diff --git a/pwiki/dom/wikiword.js b/pwiki/dom/wikiword.js
index dec5af3..e221c5e 100755
--- a/pwiki/dom/wikiword.js
+++ b/pwiki/dom/wikiword.js
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ function(text, show_brackets=true, skip){
 				if(l[0] == '\\'){
 					return l.slice(1) }
 
-				var path = l[0] == '[' ? 
-					l.slice(1, -1) 
-					: l
+				var path = (l[0] == '[' ? 
+						l.slice(1, -1) 
+						: l)
 				var i = [].slice.call(arguments).slice(-2)[0]
 
 				// XXX HACK check if we are inside a tag...
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function(text, show_brackets=true, skip){
 				return skip.indexOf(l) < 0 ? 
 					('<a '
 						+'class="wikiword" '
-						+'href="#'+ path +'" '
+						+'href="#'+ path.replace(/"/g, '%22') +'" '
 						+'bracketed="'+ (show_brackets && l[0] == '[' ? 'yes' : 'no') +'" '
 						//+'onclick="event.preventDefault(); go($(this).attr(\'href\').slice(1))" '
 						+'>'
diff --git a/pwiki/page.js b/pwiki/page.js
index 8f0157c..3eadfb0 100755
--- a/pwiki/page.js
+++ b/pwiki/page.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 			return context.index },
 		//*/
 	},
-	resolvePathVars: function(path, context={}){
+	resolvePathVars: function(path='', context={}){
 		var that = this
 		return pwpath.normalize(
 			Object.entries(this.path_vars)
@@ -1847,6 +1847,8 @@ module.System = {
 		text: '@include(.:$ARGS isolated join="@source(file-separator)")' },
 	_view: {
 		text: object.doc`
+			<slot pre/>
+
 			<slot header>
 				<a href="#/list">&#9776</a>
 				<a href="#<slot parent>../</slot>">&#x21D1;</a>
@@ -1855,15 +1857,12 @@ module.System = {
 				<a href="#@source(s ./path/!)/edit">&#9998;</a>
 			</slot>
 			<hr>
-			<slot content></slot>
-			<hr>
-			<slot footer></slot>
-
-			<!-- fill slots defaults -->
-			<slot content hidden>
-				<slot title><h1>@source(./title)</h1></slot>
+			<slot content>
+				<h1><slot title>@source(./title)</slot></h1>
 				@include(.:$ARGS join="@source(file-separator)" recursive="")
-			</slot>` },
+			</slot>
+			<hr>
+			<slot footer/>` },
 	// XXX add join...
 	_raw: {
 		text: '@quote(.)' },
@@ -1912,6 +1911,10 @@ module.System = {
 	edit: {
 		// XXX not sure if we should use .title or .name here...
 		text: object.doc`
+			<slot pre>
+				<title>@source(../title) (edit)</title>
+			</slot>
+
 			<slot parent>../..</slot>
 			<slot location>@source(../location/!)</slot>
 
@@ -1976,6 +1979,9 @@ module.System = {
 		text: `@include("../**/path:@(all)" join="@source(line-separator)")`},
 	info: {
 		text: object.doc`
+			<slot pre>
+				<title>@source(../title) (info)</title>
+			</slot>
 			<slot title>
 				<h1><a href="#..">@source(../title)</a></h1>
 			</slot>
diff --git a/pwiki/path.js b/pwiki/path.js
index 2ccd602..0ea7903 100755
--- a/pwiki/path.js
+++ b/pwiki/path.js
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ module = {
 			'string') },
 	basename: function(path){
 		path = this.split(path)
-		return path.length == 1 ?
+		return path.length == 0 ?
+				''
+			: path.length == 1 ?
 				path[0]	
 			: (path.at(-1) == '' ?
 				path.at(-2)
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ module = {
 	dirname: function(path){
 		path = this.split(path)
 		path = path.length == 1 ?
-				'.'
+				'/'
 			: path.length == 2 ?
 				path[0]
 			: (path.at(-1) == '' ?
@@ -344,6 +346,9 @@ module = {
 				yield* this.paths(path.concat(page), seen) }} },
 
 	names: function(path='/'){
+		path = path == '' ?
+			'/'
+			: path
 		path = this.normalize(path, 'string')
 		var name = path == '/' ?
 			this.ROOT_PAGE
diff --git a/pwiki2.html b/pwiki2.html
index e15983a..8615a84 100755
--- a/pwiki2.html
+++ b/pwiki2.html
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ body {
 	font-size: 1.1em;
 }
 
+h1:empty {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 a {
 	text-decoration: none;
 }
@@ -304,7 +308,13 @@ require(['./browser'], function(browser){
 			// stop spinner...
 			stopSpinner()
 			// handle title...
-			document.querySelector('title').innerHTML = `${this.title} &mdash; pWiki`
+			// NOTE: we set the global title to either the last <title> 
+			//		tag value or the attr .title 
+			var titles = [...document.querySelectorAll('title')]
+			titles[0].innerHTML = 
+				`${titles.length > 1 ? 
+					titles.at(-1).innerHTML 
+					: this.title} &mdash; pWiki`
 			// scroll to anchor element...
 			this.hash
 				&& this.dom