diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 07833296a..4564573ac 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 language: go
 go:
+  - 1.1
   - tip
 script:
   - go test ./...
   - go build
   - ./hugo -s docs/
+install:
+  - go get github.com/stretchr/testify
+  - go get -v ./...
diff --git a/helpers/general.go b/helpers/general.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..208b0d2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/general.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Copyright © 2014 Steve Francia <spf@spf13.com>.
+//
+// Licensed under the Simple Public License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://opensource.org/licenses/Simple-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package helpers
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func StripHTML(s string) string {
+	output := ""
+
+	// Shortcut strings with no tags in them
+	if !strings.ContainsAny(s, "<>") {
+		output = s
+	} else {
+		s = strings.Replace(s, "\n", " ", -1)
+		s = strings.Replace(s, "</p>", " \n", -1)
+		s = strings.Replace(s, "<br>", " \n", -1)
+		s = strings.Replace(s, "</br>", " \n", -1)
+
+		// Walk through the string removing all tags
+		b := new(bytes.Buffer)
+		inTag := false
+		for _, r := range s {
+			switch r {
+			case '<':
+				inTag = true
+			case '>':
+				inTag = false
+			default:
+				if !inTag {
+					b.WriteRune(r)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		output = b.String()
+	}
+	return output
+}
diff --git a/helpers/helpers_test.go b/helpers/helpers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71e894766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/helpers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package helpers
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestPretty(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyPath("/section/name.html"), "/section/name/index.html")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyPath("/section/sub/name.html"), "/section/sub/name/index.html")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyPath("/section/name/"), "/section/name/index.html")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyPath("/section/name/index.html"), "/section/name/index.html")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyPath("/index.html"), "/index.html")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyPath("/name.xml"), "/name/index.xml")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyPath("/"), "/")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyPath(""), "/")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyUrl("/section/name.html"), "/section/name")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyUrl("/section/sub/name.html"), "/section/sub/name")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyUrl("/section/name/"), "/section/name")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyUrl("/section/name/index.html"), "/section/name")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyUrl("/index.html"), "/")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyUrl("/name.xml"), "/name/index.xml")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyUrl("/"), "/")
+	assert.Equal(t, PrettifyUrl(""), "/")
+}
+
+func TestUgly(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, Uglify("/section/name.html"), "/section/name.html")
+	assert.Equal(t, Uglify("/section/sub/name.html"), "/section/sub/name.html")
+	assert.Equal(t, Uglify("/section/name/"), "/section/name.html")
+	assert.Equal(t, Uglify("/section/name/index.html"), "/section/name.html")
+	assert.Equal(t, Uglify("/index.html"), "/index.html")
+	assert.Equal(t, Uglify("/name.xml"), "/name.xml")
+	assert.Equal(t, Uglify("/"), "/")
+	assert.Equal(t, Uglify(""), "/")
+}
+
+func TestMakePath(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"  foo bar  ", "foo-bar"},
+		{"foo.bar/foo_bar-foo", "foo.bar/foo_bar-foo"},
+		{"foo,bar:foo%bar", "foobarfoobar"},
+		{"foo/bar.html", "foo/bar.html"},
+		{"трям/трям", "трям/трям"},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		output := MakePath(test.input)
+		if output != test.expected {
+			t.Errorf("Expected %#v, got %#v\n", test.expected, output)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUrlize(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"  foo bar  ", "foo-bar"},
+		{"foo.bar/foo_bar-foo", "foo.bar/foo_bar-foo"},
+		{"foo,bar:foo%bar", "foobarfoobar"},
+		{"foo/bar.html", "foo/bar.html"},
+		{"трям/трям", "%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BC/%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BC"},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		output := Urlize(test.input)
+		if output != test.expected {
+			t.Errorf("Expected %#v, got %#v\n", test.expected, output)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/helpers/path.go b/helpers/path.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..024b0e941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/path.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// Copyright © 2014 Steve Francia <spf@spf13.com>.
+//
+// Licensed under the Simple Public License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://opensource.org/licenses/Simple-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package helpers
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+)
+
+var sanitizeRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("[^a-zA-Z0-9./_-]")
+
+// Take a string with any characters and replace it so the string could be used in a path.
+// E.g. Social Media -> social-media
+func MakePath(s string) string {
+	return UnicodeSanitize(strings.ToLower(strings.Replace(strings.TrimSpace(s), " ", "-", -1)))
+}
+
+func Sanitize(s string) string {
+	return sanitizeRegexp.ReplaceAllString(s, "")
+}
+
+func UnicodeSanitize(s string) string {
+	source := []rune(s)
+	target := make([]rune, 0, len(source))
+
+	for _, r := range source {
+		if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r) || r == '.' || r == '/' || r == '_' || r == '-' {
+			target = append(target, r)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return string(target)
+}
+
+func ReplaceExtension(path string, newExt string) string {
+	f, _ := FileAndExt(path)
+	return f + "." + newExt
+}
+
+// Check if Exists && is Directory
+func DirExists(path string) (bool, error) {
+	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err == nil && fi.IsDir() {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return false, err
+}
+
+// Check if File / Directory Exists
+func Exists(path string) (bool, error) {
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err == nil {
+		return true, nil
+	}
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	return false, err
+}
+
+func FileAndExt(in string) (name string, ext string) {
+	ext = path.Ext(in)
+	base := path.Base(in)
+
+	if strings.Contains(base, ".") {
+		name = base[:strings.LastIndex(base, ".")]
+	} else {
+		name = in
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+func PathPrep(ugly bool, in string) string {
+	if ugly {
+		return Uglify(in)
+	} else {
+		return PrettifyPath(in)
+	}
+}
+
+// /section/name.html -> /section/name/index.html
+// /section/name/  -> /section/name/index.html
+// /section/name/index.html -> /section/name/index.html
+func PrettifyPath(in string) string {
+	if path.Ext(in) == "" {
+		// /section/name/  -> /section/name/index.html
+		if len(in) < 2 {
+			return "/"
+		}
+		return path.Join(path.Clean(in), "index.html")
+	} else {
+		name, ext := FileAndExt(in)
+		if name == "index" {
+			// /section/name/index.html -> /section/name/index.html
+			return path.Clean(in)
+		} else {
+			// /section/name.html -> /section/name/index.html
+			return path.Join(path.Dir(in), name, "index"+ext)
+		}
+	}
+	return in
+}
diff --git a/helpers/templates.go b/helpers/templates.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 94d6993ce..000000000
--- a/helpers/templates.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2013 Steve Francia <spf@spf13.com>.
-//
-// Licensed under the Simple Public License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-// http://opensource.org/licenses/Simple-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package helpers
-
-import (
-	"net/url"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
-	"unicode"
-)
-
-var sanitizeRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("[^a-zA-Z0-9./_-]")
-
-func MakePath(s string) string {
-	return unicodeSanitize(strings.ToLower(strings.Replace(strings.TrimSpace(s), " ", "-", -1)))
-}
-
-func Urlize(uri string) string {
-	sanitized := MakePath(uri)
-
-	// escape unicode letters
-	parsedUri, err := url.Parse(sanitized)
-	if err != nil {
-		// if net/url can not parse URL it's meaning Sanitize works incorrect
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return parsedUri.String()
-}
-
-func Sanitize(s string) string {
-	return sanitizeRegexp.ReplaceAllString(s, "")
-}
-
-func unicodeSanitize(s string) string {
-	source := []rune(s)
-	target := make([]rune, 0, len(source))
-
-	for _, r := range source {
-		if unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r) || r == '.' || r == '/' || r == '_' || r == '-' {
-			target = append(target, r)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return string(target)
-}
diff --git a/helpers/templates_test.go b/helpers/templates_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7252c2d98..000000000
--- a/helpers/templates_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package helpers
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestMakePath(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		input    string
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{"  foo bar  ", "foo-bar"},
-		{"foo.bar/foo_bar-foo", "foo.bar/foo_bar-foo"},
-		{"foo,bar:foo%bar", "foobarfoobar"},
-		{"foo/bar.html", "foo/bar.html"},
-		{"трям/трям", "трям/трям"},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		output := MakePath(test.input)
-		if output != test.expected {
-			t.Errorf("Expected %#v, got %#v\n", test.expected, output)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUrlize(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		input    string
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{"  foo bar  ", "foo-bar"},
-		{"foo.bar/foo_bar-foo", "foo.bar/foo_bar-foo"},
-		{"foo,bar:foo%bar", "foobarfoobar"},
-		{"foo/bar.html", "foo/bar.html"},
-		{"трям/трям", "%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BC/%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BC"},
-	}
-
-	for _, test := range tests {
-		output := Urlize(test.input)
-		if output != test.expected {
-			t.Errorf("Expected %#v, got %#v\n", test.expected, output)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/helpers/url.go b/helpers/url.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c6065e32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/url.go
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// Copyright © 2013 Steve Francia <spf@spf13.com>.
+//
+// Licensed under the Simple Public License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// http://opensource.org/licenses/Simple-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package helpers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+	"path"
+)
+
+var _ = fmt.Println
+
+// Similar to MakePath, but with Unicode handling
+// Example:
+//     uri: Vim (text editor)
+//     urlize: vim-text-editor
+func Urlize(uri string) string {
+	sanitized := MakePath(uri)
+
+	// escape unicode letters
+	parsedUri, err := url.Parse(sanitized)
+	if err != nil {
+		// if net/url can not parse URL it's meaning Sanitize works incorrect
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	x := parsedUri.String()
+	return x
+}
+
+// Combines a base with a path
+// Example
+//    base:   http://spf13.com/
+//    path:   post/how-i-blog
+//    result: http://spf13.com/post/how-i-blog
+func MakePermalink(host, plink string) *url.URL {
+
+	base, err := url.Parse(host)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	path, err := url.Parse(plink)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return base.ResolveReference(path)
+}
+
+func UrlPrep(ugly bool, in string) string {
+	if ugly {
+		return Uglify(in)
+	} else {
+		return PrettifyUrl(in)
+	}
+}
+
+// Don't Return /index.html portion.
+func PrettifyUrl(in string) string {
+	x := PrettifyPath(in)
+
+	if path.Base(x) == "index.html" {
+		return path.Dir(x)
+	}
+
+	if in == "" {
+		return "/"
+	}
+
+	return x
+}
+
+// /section/name/index.html -> /section/name.html
+// /section/name/  -> /section/name.html
+// /section/name.html -> /section/name.html
+func Uglify(in string) string {
+	if path.Ext(in) == "" {
+		if len(in) < 2 {
+			return "/"
+		}
+		// /section/name/  -> /section/name.html
+		return path.Clean(in) + ".html"
+	} else {
+		name, ext := FileAndExt(in)
+		if name == "index" {
+			// /section/name/index.html -> /section/name.html
+			d := path.Dir(in)
+			if len(d) > 1 {
+				return d + ext
+			} else {
+				return in
+			}
+		} else {
+			// /section/name.html -> /section/name.html
+			return path.Clean(in)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return in
+}
diff --git a/hugolib/config.go b/hugolib/config.go
index df1b87ec6..a52b0737c 100644
--- a/hugolib/config.go
+++ b/hugolib/config.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
+	"github.com/spf13/hugo/helpers"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"launchpad.net/goyaml"
 	"os"
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func SetupConfig(cfgfile *string, path *string) *Config {
 	c.readInConfig()
 
 	// set index defaults if none provided
-	if len(c.Indexes) == 0 {
+	if c.Indexes == nil {
 		c.Indexes = make(map[string]string)
 		c.Indexes["tag"] = "tags"
 		c.Indexes["category"] = "categories"
@@ -169,15 +170,15 @@ func (c *Config) GetAbsPath(name string) string {
 func (c *Config) findConfigFile(configFileName string) (string, error) {
 
 	if configFileName == "" { // config not specified, let's search
-		if b, _ := exists(c.GetAbsPath("config.json")); b {
+		if b, _ := helpers.Exists(c.GetAbsPath("config.json")); b {
 			return c.GetAbsPath("config.json"), nil
 		}
 
-		if b, _ := exists(c.GetAbsPath("config.toml")); b {
+		if b, _ := helpers.Exists(c.GetAbsPath("config.toml")); b {
 			return c.GetAbsPath("config.toml"), nil
 		}
 
-		if b, _ := exists(c.GetAbsPath("config.yaml")); b {
+		if b, _ := helpers.Exists(c.GetAbsPath("config.yaml")); b {
 			return c.GetAbsPath("config.yaml"), nil
 		}
 
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ func (c *Config) findConfigFile(configFileName string) (string, error) {
 
 		// Else check the local directory
 		t := c.GetAbsPath(configFileName)
-		if b, _ := exists(t); b {
+		if b, _ := helpers.Exists(t); b {
 			return t, nil
 		} else {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("config file not found at: %s", t)
diff --git a/hugolib/page.go b/hugolib/page.go
index 5f7289946..a34a36572 100644
--- a/hugolib/page.go
+++ b/hugolib/page.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ type Pages []*Page
 
 func (p *Page) Plain() string {
 	if len(p.plain) == 0 {
-		p.plain = StripHTML(StripShortcodes(string(p.renderBytes(p.rawContent))))
+		p.plain = helpers.StripHTML(StripShortcodes(string(p.renderBytes(p.rawContent))))
 	}
 	return p.plain
 }
@@ -147,38 +147,6 @@ func newPage(filename string) *Page {
 	return &page
 }
 
-func StripHTML(s string) string {
-	output := ""
-
-	// Shortcut strings with no tags in them
-	if !strings.ContainsAny(s, "<>") {
-		output = s
-	} else {
-		s = strings.Replace(s, "\n", " ", -1)
-		s = strings.Replace(s, "</p>", " \n", -1)
-		s = strings.Replace(s, "<br>", " \n", -1)
-		s = strings.Replace(s, "</br>", " \n", -1)
-
-		// Walk through the string removing all tags
-		b := new(bytes.Buffer)
-		inTag := false
-		for _, r := range s {
-			switch r {
-			case '<':
-				inTag = true
-			case '>':
-				inTag = false
-			default:
-				if !inTag {
-					b.WriteRune(r)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		output = b.String()
-	}
-	return output
-}
-
 func (p *Page) IsRenderable() bool {
 	return p.renderable
 }
@@ -274,40 +242,17 @@ func (p *Page) permalink() (*url.URL, error) {
 		}
 		//fmt.Printf("have an override for %q in section %s → %s\n", p.Title, p.Section, permalink)
 	} else {
-
 		if len(pSlug) > 0 {
-			if p.Site.Config != nil && p.Site.Config.UglyUrls {
-				filename := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", p.Slug, p.Extension)
-				permalink = path.Join(dir, filename)
-			} else {
-				permalink = path.Join(dir, p.Slug) + "/"
-			}
+			permalink = helpers.UrlPrep(p.Site.Config.UglyUrls, path.Join(dir, p.Slug+"."+p.Extension))
 		} else if len(pUrl) > 2 {
 			permalink = pUrl
 		} else {
 			_, t := path.Split(p.FileName)
-			if p.Site.Config != nil && p.Site.Config.UglyUrls {
-				x := replaceExtension(strings.TrimSpace(t), p.Extension)
-				permalink = path.Join(dir, x)
-			} else {
-				file, _ := fileExt(strings.TrimSpace(t))
-				permalink = path.Join(dir, file)
-			}
+			permalink = helpers.UrlPrep(p.Site.Config.UglyUrls, path.Join(dir, helpers.ReplaceExtension(strings.TrimSpace(t), p.Extension)))
 		}
-
 	}
 
-	base, err := url.Parse(baseUrl)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	path, err := url.Parse(permalink)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return MakePermalink(base, path), nil
+	return helpers.MakePermalink(baseUrl, permalink), nil
 }
 
 func (p *Page) LinkTitle() string {
@@ -696,7 +641,7 @@ func (p *Page) TargetPath() (outfile string) {
 	} else {
 		// Fall back to filename
 		_, t := path.Split(p.FileName)
-		outfile = replaceExtension(strings.TrimSpace(t), p.Extension)
+		outfile = helpers.ReplaceExtension(strings.TrimSpace(t), p.Extension)
 	}
 
 	return path.Join(p.Dir, strings.TrimSpace(outfile))
diff --git a/hugolib/page_permalink_test.go b/hugolib/page_permalink_test.go
index 614522fed..6f08152a6 100644
--- a/hugolib/page_permalink_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/page_permalink_test.go
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ func TestPermalink(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{"x/y/z/boofar.md", "x/y/z", "", "", false, "/x/y/z/boofar", "/x/y/z/boofar"},
 		{"x/y/z/boofar.md", "x/y/z/", "", "", false, "/x/y/z/boofar", "/x/y/z/boofar"},
-		{"x/y/z/boofar.md", "x/y/z/", "", "boofar", false, "/x/y/z/boofar/", "/x/y/z/boofar/"},
+		{"x/y/z/boofar.md", "x/y/z/", "", "boofar", false, "/x/y/z/boofar", "/x/y/z/boofar"},
 		{"x/y/z/boofar.md", "x/y/z", "http://barnew/", "", false, "http://barnew/x/y/z/boofar", "/x/y/z/boofar"},
-		{"x/y/z/boofar.md", "x/y/z/", "http://barnew/", "boofar", false, "http://barnew/x/y/z/boofar/", "/x/y/z/boofar/"},
+		{"x/y/z/boofar.md", "x/y/z/", "http://barnew/", "boofar", false, "http://barnew/x/y/z/boofar", "/x/y/z/boofar"},
 		{"x/y/z/boofar.md", "x/y/z", "", "", true, "/x/y/z/boofar.html", "/x/y/z/boofar.html"},
 		{"x/y/z/boofar.md", "x/y/z/", "", "", true, "/x/y/z/boofar.html", "/x/y/z/boofar.html"},
 		{"x/y/z/boofar.md", "x/y/z/", "", "boofar", true, "/x/y/z/boofar.html", "/x/y/z/boofar.html"},
diff --git a/hugolib/path.go b/hugolib/path.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 03a5dba04..000000000
--- a/hugolib/path.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package hugolib
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-func fileExt(path string) (file, ext string) {
-	if strings.Contains(path, ".") {
-		i := len(path) - 1
-		for path[i] != '.' {
-			i--
-		}
-		return path[:i], path[i+1:]
-	}
-	return path, ""
-}
-
-func replaceExtension(path string, newExt string) string {
-	f, _ := fileExt(path)
-	return f + "." + newExt
-}
-
-// Check if Exists && is Directory
-func dirExists(path string) (bool, error) {
-	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
-	if err == nil && fi.IsDir() {
-		return true, nil
-	}
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	return false, err
-}
diff --git a/hugolib/site.go b/hugolib/site.go
index 5e262cf08..2f1b4b1f3 100644
--- a/hugolib/site.go
+++ b/hugolib/site.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/nitro"
 	"html/template"
 	"io"
-	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -35,10 +34,6 @@ var _ = transform.AbsURL
 
 var DefaultTimer *nitro.B
 
-func MakePermalink(base *url.URL, path *url.URL) *url.URL {
-	return base.ResolveReference(path)
-}
-
 // Site contains all the information relevant for constructing a static
 // site.  The basic flow of information is as follows:
 //
@@ -228,18 +223,6 @@ func (s *Site) initializeSiteInfo() {
 	}
 }
 
-// Check if File / Directory Exists
-func exists(path string) (bool, error) {
-	_, err := os.Stat(path)
-	if err == nil {
-		return true, nil
-	}
-	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		return false, nil
-	}
-	return false, err
-}
-
 func (s *Site) absLayoutDir() string {
 	return s.Config.GetAbsPath(s.Config.LayoutDir)
 }
@@ -253,12 +236,7 @@ func (s *Site) absPublishDir() string {
 }
 
 func (s *Site) checkDirectories() (err error) {
-	/*
-		if b, _ := dirExists(s.absLayoutDir()); !b {
-			return fmt.Errorf("No layout directory found, expecting to find it at " + s.absLayoutDir())
-		}
-	*/
-	if b, _ := dirExists(s.absContentDir()); !b {
+	if b, _ := helpers.DirExists(s.absContentDir()); !b {
 		return fmt.Errorf("No source directory found, expecting to find it at " + s.absContentDir())
 	}
 	return
@@ -418,18 +396,12 @@ func (s *Site) RenderIndexes() error {
 		for k, o := range s.Indexes[plural] {
 			n := s.NewNode()
 			n.Title = strings.Title(k)
-			url := helpers.Urlize(plural + "/" + k)
-			n.Url = url + ".html"
-			plink := n.Url
-			n.Permalink = permalink(s, plink)
-			n.RSSLink = permalink(s, url+".xml")
+			base := plural + "/" + k
+			s.setUrls(n, base)
 			n.Date = o[0].Page.Date
 			n.Data[singular] = o
 			n.Data["Pages"] = o.Pages()
 			layout := "indexes/" + singular + ".html"
-
-			var base string
-			base = plural + "/" + k
 			err := s.render(n, base+".html", layout)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -437,8 +409,7 @@ func (s *Site) RenderIndexes() error {
 
 			if a := s.Tmpl.Lookup("rss.xml"); a != nil {
 				// XML Feed
-				n.Url = helpers.Urlize(plural + "/" + k + ".xml")
-				n.Permalink = permalink(s, n.Url)
+				s.setUrls(n, base+".xml")
 				err := s.render(n, base+".xml", "rss.xml")
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
@@ -455,9 +426,7 @@ func (s *Site) RenderIndexesIndexes() (err error) {
 		for singular, plural := range s.Config.Indexes {
 			n := s.NewNode()
 			n.Title = strings.Title(plural)
-			url := helpers.Urlize(plural)
-			n.Url = url + "/index.html"
-			n.Permalink = permalink(s, n.Url)
+			s.setUrls(n, plural)
 			n.Data["Singular"] = singular
 			n.Data["Plural"] = plural
 			n.Data["Index"] = s.Indexes[plural]
@@ -477,9 +446,7 @@ func (s *Site) RenderLists() error {
 	for section, data := range s.Sections {
 		n := s.NewNode()
 		n.Title = strings.Title(inflect.Pluralize(section))
-		n.Url = helpers.Urlize(section + "/" + "index.html")
-		n.Permalink = permalink(s, n.Url)
-		n.RSSLink = permalink(s, section+".xml")
+		s.setUrls(n, section)
 		n.Date = data[0].Page.Date
 		n.Data["Pages"] = data.Pages()
 		layout := "indexes/" + section + ".html"
@@ -491,8 +458,7 @@ func (s *Site) RenderLists() error {
 
 		if a := s.Tmpl.Lookup("rss.xml"); a != nil {
 			// XML Feed
-			n.Url = helpers.Urlize(section + ".xml")
-			n.Permalink = template.HTML(string(n.Site.BaseUrl) + n.Url)
+			s.setUrls(n, section+".xml")
 			err = s.render(n, section+".xml", "rss.xml")
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -505,9 +471,7 @@ func (s *Site) RenderLists() error {
 func (s *Site) RenderHomePage() error {
 	n := s.NewNode()
 	n.Title = n.Site.Title
-	n.Url = helpers.Urlize(string(n.Site.BaseUrl))
-	n.RSSLink = permalink(s, "index.xml")
-	n.Permalink = permalink(s, "")
+	s.setUrls(n, "/")
 	n.Data["Pages"] = s.Pages
 	err := s.render(n, "/", "index.html")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -518,7 +482,7 @@ func (s *Site) RenderHomePage() error {
 		// XML Feed
 		n.Url = helpers.Urlize("index.xml")
 		n.Title = "Recent Content"
-		n.Permalink = permalink(s, "index.xml")
+		n.Permalink = s.permalink("index.xml")
 		high := 50
 		if len(s.Pages) < high {
 			high = len(s.Pages)
@@ -536,7 +500,7 @@ func (s *Site) RenderHomePage() error {
 	if a := s.Tmpl.Lookup("404.html"); a != nil {
 		n.Url = helpers.Urlize("404.html")
 		n.Title = "404 Page not found"
-		n.Permalink = permalink(s, "404.html")
+		n.Permalink = s.permalink("404.html")
 		return s.render(n, "404.html", "404.html")
 	}
 
@@ -550,18 +514,26 @@ func (s *Site) Stats() {
 	}
 }
 
-func permalink(s *Site, plink string) template.HTML {
-	base, err := url.Parse(string(s.Config.BaseUrl))
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
+func (s *Site) setUrls(n *Node, in string) {
+	n.Url = s.prepUrl(in)
+	n.Permalink = s.permalink(n.Url)
+	n.RSSLink = s.permalink(in + ".xml")
+}
 
-	path, err := url.Parse(plink)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
+func (s *Site) permalink(plink string) template.HTML {
+	return template.HTML(helpers.MakePermalink(string(s.Config.BaseUrl), s.prepUrl(plink)).String())
+}
 
-	return template.HTML(MakePermalink(base, path).String())
+func (s *Site) prepUrl(in string) string {
+	return helpers.Urlize(s.PrettifyUrl(in))
+}
+
+func (s *Site) PrettifyUrl(in string) string {
+	return helpers.UrlPrep(s.Config.UglyUrls, in)
+}
+
+func (s *Site) PrettifyPath(in string) string {
+	return helpers.PathPrep(s.Config.UglyUrls, in)
 }
 
 func (s *Site) NewNode() *Node {