Follow our [Getting Started](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/get-started/) and [Page Builder](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/widgets/) guides to easily personalize the template and then [add your own content](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/managing-content/).
For inspiration, check out [the Markdown files](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/install/#demo-content) which power the [personal demo](https://academic-demo.netlify.com/). The easiest way to publish your new site to the internet is with [Netlify](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/deployment/).
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This homepage section is an example of adding [elements](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/writing-markdown-latex/) to the [*Blank* widget](https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/widgets/).
Backgrounds can be applied to any section. Here, the *background* option is set give a *color gradient*.
**To remove this section, delete `content/home/demo.md`.**