diff --git a/features/permalinks.feature b/features/permalinks.feature
index 9bd7c848..8e50ee72 100644
--- a/features/permalinks.feature
+++ b/features/permalinks.feature
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ Feature: Fancy permalinks
     Then the _site directory should exist
     And I should see "Totally wordpress." in "_site/2009/03/27/pretty-permalink-schema/index.html"
 
+  Scenario: Use pretty permalink schema for pages
+    Given I have an "index.html" page that contains "Totally index"
+    And I have an "awesome.html" page that contains "Totally awesome"
+    And I have a configuration file with "permalink" set to "pretty"
+    When I run jekyll
+    Then the _site directory should exist
+    And I should see "Totally index" in "_site/index.html"
+    And I should see "Totally awesome" in "_site/awesome/index.html"
+
   Scenario: Use custom permalink schema with prefix
     Given I have a _posts directory
     And I have the following post:
diff --git a/lib/jekyll/page.rb b/lib/jekyll/page.rb
index d1411e3d..b3a624f3 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll/page.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll/page.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Jekyll
     include Convertible
 
     attr_accessor :site
-    attr_accessor :ext
+    attr_accessor :name, :ext, :basename
     attr_accessor :data, :content, :output
 
     # Initialize a new Page.
@@ -17,14 +17,49 @@ module Jekyll
     def initialize(site, base, dir, name)
       @site = site
       @base = base
-      @dir = dir
+      @dir  = dir
       @name = name
 
       self.data = {}
 
       self.process(name)
       self.read_yaml(File.join(base, dir), name)
-      #self.transform
+    end
+
+    # The generated directory into which the page will be placed
+    # upon generation. This is derived from the permalink or, if
+    # permalink is absent, set to '/'
+    #
+    # Returns <String>
+    def dir
+      url[-1, 1] == '/' ? url : File.dirname(url)
+    end
+
+    # The full path and filename of the post.
+    # Defined in the YAML of the post body
+    # (Optional)
+    #
+    # Returns <String>
+    def permalink
+      self.data && self.data['permalink']
+    end
+
+    def template
+      if self.site.permalink_style == :pretty && !index?
+        "/:name/"
+      else
+        "/:name.html"
+      end
+    end
+
+    # The generated relative url of this page
+    # e.g. /about.html
+    #
+    # Returns <String>
+    def url
+      return permalink if permalink
+
+      @url ||= template.gsub(':name', basename)
     end
 
     # Extract information from the page filename
@@ -33,6 +68,7 @@ module Jekyll
     # Returns nothing
     def process(name)
       self.ext = File.extname(name)
+      self.basename = name.split('.')[0..-2].first
     end
 
     # Add any necessary layouts to this post
@@ -55,16 +91,24 @@ module Jekyll
       dest = File.join(dest, dest_suffix) if dest_suffix
       FileUtils.mkdir_p(dest)
 
-      name = @name
-      if self.ext != ""
-        name = @name.split(".")[0..-2].join('.') + self.ext
+      # The url needs to be unescaped in order to preserve the correct filename
+      path = File.join(dest, CGI.unescape(self.url))
+      if self.url[/\.html$/].nil?
+        FileUtils.mkdir_p(path)
+        path = File.join(path, "index.html")
       end
 
-      path = File.join(dest, name)
       File.open(path, 'w') do |f|
         f.write(self.output)
       end
     end
+
+    private
+
+      def index?
+        basename == 'index'
+      end
+
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/test/source/about.html b/test/source/about.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6a79f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/about.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+title: About
+permalink: /about/
+---
+
+About the site
diff --git a/test/source/contacts.html b/test/source/contacts.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1615afe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/contacts.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Contact Information
+---
+
+Contact Information
diff --git a/test/test_generated_site.rb b/test/test_generated_site.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9eeee24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_generated_site.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/helper'
+
+class TestGeneratedSite < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  context "generated sites" do
+    setup do
+      clear_dest
+      stub(Jekyll).configuration do
+        Jekyll::DEFAULTS.merge({'source' => source_dir, 'destination' => dest_dir})
+      end
+
+      @site = Site.new(Jekyll.configuration)
+      @site.process
+      @index = File.read(dest_dir('index.html'))
+    end
+
+    should "insert site.posts into the index" do
+      assert @index.include?("#{@site.posts.size} Posts")
+    end
+
+    should "render post.content" do
+      latest_post = Dir[source_dir('_posts', '*')].sort.last
+      post = Post.new(@site, source_dir, '', File.basename(latest_post))
+      post.transform
+      assert @index.include?(post.content)
+    end
+
+    should "hide unpublished posts" do
+      published = Dir[dest_dir('publish_test/2008/02/02/*.html')].map {|f| File.basename(f)}
+
+      assert_equal 1, published.size
+      assert_equal "published.html", published.first
+    end
+
+    should "not copy _posts directory" do
+      assert !File.exist?(dest_dir('_posts'))
+    end
+
+    should "process other static files and generate correct permalinks" do
+      assert File.exists?(dest_dir('/about/index.html'))
+      assert File.exists?(dest_dir('/contacts.html'))
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/test_page.rb b/test/test_page.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1715d916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_page.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/helper'
+
+class TestPage < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup_page(file)
+    @page = Page.new(@site, source_dir, '', file)
+  end
+
+  def do_render(page)
+    layouts = { "default" => Layout.new(@site, source_dir('_layouts'), "simple.html")}
+    page.render(layouts, {"site" => {"posts" => []}})
+  end
+
+  context "A Page" do
+    setup do
+      clear_dest
+      stub(Jekyll).configuration { Jekyll::DEFAULTS }
+      @site = Site.new(Jekyll.configuration)
+    end
+    
+    context "processing pages" do
+      should "create url based on filename" do
+        @page = setup_page('contacts.html')
+        assert_equal "/contacts.html", @page.url
+      end
+
+      context "with pretty url style" do
+        setup do
+          @site.permalink_style = :pretty
+        end
+
+        should "return dir correctly" do
+          @page = setup_page('contacts.html')
+          assert_equal '/contacts/', @page.dir
+        end
+
+        should "return dir correctly for index page" do
+          @page = setup_page('index.html')
+          assert_equal '/', @page.dir
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "with any other url style" do
+        should "return dir correctly" do
+          @site.permalink_style = nil
+          @page = setup_page('contacts.html')
+          assert_equal '/', @page.dir
+        end
+      end
+
+      should "respect permalink in yaml front matter" do
+        file = "about.html"
+        @page = setup_page(file)
+
+        assert_equal "/about/", @page.permalink
+        assert_equal @page.permalink, @page.url
+        assert_equal "/about/", @page.dir
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "rendering" do
+      setup do
+        clear_dest
+      end
+      
+      should "write properly" do
+        page = setup_page('contacts.html')
+        do_render(page)
+        page.write(dest_dir)
+
+        assert File.directory?(dest_dir)
+        assert File.exists?(File.join(dest_dir, 'contacts.html'))
+      end
+
+      should "write properly without html extension" do
+        page = setup_page('contacts.html')
+        page.site.permalink_style = :pretty 
+        do_render(page)
+        page.write(dest_dir)
+
+        assert File.directory?(dest_dir)
+        assert File.exists?(File.join(dest_dir, 'contacts', 'index.html'))
+      end
+      
+    end
+
+  end 
+end