diff --git a/app/views/posts/show.html.haml b/app/views/posts/show.html.haml
index bf4f3ce50..0cfa14815 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/posts/show.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
   = post_page_title @post
 
 - content_for :head do
-  = javascript_include_tag 'vendor/bootstrap/bootstrap-transition', 'vendor/bootstrap/bootstrap-modal', 'posts-show'
+  = javascript_include_tag 'vendor/bootstrap/bootstrap-transition', 'vendor/bootstrap/bootstrap-modal'
+
 .header
   .header-container
     #post-author.media
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/router.js b/public/javascripts/app/router.js
index 4ce547950..6110eb869 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     "u/:name": "stream",
     "followed_tags": "stream",
     "tags/:name": "stream",
+
     "posts/:id": "singlePost",
     "p/:id": "singlePost"
   },
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/views/single_post_view.js b/public/javascripts/app/views/single_post_view.js
index e0d476343..055fbae81 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/views/single_post_view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/views/single_post_view.js
@@ -1,11 +1,69 @@
 app.views.SinglePost = app.views.Post.extend({
 
+  /* SINGLE POST SHOULD BE BROKEN OUT INTO A PAGE VIEW!!!! */
+
   className : "loaded",
-  next_arrow: $('#forward'),
-  previous_arrow: $('#back'),
 
   postRenderTemplate : function() {
-    $('#forward').attr('href', this.model.get('next_post'));
-    $('#back').attr('href', this.model.get('previous_post'));
+    /* nav should be a subview! and tested! (this is some prototyping stuff right here... */
+    this.setNav();
+
+    /* post author info should be a subview!  and tested! */
+    this.setAuthor();
+
+    /* post author info should be a subview!  and tested! */
+    this.setFeedback();
+  },
+
+  setNav : function() {
+    var mappings = {"#forward" : "next_post",
+                    "#back" : "previous_post"};
+
+    _.each(mappings, function(attribute, selector){
+      this.setArrow($(selector), this.model.get(attribute))
+    }, this);
+
+    this.setMappings();
+  },
+
+  setArrow : function(arrow, loc) {
+    loc ? arrow.attr('href', loc) : arrow.remove()
+  },
+
+  setMappings : function() {
+    var nextPostLocation = this.model.get("next_post");
+    var previousPostLocation = this.model.get("previous_post");
+    var doc = $(document);
+
+    /* focus modal */
+    doc.keypress(function(event){
+      $('#text').focus();
+      $('#comment').modal();
+    });
+
+    /* navagation hooks */
+    doc.keydown(function(e){
+      if (e.keyCode == 37 && nextPostLocation) {
+        window.location = nextPostLocation
+
+      }else if(e.keyCode == 39 && previousPostLocation) {
+        window.location = previousPostLocation
+      }
+    })
+  },
+
+  setAuthor : function() {
+    // author avatar
+    // time of post
+    // reshared via... (if appliciable)
+  },
+
+  setFeedback : function() {
+    // go back to profile (app.user())
+    // liking
+    // following
+    // resharing
+    // commenting
   }
+
 });
diff --git a/public/javascripts/posts-show.js b/public/javascripts/posts-show.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9404b264b..000000000
--- a/public/javascripts/posts-show.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-$(function(){
-  $(document).keypress(function(event){
-      $('#text').focus();
-      $('#comment').modal();
-    });
-
-  $(document).keydown(function(e){
-    if (e.keyCode == 37) {
-       window.location = $('#back').attr('href');
-    }else if(e.keyCode == 39) {
-       window.location = $('#forward').attr('href');
-    }
-  });
-});
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