diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_html/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_html/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
index c64654d..0a59793 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_html/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/posterdown_html/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ---
+primary_colour: "#170878"
+secondary_colour: "#f9ee02"
+column_numbers: 4
 output: 
   posterdown::posterdown_html:
+    self_contained: false
 bibliography: packages.bib
 ---
 
@@ -16,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # Introduction
 
-Welcome to `posterdown` ! This is my attempt to provide a semi-smooth workflow for those who wish to take their R Markdown skills to the conference world. Most features from R Markdown are available in this package such as Markdown section notation, figure captioning, and even citations like this one [@rmarkdown]. The rest of this example poster will show how you can insert typical conference poster features into your own document. 
+Welcome to `posterdown` ! This is my attempt to provide a semi-smooth workflow for those who wish to take their R Markdown skills to the conference world. Most features from R Markdown are available in this package such as Markdown section notation, figure captioning, and even citations like this one [@R-rmarkdown]. The rest of this example poster will show how you can insert typical conference poster features into your own document. 
 
 ## Objectives
 
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@
 
 Or with figures: Figure \@ref(fig:standard-plot), or Figure \@ref(fig:morefigs).
 
-```{r standard-plot, out.width='80%', fig.align='center', fig.cap='Great figure!', fig.height=10}
+```{r standard-plot, out.width='80%', fig.align='center', fig.cap='Great figure!', fig.height=5}
 plot(mtcars[1:2])
 ```
 
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@
 
 ```
 
-# Next Steps: More random text
+# Next Steps
 
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@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@
 Try `posterdown` out! Hopefully you like it!
 
 ```{r, include=FALSE}
-knitr::write_bib(c('knitr','posterdown','pagedown', 'rmarkdown', 'xaringan'), 'packages.bib')
+knitr::write_bib(c('knitr','rmarkdown','posterdown','pagedown'), 'packages.bib')
 ```
 
 # References