A Beautiful dark blog theme for Astro
Norlin is a beautiful, modern dark blog theme crafted for content creators who appreciate elegant aesthetics and thoughtful design. With its clean, minimalist layout, smooth animations, and carefully balanced typography, Norlin delivers an exceptional reading experience that keeps your audience focused and engaged.
Built on Astro and optimized for performance, Norlin is designed to showcase your content with clarity, confidence, and style.
✨ Perfect For
- Personal blogs and digital journals
- Tech blogs and developer writing
- Creative storytelling and long-form essays
- Photography and visual-first content
- Professional thought leadership
🎨 Design Philosophy
Norlin embraces the beauty of dark mode while maintaining excellent readability and visual balance. Every element is intentionally designed to create a cohesive, professional appearance that puts your content front and center.
Smooth view transitions, intuitive navigation, and a fully responsive layout ensure the theme feels modern, fast, and polished across all devices.
🚀 Key Features
Content & Layout
- Hero Section with Bio — Make a strong first impression with a refined author introduction
- Featured Posts — Highlight your best content with visual indicators
- Tag System — Clean tag pages and filtering for better content organization
- Load More Pagination — Smooth, infinite-scroll style post loading
Forms & Integrations
- Newsletter Subscription — Mailchimp integration for growing your audience
- Contact Form — Formspree-powered contact form with validation
- Disqus Comments — Built-in commenting system for community engagement
Media & Content
- Gallery Support — Create beautiful image galleries
- Wide Images — Full-width visuals for stronger visual storytelling
- Optimized Images — Automatic optimization using Astro’s Image component
- Markdown & MDX — Full support for rich, flexible content
- Code Highlighting — Clean syntax highlighting with copy-code button
Performance & SEO
- Lightning Fast — Optimized for Core Web Vitals and excellent Lighthouse scores
- SEO-Friendly — Canonical URLs, OpenGraph, and Twitter Cards included
- Sitemap & RSS — Automatic generation for better discoverability
- View Transitions — App-like navigation powered by Astro
User Experience
- 100% Responsive Design — Flawless experience on all screen sizes
- Scroll to Top Button — Convenient navigation for long reads
- Fast Search — Quick content discovery
- Social Links — Font Awesome 7 icons via Iconify
🛠️ Easy Customization
Norlin is built with developers in mind. All core settings are centralized in a single, type-safe TypeScript configuration file, making customization simple and predictable.
Easily adjust:
- Site information and branding
- Navigation menu
- Social media links
- Hero content and images
- Form integrations
- Analytics and tracking
📦 What’s Included
- Complete Astro theme with clean, organized structure
- Comprehensive documentation
- Example posts and pages
- Content style guide
- Ready-to-use components
- TypeScript configuration
- SCSS-based styling system
