3 files changed, 36 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/src/pages/_template.php b/src/pages/_template.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..424a4fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/_template.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+
+<html>
+
+    <head>
+
+        <meta charset="UTF-8">
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+
+        <title><?php print $page_title ?> | autumn's forest</title>
+
+    </head>
+
+    <body>
+
+        <?php print $page_content ?>
+
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/src/pages/blog/_builder.php b/src/pages/blog/_builder.php
index 4abe229..40e5487 100644
--- a/src/pages/blog/_builder.php
+++ b/src/pages/blog/_builder.php
@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
+<?php
 
-<html>
+    $page_title = $blog_title;
+    $page_content = $blog_content;
 
-    <head>
+    include "../_template.php";
 
-        <meta charset="UTF-8">
-        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-
-        <title><?php print $blog_title ?> | autumn's forest</title>
-
-    </head>
-
-    <body>
-
-        <?php print $blog_content ?>
-
-    </body>
-</html>
+?>
diff --git a/src/pages/index.php b/src/pages/index.php
index 10753bb..152b9ff 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.php
+++ b/src/pages/index.php
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html>
+<?php
 
-<html>
+    $page_title = "home";
 
-    <head>
+    ob_start();
 
-        <meta charset="UTF-8">
-        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+?>
 
-        <title>home | autumn's forest</title>
+<p>welcome to autumn's forest :3</p>
+<p>a bit about me: i'm somewhere between a nerdy transbian and a aroace foxgirlthing. i'll pad this out at a later date, i promise</p>
+<p>this site is a work-in-progress - my last website was based off of the MacOS 9 theme & window layout. this was too much of a pain to deal with (and i lost my MacOS 9 icon pack and idk where to get them again :[) so i'm doing something different here.</p>
+<p>for now, if you need me you can contact me at <a href="mailto:contact@autumnfo.rest">contact@autumnfo.rest</a>, or <a href="/blog/2026-04-27">check out my singular test blog post</a>!</p>
 
-    </head>
+<?php
 
-    <body>
+    $page_content = ob_get_clean();
 
-        <p>welcome to autumn's forest :3</p>
-        <p>a bit about me: i'm somewhere between a nerdy transbian and a aroace foxgirlthing. i'll pad this out at a later date, i promise</p>
-        <p>this site is a work-in-progress - my last website was based off of the MacOS 9 theme & window layout. this was too much of a pain to deal with (and i lost my MacOS 9 icon pack and idk where to get them again :[) so i'm doing something different here.</p>
-        <p>for now, if you need me you can contact me at <a href="mailto:contact@autumnfo.rest">contact@autumnfo.rest</a>, or <a href="/blog/2026-04-27">check out my singular test blog post</a>!</p>
+    include "_template.php";
 
-    </body>
-</html>
+?>