diff --git a/public/templates/topic.tpl b/public/templates/topic.tpl
index e69de29bb2..56c230a31f 100644
--- a/public/templates/topic.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/topic.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<ul class="topic-container">
+<!-- BEGIN posts -->
+<li class="topic-row">
+	<p>{posts.content}</p>
+	<p>Posted on {posts.timestamp} by user {posts.uid}.</p>
+</li>
+<!-- END posts -->
+</ul>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 361b561684..bc1e7ea174 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -11,7 +11,47 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js');
 
 
 
-	Posts.get = function(topic) {
+	Posts.get = function(callback, tid, start, end) {
+		if (start == null) start = 0;
+		if (end == null) end = start + 10;
+
+		RDB.lrange('tid:' + tid + ':posts', start, end, function(pids) {
+
+			var content = [],
+				uid = [],
+				timestamp = [];
+
+			for (var i=0, ii=pids.length; i<ii; i++) {
+				content.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':content');
+				uid.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':uid');
+				timestamp.push('pid:' + pids[i] + ':timestamp');
+			}
+
+			if (pids.length > 0) {
+				RDB.multi()
+					.mget(content)
+					.mget(uid)
+					.mget(timestamp)
+					.exec(function(err, replies) {
+						content = replies[0];
+						uid = replies[1];
+						timestamp = replies[2];
+
+						var posts = [];
+						for (var i=0, ii=content.length; i<ii; i++) {
+							posts.push({
+								'content' : content[i],
+								'uid' : uid[i],
+								'timestamp' : timestamp[i]
+							});
+						}
+
+						callback({'posts': posts});
+					});
+			}
+
+
+		});
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/templates.js b/src/templates.js
index c66932fcff..3954a792c4 100644
--- a/src/templates.js
+++ b/src/templates.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 
 	Templates.init = function() {
 		loadTemplates([
-			'header', 'footer', 'register', 'home',
+			'header', 'footer', 'register', 'home', 'topic',
 			'login', 'reset', 'reset_code', 'account_settings',
 			'logout', '403',
 			'emails/reset', 'emails/reset_plaintext'
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 4265e3b12c..2fdf66bfc3 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 
 
 	Topics.generate_topic_body = function(callback, tid, start, end) {
-		if (start == null) start = 0;
-		if (end == null) end = start + 10;
-
-		RDB.lrange('tid:' + tid + ':posts', start, end, function(tids) {
-			callback(tids);
-		});
+		var topic_body = global.templates['topic'];
+	
+		posts.get(function(data) {
+			topic_body = topic_body.parse(data);
+			callback(topic_body);
+		}, tid, start, end)
 	};
 
 	// this needs to move into forum.js
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		}, start, end);
 	};
 
-	Topics.get_postIDs_by_topicID = function(topicID, start, end) {
-
-	};
-
 	Topics.get = function(callback, start, end) {
 		if (start == null) start = 0;
 		if (end == null) end = start + 10;
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index b1d7b5d085..45bce265c8 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ var express = require('express'),
 
 
 
+	// need a proper way to combine these two routes together
 	app.get('/topics/:topic_id', function(req, res) {
 		global.modules.topics.generate_topic_body(function(topic_body) {
 			res.send(templates['header'] + topic_body + templates['footer']);
@@ -76,6 +77,8 @@ var express = require('express'),
 		}, req.params.topic_id)
 	});
 
+
+
 	app.get('/api/:method', function(req, res) {
 		switch(req.params.method) {
 			case 'home' :