diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index 7a4f89f8ed..12b7f07712 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var socket,
 			config = data;
 			socket = io.connect('http://' + config.socket.address + config.socket.port? ':' + config.socket.port : '');
 
-			socket.on('connect', function(data) {
+			socket.on('event:connect', function(data) {
 				console.log('connected to socket.io: ', data);
 			});
 
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ var socket,
 	var post_window = null;
 	app.open_post_window = function() {
 		post_window = post_window || document.getElementById('post_window');
-
 		jQuery(post_window).slideToggle(250);
+		document.getElementById('post_title').focus();
 
 	};
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ var socket,
 			return;
 		}
 
-		socket.emit('topics.post', {
+		socket.emit('api:topics.post', {
 			'title' : title,
 			'content' : content 
 		});
diff --git a/public/templates/header.tpl b/public/templates/header.tpl
index 93187a3f2b..9b3fa01468 100644
--- a/public/templates/header.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/header.tpl
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="/src/app.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="/src/templates.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="/src/ajaxify.js"></script>
-	<script type="text/javascript" src="/vendor/ckeditor/ckeditor.js"></script>
 	<style type="text/css">
 		body {
 			padding-top: 60px;
@@ -60,9 +59,10 @@
 			border: 1px solid #111;
 			font-size: 16px;
 			color: #bebebe;
+			outline: 0;
 		}
 		#post_window textarea:focus { 
-			outline: none;
+			outline: 0;
 			border:none !important;
 			box-shadow:none !important;
 		}
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@
 
 	    		<div class="btn-toolbar">
 				    <div class="btn-group">
-					    <a class="btn btn-link" href="#"><i class="icon-bold"></i></a>
-					    <a class="btn btn-link" href="#"><i class="icon-italic"></i></a>
-					    <a class="btn btn-link" href="#"><i class="icon-font"></i></a>
-					    <a class="btn btn-link" href="#"><i class="icon-list"></i></a>
+					    <a class="btn btn-link" href="#" tabindex="-1"><i class="icon-bold"></i></a>
+					    <a class="btn btn-link" href="#" tabindex="-1"><i class="icon-italic"></i></a>
+					    <a class="btn btn-link" href="#" tabindex="-1"><i class="icon-font"></i></a>
+					    <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>
diff --git a/public/templates/home.tpl b/public/templates/home.tpl
index 0689a42334..ae29dc4787 100644
--- a/public/templates/home.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/home.tpl
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ new_post.onclick = function() {
 	app.open_post_window();
 }
 
+jQuery('document').ready(function() {
+	
+});
 
 
 /*app.alert({
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 193853b02e..96f5ce8d4b 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 			RDB.set('tid:' + tid + ':uid', global.uid);
 			RDB.set('tid:' + tid + ':timestamp', new Date().getTime());
 			
-			RDB.set('topic:slug:' + slugify(title) + ':tid', tid);
+			RDB.set('topic:slug:' + tid + '/' + slugify(title) + ':tid', tid);
 
 			// Posts
 			posts.create(content, function(pid) {
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ var	RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 
 
 			global.socket.emit('event:alert', {
-				title: 'Thank you for registering',
-				message: 'You have successfully registered - welcome to nodebb!',
+				title: 'Thank you for posting',
+				message: 'You have successfully posted. Click here to view your post.',
 				type: 'notify',
 				timeout: 2000
 			});
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index be1c4e707a..0af4f8e26f 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ var	SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server),
 			modules.templates.init();
 		}
 
-		// not required, "connect" emitted automatically
-		// socket.emit('event:connect', {status: 1});
+		socket.emit('event:connect', {status: 1});
 		
 		// BEGIN: API calls (todo: organize)
 		//   julian: :^)