diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 047eee0..38d1222 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@
 {{ partial "math.html" . }}
 {{- end }}
 
+<body>
+
 <header>
   {{ if not (gt (len .Site.Menus) 1) }}<a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">{{ .Site.Title }}</a>{{ end }}
   {{ range .Site.Menus }}<nav>{{ range . }}<a href="{{ .URL }}" {{ if (eq $.RelPermalink .URL) }}class="selected"{{ end }}>{{ .Pre }}{{ .Name }}{{ .Post }}</a>{{ end }}</nav>{{ end }}
   {{ with .Site.Params.description }}<div class="hidden">{{ safeHTML . }}</div>{{ end }}
 </header>
 
-<body>
 {{- block "main" . }}{{- end }}
+
 </body>
 
 </html>
diff --git a/layouts/_default/list.html b/layouts/_default/list.html
index 543e095..fc3c753 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/list.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -3,9 +3,26 @@
 {{ $Pages := .Pages }}
 
 {{ if .IsHome }}
-  {{ $Pages = where site.RegularPages "Type" "in" site.Params.mainSections }}
+  {{ $Pages = where site.RegularPages "Type" "in" .Site.Params.mainSections }}
 {{ end }}
 
+{{ if .Site.Params.show_excerpts }}
+
+{{- range $Pages }}
+<article>
+  <header>
+    <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
+    {{ if .Date }}<time datetime="{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" }}">{{ .Date.Format "January 02, 2006" }}</time>{{ end }}
+  </header>
+  {{ .Summary }}
+  {{- if .Truncated }}
+    <div class="more"><a href="{{ .RelPermalink }}">read more</a></div>
+  {{- end }}
+</article>
+{{- end }}
+
+{{ else }}
+
 <article>
   <header><h1>{{ .Title | default "Posts" | humanize }}</h1></header>
   <ul class="archive">
@@ -20,3 +37,5 @@
 </article>
 
 {{ end }}
+
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/static/css/classes.css b/static/css/classes.css
index 0fef62e..dbe607e 100644
--- a/static/css/classes.css
+++ b/static/css/classes.css
@@ -12,6 +12,23 @@
   display: none;
 }
 
+.more {
+  margin: 2em 0 1em;
+}
+
+.more a {
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  border: 1.5px solid #68f;
+  padding: .4em .8em;
+  transition: .2s;
+}
+
+.more a:hover {
+  color: #fff;
+  background: #68f;
+  text-decoration: inherit;
+}
+
 .fa, .fab, .fad, .fal, .far, .fas {
   margin-right: 1.2em;
 }
diff --git a/static/css/index.css b/static/css/index.css
index 8e81799..af56f84 100644
--- a/static/css/index.css
+++ b/static/css/index.css
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ hr {
   margin: 2em 0;
 }
 
+article:not(:last-child) {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(142, 142, 145, 0.12);
+}
+
 blockquote {
   background: rgba(142, 142, 145, 0.06);
   border-left: 3px solid rgba(142, 142, 145, 0.9);
@@ -138,7 +142,6 @@ body > header {
 
 body > header > a {
   font-size: 1.3em;
-  margin: .2em 0;
 }
 
 article header {
@@ -151,11 +154,11 @@ article header h1 {
 }
 
 nav {
-  margin: .4em -.8em;
+  margin: .5em -.8em;
 }
 
 nav a {
-  margin: .4em .8em;
+  margin: .5em .8em;
 }
 
 body > header, body > article, body > footer {
