diff --git a/public/src/ajaxify.js b/public/src/ajaxify.js
index ac3d7d4db0..ac96a7d6be 100644
--- a/public/src/ajaxify.js
+++ b/public/src/ajaxify.js
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 
 	ajaxify.go = function(url, callback) {
 		var url = url.replace(/\/$/, "");
-		var tpl_url = (url === '') ? 'home' : url;
-
+		var tpl_url = (url === '' || url === '/') ? 'home' : url.split('/')[0];
+		
 		if (templates[tpl_url]) {
 			window.history.pushState({}, url, "/" + url);
 
diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 8b50d34af6..a45effa90d 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var socket,
 	config,
-	app = {};
+	app = {},
+
+	API_URL = null;
 
 // todo: cleanup,etc
 (function() {
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@ var socket,
 	$.ajax({
 		url: '/config.json?v=' + new Date().getTime(),
 		success: function(data) {
+			API_URL = data.api_url;
+
 			config = data;
 			socket = io.connect('http://' + config.socket.address + config.socket.port? ':' + config.socket.port : '');
 
@@ -78,14 +82,63 @@ var socket,
 		}
 	}
 
-	var post_window = null;
-	app.open_post_window = function() {
+	var post_window = null,
+		submit_post_btn = null,
+		post_title = null,
+		reply_title = null,
+		post_content = null;
+
+
+	app.open_post_window = function(post_mode, id, title) {
+		submit_post_btn = submit_post_btn || document.getElementById('submit_post_btn');
+		post_title = post_title || document.getElementById('post_title');
+		reply_title = reply_title || document.getElementById('reply_title');
+		post_content = post_content || document.getElementById('post_content');
+
+
 		post_window = post_window || document.getElementById('post_window');
 		jQuery(post_window).slideToggle(250);
-		document.getElementById('post_title').focus();
+
+		if (post_mode == null || post_mode == 'topic') {
+			post_title.style.display = "block";
+			reply_title.style.display = "none";
+			post_title.focus();
+			submit_post_btn.onclick = function() {
+				app.post_topic();
+			}
+		} else {
+			post_title.style.display = "none";
+			reply_title.style.display = "block";
+			reply_title.innerHTML = 'You are replying to "' + title + '"';
+			post_content.focus();
+			submit_post_btn.onclick = function() {
+				app.post_reply(id)
+			} 
+		}
 
 	};
 
+	app.post_reply = function(topic_id) {
+		var	content = document.getElementById('post_content').value;
+
+		if (content.length < 5) {
+			app.alert({
+				title: 'Reply Failure',
+				message: 'You need to write more dude.',
+				type: 'error',
+				timeout: 2000
+			});	
+
+			return;
+		}
+
+		socket.emit('api:posts.reply', {
+			'topic_id' : topic_id,
+			'content' : content 
+		});
+		jQuery(post_window).slideToggle(250);
+
+	};
 	app.post_topic = function() {
 		var title = document.getElementById('post_title').value,
 			content = document.getElementById('post_content').value;
@@ -95,10 +148,7 @@ var socket,
 				title: 'Topic Post Failure',
 				message: 'You need to write more dude.',
 				type: 'error',
-				timeout: 2000,
-				clickfn: function() {
-					ajaxify.go('register');
-				}
+				timeout: 2000
 			});	
 
 			return;
diff --git a/public/src/templates.js b/public/src/templates.js
index fe7036a778..f18b1e50b6 100644
--- a/public/src/templates.js
+++ b/public/src/templates.js
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 var templates = {};
 
 (function() {
+	var ready_callback;
+
+	templates.ready = function(callback) {
+		//quick implementation because introducing a lib to handle several async callbacks
+		if (callback == null) ready_callback();
+		else ready_callback = callback;
+	}
 
 	function loadTemplates(templatesToLoad) {
 		var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
+		var loaded = templatesToLoad.length;
 
 		for (var t in templatesToLoad) {
 			(function(file) {
@@ -18,6 +26,12 @@ var templates = {};
 					template.prototype.html = String(html);
 					
 					templates[file] = new template;
+
+					loaded--;
+					if (loaded == 0) templates.ready();
+				}).fail(function() {
+					loaded--;
+					if (loaded == 0) templates.ready();
 				});
 			}(templatesToLoad[t]));
 		}
@@ -26,7 +40,7 @@ var templates = {};
 
 	function init() {
 		loadTemplates([
-				'header', 'footer', 'register', 'home',
+				'header', 'footer', 'register', 'home', 'topic',
 				'login', 'reset', 'reset_code', 'account_settings',
 				'emails/reset', 'emails/reset_plaintext'
 			]);
@@ -116,10 +130,10 @@ function load_template(callback) {
 		rootUrl = location.protocol + '//' + (location.hostname || location.host) + (location.port ? ':' + location.port : '');
 
 	var url = location.href.replace(rootUrl +'/', '');
-	if (url == '') url = 'home';
-	jQuery.get('api/' + url, function(data) {
-		
-		document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = templates[url].parse(JSON.parse(data));
+	url = (url === '' || url === '/') ? 'home' : url;
+
+	jQuery.get(API_URL + url, function(data) {
+		document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = templates[url.split('/')[0]].parse(JSON.parse(data));
 		if (callback) callback();
 	});
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/templates/header.tpl b/public/templates/header.tpl
index d18ac06159..a22c9e7e0a 100644
--- a/public/templates/header.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/header.tpl
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@
 		border: 1px solid #eee;
 		margin-top: 50px;
 	}
-	.topic-container li.topic-row:nth-child(odd) {
+	.topic-container a:nth-child(odd) li.topic-row {
 		background-color:#fdfdfd;
 	}
-	.topic-container li.topic-row:nth-child(even) {
+	.topic-container a:nth-child(even) li.topic-row {
 		background-color:#fff;
 	}
 	.topic-container li.topic-row {
@@ -108,6 +108,35 @@
 		background-color: #eee;
 	}
 
+
+
+	.post-container {
+		list-style-type: none;
+		padding: 0;
+		margin: 0;
+		border: 1px solid #eee;
+		
+	}
+	.post-container li.post-row:nth-child(odd) {
+		background-color:#fdfdfd;
+	}
+	.post-container li.post-row:nth-child(even) {
+		background-color:#fff;
+	}
+	.post-container li.post-row {
+		cursor: pointer;
+		border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
+		padding: 10px;
+	}
+	.post-container li:last-child {
+		border-bottom: 0;
+	}
+	.post-container li.post-row:hover {
+		background-color: #eee;
+	}
+
+
+
 	#user_label img {
 		border: 1px solid #999;
 		margin-right: 8px;
@@ -117,6 +146,11 @@
 		font-size: 12px;
 		font-weight: bold;
 	}
+	#reply_title {
+		font-size: 17px;
+		padding-top: 14px;
+		font-weight: 600;
+	}
 	</style>
 </head>
 
@@ -132,7 +166,7 @@
 				</button>
 				<div class="nav-collapse collapse">
 					<ul class="nav">
-						<li class="active"><a href="/">Home</a></li>
+						<li class="active"><a href="/">Forum</a></li>
 						<li><a href="/register">Register</a></li>
 						<li><a href="/login">Login</a></li>
 					</ul>
@@ -148,6 +182,7 @@
 		<div class="post-title-container">
 			<div class="container">
 				<input id="post_title" placeholder="Enter your topic title here." />
+				<span id="reply_title"></span>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 		<div class="post-content-container">
@@ -161,7 +196,7 @@
 						<a class="btn btn-link" href="#" tabindex="-1"><i class="icon-list"></i></a>
 					</div>
 					<div class="btn-group" style="float: right; margin-right: -12px">
-						<a class="btn" onclick="app.post_topic()"><i class="icon-ok"></i> Submit</a>
+						<a id="submit_post_btn" class="btn" onclick="app.post_topic()"><i class="icon-ok"></i> Submit</a>
 						<a class="btn" onclick="jQuery(post_window).slideToggle(250);"><i class="icon-remove"></i> Discard</a>
 					</div>
 				</div>
@@ -172,4 +207,5 @@
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	<div id="notification_window"></div>
+
 	<div class="container" id="content">
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/templates/home.tpl b/public/templates/home.tpl
index e65f469776..b49f4c2e85 100644
--- a/public/templates/home.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/home.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <button id="new_post" class="btn btn-primary btn-large">New Post</button>
 <ul class="topic-container">
 <!-- BEGIN topics -->
-<a href="topics/{topics.slug}"><li class="topic-row">
+<a href="topic/{topics.slug}"><li class="topic-row">
 	<h4>{topics.title}</h4>
 	<p>Posted {topics.relativeTime} by user {topics.uid}. {topics.post_count} posts.</p>
 </li></a>
diff --git a/public/templates/topic.tpl b/public/templates/topic.tpl
index 777c72fb89..4c8ebfa9cb 100644
--- a/public/templates/topic.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/topic.tpl
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
-<ul class="topic-container">
+<div class="container">
+	<ul class="breadcrumb">
+		<li><a href="/">Home</a> <span class="divider">/</span></li>
+		<li class="active">{TOPIC_NAME}</li>
+	</ul>
+</div>
+
+<ul class="post-container">
 <!-- BEGIN posts -->
-<li class="topic-row">
+<li class="post-row">
 	<p>{posts.content}</p>
 	<p>Posted {posts.relativeTime} by user {posts.uid}.</p>
 </li>
 <!-- END posts -->
-</ul>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ul>
+<hr />
+<button id="post_reply" class="btn btn-primary btn-large">Reply</button>
+<script type="text/javascript">
+var post_reply = document.getElementById('post_reply');
+post_reply.onclick = function() {
+	app.open_post_window('reply', "{TOPIC_ID}", "{TOPIC_NAME}");
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index c0d7e50acc..9e46407864 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -16,57 +16,64 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		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],
-								'relativeTime': utils.relativeTime(timestamp[i])
-							});
-						}
-
-						callback({'posts': posts});
-					});
-			} else {
-				callback({});
-			}
-
-
+		RDB.get('tid:' + tid + ':title', function(topic_name) { //do these asynch later
+			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],
+									'relativeTime': utils.relativeTime(timestamp[i])
+								});
+							}
+
+							callback({'TOPIC_NAME':topic_name, 'TOPIC_ID': tid, 'posts': posts});
+						});
+				} else {
+					callback({});
+				}
+			});
 		});
 
+
 	}
 
 
-	Posts.reply = function() {
+	Posts.reply = function(tid, uid, content) {
+		Posts.create(uid, content, function(pid) {
+			RDB.rpush('tid:' + tid + ':posts', pid);
 
+			socket.emit('event:alert', {
+				title: 'Reply Successful',
+				message: 'You have successfully replied. Click here to view your reply.',
+				type: 'notify',
+				timeout: 2000
+			});
+		});
 	};
 
 	Posts.create = function(uid, content, callback) {
-		console.log("global uid "+uid);
-		
 		if (uid === null) return;
 		
 		RDB.incr('global:next_post_id', function(pid) {
diff --git a/src/redis.js b/src/redis.js
index 0a6e633272..a71cc1e3d5 100644
--- a/src/redis.js
+++ b/src/redis.js
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
 		db.lpush(key, item);
 	}
 
+	RedisDB.rpush = function(key, item) {
+		db.rpush(key, item);
+	}
+
 	RedisDB.lrange = function(key, start, end, callback, error_handler) {
 		db.lrange(key, start, end, function(error, data) {
 			return_handler(error, data, callback, error_handler);
diff --git a/src/templates.js b/src/templates.js
index f38a195475..8fb384a2e6 100644
--- a/src/templates.js
+++ b/src/templates.js
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 		var template = this.html, regex, block;
 
 		return (function parse(data, namespace, template) {
-			if (data.length == 0) {
+			if (Object.keys(data).length == 0) {
 				regex = makeRegex('[^]*');
 				template = template.replace(regex, '');
 			}
-
+			
 			for (var d in data) {
 				if (data.hasOwnProperty(d)) {
 					if (data[d] instanceof String || data[d] === null) {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 
 						block = parse(data[d], namespace, block);
 						template = setBlock(regex, block, template);
-					} else {								
+					} else {
 						template = replace(namespace + d, data[d], template);
 					}
 				}					
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index aa41f8684e..15cadbb806 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 
 	Topics.post = function(uid, title, content, category) {
 		if (uid === 0) {
-			global.socket.emit('event:alert', {
+			socket.emit('event:alert', {
 				title: 'Thank you for posting',
 				message: 'Since you are unregistered, your post is awaiting approval. Click here to register now.',
 				type: 'warning',
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 			RDB.lpush('uid:' + uid + ':topics', tid);
 
 
-			global.socket.emit('event:alert', {
+			socket.emit('event:alert', {
 				title: 'Thank you for posting',
 				message: 'You have successfully posted. Click here to view your post.',
 				type: 'notify',
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 13f626c67e..c0b048a7ff 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -89,43 +89,51 @@ passport.deserializeUser(function(uid, done) {
 	// Useful if you want to use app.put and app.delete (instead of app.post all the time)
 	//	app.use(express.methodOverride());
 
-	app.get('/', function(req, res) {
-		global.modules.topics.generate_forum_body(function(forum_body) {
-			res.send(templates['header'] + forum_body + templates['footer']);	
-		});
-	});
 
+	// Basic Routes (entirely client-side parsed, goal is to move the rest of the crap in this file into this one section)
+	(function() {
+		var routes = ['', 'login', 'register'];
 
-	// 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']);
-		}, req.params.topic_id)
-	});
-	app.get('/topics/:topic_id/:slug', function(req, res) {
+		for (var i=0, ii=routes.length; i<ii; i++) {
+			(function(route) {
+				app.get('/' + route, function(req, res) {
+					res.send(templates['header'] + '<script>templates.ready(function(){ajaxify.go("' + route + '");});</script>' + templates['footer']);
+				});
+			}(routes[i]));
+		}
+	}());
+	
+
+	function generate_topic_body(req, res) {
 		global.modules.topics.generate_topic_body(function(topic_body) {
 			res.send(templates['header'] + topic_body + templates['footer']);
-		}, req.params.topic_id)
-	});
+		}, req.params.topic_id);
+	}
+	app.get('/topic/:topic_id', generate_topic_body);
+	app.get('/topic/:topic_id*', generate_topic_body);
 
 
 
-	app.get('/api/:method', function(req, res) {
+	function api_method(req, res) {
 		switch(req.params.method) {
 			case 'home' :
 					global.modules.topics.get(function(data) {
 						res.send(JSON.stringify(data));
 					});
 				break;
+			case 'topic' :
+					global.modules.posts.get(function(data) {
+						res.send(JSON.stringify(data));
+					}, req.params.id);
+				break;
 			default :
 				res.send('{}');
 			break;
 		}
-	});
-
-	app.get('/login', function(req, res) {
-		res.send(templates['header'] + templates['login'] + templates['footer']);
-	});
+	}
+	app.get('/api/:method', api_method);
+	app.get('/api/:method/:id', api_method);
+	app.get('/api/:method/:id*', api_method);
 
 	app.post('/login', passport.authenticate('local', {
 		successRedirect: '/',
@@ -148,10 +156,6 @@ passport.deserializeUser(function(uid, done) {
 		res.send(templates['header'] + templates['reset'] + templates['footer']);
 	});
 
-	app.get('/register', function(req, res) {
-		res.send(templates['header'] + templates['register'] + templates['footer']);
-	});
-
 	app.get('/403', function(req, res) {
 		res.send(templates['header'] + templates['403'] + templates['footer']);
 	});
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index a83fea5785..832d07964c 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ var	SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server),
 			modules.topics.post(uid, data.title, data.content);
 		});
 
+		socket.on('api:posts.reply', function(data) {
+			modules.posts.reply(data.topic_id, uid, data.content);
+		});
+
 		socket.on('api:user.active.get', function() {
 			modules.user.active.get();
 		});