diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01535905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test/dest/
diff --git a/lib/autoblog.rb b/lib/autoblog.rb
index 45b20461..cea9bf05 100644
--- a/lib/autoblog.rb
+++ b/lib/autoblog.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require 'time'
 
 # 3rd party
 require 'liquid'
+require 'redcloth'
 
 # internal requires
 require 'autoblog/site'
diff --git a/lib/autoblog/post.rb b/lib/autoblog/post.rb
index 445d2dfe..3ebfebc2 100644
--- a/lib/autoblog/post.rb
+++ b/lib/autoblog/post.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module AutoBlog
       self.process(name)
       self.read_yaml(base, name)
       self.set_defaults
+      self.transform
     end
     
     def process(name)
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ module AutoBlog
       self.data["layout"] ||= "default"
     end
     
+    def transform
+      self.content = RedCloth.new(self.content).to_html
+    end
+    
     def add_layout(layouts)
       payload = {"page" => self.data}
       self.content = Liquid::Template.parse(self.content).render(payload)
diff --git a/test/test_post.rb b/test/test_post.rb
index 04b65a26..2d1378da 100644
--- a/test/test_post.rb
+++ b/test/test_post.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
     p = Post.allocate
     p.process("2008-10-19-foo-bar.textile")
     
-    assert_equal "/2008/10/19/foo-bar", p.url
+    assert_equal "/2008/10/19/foo-bar.html", p.url
   end
   
   def test_read_yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,15 @@ class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
     p.read_yaml(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[source posts]), "2008-10-18-foo-bar.textile")
     
     assert_equal({"title" => "Foo Bar"}, p.data)
-    assert_equal "\nh1. {{ page.title }}\n\nBest post ever", p.content
+    assert_equal "\nh1. {{ page.title }}\n\nBest *post* ever", p.content
+  end
+  
+  def test_transform
+    p = Post.allocate
+    p.read_yaml(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[source posts]), "2008-10-18-foo-bar.textile")
+    p.transform
+    
+    assert_equal "<h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>\n\n\n\t<p>Best <strong>post</strong> ever</p>", p.content
   end
   
   def test_add_layout
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@ class TestPost < Test::Unit::TestCase
     layouts = {"default" => "<<< {{ content }} >>>"}
     p.add_layout(layouts)
     
-    assert_equal "<<< \nh1. Foo Bar\n\nBest post ever >>>", p.content
+    assert_equal "<<< <h1>Foo Bar</h1>\n\n\n\t<p>Best <strong>post</strong> ever</p> >>>", p.content
   end
   
   def test_write