diff --git a/templates/base.gohtml b/templates/base.gohtml
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+  <title>wakeru</title>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css">
+  
+</head>
+<body>
+  <header>
+    <h2>wakeru</h2>
+    <h3>simple file sharing</h3>
+  </header>
+  <main>
+    {{ template "content" .}}
+  </main>
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/templates/index.gohtml b/templates/index.gohtml
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-<!doctype html>
-<html class="no-js" lang="">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="utf-8">
-    <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge">
-    <title>wakeru</title>
-    <meta name="description" content="">
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
-
-    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
-    <!-- Place favicon.ico in the root directory -->
-
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <h1>welcome to wakeru!</h1>
-    <p>wakeru is an anonymous file uploader for small scale files to share with friends.</p>
-    <p>you don't need an email, username or password to use this service.</p>
-    <p>instead you will get a generated string of random letters and numbers, a hash, that links to the files you have uploaded. to make sure you don't lose that string and still have access to the files you've uploaded, it's best to save the string in a file somewhere, or even better, in a password manger!</p>
-  </body>
-</html>
+{{ define "content" }}
+  <h1>welcome to wakeru!</h1>
+  <p>wakeru is an anonymous file uploader for small scale files to share with friends.</p>
+  <p>you don't need an email, username or password to use this service.</p>
+  <p>instead you will get a generated string of random letters and numbers, a hash, that links to the files you have uploaded. to make sure you don't lose that string and still have access to the files you've uploaded, it's best to save the string in a file somewhere, or even better, in a password manger!</p>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/templates/style.css b/templates/style.css
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+/* MVP.css v1.8 - https://github.com/andybrewer/mvp */
+
+:root {
+    --active-brightness: 0.85;
+    --border-radius: 5px;
+    --box-shadow: 2px 2px 10px;
+    --color: #118bee;
+    --color-accent: #118bee15;
+    --color-bg: #fff;
+    --color-bg-secondary: #e9e9e9;
+    --color-link: #118bee;
+    --color-secondary: #920de9;
+    --color-secondary-accent: #920de90b;
+    --color-shadow: #f4f4f4;
+    --color-table: #118bee;
+    --color-text: #000;
+    --color-text-secondary: #999;
+    --font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
+    --hover-brightness: 1.2;
+    --justify-important: center;
+    --justify-normal: left;
+    --line-height: 1.5;
+    --width-card: 285px;
+    --width-card-medium: 460px;
+    --width-card-wide: 800px;
+    --width-content: 1080px;
+}
+
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+    :root {
+        --color: #0097fc;
+        --color-accent: #0097fc4f;
+        --color-bg: #333;
+        --color-bg-secondary: #555;
+        --color-link: #0097fc;
+        --color-secondary: #e20de9;
+        --color-secondary-accent: #e20de94f;
+        --color-shadow: #bbbbbb20;
+        --color-table: #0097fc;
+        --color-text: #f7f7f7;
+        --color-text-secondary: #aaa;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Layout */
+article aside {
+    background: var(--color-secondary-accent);
+    border-left: 4px solid var(--color-secondary);
+    padding: 0.01rem 0.8rem;
+}
+
+body {
+    background: var(--color-bg);
+    color: var(--color-text);
+    font-family: var(--font-family);
+    line-height: var(--line-height);
+    margin: 0;
+    overflow-x: hidden;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+
+footer,
+header,
+main {
+    margin: 0 auto;
+    max-width: var(--width-content);
+    padding: 3rem 1rem;
+}
+
+hr {
+    background-color: var(--color-bg-secondary);
+    border: none;
+    height: 1px;
+    margin: 4rem 0;
+    width: 100%;
+}
+
+section {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    justify-content: var(--justify-important);
+}
+
+section img,
+article img {
+    max-width: 100%;
+}
+
+section pre {
+    overflow: auto;
+}
+
+section aside {
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-bg-secondary);
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+    box-shadow: var(--box-shadow) var(--color-shadow);
+    margin: 1rem;
+    padding: 1.25rem;
+    width: var(--width-card);
+}
+
+section aside:hover {
+    box-shadow: var(--box-shadow) var(--color-bg-secondary);
+}
+
+[hidden] {
+    display: none;
+}
+
+/* Headers */
+article header,
+div header,
+main header {
+    padding-top: 0;
+}
+
+header {
+    text-align: var(--justify-important);
+}
+
+header a b,
+header a em,
+header a i,
+header a strong {
+    margin-left: 0.5rem;
+    margin-right: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+header nav img {
+    margin: 1rem 0;
+}
+
+section header {
+    padding-top: 0;
+    width: 100%;
+}
+
+/* Nav */
+nav {
+    align-items: center;
+    display: flex;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    margin-bottom: 7rem;
+}
+
+nav ul {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+
+nav ul li {
+    display: inline-block;
+    margin: 0 0.5rem;
+    position: relative;
+    text-align: left;
+}
+
+/* Nav Dropdown */
+nav ul li:hover ul {
+    display: block;
+}
+
+nav ul li ul {
+    background: var(--color-bg);
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-bg-secondary);
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+    box-shadow: var(--box-shadow) var(--color-shadow);
+    display: none;
+    height: auto;
+    left: -2px;
+    padding: .5rem 1rem;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 1.7rem;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    width: auto;
+    z-index: 1;
+}
+
+nav ul li ul::before {
+    /* fill gap above to make mousing over them easier */
+    content: "";
+    position: absolute;
+    left: 0;
+    right: 0;
+    top: -0.5rem;
+    height: 0.5rem;
+}
+
+nav ul li ul li,
+nav ul li ul li a {
+    display: block;
+}
+
+/* Typography */
+code,
+samp {
+    background-color: var(--color-accent);
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+    color: var(--color-text);
+    display: inline-block;
+    margin: 0 0.1rem;
+    padding: 0 0.5rem;
+}
+
+details {
+    margin: 1.3rem 0;
+}
+
+details summary {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+h1,
+h2,
+h3,
+h4,
+h5,
+h6 {
+    line-height: var(--line-height);
+}
+
+mark {
+    padding: 0.1rem;
+}
+
+ol li,
+ul li {
+    padding: 0.2rem 0;
+}
+
+p {
+    margin: 0.75rem 0;
+    padding: 0;
+    width: 100%;
+}
+
+pre {
+    margin: 1rem 0;
+    max-width: var(--width-card-wide);
+    padding: 1rem 0;
+}
+
+pre code,
+pre samp {
+    display: block;
+    max-width: var(--width-card-wide);
+    padding: 0.5rem 2rem;
+    white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
+
+small {
+    color: var(--color-text-secondary);
+}
+
+sup {
+    background-color: var(--color-secondary);
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+    color: var(--color-bg);
+    font-size: xx-small;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    margin: 0.2rem;
+    padding: 0.2rem 0.3rem;
+    position: relative;
+    top: -2px;
+}
+
+/* Links */
+a {
+    color: var(--color-link);
+    display: inline-block;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+a:active {
+    filter: brightness(var(--active-brightness));
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+a:hover {
+    filter: brightness(var(--hover-brightness));
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+a b,
+a em,
+a i,
+a strong,
+button {
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+    display: inline-block;
+    font-size: medium;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    line-height: var(--line-height);
+    margin: 0.5rem 0;
+    padding: 1rem 2rem;
+}
+
+button {
+    font-family: var(--font-family);
+}
+
+button:active {
+    filter: brightness(var(--active-brightness));
+}
+
+button:hover {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    filter: brightness(var(--hover-brightness));
+}
+
+a b,
+a strong,
+button {
+    background-color: var(--color-link);
+    border: 2px solid var(--color-link);
+    color: var(--color-bg);
+}
+
+a em,
+a i {
+    border: 2px solid var(--color-link);
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+    color: var(--color-link);
+    display: inline-block;
+    padding: 1rem 2rem;
+}
+
+article aside a {
+    color: var(--color-secondary);
+}
+
+/* Images */
+figure {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+
+figure img {
+    max-width: 100%;
+}
+
+figure figcaption {
+    color: var(--color-text-secondary);
+}
+
+/* Forms */
+
+button:disabled,
+input:disabled {
+    background: var(--color-bg-secondary);
+    border-color: var(--color-bg-secondary);
+    color: var(--color-text-secondary);
+    cursor: not-allowed;
+}
+
+button[disabled]:hover {
+    filter: none;
+}
+
+form {
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-bg-secondary);
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+    box-shadow: var(--box-shadow) var(--color-shadow);
+    display: block;
+    max-width: var(--width-card-wide);
+    min-width: var(--width-card);
+    padding: 1.5rem;
+    text-align: var(--justify-normal);
+}
+
+form header {
+    margin: 1.5rem 0;
+    padding: 1.5rem 0;
+}
+
+input,
+label,
+select,
+textarea {
+    display: block;
+    font-size: inherit;
+    max-width: var(--width-card-wide);
+}
+
+input[type="checkbox"],
+input[type="radio"] {
+    display: inline-block;
+}
+
+input[type="checkbox"]+label,
+input[type="radio"]+label {
+    display: inline-block;
+    font-weight: normal;
+    position: relative;
+    top: 1px;
+}
+
+input,
+select,
+textarea {
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-bg-secondary);
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+    margin-bottom: 1rem;
+    padding: 0.4rem 0.8rem;
+}
+
+input[readonly],
+textarea[readonly] {
+    background-color: var(--color-bg-secondary);
+}
+
+label {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    margin-bottom: 0.2rem;
+}
+
+/* Tables */
+table {
+    border: 1px solid var(--color-bg-secondary);
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+    border-spacing: 0;
+    display: inline-block;
+    max-width: 100%;
+    overflow-x: auto;
+    padding: 0;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+table td,
+table th,
+table tr {
+    padding: 0.4rem 0.8rem;
+    text-align: var(--justify-important);
+}
+
+table thead {
+    background-color: var(--color-table);
+    border-collapse: collapse;
+    border-radius: var(--border-radius);
+    color: var(--color-bg);
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+
+table thead th:first-child {
+    border-top-left-radius: var(--border-radius);
+}
+
+table thead th:last-child {
+    border-top-right-radius: var(--border-radius);
+}
+
+table thead th:first-child,
+table tr td:first-child {
+    text-align: var(--justify-normal);
+}
+
+table tr:nth-child(even) {
+    background-color: var(--color-accent);
+}
+
+/* Quotes */
+blockquote {
+    display: block;
+    font-size: x-large;
+    line-height: var(--line-height);
+    margin: 1rem auto;
+    max-width: var(--width-card-medium);
+    padding: 1.5rem 1rem;
+    text-align: var(--justify-important);
+}
+
+blockquote footer {
+    color: var(--color-text-secondary);
+    display: block;
+    font-size: small;
+    line-height: var(--line-height);
+    padding: 1.5rem 0;
+}
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