diff --git a/aliases/general.aliases.bash b/aliases/general.aliases.bash
index 201a4197..1cb470f1 100644
--- a/aliases/general.aliases.bash
+++ b/aliases/general.aliases.bash
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ fi
 alias c='clear'
 alias k='clear'
 
-alias editor="$EDITOR"
-alias pager="$PAGER"
+alias edit="$EDITOR"
+alias page="$PAGER"
 
 alias q="exit"
 
diff --git a/aliases/jekyll.aliases.bash b/aliases/jekyll.aliases.bash
index a3e3fc05..c447894d 100644
--- a/aliases/jekyll.aliases.bash
+++ b/aliases/jekyll.aliases.bash
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
-# Open the root of your site in your favorite editor
+# Open the root of your site in your vim or cd to it
 
-alias newentry="cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT && $EDITOR ."
+if [ $EDITOR = "vim" ]
+then
+	alias newentry="cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT && $EDITOR ."
+else
+	alias newentry="cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT"
+fi
 
 # Open the _posts/ directory for making a new blog post (seperate from above alias because not everyone uses jekyll for a blog)
 
-alias newpost="cd $JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT/_posts && $EDITOR ."
+# if [ $editor = "vim" ]
+# then
+# 	alias newpost="cd $jekyll_local_root/_posts && $editor ."
+# else
+# 	alias newpost="cd $jekyll_local_root"
+# fi
 
 # Build and locally serve the site
 
diff --git a/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1933f074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/jekyll.plugins.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+newpost() {
+
+	# 'cd' into the local jekyll root
+
+	cd "$JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT/_posts"
+
+	# Get the date for the new post's filename
+
+	FNAME_DATE=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d")
+
+	# Get the title for the new post
+
+	read -p "Enter title of the new post: " POST_TITLE
+
+	# Convert the spaces in the title to hyphens for use in the filename
+
+	FNAME_POST_TITLE=`echo $POST_TITLE | tr ' ' "-"`
+
+	# Now, put it all together for the full filename
+
+	FNAME="$FNAME_DATE-$FNAME_POST_TITLE.$JEKYLL_FORMATTING"
+
+	# And, finally, create the actual post file. But we're not done yet...
+
+	touch "$FNAME"
+
+	# Write a little stuff to the file for the YAML Front Matter
+
+	echo "---" >> $FNAME
+
+	# Now we have to get the date, again. But this time for in the header (YAML Front Matter) of
+	# the file
+
+	YAML_DATE=$(date "+%B %d %X")
+
+	# Echo the YAML Formatted date to the post file
+
+	echo "date: $YAML_DATE" >> $FNAME
+
+	# Echo the original post title to the YAML Front Matter header
+
+	echo "title: $POST_TITLE" >> $FNAME
+
+	# And, now, echo the "post" layout to the YAML Front Matter header
+
+	echo "layout: post" >> $FNAME
+
+	# Close the YAML Front Matter Header
+
+	echo "---" >> $FNAME
+	echo >> $FNAME
+
+	# Open the file in your favorite editor
+
+	$EDITOR $FNAME
+}
diff --git a/template/bash_profile.template.bash b/template/bash_profile.template.bash
index 46d0c4a4..a98e65c8 100644
--- a/template/bash_profile.template.bash
+++ b/template/bash_profile.template.bash
@@ -28,12 +28,17 @@ unset MAILCHECK
 
 # Change this to the path of your local jekyll root to use the jekyll aliases
 
-export JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT="~/Sites/mrminimalist"
+export JEKYLL_LOCAL_ROOT="$HOME/Sites/jekyllsite"
 
 # And change this to the remote server and root
 
 export JEKYLL_REMOTE_ROOT="user@server:/path/to/jekyll/root"
 
+# And, for the last of the jekyll variables, this is the formatting you use, eg: markdown,
+# textile, etc. Basically whatever you use as the extension for posts, without the preceding dot
+
+export JEKYLL_FORMATTING="markdown"
+
 # Change this to your console based IRC client of choice.
 
 export IRC_CLIENT='irssi'