diff --git a/lib/slick/builder/base.rb b/lib/slick/builder/base.rb
index 13cd652..6cb498a 100644
--- a/lib/slick/builder/base.rb
+++ b/lib/slick/builder/base.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'fileutils'
+require 'logger'
 require 'abstract_controller'
 
 module Slick::Builder
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ def controller_path
     end
 
     include AbstractController::Layouts
+    include AbstractController::Helpers
 
     self.view_paths = [File.expand_path('../../views', __FILE__)]
     self.layout 'application'
@@ -19,22 +21,15 @@ def controller_path
     def initialize(data, parent = nil)
       @parent = parent
       @data   = data
-      @config = data[:config] || {}
+      @config = ActiveSupport::InheritableOptions.new(data[:config] || {})
     end
 
-    protected
-
-      def root_dir
-        @config[:root] ||= File.expand_path('../../../..', __FILE__)
-      end
-
-      def public_dir
-        "#{root_dir}/public"
-      end
+    def local_path(content)
+      content.path.to_s.gsub("#{config.root_dir}/public", '')
+    end
+    helper_method :local_path
 
-      def view_paths
-        p "KEKSE"
-      end
+    protected
 
       def render(template, target)
         html = super(:template => template, :layout => layout, :locals => data)
@@ -42,22 +37,21 @@ def render(template, target)
       end
 
       def write(file_name, html)
-        path = [public_dir, path, file_name].compact.join('/')
+        path = [config.root_dir, 'public', path, file_name].compact.join('/')
         FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(path))
         File.open(path, 'w+') { |f| f.write(html) }
       end
 
     public
 
-      # TODO can this be made smarter in AbstractController::Layouts? doesn't even seem to be used anywhere?
-      # def config
-      #   {}
-      # end
-
       # TODO can this be made smarter in AbstractController::Layouts? just pass it through for now
       def response_body=(body)
         body
       end
+
+      # TODO can this be just be a default in ActionView if !controller.respond_to?(:logger)
+      def logger
+        @logger ||= Logger.new(STDOUT)
+      end
   end
 end
-
diff --git a/lib/slick/builder/section.rb b/lib/slick/builder/section.rb
index 20d4fc0..a2e5879 100644
--- a/lib/slick/builder/section.rb
+++ b/lib/slick/builder/section.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def build
     protected
 
       def build_index
-        render("#{section.type}/index", "#{path}.html")
+        render("#{section.type}/#{section.template || 'index'}", "#{path}.html")
       end
 
       def build_children
diff --git a/lib/slick/model/base.rb b/lib/slick/model/base.rb
index dae31e3..3c41287 100644
--- a/lib/slick/model/base.rb
+++ b/lib/slick/model/base.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ def layout
       attributes[:layout]
     end
 
+    def template
+      attributes[:template]
+    end
+
     def slug # TODO
       title.underscore.gsub(/[\W]/, '_')
     end
@@ -61,12 +65,12 @@ def title_from_path
         title = File.basename(path.to_s).gsub(extname, '').titleize
       end
 
-      def parse(content)
-        parse_yaml_preamble(content).merge(:content => content)
+      def parse(body)
+        parse_yaml_preamble(body).merge(:body => body)
       end
 
-      def parse_yaml_preamble(content)
-        content.gsub!(YAML_PREAMBLE, '')
+      def parse_yaml_preamble(body)
+        body.gsub!(YAML_PREAMBLE, '')
         $1 ? YAML.load($1).symbolize_keys : {}
       end
   end
diff --git a/lib/slick/model/section.rb b/lib/slick/model/section.rb
index 7d1e5e9..7fb0f71 100644
--- a/lib/slick/model/section.rb
+++ b/lib/slick/model/section.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ def initialize(path)
     end
 
     def contents
-      @contents ||= type == 'blog' ? content_paths.map { |path| Content.new(path) } : []
+      @contents ||= type == 'blog' ? build_posts : []
     end
 
     def children
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ def read
 
     protected
 
+      def build_posts
+        build_contents.sort { |lft, rgt| rgt.published_at <=> lft.published_at }
+      end
+
+      def build_contents
+        content_paths.map { |path| Content.new(path) }
+      end
+
       def content_paths
         @content_paths ||= Dir["#{dirname.to_s}/*"].select { |path| path =~ Content::PUBLISHED_AT_PATTERN }
       end
diff --git a/lib/slick/views/blog/index.html.erb b/lib/slick/views/blog/index.html.erb
index 85936c1..c06e356 100644
--- a/lib/slick/views/blog/index.html.erb
+++ b/lib/slick/views/blog/index.html.erb
@@ -1 +1,9 @@
-<%= section.title %>
+<%= content_tag :h1, 'Recent posts' %>
+
+<%= content_tag :ul do %>
+  <% section.contents.each do |content| %>
+    <%= content_tag :li do %>
+      <%= link_to(content.title, local_path(content)) %>
+    <% end %>
+  <% end %>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/lib/slick/views/blog/show.html.erb b/lib/slick/views/blog/show.html.erb
index 0a063d4..ed210ad 100644
--- a/lib/slick/views/blog/show.html.erb
+++ b/lib/slick/views/blog/show.html.erb
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-Post: <%= content.title %>
+<%= content_tag :h1, content.title %>
+<%= content.body.html_safe %>
 
diff --git a/lib/slick/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/lib/slick/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 4227962..c27e33d 100644
--- a/lib/slick/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/lib/slick/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -1,2 +1,11 @@
-application layout:
-<%= yield %>
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
+<head>
+   <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
+   <title><%#= config.title %></title>
+   <%= stylesheet_link_tag :all %>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <%= yield %>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/lib/slick/views/page/index.html.erb b/lib/slick/views/page/index.html.erb
index 4aecf97..22345eb 100644
--- a/lib/slick/views/page/index.html.erb
+++ b/lib/slick/views/page/index.html.erb
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-Page: <%= section.title %>
+<%= content_tag :h1, content.title %>
+<%= content.body.html_safe %>
diff --git a/lib/slick/views/page/show.html.erb b/lib/slick/views/page/show.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a80170..0000000
--- a/lib/slick/views/page/show.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Article: <%= content.title %>
diff --git a/test/_root/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/test/_root/assets/stylesheets/application.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/_root/data/articles.html b/test/_root/data/articles.html
index 5e1a8d2..59dbab6 100644
--- a/test/_root/data/articles.html
+++ b/test/_root/data/articles.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Articles
 layout: page
+template: custom
 ---
-Articles Content
+Articles body 
diff --git a/test/_root/public/2009/07/05/ripper2_ruby__modify_and_recompile_your_ruby_code.html b/test/_root/public/2009/07/05/ripper2_ruby__modify_and_recompile_your_ruby_code.html
deleted file mode 100644
index e2ff711..0000000
--- a/test/_root/public/2009/07/05/ripper2_ruby__modify_and_recompile_your_ruby_code.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-application layout:
-Post: Ripper2Ruby: modify and recompile your Ruby code
-
-
diff --git a/test/_root/public/2009/07/06/using_ruby_1_9_ripper.html b/test/_root/public/2009/07/06/using_ruby_1_9_ripper.html
deleted file mode 100644
index b9925df..0000000
--- a/test/_root/public/2009/07/06/using_ruby_1_9_ripper.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-application layout:
-Post: Using Ruby 1.9 Ripper
-
-
diff --git a/test/_root/public/articles.html b/test/_root/public/articles.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e71bed..0000000
--- a/test/_root/public/articles.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-page layout:
-Page: Articles
-
-
diff --git a/test/_root/public/articles/articles_child.html b/test/_root/public/articles/articles_child.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 85717f6..0000000
--- a/test/_root/public/articles/articles_child.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-page layout:
-Page: Articles Child
-
-
diff --git a/test/_root/public/contact.html b/test/_root/public/contact.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 4abaa37..0000000
--- a/test/_root/public/contact.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-custom layout:
-Page: Contact
-
-
-
diff --git a/test/_root/public/index.html b/test/_root/public/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 23cadfe..0000000
--- a/test/_root/public/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-application layout:
-Data
-
diff --git a/test/_root/public/projects.html b/test/_root/public/projects.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d9057b..0000000
--- a/test/_root/public/projects.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-page layout:
-Page: Projects
-
-
diff --git a/test/_root/public/projects/i18n.html b/test/_root/public/projects/i18n.html
deleted file mode 100644
index c33ff9d..0000000
--- a/test/_root/public/projects/i18n.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-page layout:
-Page: I18n
-
-
diff --git a/lib/slick/views/layouts/page.html.erb b/test/_root/views/layouts/page.html.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/slick/views/layouts/page.html.erb
rename to test/_root/views/layouts/page.html.erb
diff --git a/test/_root/views/page/custom.html.erb b/test/_root/views/page/custom.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..062c255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/_root/views/page/custom.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+custom template: <%= section.title %>
diff --git a/test/_root/views/page/index.html.erb b/test/_root/views/page/index.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a3339c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/_root/views/page/index.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Custom Page: <%= section.title %>
+
diff --git a/test/builder_test.rb b/test/builder_test.rb
index 232b3aa..d7a3ba2 100644
--- a/test/builder_test.rb
+++ b/test/builder_test.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 class BuilderTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     @config  = {
-      :root => TEST_ROOT
+      :title           => "Sven Fuchs",
+      :root_dir        => TEST_ROOT,
+      :assets_dir      => ASSETS_DIR,
+      :stylesheets_dir => ASSETS_DIR + '/stylesheets'
     }
     @section = Slick::Model::Section.new(DATA_DIR)
-    # FileUtils.rm_r(PUBLIC_DIR) rescue Errno::ENOENT
+    FileUtils.rm_r(PUBLIC_DIR) rescue Errno::ENOENT
     FileUtils.mkdir_p(PUBLIC_DIR)
   end
 
@@ -49,16 +52,26 @@ def setup
 
   test 'build w/ the application (default) layout' do
     @section.attributes['layout'] = 'does_not_exist'
-    assert_match /application layout/, Slick::Builder.create(nil, @section, :section => @section).send(:build_index)
+    assert_match /DOCTYPE html/, Slick::Builder.create(nil, @section, :config => @config, :section => @section).send(:build_index)
   end
 
   test 'build w/ a builder specific layout' do
     section = @section.children.detect { |child| child.layout == nil }
-    assert_match /page layout/, Slick::Builder.create(nil, section, :section => section).send(:build_index)
+    assert_match /page layout/, Slick::Builder.create(nil, section, :config => @config, :section => section).send(:build_index)
   end
 
   test 'build w/ a custom layout' do
     section = @section.children.detect { |child| child.layout == 'custom' }
-    assert_match /custom layout/, Slick::Builder.create(nil, section, :section => section).send(:build_index)
+    assert_match /custom layout/, Slick::Builder.create(nil, section, :config => @config, :section => section).send(:build_index)
+  end
+
+  test 'build w/ a custom template' do
+    section = @section.children.detect { |child| child.template == 'custom' }
+    assert_match /custom template/, Slick::Builder.create(nil, section, :config => @config, :section => section).send(:build_index)
+  end
+
+  test 'build w/ an overwritten page template' do
+    section = @section.children.detect { |child| child.title == 'Contact' }
+    assert_match /Custom Page/, Slick::Builder.create(nil, section, :config => @config, :section => section).send(:build_index)
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/model/base_test.rb b/test/model/base_test.rb
index c0786b7..c8f074e 100644
--- a/test/model/base_test.rb
+++ b/test/model/base_test.rb
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ def model(path)
     assert_equal 'page', model.layout
   end
 
-  test "read stores the file's main content to the content attribute" do
+  test "read stores the file's main body to the body attribute" do
     model = self.model(DATA_DIR + '/articles.html')
-    assert_equal 'Articles Content', model.content
+    assert_equal 'Articles body', model.body
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/model/content_test.rb b/test/model/content_test.rb
index 200aed8..3206672 100644
--- a/test/model/content_test.rb
+++ b/test/model/content_test.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 require File.expand_path('../../test_helper', __FILE__)
 
 class ModelContentTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  def content
-  end
-
   test "published_at_from_file_name parses a date from the file's basename" do
     content = Slick::Model::Content.new(DATA_DIR + '/_posts/2009-07-05-foo.html')
     date = content.send(:published_at_from_filename)
diff --git a/test/model/section_test.rb b/test/model/section_test.rb
index 1a89964..eec9ccc 100644
--- a/test/model/section_test.rb
+++ b/test/model/section_test.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class ModelSectionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     model = Section.new(DATA_DIR + '/contact.html')
     assert_equal 'page', model.type
     assert_equal 'custom', model.layout
-    assert_equal 'http://github.com/svenfuchs', model.content
+    assert_equal 'http://github.com/svenfuchs', model.body
   end
 
   test 'building a Page from a page directory' do
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ class ModelSectionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 'blog', model.type
 
     assert_equal 2, model.contents.size
-    assert_equal 'Ripper2Ruby: modify and recompile your Ruby code', model.contents.first.title
+    assert_equal 'Using Ruby 1.9 Ripper', model.contents.first.title
+    assert_equal 'Ripper2Ruby: modify and recompile your Ruby code', model.contents.last.title
 
     assert_equal 3, model.children.size
     assert_equal 'Articles', model.children.first.title
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 4202ac8..ec27c48 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 TEST_ROOT  = File.expand_path('../_root', __FILE__)
 DATA_DIR   = TEST_ROOT + '/data'
+ASSETS_DIR = TEST_ROOT + '/assets'
 PUBLIC_DIR = TEST_ROOT + '/public'
 VIEWS_DIR  = TEST_ROOT + '/views'