tagsIndex"><name>TagsIndex</name><description>Tagged entries</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>tags.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>_day</name><description>Entry list</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>day.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>Archives</name><description>Archive browser</description><link>archives</link><navbar>true</navbar><hidden>false</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>archives.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>standard_head</name><description>HTML head</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>head.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>standard_header</name><description>Site header</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>header.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>standard_footer</name><description>Site footer</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>footer.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>sidebar</name><description>Topic index</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>sidebar.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <resource path="theme.css"/><resource path="preview.svg"/>
+</weblogtheme>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/weblog.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/weblog.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c65baf024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/dispatch/weblog.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>$model.weblog.name#if($model.weblog.tagline) / $model.weblog.tagline#end</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content">
+      <header class="issue-header">
+        <div>
+          <p class="label">INDEPENDENT WEBLOG / EST. 2002</p>
+          <h1>
+            Ideas,
+            <br />
+            adventures,
+            <br />
+            <span>&amp; source code.</span>
+          </h1>
+        </div>
+        <div class="issue-note">
+          #if($model.weblog.tagline)
+          <p>$model.weblog.tagline</p>
+          #end
+          <a href="$url.feed.entries.atom">SUBSCRIBE TO THE SIGNAL →</a>
+        </div>
+      </header>
+      <div class="publication-grid">
+        #includeTemplate($model.weblog "sidebar")
+        <section class="entries" aria-label="Latest dispatches">
+          #set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+          <nav class="pager">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+        </section>
+      </div>
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/archives.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/archives.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc37dea4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/archives.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>Archives — $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="article-shell">
+      <header class="page-heading">
+        <p class="eyebrow">Since the beginning</p>
+        <h1>Archives</h1>
+        <p>Browse the complete history of $model.weblog.name.</p>
+      </header>
+      <div class="archive-calendar">#showWeblogEntryCalendarBig($model.weblog "nil")</div>
+      <section class="recent">
+        <h2>Recent posts</h2>
+        #set($recentEntries=$model.weblog.getRecentWeblogEntries("nil",30))
+        <ol>
+          #foreach($recentEntry in $recentEntries)
+          <li><a href="$recentEntry.permalink">$recentEntry.title</a></li>
+          #end
+        </ol>
+      </section>
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/custom.css b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/custom.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a9e30736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/custom.css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* Add weblog-specific Horizon overrides here. */
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/day.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/day.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70795e11c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/day.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#foreach($entry in $entries)
+<article class="post-card">
+  <a id="$utils.encode($entry.anchor)"></a>
+  <div class="post-meta">
+    <time datetime="$utils.formatDate($entry.pubTime, 'yyyy-MM-dd')">
+      $utils.formatDate($entry.pubTime, "MMM d, yyyy")
+    </time>
+    <span aria-hidden="true">·</span>
+    <a href="$url.category($entry.category.name)">$entry.category.name</a>
+  </div>
+  #if($model.permalink)
+  <h1 class="post-title">$entry.title</h1>
+  #else
+  <h2 class="post-title"><a href="$entry.permalink">$entry.title</a></h2>
+  #end
+  <div class="post-content">
+    #if($model.permalink)$entry.displayContent#else$entry.displayContent($url.entry($entry.anchor))#end
+  </div>
+  <footer class="post-footer">
+    #if($entry.tags && $entry.tags.size()>0)
+    <div class="post-tags">
+      #foreach($tag in $entry.tags)
+      <a href="$url.tag($tag.name)">#$tag.name</a>
+      #end
+    </div>
+    #end#set($commentCount=$entry.commentCount)#if($entry.commentsStillAllowed || $commentCount>0)
+    <a href="$url.comments($entry.anchor)">$commentCount comments</a>
+    #end#if($utils.isUserAuthorizedToAuthor($entry.website))
+    <a href="$url.editEntry($entry.anchor)">Edit</a>
+    #end
+  </footer>
+  #showTrackbackAutodiscovery($entry)
+</article>
+#end
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/entry.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/entry.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a975d1c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/entry.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>$model.weblogEntry.title — $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="article-shell">
+      #set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+      <nav class="pager" aria-label="Adjacent posts">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+      #foreach($entry in $entries)
+      <section class="comments-area">#showWeblogEntryComments($entry)#showWeblogEntryCommentForm($entry)</section>
+      #end
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/footer.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/footer.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad0d7bfc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/footer.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<footer class="site-footer">
+  <div>
+    <strong>$model.weblog.name</strong>
+    <p>#if($model.weblog.tagline)$model.weblog.tagline#else Stories worth keeping.#end</p>
+  </div>
+  <div class="footer-links">
+    <a href="$url.feed.entries.atom">Atom feed</a>
+    <a href="$url.home">Home</a>
+  </div>
+  <small>&copy; $utils.formatDate($utils.now, "yyyy") $model.weblog.creator.fullName</small>
+</footer>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/head.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/head.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af51ecc8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/head.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<meta charset="utf-8" />
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+<meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="$url.resource('theme.css')" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="$url.page('custom.css')" />
+#showAutodiscoveryLinks($model.weblog) #showMetaDescription() #showAnalyticsTrackingCode($model.weblog)
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/header.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/header.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f1c8702e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/header.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<a class="skip-link" href="#content">Skip to content</a>
+<header class="site-header">
+  <div class="nav-shell">
+    <a class="brand" href="$url.home" aria-label="$model.weblog.name home">$model.weblog.name</a>
+    <nav class="site-nav" aria-label="Primary navigation">#showPageMenu($model.weblog)</nav>
+    <form class="quick-search" method="get" action="$url.search" role="search">
+      <label class="sr-only" for="site-search">Search</label>
+      <input id="site-search" name="q" type="search" placeholder="Search" value="#if($model.term)$model.term#end" />
+    </form>
+  </div>
+</header>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/preview.svg b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/preview.svg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6271aa0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/preview.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="600" height="450" viewBox="0 0 600 450"><rect width="600" height="450" fill="#f7f3eb"/><path d="M0 0h600v52H0z" fill="#fffdf8"/><text x="35" y="33" font-family="Georgia" font-size="18" font-weight="bold" fill="#28241f">Dave's Test Blog</text><text x="35" y="120" font-family="Arial" font-size="11" font-weight="bold" letter-spacing="2" fill="#c94f32">TEST WEBLOG</text><text x="35" y="185" font-family="Georgia" font-size="52" fill="#28241f">There are many blogs</text><text x="35" y="242" font-family="Georgia" font-size="52" fill="#28241f">but this one is mine.</text><line x1="35" y1="285" x2="565" y2="285" stroke="#d9d0c2"/><text x="35" y="323" font-family="Arial" font-size="11" fill="#726b62">SUNDAY JANUARY 20, 2019  ·  TECHNOLOGY</text><text x="35" y="365" font-family="Georgia" font-size="28" fill="#28241f">Donec ac sapien</text><rect x="480" y="320" width="85" height="28" rx="14" fill="#c94f32"/></svg>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/search.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/search.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0afd66cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/search.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>Search — $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="article-shell">
+      <header class="page-heading">
+        <p class="eyebrow">Search</p>
+        <h1>Results for “$model.term”</h1>
+        <p>$model.hits matches</p>
+      </header>
+      <form class="search-panel" method="get" action="$url.search">
+        <label for="result-search">Search this weblog</label>
+        <div>
+          <input id="result-search" name="q" type="search" value="$model.term" />
+          <button type="submit">Search</button>
+        </div>
+      </form>
+      #if($model.hits>0)#set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+      <nav class="pager">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+      #else
+      <p class="empty-state">No entries matched. Try a broader phrase.</p>
+      #end
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/sidebar.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/sidebar.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..598b1cc37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/sidebar.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<aside class="sidebar">
+  <section>
+    <h2>About</h2>
+    #if($model.weblog.about)
+    <div class="about">$model.weblog.about</div>
+    #else
+    <p>A personal weblog about technology, family, and adventure.</p>
+    #end
+  </section>
+  <section>
+    <h2>Explore</h2>
+    #set($mytags=$model.weblog.getPopularTags(-1,18))
+    <div class="tag-cloud">
+      #foreach($tag in $mytags)
+      <a href="$url.tag($tag.name)" title="$tag.count entries">$tag.name</a>
+      #end
+    </div>
+  </section>
+  <a class="subscribe" href="$url.feed.entries.atom">
+    Follow via Atom
+    <span aria-hidden="true">→</span>
+  </a>
+</aside>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/tags.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/tags.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f63ff842d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/tags.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>$model.tags — $model.weblog.name</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="article-shell">
+      <header class="page-heading">
+        <p class="eyebrow">Topic</p>
+        <h1>$model.tags</h1>
+      </header>
+      #set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+      <nav class="pager">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/theme.css b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/theme.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f66d8cad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/theme.css
@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+:root {
+  color-scheme: light dark;
+  --bg: #f7f3eb;
+  --surface: #fffdf8;
+  --ink: #28241f;
+  --muted: #726b62;
+  --line: #d9d0c2;
+  --accent: #c94f32;
+  --accent2: #1e6b64;
+  --serif: ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, "Times New Roman", serif;
+  --sans: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
+}
+* {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+html {
+  scroll-behavior: smooth;
+}
+body {
+  margin: 0;
+  background: var(--bg);
+  color: var(--ink);
+  font: 1rem/1.7 var(--sans);
+  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
+}
+a {
+  color: inherit;
+  text-decoration-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 55%, transparent);
+  text-underline-offset: 0.2em;
+}
+a:hover {
+  color: var(--accent);
+}
+img,
+video,
+iframe {
+  max-width: 100%;
+  height: auto;
+}
+.skip-link {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: -999px;
+}
+.skip-link:focus {
+  left: 1rem;
+  top: 1rem;
+  background: var(--surface);
+  padding: 0.6rem 1rem;
+  z-index: 9;
+}
+.sr-only {
+  position: absolute;
+  width: 1px;
+  height: 1px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
+}
+.site-header {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--bg) 88%, transparent);
+  position: sticky;
+  top: 0;
+  z-index: 4;
+  backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
+}
+.nav-shell {
+  max-width: 1180px;
+  margin: auto;
+  padding: 1rem 1.5rem;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 2rem;
+}
+.brand {
+  font: 700 1.2rem var(--serif);
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.site-nav {
+  margin-left: auto;
+}
+.site-nav ul {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 1.2rem;
+  list-style: none;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+.site-nav a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+  font-size: 0.88rem;
+}
+.quick-search input {
+  width: 8rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  border-radius: 2rem;
+  background: var(--surface);
+  color: var(--ink);
+  padding: 0.55rem 0.9rem;
+}
+.page-shell {
+  max-width: 1180px;
+  margin: auto;
+  padding: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 7rem) 1.5rem;
+}
+.intro {
+  max-width: 800px;
+  margin-bottom: clamp(3rem, 7vw, 6rem);
+}
+.eyebrow {
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
+  font-size: 0.72rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  color: var(--accent);
+}
+.intro h1,
+.page-heading h1 {
+  font: 600 clamp(3.4rem, 10vw, 7.8rem)/0.92 var(--serif);
+  letter-spacing: -0.055em;
+  margin: 0.2em 0;
+}
+.lede {
+  font: 400 clamp(1.2rem, 2.4vw, 1.75rem)/1.45 var(--serif);
+  color: var(--muted);
+  max-width: 42rem;
+}
+.layout {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 760px) minmax(220px, 1fr);
+  gap: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 8rem);
+}
+.post-card {
+  padding: 0 0 4rem;
+  margin: 0 0 4rem;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
+}
+.post-meta,
+.post-footer {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  gap: 0.55rem 1rem;
+  color: var(--muted);
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+}
+.post-meta a,
+.post-footer a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.post-title {
+  font: 600 clamp(2rem, 5vw, 3.7rem)/1.05 var(--serif);
+  letter-spacing: -0.035em;
+  margin: 0.35em 0 0.55em;
+}
+.post-title a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.post-content {
+  font-family: var(--serif);
+  font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.4vw, 1.22rem);
+}
+.post-content :is(h2, h3, h4) {
+  line-height: 1.2;
+  margin-top: 2em;
+}
+.post-content blockquote {
+  margin: 2rem 0;
+  padding: 1rem 0 1rem 1.5rem;
+  border-left: 4px solid var(--accent);
+  font-size: 1.2em;
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+pre {
+  overflow: auto;
+  padding: 1.2rem;
+  border-radius: 0.6rem;
+  background: #1e2423;
+  color: #eff7f4;
+  font:
+    14px/1.6 ui-monospace,
+    SFMono-Regular,
+    Consolas,
+    monospace;
+}
+code {
+  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Consolas, monospace;
+}
+.post-footer {
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  margin-top: 2rem;
+}
+.post-tags {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.7rem;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+.sidebar {
+  font-size: 0.92rem;
+}
+.sidebar section {
+  margin-bottom: 3rem;
+}
+.sidebar h2,
+.recent h2 {
+  font: 600 1.25rem var(--serif);
+}
+.tag-cloud {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+.tag-cloud a {
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  border-radius: 2rem;
+  padding: 0.22rem 0.7rem;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+.subscribe {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  background: var(--accent);
+  color: white !important;
+  padding: 1rem 1.2rem;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  border-radius: 0.3rem;
+}
+.article-shell {
+  max-width: 760px;
+  margin: auto;
+  padding: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 7rem) 1.5rem;
+}
+.page-heading {
+  margin-bottom: 4rem;
+}
+.page-heading h1 {
+  font-size: clamp(3rem, 9vw, 6rem);
+}
+.pager {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  margin: 2rem 0;
+}
+.pager ul {
+  display: contents;
+}
+.pager li {
+  list-style: none;
+}
+.search-panel {
+  margin: 2rem 0 4rem;
+}
+.search-panel label {
+  display: block;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+}
+.search-panel div {
+  display: flex;
+}
+.search-panel input {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  padding: 0.8rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+  background: var(--surface);
+  color: var(--ink);
+}
+button {
+  border: 0;
+  background: var(--accent);
+  color: white;
+  padding: 0.8rem 1.2rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+}
+.archive-calendar {
+  overflow-x: auto;
+}
+.archive-calendar table {
+  width: 100%;
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+}
+.archive-calendar td,
+.archive-calendar th {
+  padding: 0.6rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--line);
+}
+.recent ol {
+  padding-left: 1.2rem;
+}
+.site-footer {
+  max-width: 1180px;
+  margin: 2rem auto 0;
+  padding: 3rem 1.5rem;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+.site-footer p {
+  color: var(--muted);
+  margin: 0.25rem 0;
+}
+.site-footer small {
+  grid-column: 1/-1;
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+.footer-links {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 1rem;
+}
+.comments-area input,
+.comments-area textarea {
+  max-width: 100%;
+}
+@media (max-width: 760px) {
+  .nav-shell {
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 1rem;
+  }
+  .site-nav {
+    order: 3;
+    width: 100%;
+    overflow: auto;
+  }
+  .site-nav ul {
+    width: max-content;
+  }
+  .quick-search {
+    margin-left: auto;
+  }
+  .layout {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+  .sidebar {
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
+    padding-top: 2rem;
+  }
+  .site-footer {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+  .intro h1 {
+    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+  }
+}
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+  :root {
+    --bg: #181916;
+    --surface: #22231f;
+    --ink: #f3eee5;
+    --muted: #aaa398;
+    --line: #3d3d36;
+    --accent: #f27b5d;
+    --accent2: #75c4b8;
+  }
+}
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  html {
+    scroll-behavior: auto;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/theme.xml b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/theme.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bd3b791c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/theme.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements. -->
+<weblogtheme>
+  <id>horizon</id><name>Horizon</name>
+  <description>A warm, typography-first editorial theme for stories, travel, and technical writing.</description>
+  <author>Apache Roller</author>
+  <preview-image path="preview.svg" />
+  <stylesheet><name>custom.css</name><description>Horizon custom styles</description><link>custom.css</link><contentType>text/css</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>custom.css</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></stylesheet>
+  <template action="weblog"><name>Weblog</name><description>Main weblog</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>weblog.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="permalink"><name>Entry</name><description>Single entry</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>entry.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="search"><name>Search</name><description>Search results</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>search.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="tagsIndex"><name>TagsIndex</name><description>Tagged entries</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>tags.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>_day</name><description>Entry list</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>day.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>Archives</name><description>Archive browser</description><link>archives</link><navbar>true</navbar><hidden>false</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>archives.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>standard_head</name><description>HTML head</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>head.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>standard_header</name><description>Site header</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>header.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>standard_footer</name><description>Site footer</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>footer.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <template action="custom"><name>sidebar</name><description>About and topic panel</description><navbar>false</navbar><hidden>true</hidden><contentType>text/html</contentType><rendition><contentsFile>sidebar.vm</contentsFile><templateLanguage>velocity</templateLanguage></rendition></template>
+  <resource path="theme.css" /><resource path="preview.svg" />
+</weblogtheme>
diff --git a/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/weblog.vm b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/weblog.vm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e1b98d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/webapp/themes/horizon/weblog.vm
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_head")
+    <title>$model.weblog.name#if($model.weblog.tagline) — $model.weblog.tagline#end</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_header")
+    <main id="content" class="page-shell">
+      <section class="intro">
+        <p class="eyebrow">Notes from the journey</p>
+        <h1>$model.weblog.name</h1>
+        #if($model.weblog.tagline)
+        <p class="lede">$model.weblog.tagline</p>
+        #end
+      </section>
+      <div class="layout">
+        <section class="post-stream" aria-label="Latest entries">
+          #set($pager=$model.getWeblogEntriesPager())#showWeblogEntriesPager($pager)
+          <nav class="pager" aria-label="Pagination">#showNextPrevEntriesControl($pager)</nav>
+        </section>
+        #includeTemplate($model.weblog "sidebar")
+      </div>
+    </main>
+    #includeTemplate($model.weblog "standard_footer")
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/business/ThemeManagerTest.java b/app/src/test/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/business/ThemeManagerTest.java
index b4584c44d..4269203ee 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/business/ThemeManagerTest.java
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/business/ThemeManagerTest.java
@@ -51,10 +51,15 @@ public void testThemeAssumptions() throws Exception {
         assertNotNull( themeManager.getTheme("basic") );
         assertNotNull( themeManager.getTheme("basic").getStylesheet() );
         assertNull( themeManager.getTheme("frontpage").getStylesheet() );
+        assertNotNull( themeManager.getTheme("horizon") );
+        assertNotNull( themeManager.getTheme("horizon").getStylesheet() );
+        assertNotNull( themeManager.getTheme("alpenglow") );
+        assertNotNull( themeManager.getTheme("alpenglow").getStylesheet() );
+        assertNotNull( themeManager.getTheme("dispatch") );
+        assertNotNull( themeManager.getTheme("dispatch").getStylesheet() );
     }
         
 }
 
 
 
-
