
There are two ways to quickly add dark mode to your Tailwind CSS projects.
The first one is the quickest and easiest way. The second one is your choice if you want to have a controlled theme switch.

# 1. Screen Config

This is a little hack and you can't manually switch the theme as it detects the theme from the user's operating system.

## Set Config

Extend your `tailwind.config.js` theme by adding a new screen type.

```js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      screens: {
        dark: { raw: '(prefers-color-scheme: dark)' },
      },
    },
  },
}
```

## Use Styles

You can now use it like you would use different screen sizes.

```html
<div class="text-gray-800 dark:bg-gray-200"></div>
```

It's also possible to add states like _hover_ into the dark mode.

```html
<div class="border-b hover:border-gray-800 dark:hover:border-gray-800"></div>
```

# 2. Plugin

Another, more clean way and with the possibility to switch the theme manually is the plugin [tailwindcss-dark-mode](https://github.com/ChanceArthur/tailwindcss-dark-mode)

Add the class `<html class="dark-mode">` to see the dark mode or remove it to see the regular theme.


There are two ways to introduce dark mode into your TailwindCSS projects.

Dark Mode in TailwindCSS


This blog is built with [Next.js](https://nextjs.org) using [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com) for styling.
The source code is on [GitHub](https://github.com/lailo/lailo.ch) and it's deployed on [Zeit's Now](https://zeit.co).

# Get Started

To get started, you only need to pull or fork the repository, update some config variables and choose your favorite color.
You can find a step-by-step instruction in the [README.md ](https://github.com/lailo/lailo.ch/blob/master/README.md) of the project.

# Add Article

Adding new posts is as simple as creating a new Markdown file inside the `/articles` folder and pushing it to GitHub's `master` branch.

## Meta Data

It's important that you keep the meta data at the top of the file.

```yml
---
title: 'This Blog Is Open Source'
description: 'Use this blog to ....'
tags: ['open-source', 'web', 'react', 'nextjs', 'tailwind-css']
publishedAt: '2020-03-29T19:14:12.215Z'
updatedAt: '2020-03-29T19:14:12.215Z'
---

```

Keep in mind that the variable `publishedAt: '2020-03-29T19:14:12.215Z'` must have a value to publish your article.

If it's set to `published: ''`, your article will only be visible in development.

# Hosting

I personally like the simplicity of [Zeit's Now](https://zeit.co) and that's exactly what I use to host this blog.
Connect your GitHub repository to a Now project and as soon as you push to master, a new build is executed.
Within minutes you'll see your new article online.

If you want to share your new article with someone to review without having it released, just create a pull request on master and you'll get a preview URL from Now.

# Feedback

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