diff --git a/_data/88x31.toml b/_data/88x31.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d0a98e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_data/88x31.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+buttons = [
+  { image = "https://vanityruins.neocities.org/8831/8831.gif", name = "vanityruins", link = "https://vanityruins.neocities.org" },
+  { image = "soniweb", name = "soniweb", link = "https://soniweb.org/" }
+]
diff --git a/_data/meta.json b/_data/meta.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 62765d9..0000000
--- a/_data/meta.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "sitename": "yukinets",
-    "motd": "kill everyone now!! condone first degree murder!!"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/_data/meta.toml b/_data/meta.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca6e7ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_data/meta.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+sitename = "yukinets"
+motd = "kill everyone now!! condone first degree murder!!"
diff --git a/_layouts/base.njk b/_layouts/base.njk
index b0b7486..678bf7f 100644
--- a/_layouts/base.njk
+++ b/_layouts/base.njk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
         <div class="main-page-wrapper">
             <div class="header-wrapper">
                 <div class="header">
+                    <h1>yukinets</h1>
                     <a href="/"><div class="header-banner" title="{{ meta.sitename }}"></div></a>
                 </div>
                 {% include "topmost_navbar.njk" %}
diff --git a/_layouts/home.njk b/_layouts/home.njk
index 67fb7bf..12e19f8 100644
--- a/_layouts/home.njk
+++ b/_layouts/home.njk
@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
 ---
 layout: base
 ---
+<div class="welcome-aside-left">
+    <div class="buttons box">
+        <h3><i>please visit...</i></h3>
+        <div>
+            {% for button in 88x31.buttons %}
+            <a href="{{ button.link }}" title="{{ button.name }}">
+            {% if button.image.startsWith("http") %}
+                <img src="{{ button.image }}" alt="{{ button.name }}">
+            {% else %}
+                <img src="/img/buttons/{{ button.image }}.gif" alt="{{ button.name }}">
+            {% endif %}
+            </a>
+            {% endfor %}
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="welcome-content">
+    {{ content | safe }}
+    <img src="/img/nekojiru.png">
+</div>
+
+<div class="welcome-aside-right">
+    <div class="recent-posts box">
+        <h2><i>recent posts</i></h2>
+        <ul>
+        {% for post in collections.post.slice(0, 3) %}
+            <li><p><a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.data.title }}</a> <span class="date">| {{ post.date.toLocaleString("en-GB", {year: 'numeric', month: '2-digit', day: '2-digit'}) }}</span></p></li>
+        {% endfor %}
+        </ul>
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/_layouts/post.njk b/_layouts/post.njk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d258888
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_layouts/post.njk
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+layout: base
+tags: post
+---
diff --git a/blog/test-post.md b/blog/test-post.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a96745f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blog/test-post.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+title: my test post
+layout: post
+tags: test
+---
+
+# wait
+this is a test post. lalalaallaalalala
+---
+
+hehehehehe
+
+## wait
+nvm
diff --git a/css/main.scss b/css/main.scss
index d17be97..a63eaff 100644
--- a/css/main.scss
+++ b/css/main.scss
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 @use "main-palette" as mp;
 
 body {
+    color: mp.$text;
     background-color: mp.$bg;
     /*background-image: url("/img/bgpat.png");
     background-repeat: repeat;*/
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ body {
     p {
         font-family: 'Gill Sans', 'Gill Sans MT', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;
         font-size: 0.8em;
-        color: mp.$text;
     }
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ body {
     gap: 16px;
     .header {
         display: block;
+        h1 {
+            display: none;
+            height: 0;
+        }
         .header-banner {
             background-image: url("/img/home_banner.jpg");
             width: 298px;
diff --git a/eleventy.config.js b/eleventy.config.js
index 4a0eaa7..bff3f82 100644
--- a/eleventy.config.js
+++ b/eleventy.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const eleventySass = require("eleventy-sass");
+const toml = require("@iarna/toml");
 
 module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
     eleventyConfig.setLayoutsDirectory("_layouts");
@@ -6,8 +7,8 @@ module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
     eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("css/fonts");
     eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("LICENSE.txt");
 
-
     eleventyConfig.addPlugin(eleventySass);
+    eleventyConfig.addDataExtension("toml", (contents) => toml.parse(contents));
 
     return {
         markdownTemplateEngine: "njk",
diff --git a/img/buttons/soniweb.gif b/img/buttons/soniweb.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdef185
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diff --git a/img/nekojiru.png b/img/nekojiru.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d9644f
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index afd4135..a5067d7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       "license": "WTFPL",
       "dependencies": {
         "@11ty/eleventy": "^3.0.0",
+        "@iarna/toml": "^2.2.5",
         "eleventy-sass": "^3.0.0-beta.0",
         "markdown-it-emoji": "^3.0.0",
         "markdown-it-emoji-customizer": "github:actuallysomecat/markdown-it-emoji-customizer",
@@ -193,6 +194,12 @@
         "node": ">=18"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@iarna/toml": {
+      "version": "2.2.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@iarna/toml/-/toml-2.2.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-trnsAYxU3xnS1gPHPyU961coFyLkh4gAD/0zQ5mymY4yOZ+CYvsPqUbOFSw0aDM4y0tV7tiFxL/1XfXPNC6IPg==",
+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
     "node_modules/@nodelib/fs.scandir": {
       "version": "2.1.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@nodelib/fs.scandir/-/fs.scandir-2.1.5.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d2edb7..56dc8f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   "type": "commonjs",
   "dependencies": {
     "@11ty/eleventy": "^3.0.0",
+    "@iarna/toml": "^2.2.5",
     "eleventy-sass": "^3.0.0-beta.0",
     "markdown-it-emoji": "^3.0.0",
     "markdown-it-emoji-customizer": "github:actuallysomecat/markdown-it-emoji-customizer",