diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/FrontController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/FrontController.php
index d17de85..a20d7fd 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/FrontController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/FrontController.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class FrontController extends Controller
     protected SortingService $sort;
     protected $init;
     protected $dash;
+    protected $words;
 
     public function __construct(
         PageRepositoryInterface $pageRepository,
@@ -35,91 +36,107 @@ class FrontController extends Controller
         $this->sort     = $sortService;
         $this->init     = $initService;
         $this->dash     = $dashController;
+        $this->words    = ['words'];
     }
 
-    public function start($one = 00, $two = 00, $three = 00)
+    public function start()
     {
-        $global       = $this->settings->getGlobal();
-        $currentTheme = $this->assets->getCurrentTheme();
         $template;
         $pageData = [];
-        $pages    = $this->pages->getAll();
-        //weird bug where the whole url is being passed with optional params
-        //for now, just split it manually and set it to the vars used
-
-        $paths = explode('/', $one);
-        if (isset($paths[0])) {
-            $one = $paths[0];
-        }
-        if (isset($paths[1])) {
-            $two = $paths[1];
-        }
-        if (isset($paths[2])) {
-            $three = $paths[2];
-        }
-
-        //check if configs are present
-        if (file_exists(env('FOLKS_PATH')) && file_exists(env('SETTINGS_PATH'))) {
+        if ($this->configCheck()) {
+            $pages        = $this->pages->getAll();
+            $global       = $this->settings->getGlobal();
+            $currentTheme = $this->assets->getCurrentTheme();
             if ($global['dynamicRender'] == 'true') {
-                if (is_numeric($one)) {
-                    if ($one == 00 || !isset($one)) {
-                        $page     = $pages->where('id', 0)->first();
-                        $pageData = $this->sort->page($page, false);
-                        $template = $currentTheme . '.index';
-                    } else {
-                        $page     = $this->pages->getBySlug($three);
-                        $pageData = $this->sort->page($page, false);
-                        $template = $currentTheme . '.' . $page['layout'];
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    if ($one == null || $one == '') {
-                        $page     = $pages->where('id', 0)->first();
-                        $pageData = $this->sort->page($page, false);
-                        $template = $currentTheme . '.index';
-                    } else {
-                        if ($one == 'archives' || $one == 'archive' || $one == 'tags') {
-                            $currentTheme = $this->assets->getCurrentTheme();
-                            switch ($one) {
-                                case 'archive':
-                                case 'archives':
-                                    $template = $currentTheme . '.archive';
-                                    $pageData = $this->sort->archive(false);
-                                    break;
-                                case 'tags':
-                                    $template = $currentTheme . '.tags';
-                                    $tags     = $this->sort->tags(false);
-                                    $tagData  = find($tags['tags'], ['tag_name' => $two]);
-                                    $pageData = [
-                                        'theme'         => $currentTheme, // for theme kit
-                                        'title'         => 'Pages Tagged as ' . $two,
-                                        'dynamicRender' => $tags['dynamicRender'],
-                                        'info'          => $tags['info'],
-                                        'menu'          => $tags['menu'],
-                                        'pages'         => $tagData['pages'],
-                                        'media'         => $tags['media'],
-                                    ];
-                                    break;
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            $page     = $this->pages->getBySlug($one);
-                            $pageData = $this->sort->page($page, false);
-                            $template = $currentTheme . '.' . $page['layout'];
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
+                $page     = $pages->where('id', 0)->first();
+                $pageData = $this->sort->page($page, false);
+                $template = $currentTheme . '.index';
                 return view($template, $pageData);
             } else {
-                if (is_file('../public/index.html')) {
-                    return response()->file('../public/index.html');
-                } else {
-                    return redirect()->intended('dashboard/start');
-                }
+                return response()->file('../public/index.html');
             }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function page($year, $month, $slug)
+    {
+        $template;
+        $pageData = [];
+        if ($this->configCheck()) {
+            $pages        = $this->pages->getAll();
+            $currentTheme = $this->assets->getCurrentTheme();
+            $page         = $this->pages->getBySlug($slug);
+            $pageData     = $this->sort->page($page, false);
+            $template     = $currentTheme . '.' . $page['layout'];
+            return view($template, $pageData);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function menu($slug, $option = null)
+    {
+        $template;
+        $pageData = [];
+        if ($this->configCheck()) {
+            $currentTheme = $this->assets->getCurrentTheme();
+            switch ($slug) {
+                case 'archive':
+                case 'archives':
+                    $template = $currentTheme . '.archive';
+                    $pageData = $this->sort->archive(false);
+                    break;
+                case 'tags':
+                    $template = $currentTheme . '.tags';
+                    $tags     = $this->sort->tags(false);
+                    $tagData  = find($tags['tags'], ['tag_name' => $option]);
+                    $pageData = [
+                        'theme'         => $currentTheme, // for theme kit
+                        'title'         => 'Pages Tagged as ' . $option,
+                        'dynamicRender' => $tags['dynamicRender'],
+                        'info'          => $tags['info'],
+                        'menu'          => $tags['menu'],
+                        'pages'         => $tagData['pages'],
+                        'media'         => $tags['media'],
+                    ];
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    $pages        = $this->pages->getAll();
+                    $currentTheme = $this->assets->getCurrentTheme();
+                    $page         = $this->pages->getBySlug($slug);
+                    $pageData     = $this->sort->page($page, false);
+                    $template     = $currentTheme . '.' . $page['layout'];
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            return view($template, $pageData);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function configCheck()
+    {
+        if (file_exists(env('FOLKS_PATH')) && file_exists(env('SETTINGS_PATH'))) {
+            return true;
         } else {
             return view('back.init', ["status" => false, "title" => "Set Up"]);
         }
     }
 
+    public function things()
+    {
+        return $items = ['archive', 'archives', 'tags'];
+    }
+
+    public static function items()
+    {
+        //set permanent links
+        $items = ['archive', 'archives', 'tags'];
+        //grab menu items and set to array so router knows to look for them
+        $settings = json_decode(file_get_contents(env('SETTINGS_PATH')), true);
+        foreach ($settings['menu'] as $item) {
+            array_push($items, $item['slug']);
+        }
+        return $items;
+    }
+
     //setup up a new site or restore from back up
     public function init($task, Request $request)
     {
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/RSSController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/RSSController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b4b1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/RSSController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use App\Interfaces\PageRepositoryInterface;
+use App\Services\Data\SettingsService;
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+
+class RSSController extends Controller
+{
+    protected PageRepositoryInterface $pages;
+    protected SettingsService $settings;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        PageRepositoryInterface $pageRepo,
+        SettingsService $settingsService,
+    ) {
+        $this->settings = $settingsService;
+        $this->pages    = $pageRepo;
+    }
+
+    public function getFeed(Request $request)
+    {
+        $pages       = $this->pages->getAll();
+        $global      = $this->settings->getGlobal();
+        $feedContent = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>
+        <rss version='2.0' xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>
+        <channel>
+            <title>{$global['title']}</title>
+            <atom:link href='{$global['base_url']}/rss/feed/' rel='self' type='application/rss+xml' />
+            <link>{$global['base_url']}</link>
+            <description>Feed @ {$global['title']}</description>
+            <language>en-us</language>";
+
+        // Loop over the content and add it to the feed
+        foreach ($pages as $item) {
+            $title     = urldecode($item['title']);
+            $html      = urldecode($item['html']);
+            $updatedAt = Carbon::parse($item['rawUpdated']);
+            $date      = $updatedAt->format('D, d M Y H:i:s O');
+            $feedContent .= "
+            <item>
+                <title>{$title}</title>
+                <link>{$global['base_url']}/rss/feed/item/{$item['uuid']}</link>
+                <guid>{$global['base_url']}/rss/feed/item/{$item['uuid']}</guid>
+                <pubDate>{$date}</pubDate>
+                <description><![CDATA[{$html}]]></description>
+            </item>";
+        }
+
+        $feedContent .= "
+        </channel>
+        </rss>";
+
+        return response($feedContent, 200)->header('Content-Type', 'application/rss+xml');
+        /**
+        //set up feed info
+        header("Content-Type: text/xml");
+        echo("<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?>");
+        echo("<rss version='2.0' xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>");
+        echo("<channel>");
+        echo("<title>" . $global['title'] . "</title>");
+        echo("<link>" . $global['base_url'] . "</link>");
+        echo("<description>The Feed for " . $global['title'] . "</description>");
+
+        //item loop start
+
+        foreach ($pages as $item) {
+            echo("<item id='" . $item['id'] . "'>");
+            echo("<title>" . urldecode($item['title']) . "</title>");
+            echo("<link>" . $global['base_url'] . "/rss/feed/item/" . $item['uuid'] . "</link>");
+            echo("<guid>" . $global['base_url'] . "/rss/feed/item/" . $item['uuid'] . "</guid>");
+            echo("<displayDate>" . $item['updated'] . "</displayDate>");
+            echo("<pubDate>" . $item['created'] . "</pubDate>");
+            echo("<description> <![CDATA[" . $item['html'] . "]]></description>");
+            echo("<author>" . $item['author'] . "</author>");
+            echo("</item>");
+        }
+
+        //item loop end
+
+        //close it up
+        echo("</channel>");
+        echo("</rss>");
+        **/
+    }
+}
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 4326e4b..cd602b7 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\DashController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\SettingsController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\ThemeController;
 use App\Http\Controllers\SystemMailController;
+use App\Http\Controllers\RSSController;
 
 //Frontend
 Route::prefix('/')
     ->controller(FrontController::class)
     ->group(function () {
-        Route::get("/{one?}/{two?}/{three?}", 'start')->where('one', '^((?!dashboard).)*$');
+        Route::get("/", 'start');
+        Route::get("/{year}/{month}/{slug}", 'page')
+            ->where(['year' => '[0-9]+', 'month' => '[0-9]+', 'slug' => '[A-Za-z0-9-]+']);
+        Route::get("/{slug}/{option?}", 'menu')
+            ->whereIn('slug', FrontController::items());
         Route::post("/init/{task}", 'init');
     });
 
@@ -52,14 +57,6 @@ Route::prefix('dashboard/settings')
         Route::post("/reset", 'reset');
     });
 
-//mailer
-Route::prefix('dashboard/mailer')
-    ->middleware('member.check')
-    ->controller(SystemMailController::class)
-    ->group(function () {
-        Route::post("/", 'sendNotify');
-    });
-
 //Themekit
 Route::prefix('dashboard/themekit')
     ->middleware('member.check')
@@ -68,3 +65,19 @@ Route::prefix('dashboard/themekit')
         Route::get("/", 'start');
         Route::get("/view/{view?}/{id?}", 'getView');
     });
+
+//mailer
+Route::prefix('dashboard/mailer')
+    ->middleware('member.check')
+    ->controller(SystemMailController::class)
+    ->group(function () {
+        Route::post("/", 'sendNotify');
+    });
+
+//RSS
+
+Route::prefix('rss/feed')
+    ->controller(RSSController::class)
+    ->group(function () {
+        Route::get("/", 'getFeed');
+    });