diff --git a/doc/content/user_guide/getstarted.md b/doc/content/user_guide/getstarted.md
index c68749d0..21ed51ac 100644
--- a/doc/content/user_guide/getstarted.md
+++ b/doc/content/user_guide/getstarted.md
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ This theme is designed to be used as a Git submodule inside your site's source r
    git submodule add https://github.com/scientific-python/scientific-python-hugo-theme themes/scientific-python-hugo-theme
    ```
 
-3. Copy the theme's documentation site as a template for your site:
+3. Copy the theme's example site as a template:
 
    ```sh
-   cp -a themes/scientific-python-hugo-theme/doc/* .
+   cp -a themes/scientific-python-hugo-theme/exampleSite/* .
    ```
 
 4. Test the site:
 
    ```
-   $ make serve
+   $ hugo server
    ...
    Web Server is available at http://localhost:1313/ (bind address 127.0.0.1)
    ```
diff --git a/exampleSite b/exampleSite
deleted file mode 120000
index 325ab0db..00000000
--- a/exampleSite
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-doc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/exampleSite/config.yaml b/exampleSite/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..07650cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exampleSite/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+baseURL: "https://example.com/"
+languageCode: "en-us"
+title: "Example Site"
+theme: scientific-python-hugo-theme
+relativeURLs: true
+disableKinds: ["taxonomy"]
+
+markup:
+  highlight:
+    noClasses: false
+  goldmark:
+    renderer:
+      unsafe: true
+    renderHooks:
+      link:
+        enableDefault: true
+
+params:
+  author:
+    name: "Example Team"
+  description: "Example"
+  images:
+    - /images/logo.svg
+  search: true
+  navbarlogo:
+    image: logo.svg
+    text: Scientific Python Hugo Theme
+    link: /
+  fonts:
+    - name: "Lato"
+      weights: [400, 900]
+  hero:
+    title: Example Site
+    image: logo.svg
+    buttontext: Get Started
+    buttonlink: "#"
+  navbar:
+    - title: User Guide
+      url: /
+  footer:
+    logo: logo.svg
+    socialmediatitle: ""
+    socialmedia:
+      - link: https://github.com/
+        icon: github
+
+    quicklinks:
+      column1:
+        title: ""
+        links:
+          - text: About
+            link: /
+          - text: Theme GitHub
+            link: https://github.com/scientific-python/scientific-python-hugo-theme
+      column2:
+        links:
+          - text: Scientific Python Forum
+            link: https://discuss.scientific-python.org
+      column3:
+        links:
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/_index.md b/exampleSite/content/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18b63196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exampleSite/content/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+title:
+---