diff --git a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/blog_routes_test.py b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/blog_routes_test.py
index c05734c..102239f 100644
--- a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/blog_routes_test.py
+++ b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/blog_routes_test.py
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ def test_blog_page_renders_when_manifest_exists(blog_env: dict[str, str | TestCl
 	assert 'data-manifest="articles/manifest.json"' in resp.text
 	assert f'data-content-base="/project/{blog_env["project"]}/blog/raw/"' in resp.text
 	assert "/static/blog.js" in resp.text
+	assert "navbar-vertical" not in resp.text
+	header, _, body = resp.text.partition('<div class="page-wrapper">')
+	assert 'class="navbar navbar-expand-md blog-topbar' in header
+	assert "blog-search" in header
+	assert "blog-search" not in body
+	assert 'id="navbar-user"' in resp.text
+	assert 'href="/"' in resp.text
+	assert f"/login?next=/project/{blog_env['project']}/blog/" in resp.text
 
 
 def test_blog_page_404_without_manifest(no_blog_env: dict[str, str | TestClient]) -> None:
diff --git a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/blog.js b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/blog.js
index f516f40..d5d0a70 100644
--- a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/blog.js
+++ b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/blog.js
@@ -334,10 +334,10 @@ async function loadManifest(articleEl, contentBase, path) {
 	return manifest;
 }
 
-function bindSearch(root, searchManifest) {
-	const searchEl = root.querySelector(".blog-search");
-	const resultsEl = root.querySelector(".blog-search-results");
-	const container = root.querySelector(".blog-search-container");
+function bindSearch(searchManifest) {
+	const searchEl = document.querySelector(".blog-search");
+	const resultsEl = document.querySelector(".blog-search-results");
+	const container = document.querySelector(".blog-search-container");
 	if (!searchEl || !resultsEl || !container) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ async function boot() {
 	} else {
 		searchManifest = await loadManifest(articleEl, contentBase, manifestPath);
 	}
-	bindSearch(root, searchManifest);
+	bindSearch(searchManifest);
 }
 
 boot();
diff --git a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/main.css b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/main.css
index ade4049..e329a74 100644
--- a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/main.css
+++ b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/main.css
@@ -583,6 +583,66 @@ tbody tr {
 	}
 }
 
+.blog-topbar {
+	background-color: var(--pgw-navbar-bg);
+	color: var(--pgw-navbar-text);
+	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--pgw-navbar-border);
+	overflow: visible;
+
+	> .container-xl {
+		display: grid;
+		grid-template-columns: 1fr minmax(16rem, 28rem) 1fr;
+		align-items: center;
+		column-gap: 1rem;
+	}
+
+	.navbar-brand {
+		justify-self: start;
+		margin: 0;
+
+		.text-reset,
+		.nav-link-title {
+			color: var(--pgw-navbar-text);
+		}
+	}
+
+	.blog-search-container {
+		width: 100%;
+		justify-self: center;
+	}
+
+	.navbar-nav {
+		justify-self: end;
+	}
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+	.blog-topbar > .container-xl {
+		grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
+		grid-template-areas:
+			"brand account"
+			"search search";
+		row-gap: 0.5rem;
+	}
+
+	.blog-topbar .navbar-brand {
+		grid-area: brand;
+	}
+
+	.blog-topbar .navbar-nav {
+		grid-area: account;
+	}
+
+	.blog-topbar .blog-search-container {
+		grid-area: search;
+	}
+}
+
+.navbar-user-top {
+	border-top: 0;
+	position: relative;
+}
+
 .navbar-user {
 	border-top-color: var(--pgw-navbar-border) !important;
 
@@ -1491,12 +1551,14 @@ pre {
 	top: 100%;
 	left: 0;
 	width: 100%;
-	max-width: 28rem;
 	margin-top: 0.25rem;
 	display: none;
 	max-height: 70vh;
 	overflow-y: auto;
-	z-index: 20;
+	z-index: 1030;
+	background-color: var(--pgw-bg-raised);
+	color: var(--pgw-text);
+	border: 1px solid var(--pgw-border);
 }
 
 .blog-search-results.show {
diff --git a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/navbar-auth.js b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/navbar-auth.js
index ac49e8b..b621a29 100644
--- a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/navbar-auth.js
+++ b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/navbar-auth.js
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@
 	var profile = document.getElementById("navbar-user-profile");
 	var logout = document.getElementById("navbar-user-logout");
 	if (!link || !avatar || !nameEl || !metaEl) return;
+	function loginHref() {
+		return nav.getAttribute("data-login-href") || "/login";
+	}
 	function showAccountMenu() {
 		if (!menu) return;
-		nav.classList.add("dropdown", "dropup");
+		nav.classList.add("dropdown");
+		if (nav.getAttribute("data-dropdown") !== "down") {
+			nav.classList.add("dropup");
+		}
 		link.setAttribute("data-bs-toggle", "dropdown");
 		link.setAttribute("aria-expanded", "false");
 		link.href = "#";
@@ -93,14 +99,14 @@
 			}
 			nav.setAttribute("data-logged-in", "false");
 			hideAccountMenu();
-			link.href = "/login";
+			link.href = loginHref();
 			nameEl.textContent = "Guest";
 			metaEl.textContent = "Not signed in";
 			resetGuestAvatar();
 		})
 		.catch(function () {
 			hideAccountMenu();
-			link.href = "/login";
+			link.href = loginHref();
 			resetGuestAvatar();
 		});
 })();
diff --git a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/theme.js b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/theme.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc960da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static/theme.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+(function () {
+	function applyTheme(dark) {
+		document.documentElement.setAttribute("data-bs-theme", dark ? "dark" : "light");
+	}
+	var query = window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)");
+	applyTheme(query.matches);
+	query.addEventListener("change", function (event) {
+		applyTheme(event.matches);
+	});
+})();
diff --git a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static_tests/test_navbar-auth.py b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static_tests/test_navbar-auth.py
index 8c845f3..8090f5e 100644
--- a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static_tests/test_navbar-auth.py
+++ b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/static_tests/test_navbar-auth.py
@@ -86,12 +86,43 @@ def test_signed_in_user_gets_profile_and_sign_out(js: JsPage) -> None:
 	)
 	js.load("navbar-auth.js")
 	assert "dropdown" in js.classes("#navbar-user")
+	assert "dropup" in js.classes("#navbar-user")
 	assert js.attr("#navbar-user-link", "data-bs-toggle") == "dropdown"
 	assert js.prop("#navbar-user-profile", "href").endswith("/user")
 	assert "next=/" in js.prop("#navbar-user-logout", "href")
 	assert "d-none" not in js.classes("#navbar-user-menu")
 
 
+def test_top_navbar_menu_opens_downward(js: JsPage) -> None:
+	js.route("/auth/status", body={"auth_enabled": True, "username": "ada"})
+	js.set_html(
+		'<div id="navbar-user" data-dropdown="down" data-login-href="/login?next=/project/demo/blog/">'
+		'<a id="navbar-user-link" href="/login?next=/project/demo/blog/"></a>'
+		'<span id="navbar-user-avatar" class="bg-secondary"></span>'
+		'<div class="navbar-user-name"></div>'
+		'<div class="navbar-user-meta"></div>'
+		'<div id="navbar-user-menu" class="d-none"></div>'
+		"</div>"
+	)
+	js.load("navbar-auth.js")
+	assert "dropdown" in js.classes("#navbar-user")
+	assert "dropup" not in js.classes("#navbar-user")
+
+
+def test_signed_out_keeps_a_login_return_path(js: JsPage) -> None:
+	js.route("/auth/status", body={"auth_enabled": True, "username": ""})
+	js.set_html(
+		'<div id="navbar-user" data-login-href="/login?next=/project/demo/blog/">'
+		'<a id="navbar-user-link" href="/login"></a>'
+		'<span id="navbar-user-avatar" class="bg-secondary"></span>'
+		'<div class="navbar-user-name"></div>'
+		'<div class="navbar-user-meta"></div>'
+		"</div>"
+	)
+	js.load("navbar-auth.js")
+	assert js.prop("#navbar-user-link", "href").endswith("/login?next=/project/demo/blog/")
+
+
 def test_status_fetch_failure_sends_the_link_to_login(js: JsPage) -> None:
 	js.route("/auth/status", error="offline")
 	js.set_html(_NAV)
diff --git a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/templates/blog.html b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/templates/blog.html
index 97b271d..a740689 100644
--- a/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/templates/blog.html
+++ b/pygitweb/src/pygitweb/templates/blog.html
@@ -1,12 +1,59 @@
-{% extends "base.html" %}
-{% from "macros.html" import page_header %}
-{% block head %}
+<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>{% block title %}{{ title | default('PyGitWeb') }}{% endblock %}</title>
+<script src="/static/theme.js"></script>
+<link rel="icon" href="/static/logo.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
+<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
+<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
+<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fira+Code:wght@300..700&family=Fira+Mono:wght@400;500;700&family=Fira+Sans:ital,wght@0,100;0,200;0,300;0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;0,800;0,900;1,100;1,200;1,300;1,400;1,500;1,600;1,700;1,800;1,900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/vendor/tabler-1.0.0-beta17.min.css">
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/main.css"/>
 <script defer src="/static/vendor/showdown-2.1.0.min.js"></script>
 <script defer id="Highlight-script" src="/static/vendor/highlight-11.9.0.min.js"></script>
 <script async id="MathJax-script" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/3.2.2/es5/tex-chtml.min.js"></script>
 <script async id="GraphViz-script" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/viz.js/1.8.2/viz.js"></script>
-{% endblock %}
-{% block content %}
+<script defer src="/static/vendor/tabler-1.0.0-beta17.min.js"></script>
+<script defer src="/static/navbar-auth.js"></script>
+</head><body>
+<div class="page">
+  <header class="navbar navbar-expand-md blog-topbar d-print-none">
+    <div class="container-xl">
+      <h1 class="navbar-brand navbar-brand-autodark py-2 mb-0">
+        <a href="/" class="d-flex align-items-center text-reset">
+          <img src="/static/logo.svg" width="32" height="32" alt="" class="navbar-brand-image me-2" style="object-fit: contain;">
+          <span class="nav-link-title">{{ site_name | default('PyGitWeb') }}</span>
+        </a>
+      </h1>
+      <div class="blog-search-container">
+        <div class="input-icon w-100">
+          <span class="input-icon-addon">
+            <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-tabler icon-tabler-search" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="2" stroke="currentColor" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path stroke="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M10 10m-7 0a7 7 0 1 0 14 0a7 7 0 1 0 -14 0" /><path d="M21 21l-6 -6" /></svg>
+          </span>
+          <input class="form-control blog-search" type="search" placeholder="Search articles" aria-label="Search articles" autocomplete="off">
+        </div>
+        <div class="blog-search-results dropdown-menu" id="blog-search-results" role="listbox"></div>
+      </div>
+      <div class="navbar-nav flex-row">
+        <div class="navbar-user navbar-user-top d-flex align-items-center py-2" id="navbar-user" data-logged-in="false" data-dropdown="down" data-login-href="/login?next={{ blog_url | urlencode }}">
+          <a class="d-flex align-items-center text-reset text-decoration-none" id="navbar-user-link" href="/login?next={{ blog_url | urlencode }}" aria-label="Account">
+            <span class="avatar avatar-sm bg-secondary me-2 d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center" id="navbar-user-avatar">
+              <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-tabler icon-tabler-user" width="22" height="22" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="2" stroke="currentColor" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path stroke="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M8 7a4 4 0 1 0 8 0a4 4 0 0 0 -8 0" /><path d="M6 21v-2a4 4 0 0 1 4 -4h4a4 4 0 0 1 4 4v2" /></svg>
+            </span>
+            <div class="text-start">
+              <div class="navbar-user-name text-body">Guest</div>
+              <div class="navbar-user-meta text-muted small">Not signed in</div>
+            </div>
+          </a>
+          <div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-end d-none" id="navbar-user-menu">
+            <a class="dropdown-item" id="navbar-user-profile" href="/user">Profile</a>
+            <a class="dropdown-item" id="navbar-user-logout" href="/logout?next=/">Sign out</a>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </header>
+  <div class="page-wrapper">
+    <div class="page-body">
+      <div class="container-xl">
+{% from "macros.html" import page_header %}
 <div
 	id="blog-root"
 	class="blog-root"
@@ -20,20 +67,13 @@
 	{% endcall %}
 	<div class="card">
 		<div class="card-body">
-			<div class="blog-search-container mb-3" style="max-width: 28rem;">
-				<div class="input-icon w-100">
-					<span class="input-icon-addon">
-						<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon icon-tabler icon-tabler-search" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" stroke-width="2" stroke="currentColor" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path stroke="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/><path d="M10 10m-7 0a7 7 0 1 0 14 0a7 7 0 1 0 -14 0" /><path d="M21 21l-6 -6" /></svg>
-					</span>
-					<input class="form-control blog-search" type="search" placeholder="Search articles" aria-label="Search articles" autocomplete="off">
-				</div>
-				<div class="blog-search-results dropdown-menu" id="blog-search-results" role="listbox"></div>
-			</div>
 			<div id="article" class="blog-article markdown-body"></div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 </div>
-{% endblock %}
-{% block scripts %}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
 <script type="module" src="/static/blog.js"></script>
-{% endblock %}
+</body></html>
