diff --git a/lib/autoblog.rb b/lib/autoblog.rb
index b573b96e..7a16dc0e 100644
--- a/lib/autoblog.rb
+++ b/lib/autoblog.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require 'rubygems'
 
 # core
 require 'fileutils'
+require 'time'
 
 # stdlib
 
diff --git a/lib/autoblog/post.rb b/lib/autoblog/post.rb
index d6535503..4b494abf 100644
--- a/lib/autoblog/post.rb
+++ b/lib/autoblog/post.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 module AutoBlog
+
   class Post
+    MATCHER = /^(\d+-\d+-\d+)-(.*)\.([^.]+)$/
     
+    def self.valid?(name)
+      name =~ MATCHER
+    end
+    
+    attr_accessor :date, :slug, :ext
+    
+    def initialize(base, name)
+      @base = base
+      @name = name
+      
+      self.process(name)
+    end
+    
+    def process(name)
+      m, date, slug, ext = *name.match(MATCHER)
+      self.date = Time.parse(date)
+      self.slug = slug
+      self.ext = ext
+    end
   end
+
 end
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diff --git a/lib/autoblog/site.rb b/lib/autoblog/site.rb
index 3a788d68..c42bf5b3 100644
--- a/lib/autoblog/site.rb
+++ b/lib/autoblog/site.rb
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@ module AutoBlog
   
   class Site
     attr_accessor :source, :dest
-    attr_accessor :layouts
+    attr_accessor :layouts, :posts
     
     def initialize(source, dest)
       self.source = source
       self.dest = dest
       self.layouts = {}
+      self.posts = []
     end
     
     def process
       self.read_layouts
+      self.read_posts
     end
     
     def read_layouts
@@ -26,6 +28,20 @@ module AutoBlog
     rescue Errno::ENOENT => e
       # ignore missing layout dir
     end
+    
+    def read_posts
+      base = File.join(self.source, "posts")
+      entries = Dir.entries(base)
+      entries = entries.reject { |e| File.directory?(e) }
+      
+      entries.each do |f|
+        self.posts << Post.new(base, f) if Post.valid?(f)
+      end
+      
+      self.posts.sort!
+    rescue Errno::ENOENT => e
+      # ignore missing layout dir
+    end
   end
 
 end
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diff --git a/test/test_post.rb b/test/test_post.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fdd24a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_post.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/helper'
+
+class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    
+  end
+  
+  def test_valid
+    assert Post.valid?("2008-10-19-foo-bar.textile")
+    assert !Post.valid?("blah")
+  end
+  
+  def test_site_init
+    p = Post.allocate
+    p.process("2008-10-19-foo-bar.textile")
+    
+    assert_equal Time.parse("2008-10-19"), p.date
+    assert_equal "foo-bar", p.slug
+    assert_equal "textile", p.ext
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/test/test_site.rb b/test/test_site.rb
index 8984728b..119317ea 100644
--- a/test/test_site.rb
+++ b/test/test_site.rb
@@ -15,4 +15,10 @@ class TestSite < Test::Unit::TestCase
     
     assert_equal ["default"], @s.layouts.keys
   end
+  
+  def test_read_posts
+    @s.read_posts
+    
+    assert_equal 1, @s.posts.size
+  end
 end
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