diff --git a/public/css/style.less b/public/css/style.less
index 81c55db407..2cdcb896ca 100644
--- a/public/css/style.less
+++ b/public/css/style.less
@@ -169,12 +169,14 @@ footer.footer {
 		margin-top: 15px;
 		border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
 		font-size: 10px;
+		line-height: 18px;
 		padding: 5px;
 		padding-left: 10px;
 	}
 	.post-content {
 		min-height: 50px;
 		padding: 2px 5px 0 5px;
+		word-wrap: break-word;
 	}
 
 	.post-block {
diff --git a/public/src/ajaxify.js b/public/src/ajaxify.js
index e61aa5264e..36f4e233e8 100644
--- a/public/src/ajaxify.js
+++ b/public/src/ajaxify.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 			socket.emit('event:enter_room', 'global');
 			current_room = 'global';
 		}
-		
 
 		var url = url.replace(/\/$/, "");
 		var tpl_url = (url === '' || url === '/') ? 'home' : url.split('/')[0];
diff --git a/public/src/templates.js b/public/src/templates.js
index 7fe0734437..e476f429ca 100644
--- a/public/src/templates.js
+++ b/public/src/templates.js
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@ var templates = {};
 		//quick implementation because introducing a lib to handle several async callbacks
 		if (callback == null && ready_callback) ready_callback();
 		else ready_callback = callback;
-	}
+	};
+
+	templates.prepare = function(raw_tpl, data) {
+		var template = {};
+		template.html = raw_tpl;
+		template.parse = parse;
+		template.blocks = {};
+		return template; 		
+	};
 
 	function loadTemplates(templatesToLoad) {
 		var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
@@ -24,9 +32,10 @@ var templates = {};
 
 					template.prototype.parse = parse;
 					template.prototype.html = String(html);
-					
-					templates[file] = new template;
+					template.prototype.blocks = {};
 
+					templates[file] = new template;
+					
 					loaded--;
 					if (loaded == 0) templates.ready();
 				}).fail(function() {
@@ -49,6 +58,8 @@ var templates = {};
 
 	//modified from https://github.com/psychobunny/dcp.templates
 	var parse = function(data) {
+		var self = this;
+
 		function replace(key, value, template) {
 			var searchRegex = new RegExp('{' + key + '}', 'g');
 			return template.replace(searchRegex, value);
@@ -62,6 +73,8 @@ var templates = {};
 			data = template.match(regex);			
 			if (data == null) return;
 
+			if (block !== undefined) self.blocks[block] = data[0];
+
 			data = data[0]
 				.replace("<!-- BEGIN " + block + " -->", "")
 				.replace("<!-- END " + block + " -->", "");
diff --git a/public/templates/topic.tpl b/public/templates/topic.tpl
index ba0ada6fe0..11b5d716c0 100644
--- a/public/templates/topic.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/topic.tpl
@@ -5,22 +5,22 @@
 	</ul>
 </div>
 
-<ul class="post-container container">
+<ul id="post-container" class="post-container container">
 <!-- BEGIN posts -->
 <li class="row">
-	<div class="span1 profile-image-block">
+	<div class="span1 profile-image-block visible-desktop">
 		<!--<i class="icon-spinner icon-spin icon-2x pull-left"></i>-->
-		<img src="{posts.gravatar}" align="left" />
+		<img src="{posts.gravatar}80" align="left" />
 		<i class="icon-star"></i><span id="user_rep_{posts.uid}">{posts.user_rep}</span>
 	</div>
 	<div class="span11">
 		<div class="post-block">
 			<div id="content_{posts.pid}" class="post-content">{posts.content}</div>
 			<div class="profile-block">
-				posted by <strong>{posts.username}</strong> {posts.relativeTime}
+				<img class="hidden-desktop" src="{posts.gravatar}10" align="left" /> posted by <strong>{posts.username}</strong> {posts.relativeTime}
 				<span class="post-buttons">
-					<div id="quote_{posts.pid}" class="quote"><i class="icon-quote-left"></i></div>
-					<div id="favs_{posts.pid}_{posts.uid}" class="favourite"><span id="post_rep_{posts.pid}">{posts.post_rep}</span><i class="{posts.fav_star_class}"></i></div>
+					<div id="quote_{posts.pid}" class="quote hidden-phone"><i class="icon-quote-left"></i></div>
+					<div id="favs_{posts.pid}_{posts.uid}" class="favourite hidden-phone"><span id="post_rep_{posts.pid}">{posts.post_rep}</span><i class="{posts.fav_star_class}"></i></div>
 					<div class="post_reply">Reply <i class="icon-reply"></i></div>
 				</span>
 			</div>
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ socket.on('event:rep_down', function(data) {
 	adjust_rep(-1, data.pid, data.uid);
 });
 
+socket.on('event:new_post', function(data) {
+	var html = templates.prepare(templates['topic'].blocks['posts']).parse(data);
+
+	jQuery('<div></div>').appendTo("#post-container").hide().append(html).fadeIn('slow');	
+});
+
 function adjust_rep(value, pid, uid) {
 	var post_rep = document.getElementById('post_rep_' + pid),
 		user_rep = document.getElementById('user_rep_' + uid);
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 635c199cd1..7541cb79d0 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 							post_rep = replies[3];
 
 							user.get_user_postdetails(uid, function(user_details) {
-								user.get_gravatars_by_uids(uid, 80, function(gravatars) {
+								user.get_gravatars_by_uids(uid, '', function(gravatars) {
 									var posts = [];
 									var callbacks = content.length;
 
@@ -92,12 +92,38 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		Posts.create(uid, tid, 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
 			});
+
+			user.get_user_postdetails([uid], function(user_details) {
+				user.get_gravatars_by_uids([uid], 80, function(gravatars) {
+					var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
+
+					socket.broadcast.to('topic_' + tid).emit('event:new_post', {
+						'posts' : [
+							{
+								'pid' : pid,
+								'content' : marked(content || ''),
+								'uid' : uid,
+								'username' : user_details.username[0] || 'anonymous',
+								'user_rep' : user_details.rep[0] || 0,
+								'post_rep' : 0,
+								'gravatar' : gravatars[0],
+								'timestamp' : timestamp,
+								'relativeTime': utils.relativeTime(timestamp),
+								'fav_star_class' :'icon-star-empty' 
+							}
+						]
+					});
+				});
+			});
+
+			
 		});
 	};
 
@@ -117,7 +143,6 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 			
 			if (callback) callback(pid);
 		});
-
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 978d8ff308..c46be8d058 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ passport.deserializeUser(function(uid, done) {
 		res.send(templates['header'] + templates['403'] + 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'];
@@ -131,17 +133,14 @@ passport.deserializeUser(function(uid, done) {
 		}
 	}());
 	
-
-	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);
-	}
-	app.get('/topic/:topic_id', generate_topic_body);
-	app.get('/topic/:topic_id*', generate_topic_body);
+	// Complex Routes
+	app.get('/topic/:topic_id/:slug?', function(req, res) {
+		res.send(templates['header'] + '<script>templates.ready(function(){ajaxify.go("' + 'topic/' + req.params.topic_id + '");});</script>' + templates['footer']);
+	});
 
 
 
+	// These functions are called via ajax once the initial page is loaded to populate templates with data
 	function api_method(req, res) {
 		switch(req.params.method) {
 			case 'home' :
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ passport.deserializeUser(function(uid, done) {
 			case 'topic' :
 					global.modules.posts.get(function(data) {
 						res.send(JSON.stringify(data));
-					}, req.params.id, req.user.uid);
+					}, req.params.id, req.user.uid || 0);
 				break;
 			default :
 				res.send('{}');