diff --git a/exampleSite/config.yaml b/exampleSite/config.yaml
index 924a8a7..987cbac 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.yaml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ params:
   # gitFileURL: https://github.com/BBaoVanC/bobatheme/blob/master
   # gitFileIcon: github-circle
 
+  # display a "Latest Posts" section on the homepage below its content
+  homepageLatestPosts: true
+
+  # footer: >-
+  #   Some example text for the footer.
+
+
 # see https://gohugo.io/about/hugo-and-gdpr/#all-privacy-settings
 # you probably want to keep this default
 privacy:
diff --git a/i18n/en.yaml b/i18n/en.yaml
index f117772..d967df9 100644
--- a/i18n/en.yaml
+++ b/i18n/en.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ table_of_contents:
 browser_no_video_support:
   other: "Your browser does not support video."
 
+latest_posts:
+  other: "Latest Posts"
+
 
 # Meta items
 long_date:
diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 881c11c..d66471f 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
         <main>
             {{ block "main" . }}
-                {{ .Content }}
+                THIS TEXT SHOULD NOT SHOW. YUZSIQGHE (that string is so I can grep for it)
             {{ end }}
         </main>
 
diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index e4e4a83..ce2e79f 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -1,2 +1,29 @@
 {{ define "main" }}
+    {{ with .Content }}
+        {{ . }}
+    {{ end }}
+
+    {{ if .Site.Params.homepageLatestPosts }}
+        <hr>
+        <h1>
+            {{ i18n "latest_posts" }}
+            {{ partial "rss-link.html" . }}
+        </h1>
+
+        {{ with (.Paginate .Site.RegularPages).Pages }}
+            <div class="page-list">
+                <ul>
+                    {{ range . }}
+                        <li>{{ .Render "summary/post" }}</li>
+                    {{ end }}
+                </ul>
+            </div>
+        {{ else }}
+            <div>
+                {{ i18n "no_posts" }}
+            </div>
+        {{ end }}
+
+        {{ partial "pagination.html" . }}
+    {{ end }}
 {{ end }}