diff --git a/src/lib/components/util/TocToggle.svelte b/src/lib/components/util/TocToggle.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bee061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/components/util/TocToggle.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import {
+    Button,
+    Sidebar,
+    SidebarGroup,
+    SidebarItem,
+    SidebarWrapper,
+    Skeleton,
+    TextPlaceholder,
+    Tooltip,
+  } from "flowbite-svelte";
+  import { onMount } from "svelte";
+  import { BookOutline } from "flowbite-svelte-icons";
+  import { pharosInstance } from "$lib/parser";
+  import { page } from "$app/state";
+
+  let { rootId } = $props<{ rootId: string }>();
+
+  if (rootId !== $pharosInstance.getRootIndexId()) {
+    console.error("Root ID does not match parser root index ID");
+  }
+
+  const tocBreakpoint = 1140;
+
+  let activeHash = $state(page.url.hash);
+  let showToc: boolean = $state(true);
+  let showTocButton: boolean = $state(false);
+
+  function normalizeHashPath(str: string): string {
+    return str
+      .toLowerCase()
+      .replace(/\s+/g, "-")
+      .replace(/[^\w-]/g, "");
+  }
+
+  function scrollToElementWithOffset() {
+    const hash = window.location.hash;
+    if (hash) {
+      const targetElement = document.querySelector(hash);
+      if (targetElement) {
+        const headerOffset = 80;
+        const elementPosition = targetElement.getBoundingClientRect().top;
+        const offsetPosition = elementPosition + window.scrollY - headerOffset;
+
+        window.scrollTo({
+          top: offsetPosition,
+          behavior: "auto",
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Hides the table of contents sidebar when the window shrinks below a certain size.  This
+   * prevents the sidebar from occluding the article content.
+   */
+  function setTocVisibilityOnResize() {
+    showToc = window.innerWidth >= tocBreakpoint;
+    showTocButton = window.innerWidth < tocBreakpoint;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Hides the table of contents sidebar when the user clicks outside of it.
+   */
+  function hideTocOnClick(ev: MouseEvent) {
+    const target = ev.target as HTMLElement;
+
+    if (target.closest(".sidebar-leather") || target.closest(".btn-leather")) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (showToc) {
+      showToc = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  onMount(() => {
+    // Always check whether the TOC sidebar should be visible.
+    setTocVisibilityOnResize();
+
+    window.addEventListener("hashchange", scrollToElementWithOffset);
+    // Also handle the case where the user lands on the page with a hash in the URL
+    scrollToElementWithOffset();
+
+    window.addEventListener("resize", setTocVisibilityOnResize);
+    window.addEventListener("click", hideTocOnClick);
+
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener("hashchange", scrollToElementWithOffset);
+      window.removeEventListener("resize", setTocVisibilityOnResize);
+      window.removeEventListener("click", hideTocOnClick);
+    };
+  });
+</script>
+
+{#if showTocButton && !showToc}
+  <Button
+    class="btn-leather h-6 !w-auto"
+    outline={true}
+    on:click={(ev) => {
+      showToc = true;
+      ev.stopPropagation();
+    }}
+  >
+    <BookOutline class="!fill-none mr-1"/>
+    Table of Contents
+  </Button>
+{/if}
+<!-- TODO: Get TOC from parser. -->
+<!-- {#if showToc}
+  <Sidebar class='sidebar-leather fixed top-20 left-0 px-4 w-60' {activeHash}>
+    <SidebarWrapper>
+      <SidebarGroup class='sidebar-group-leather overflow-y-scroll'>
+        {#each events as event}
+          <SidebarItem
+            class='sidebar-item-leather'
+            label={event.getMatchingTags('title')[0][1]}
+            href={`${$page.url.pathname}#${normalizeHashPath(event.getMatchingTags('title')[0][1])}`}
+          />
+        {/each}
+      </SidebarGroup>
+    </SidebarWrapper>
+  </Sidebar>
+{/if} -->
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diff --git a/src/lib/parser.ts b/src/lib/parser.ts
index b9f9545..6450ebf 100644
--- a/src/lib/parser.ts
+++ b/src/lib/parser.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ export default class Pharos {
    */
   private eventsByLevelMap: Map<number, string[]> = new Map<number, string[]>();
 
+  /**
+   * A map of blog entries
+   */
+  private blogEntries: Map<string, NDKEvent> = new Map<string, NDKEvent>();
+
   /**
    * When `true`, `getEvents()` should regenerate the event tree to propagate updates.
    */
@@ -177,6 +182,14 @@ export default class Pharos {
     this.parse(content);
   }
 
+  getBlogEntries() {
+    return this.blogEntries;
+  }
+
+  getIndexMetadata(): IndexMetadata {
+    return this.rootIndexMetadata;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Generates and stores Nostr events from the parsed AsciiDoc document.  The events can be
    * modified via the parser's API and retrieved via the `getEvents()` method.
@@ -617,6 +630,23 @@ export default class Pharos {
       tags.map(tag => this.ndk.fetchEventFromTag(tag, event))
     );
 
+    // if a blog, save complete events for later
+    if (event.getMatchingTags("type")[0][1] === 'blog') {
+      childEvents.forEach(child => {
+        if (child) {
+          this.blogEntries.set(child?.getMatchingTags("d")?.[0]?.[1], child);
+        }
+      })
+    }
+
+    // populate metadata
+    if (event.created_at) {
+      this.rootIndexMetadata.publicationDate = new Date(event.created_at * 1000).toDateString();
+    }
+    if (event.getMatchingTags('image')) {
+      this.rootIndexMetadata.coverImage = event.getMatchingTags('image')[0][1];
+    }
+
     // Michael J - 15 December 2024 - This could be further parallelized by recursively fetching
     // children of index events before processing them for content.  We won't make that change now,
     // as it would increase complexity, but if performance suffers, we can revisit this option.