diff --git a/themes/grav-theme-howto/grav-theme-howto.php b/themes/grav-theme-howto/grav-theme-howto.php
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+<?php
+namespace Grav\Theme;
+
+use Grav\Common\Theme;
+
+class Howto extends Theme
+{
+    // Access plugin events in this class
+}
diff --git a/themes/grav-theme-howto/grav-theme-howto.yaml b/themes/grav-theme-howto/grav-theme-howto.yaml
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+enabled: true
+dropdown:
+  enabled: true
+params:
+  articles:
+    root: /home                # the route where the articles themselves live
+    blacklist: ['scratch']     # list of categories to ignore
+    show:
+      date: true      # show article date in the article header
+      authors: true   # show article authors in the article header
+      topics: true    # show assigned topics in the article header
+      time: true      # show reading time in the article header
+  front:              # params for the front page content
+    maxrows: 3        # the maximum number of rows on the front page
+    maxentries: 5     # maximum number of articles displayed for each category
+  sidebar:            # params for the sidebar
+    maxentries: 5     # maximum number of articles to display in "Popular" and "Latest" sections
+    show:
+      categories: true  # show Category list in the sidebar
+      popular: true     # show the Popular Articles sidebar
+      latest: true      # show the Latest Articles sidebar