diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 4949cc4..613762d 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "marked": "~0.3.2",
     "js-yaml": "~3.2.5",
     "path": "~3.46.1",
-    "forEachAsync": "~5.0.2"
+    "forEachAsync": "~5.0.5",
+    "node-uuid": "~1.4.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/deardesi.js b/deardesi.js
index 316a9f8..dd4cbd9 100644
--- a/deardesi.js
+++ b/deardesi.js
@@ -8,21 +8,85 @@
     , Mustache      = exports.Mustache      || require('mustache')
     , marked        = exports.marked        || require('marked')
     , forEachAsync  = exports.forEachAsync  || require('foreachasync').forEachAsync
-    , sha1sum       = exports.sha1sum       || require('./lib/deardesi-node').sha1sum
+    //, sha1sum       = exports.sha1sum       || require('./lib/deardesi-node').sha1sum
     , frontmatter   = exports.Frontmatter   || require('./lib/frontmatter').Frontmatter
-    , safeResolve   = exports.safeResolve   || require('./lib/deardesi-utils').safeResolve
+    //, safeResolve   = exports.safeResolve   || require('./lib/deardesi-utils').safeResolve
     , fsapi         = exports.fsapi         || require('./lib/deardesi-node').fsapi
+    //, UUID          = exports.uuid          || require('node-uuid')
     ;
 
-  function runDesi(desi) {
-    var config = desi.config
-      , cache = desi.cache
+  // See https://github.com/janl/mustache.js/issues/415
+  function num2str(obj) {
+    return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj, function (key, val) {
+      if ('number' === typeof val) {
+        val = val.toString();
+      }
+      return val;
+    }));
+  }
+
+  function getLayout(desi, themename, layout, arr) {
+    arr = arr || [];
+
+    var layoutdir = 'layouts'
+      , themepath
+      , file
+      ;
+
+    if (!themename) {
+      themename = desi.config.themes.default;
+    }
+    if (!layout) {
+      layout = 'post.html';
+    }
+
+
+    themepath = themename + '/' + layoutdir + '/' + layout;
+
+    desi.content.themes.some(function (theme) {
+      // TODO what if it isn't html?
+      if (theme.path === themepath || theme.path.match(themepath + '\\.html')) {
+        file = theme;
+        arr.push(theme);
+        return true;
+      }
+    });
+
+    if (!file) {
+      console.error("could not find " + themepath);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // TODO handle possible circular dep condition page -> post -> page
+    console.info(file);
+    if (file.yml && file.yml.layout) {
+      return getLayout(desi, themename, file.yml.layout, arr);
+    } else {
+      // return the chain page -> posts -> default -> twitter
+      return arr;
+    }
+  }
+
+  function runDesi(desi, development) {
+    var cache = desi.cache
+      //, config = desi.config
       , cacheByPath = {}
       , cacheBySha1 = {}
       , dfiles
       , dthemes
       ;
 
+    desi.urls = desi.config.urls = {};
+    if (development) {
+      desi.urls.base_path = desi.config.development.base_path;
+      desi.urls.url = desi.config.development.url;
+      desi.urls.development_url = desi.config.development.url;
+    } else {
+      desi.config.base_path = desi.urls.base_path = desi.config.production.base_path;
+      desi.urls.url = desi.config.production.url;
+      desi.urls.production_url = desi.config.production.url;
+    }
+
     cache.sources = cache.sources || [];
     cache.sources.forEach(function (source) {
       cacheByPath[source.path] = source;
@@ -103,37 +167,40 @@
 
   console.log('');
   console.log('');
-  console.log('getting config...');
-  return fsapi.getConfig().then(function (config) {
-    console.log('loading caches...');
-    return fsapi.getCache().then(function (cache) {
-      console.log('cache');
-      console.log(cache);
-      console.log('last update: ' + (cache.lastUpdate && new Date(cache.lastUpdate) || 'never'));
-      var collectionnames = Object.keys(config.collections)
+  console.log('getting config, data, caches...');
+  return PromiseA.all([fsapi.getConfig(), fsapi.getData(), fsapi.getCache(), fsapi.getPartials()]).then(function (things) {
+    var config = things[0]
+      , data = things[1]
+      , cache = things[2]
+      , partials = things[3]
+      ;
+
+    console.log('loaded config, data, caches.');
+    console.log(things);
+    console.log('last update: ' + (cache.lastUpdate && new Date(cache.lastUpdate) || 'never'));
+    var collectionnames = Object.keys(config.collections)
+      ;
+
+    return fsapi.getMeta(
+      collectionnames
+    , { dotfiles: false
+      , extensions: ['md', 'markdown', 'htm', 'html', 'jade']
+      }
+    ).then(function (collections) {
+      var themenames = Object.keys(config.themes).filter(function (k) { return 'default' !== k; })
         ;
 
+      console.log('collections');
+      console.log(collections);
       return fsapi.getMeta(
-        collectionnames
-      , { dotfiles: false
-        , extensions: ['md', 'markdown', 'htm', 'html', 'jade']
+        themenames
+      , { dotfiles: false 
+        , extensions: ['md', 'markdown', 'htm', 'html', 'jade', 'css', 'js', 'yml']
         }
-      ).then(function (collections) {
-        var themenames = Object.keys(config.themes).filter(function (k) { return 'default' !== k; })
-          ;
-
-        console.log('collections');
-        console.log(collections);
-        return fsapi.getMeta(
-          themenames
-        , { dotfiles: false 
-          , extensions: ['md', 'markdown', 'htm', 'html', 'jade', 'css', 'js', 'yml']
-          }
-        ).then(function (themes) {
-          console.log('themes');
-          console.log(themes);
-          return { config: config, cache: cache, meta: { collections: collections, themes: themes } };
-        });
+      ).then(function (themes) {
+        console.log('themes');
+        console.log(themes);
+        return { config: config, data: data, cache: cache, meta: { collections: collections, themes: themes }, partials: partials };
       });
     });
   }).then(runDesi).then(function (desi) {
@@ -168,48 +235,33 @@
         return desi;
       });
     });
+
   }).then(function (desi) {
-    function getLayout(themename, layout, arr) {
-      arr = arr || [];
-
-      var layoutdir = 'layouts'
-        , themepath
-        , file
-        ;
-
-      if (!themename) {
-        themename = desi.config.themes.default;
-      }
-      if (!layout) {
-        layout = 'post.html';
+    // TODO add missing metadata and resave file
+    desi.content.collections.forEach(function (article) {
+      if (!article.yml.permalink) {
+        // TODO read the config for this collection
+        article.yml.permalink = path.join(desi.urls.base_path, article.title);
       }
 
-
-      themepath = themename + '/' + layoutdir + '/' + layout;
-
-      desi.content.themes.some(function (theme) {
-        // TODO what if it isn't html?
-        if (theme.path === themepath || theme.path.match(themepath + '\\.html')) {
-          file = theme;
-          arr.push(theme);
-          return true;
-        }
-      });
-
-      if (!file) {
-        console.error("could not find " + themepath);
-        return;
+      if (!article.yml.uuid) {
+        // TODO only do this if it's going to be saved
+        // article.yml.uuid = UUID.v4();
       }
 
-      // TODO handle possible circular dep condition page -> post -> page
-      console.info(file);
-      if (file.yml && file.yml.layout) {
-        return getLayout(themename, file.yml.layout, arr);
-      } else {
-        // return the chain page -> posts -> default -> twitter
-        return arr;
+      if (!article.yml.date) {
+        article.yml.date = article.createdDate || article.lastModifiedDate;
       }
-    }
+
+      if (!article.yml.updated_at) {
+        article.yml.updated_at = article.lastModifiedDate;
+      }
+    });
+
+    return desi;
+  }).then(function (desi) {
+    var compiled = []
+      ;
 
     desi.content.collections.forEach(function (article) {
       // TODO process tags and categories and such
@@ -221,19 +273,43 @@
 
       var child = ''
         , layers
+        , view
         ;
 
 
       console.log(article.path || (article.relativePath + '/' + article.name));
       //console.log(article.frontmatter);
       console.log(article.yml);
-      layers = getLayout(article.yml.theme, article.yml.layout, [article]);
+      layers = getLayout(desi, article.yml.theme, article.yml.layout, [article]);
       console.log('LAYERS');
       console.log(layers);
+
+      view = {
+        page: article.yml // data for just *this* page
+      , content: child    // processed content for just *this* page
+      //, data: desi.data   // data.yml
+      // https://github.com/janl/mustache.js/issues/415
+      , data: num2str(desi.data)
+      , collection: {}    // data for just *this* collection
+      , categories: []    // *all* categories in all collections
+      , tags: []          // *all* tags in all collections
+      , site: num2str(desi.site || {})
+      , url: path.join(desi.urls.url, desi.urls.base_path, article.yml.permalink)
+      , canonical_url: path.join(desi.urls.url, desi.urls.base_path, article.yml.permalink)
+      , relative_url: path.join(desi.urls.base_path, article.yml.permalink)
+      , urls: desi.urls
+      };
+      view.site.author = desi.data.author;
+      view.site['navigation?to_pages'] = desi.data.navigation.map(function (nav) {
+        var title = nav.replace(/^./, function ($1) { return $1.toUpperCase(); })
+          ;
+
+        return { path: '/' + nav, active: false, title: /*TODO*/ title };
+      });
+
       layers.forEach(function (parent) {
         // TODO meta.layout
-        var view
-          , body = (parent.body || parent.contents || '').trim()
+        var body = (parent.body || parent.contents || '').trim()
           , html
           ;
 
@@ -249,24 +325,52 @@
           console.error('unknown parser for ' + (article.path));
         }
 
-        view = {
-          page: article.yml // data for just *this* page
-        , content: child    // processed content for just *this* page
-        , data: {}          // data.yml
-        , collection: {}    // data for just *this* collection
-        , categories: []    // *all* categories in all collections
-        , tags: []          // *all* tags in all collections
-        };
+        view.content = child;
+
+        child = Mustache.render(html, view, desi.partials);
 
-        child = Mustache.render(html, view);
       });
 
-      console.log('child');
-      console.log(child);
-      //console.log(meta.mtime.valueOf(), meta.ymlsum, meta.textsum, node);
+      console.warn('view data.author contains objects?');
+      console.warn(JSON.stringify(view.data.author, null, '  '));
+      console.warn(typeof view.data.author.twitter_id);
+      console.warn(view.data.author);
+      // TODO add html meta-refresh redirects
+      compiled.push({ contents: child, path: path.join(desi.config.compiled_path, article.yml.permalink) });
+      if (Array.isArray(article.yml.redirects)) {
+        child = 
+          '<html>'
+            + '<head>'
+              + '<title>Redirecting to ' + article.yml.title + '</title>'
+              + '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=\'' + path.join(desi.urls.url, article.yml.permalink) + '\'" />'
+            + '</head>'
+            + '<body>'
+              + '<p>This page has moved to a <a href="' + path.join(desi.urls.url, article.yml.permalink) +'">' + article.yml.title + '</a>.</p>'
+            + '</body>'
+        + '</html>'
+        ;
+
+        compiled.push({ contents: child, url: view.url, path: path.join(desi.config.compiled, article.yml.permalink) });
+      }
+
+
+    });
+
+    desi.compiled = compiled;
+    return desi;
+  }).then(function (desi) {
+    var compiled = desi.compiled
+      ;
+
+    console.info('das compiled files');
+    console.info(compiled);
+    return fsapi.putFiles(compiled).then(function (saved) {
+      console.info('files saved');
+      console.info(saved);
     });
   }).catch(function (e) {
-    console.error('The Badness is upon us...');
+    console.error('A great and uncatchable error has befallen the land. Read ye here for das detalles..');
+    console.error(e.message);
     throw e;
   });
 }('undefined' !== typeof exports && exports || window));
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index a948046..a5533f2 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <script src="./bower_components/marked/lib/marked.js"></script>
     <script src="./bower_components/js-yaml/dist/js-yaml.js"></script>
     <script src="./bower_components/path/path.js"></script>
+    <script src="./bower_components/node-uuid/uuid.js"></script>
     <script src="./bower_components/forEachAsync/forEachAsync.js"></script>
 
     <!-- Libs -->
diff --git a/lib/deardesi-browser.js b/lib/deardesi-browser.js
index 7d42fa7..00437e9 100644
--- a/lib/deardesi-browser.js
+++ b/lib/deardesi-browser.js
@@ -216,8 +216,12 @@
 
   fsapi.getConfig = function () {
     return request.get('/config.yml').then(function (resp) {
-      console.log('config');
-      console.log(exports.YAML.parse(resp));
+      return exports.YAML.parse(resp);
+    });
+  };
+
+  fsapi.getData = function () {
+    return request.get('/data.yml').then(function (resp) {
       return exports.YAML.parse(resp);
     });
   };
@@ -230,8 +234,19 @@
     });
   };
 
+  fsapi.getPartials = function () {
+    return request.get('/partials.yml').then(function (resp) {
+      var partials = exports.YAML.parse(resp)
+        ;
+
+      console.info('partials');
+      console.info(partials);
+      return partials;
+    });
+  };
+
   fsapi.putFiles = function (files) {
-    return request.put('/api/fs/files', {
+    return request.post('/api/fs/files', {
       files: files
     }).then(function (resp) {
       return JSON.parse(resp);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6fab3a5..046cb9d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "marked": "^0.3.2",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
     "mustache": "^1.0.0",
+    "node-uuid": "^1.4.2",
     "require-yaml": "0.0.1",
     "require-yamljs": "^1.0.1",
     "secret-utils": "^1.0.2",