diff --git a/acts/default.js b/acts/default.js
index 5731573..18e7646 100644
--- a/acts/default.js
+++ b/acts/default.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 module.exports = function(qwiki) {
   qwiki.rule('', '@@CONTENT@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    var area = req.url;
+    var area = req.area;
     if (area == '') {
       area = 'front';
     }
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
                 res.write(area + ': ' + err.code);
                 next();
               } else {
-                qwiki.convertAndSave(area, (req.url in qwiki.wiki_index.pages ? qwiki.wiki_index.pages[req.url].format : qwiki.getDefault('format')), data, function() {
+                qwiki.convertAndSave(area, (req.area in qwiki.wiki_index.pages ? qwiki.wiki_index.pages[req.area].format : qwiki.getDefault('format')), data, function() {
                   qwiki.readFile(res, wiki_path, function(type, err) {
                     if (type == 'FNF') {
                       res.write('error while creating cache');
@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
     });
   });
   qwiki.rule('', '@@TITLE@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    res.write('qwiki ' + req.url);
+    res.write('qwiki ' + req.area);
     next();
   });
   qwiki.rule('', '@@PAGE@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    res.write(req.url);
+    res.write(req.area);
     next();
   });
   qwiki.rule('', '@@CONTROLS@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    res.write('<li><a href="'+req.url+'/edit"><img src="/edit.png">Edit</a></li><li><a href="'+req.url+'/new"><img src="/new.png">New Page</a></li><li><a href="'+req.url+'/upload"><img src="/upload.png">Upload</a></li><li><a href="./index"><img src="/file_dir.png">Index</a></li>');
+    res.write('<li><a href="'+req.area+'/edit"><img src="/edit.png">Edit</a></li><li><a href="'+req.area+'/new"><img src="/new.png">New Page</a></li><li><a href="'+req.area+'/upload"><img src="/upload.png">Upload</a></li><li><a href="./index"><img src="/file_dir.png">Index</a></li>');
     next();
   });
   qwiki.rule('', '@@CRUMBS@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    var parts = req.url.split('/');
+    var parts = req.area.split('/');
     var path = '';
     parts[0] = '>';
     for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
     next();
   });
   qwiki.act('', function(req, res) {
-    var ext = qwiki.getExt(req.url);
-    var mimetype = qwiki.getMIMEtype(qwiki.getExt(req.url));
+    var ext = qwiki.getExt(req.area);
+    var mimetype = qwiki.getMIMEtype(qwiki.getExt(req.area));
     if (mimetype == '') mimetype = 'application/octet-stream';
     if (ext != '') { // write file on disk directly
-      var path = 'wiki/'+req.url;
+      var path = 'wiki/'+req.area;
       fs.stat(path, function(err, stat) {
         if (err == null) {
           // TODO: etags should actually be based on binary data(CRC32, etc.), not last modified
diff --git a/acts/delete.js b/acts/delete.js
index 07f205d..0204484 100644
--- a/acts/delete.js
+++ b/acts/delete.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
     next()
   });
   qwiki.act('delete', function(req, res) {
-    var area = (req.url == '' ? 'front' : req.url.substr(1));
+    var area = (req.area == '' ? 'front' : req.area);
     // handle POST
     if ('submit' in req.fields) {
       if (req.fields['submit'] == 'Yes') {
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
           if (err == null) {
             qwiki.deletePage(area, function() {
               qwiki.deleteCache(area, function() {
-                console.log('redirecting to '+req.url);
-                res.writeHead(302, {'Location': req.url});
+                console.log('redirecting to '+req.area);
+                res.writeHead(302, {'Location': req.area});
                 res.end();
               });
             });
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
         });
         return;
       } else {
-          res.writeHead(302, {'Location': req.url+'/edit'});
+          res.writeHead(302, {'Location': req.area+'/edit'});
           res.end();
       }
     } else {
diff --git a/acts/edit.js b/acts/edit.js
index ab894eb..1070fae 100644
--- a/acts/edit.js
+++ b/acts/edit.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 module.exports = function(qwiki) {
   qwiki.rule('edit', '@@CONTENT@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    var area = (req.url == '' ? 'front' : req.url.substr(1));
+    var area = (req.area == '' ? 'front' : req.area);
     var path = 'wiki/'+area+'.qwk';
     res.write('<form action="" method="POST"><div class="edit"><div><label for="page"><span>This is the page name that corresponds to the wiki URL, e.g., my_page => kettek.net/qwiki/my_page</span>Page</label> <input type="text" name="page" value="'+area+'"></div>');
     res.write('<div><label for="format"><span>This is the data format of content source, such as HTML or raw.</span>Format</label> <select name="format">');
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
     });
   });
   qwiki.rule('edit', '@@CONTROLS@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    res.write('<li><a href="'+(req.url == '' ? '/' : req.url)+'"><img src="/view.png">View</a></li><li><a href="'+req.url+'/revisions"><img src="/revisions.png">Revisions</a></li><li><a href="'+req.url+'/delete"><img src="/delete.png">Delete</a></li>');
+    res.write('<li><a href="'+(req.area == '' ? '/' : req.area)+'"><img src="/view.png">View</a></li><li><a href="'+req.area+'/revisions"><img src="/revisions.png">Revisions</a></li><li><a href="'+req.area+'/delete"><img src="/delete.png">Delete</a></li>');
     next();
   });
   qwiki.act('edit', function(req, res) {
-    var area = (req.url == '' ? 'front' : req.url.substr(1));
+    var area = (req.area == '' ? 'front' : req.area);
     // handle POST
     if ('submit' in req.fields && req.fields['submit'] == 'save') {
       var old_area = area;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
                   res.write(err.code);
                   res.end();
                 } else {
-                  res.writeHead(302, {'Location': '/'+area+'/edit'});
+                  res.writeHead(302, {'Location': req.url});
                   res.end();
                 }
               });
diff --git a/acts/index.js b/acts/index.js
index 71e8fd7..f86ec14 100644
--- a/acts/index.js
+++ b/acts/index.js
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
 module.exports = function(qwiki) {
   qwiki.rule('index', '@@CONTENT@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    var path = 'wiki/'+req.url;
+    var path = 'wiki/'+req.area;
     qwiki.readDirectory(path, function(err, files) {
       if (err) {
         console.log('err: ' + err);
         if (err.errno == -2) { // ENOENT
-          res.write('Cannot index "' + req.url + '" as it does not exist'); // FIXME: do actual errors
+          res.write('Cannot index "' + req.area + '" as it does not exist'); // FIXME: do actual errors
         }
         res.write('Error: ' + err);
         next();
@@ -33,25 +33,25 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
         if (a_ext != 'qwk' && b_ext == 'qwk') return 1;
         else return 0;
       });*/
-     res.write('<h2>Index of '+req.url+'</h2>');
+     res.write('<h2>Index of '+req.area+'</h2>');
      res.write('<ul id="act_index">')
-     if (req.url != '') {
-       res.write('<li><a class="file_dir" href="'+req.url+'/../index">..</a></li>');
+     if (req.area != '') {
+       res.write('<li><a class="file_dir" href="'+req.area+'/../index">..</a></li>');
      }
      for (var file in files) {
        var name = '';
        res.write('<li>');
        if (qwiki.getExt(files[file].name) == 'qwk') {
          name = files[file].name.slice(0, -4);
-         res.write('<a class="file_qwk" href="'+req.url+'/'+name+'">'+name+'</a>');
-         res.write (' <a class="file_delete" href="'+req.url+'/'+name+'/delete">Delete</a>');
+         res.write('<a class="file_qwk" href="'+req.area+'/'+name+'">'+name+'</a>');
+         res.write (' <a class="file_delete" href="'+req.area+'/'+name+'/delete">Delete</a>');
        } else {
          name = files[file].name;
          if (files[file].is_dir) {
-           res.write('<a class="file_dir" href="'+req.url+'/'+name+'/index">'+name+'/</a>');
+           res.write('<a class="file_dir" href="'+req.area+'/'+name+'/index">'+name+'/</a>');
          } else {
-           res.write('<a class="file_other" href="'+req.url+'/'+name+'">'+name+'</a>');
-           res.write (' <a class="file_delete" href="'+req.url+'/'+name+'/delete">Delete</a>');
+           res.write('<a class="file_other" href="'+req.area+'/'+name+'">'+name+'</a>');
+           res.write (' <a class="file_delete" href="'+req.area+'/'+name+'/delete">Delete</a>');
          }
        }
        res.write('</li>');
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
     });
   });
   qwiki.rule('index', '@@CONTROLS@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    res.write('<li><a href="'+(req.url == '' ? '/' : req.url)+'"><img src="/view.png">View</a></li><li><a href="'+req.url+'/upload"><img src="/upload.png">Upload</a></li>');
+    res.write('<li><a href="'+(req.area == '' ? '/' : req.area)+'"><img src="/view.png">View</a></li><li><a href="'+req.area+'/upload"><img src="/upload.png">Upload</a></li>');
     next();
   });
   qwiki.act('index', function(req, res) {
diff --git a/acts/new.js b/acts/new.js
index 3ce8c38..fc4f68a 100644
--- a/acts/new.js
+++ b/acts/new.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 module.exports = function(qwiki) {
   qwiki.rule('new', '@@CONTENT@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    var area = req.url;
+    var area = req.area;
     if (area == '') {
       area = 'new_page';
     } else {
-      area = req.url.substr(1) + '/new_page';
+      area = req.area + '/new_page';
     }
-    var path = 'wiki/'+req.url+'.qwk';
+    var path = 'wiki/'+req.area+'.qwk';
     res.write('<form action="" method="POST"><div class="edit"><div><label for="page"><span>This is the page name that corresponds to the wiki URL, e.g., my_page => kettek.net/qwiki/my_page</span>Page</label> <input type="text" name="page" value="'+area+'"></div>');
     res.write('</div><div class="prompt"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="edit"></div></form>');
     next();
diff --git a/acts/revisions.js b/acts/revisions.js
index 8a31bf6..7abba85 100644
--- a/acts/revisions.js
+++ b/acts/revisions.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module.exports = function(qwiki) {
   // **** REVISIONS
   qwiki.rule('revisions', '@@CONTENT@@', function(req, res, instance, next) {
-    var path = 'wiki/'+req.url+'.qwk';
-    res.write('revisions for ' + req.url.substr(1));
+    var path = 'wiki/'+req.area+'.qwk';
+    res.write('revisions for ' + req.area);
     next()
   });
   qwiki.act('revisions', function(req, res) {
diff --git a/acts/upload.js b/acts/upload.js
index 6b302bb..91e8929 100644
--- a/acts/upload.js
+++ b/acts/upload.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
     res.write('<h2>Upload</h2>');
     var wiki_path = process.cwd() + '/wiki/';
     if (typeof req.files.file !== 'undefined') {
-      var loc_path = (typeof req.fields.location !== 'undefined' ? req.fields.location+'/' : req.url+'/');
+      var loc_path = (typeof req.fields.location !== 'undefined' ? req.fields.location+'/' : req.area+'/');
       var total = 0;
       if (req.files.file instanceof Array) {
         for (var i = 0, len = req.files.file.length; i < len; i++) {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module.exports = function(qwiki) {
   function end(req, res) {
     res.write('<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="" method="POST"><div class="edit">');
     res.write('<div><label for="file"><span>These are the file(s) to upload</span>File(s)</label> <input type="file" name="file" multiple></div>');
-    res.write('<div><label for="location"><span>This is the target location to save the file(s) to</span>Location</label> <input type="text" name="location" value="'+req.url+'"></div>');
+    res.write('<div><label for="location"><span>This is the target location to save the file(s) to</span>Location</label> <input type="text" name="location" value="'+req.area+'"></div>');
     res.write('</div>');
     res.write('<div class="prompt"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Upload"></div>');
     res.write('</form>');
diff --git a/acts/view.js b/acts/view.js
index f1dde50..bff97e2 100644
--- a/acts/view.js
+++ b/acts/view.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 module.exports = function(qwiki) {
   // **** VIEW
   qwiki.act('view', function(req, res) {
-    if (req.url == '') {
-      req.url = 'index';
+    if (req.area == '') {
+      req.area = 'index';
     }
-    var path = 'wiki/'+req.url+'.qwk';
+    var path = 'wiki/'+req.area+'.qwk';
   
     qwiki.readFile(res, path, function(type, err) {
       if (type == 'FNF') {