diff --git a/themes/mytheme/mytheme.yaml b/themes/mytheme/mytheme.yaml
index edc6353cb3..53e1194980 100644
--- a/themes/mytheme/mytheme.yaml
+++ b/themes/mytheme/mytheme.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,21 @@ streams:
        '':
          - user/themes/mytheme
          - user/themes/knowledge-base
+params:
+  articles:
+    root: /home                # the route where the articles themselves live
+    blacklist: ['scratch']     # list of categories to ignore
+    show:
+      date: true      # show article date in the article header
+      authors: true   # show article authors in the article header
+      topics: true    # show assigned topics in the article header
+      time: true      # show reading time in the article header
+  front:              # params for the front page content
+    maxrows: 3        # the maximum number of rows on the front page
+    maxentries: 5     # maximum number of articles displayed for each category
+  sidebar:            # params for the sidebar
+    maxentries: 5     # maximum number of articles to display in "Popular" and "Latest" sections
+    show:
+      categories: true  # show Category list in the sidebar
+      popular: true     # show the Popular Articles sidebar
+      latest: true      # show the Latest Articles sidebar