diff --git a/client/app/app.scss b/client/app/app.scss
index 140d478..aa9f0bf 100644
--- a/client/app/app.scss
+++ b/client/app/app.scss
@@ -15,10 +15,21 @@ $fa-font-path: "/bower_components/font-awesome/fonts";
     padding: 0.2em 0;
 }
 
+table.revisions th, table.revisions td{
+  padding-left: 1em;
+  padding-right: 1em;
+}
+
+table.revisions .state {
+    width: 7em;
+}
+
 // Component styles are injected through grunt
 // injector
 @import 'account/login/login.scss';
 @import 'admin/admin.scss';
+@import 'document/document.scss';
+@import 'document/revision-new/revision-new.scss';
 @import 'wdiff/wdiff.scss';
 @import 'modal/modal.scss';
 // endinjector
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/app/document/document.scss b/client/app/document/document.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..871c6a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/document/document.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+table.revisions {
+  column-gap: 2em;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/app/document/index/index.controller.js b/client/app/document/index/index.controller.js
index a1a012a..0b0cbef 100644
--- a/client/app/document/index/index.controller.js
+++ b/client/app/document/index/index.controller.js
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 angular.module('markdownFormatWdiffApp')
   .controller('DocumentIndexCtrl', function ($scope, $routeParams, $http, Auth, $location) {
+    $scope.title = 'Documents';
+
     $scope.documents = [];
-    $scope.newDocumentTitle;
+    $scope.newDocumentTitle = '';
 
     $scope.getCurrentUser = Auth.getCurrentUser; 
     $scope.isLoggedIn = Auth.isLoggedIn;  
diff --git a/client/app/document/index/index.jade b/client/app/document/index/index.jade
index d2d881f..9f9784b 100644
--- a/client/app/document/index/index.jade
+++ b/client/app/document/index/index.jade
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 nav(ng-include='"components/navbar/navbar.html"')
 
-nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"', onload='title = "documents"')
+nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"')
     
 .container
   .row(ng-show='isLoggedIn()')
-    .col-lg-9.col-md-12.center-block
+    .col-lg-9.col-md-12
       form.form-inline
         .form-group
           label(for='title-input')
@@ -15,17 +15,27 @@ nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"', onload='title = "documents"'
 
   .row
     .col-lg-6.col-md-12(ng-repeat='document in documents | orderBy:"currentRevision.created":true' )
-      h4
+      h1
         a(href='/{{document._id}}')
           {{document.title}}
-      div
+      table.revisions
+        tr
+          th.state State
+          th.created revision
+        tr(ng-repeat='revision in document.revisions | orderBy:"created":true | limitTo:5' )
+          td.state {{revision.state}}
+          td.created 
+            h4
+              a(href='/{{document._id}}/revision/{{revision._id}}')
+                {{revision.created}}
+      //div
         p
           | State: 
           {{document.currentRevision.state}}
         p
           | Updated:
           {{document.currentRevision.created}}
-      pre
+      //pre
         {{json(document)}}
  
 
diff --git a/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.controller.js b/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.controller.js
index 9beeaa3..b45e90d 100644
--- a/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.controller.js
+++ b/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.controller.js
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 angular.module('markdownFormatWdiffApp')
   .controller('DocumentRevisionNewCtrl', function ($scope, $routeParams, $http, Auth, $location) {
+    $scope.title = '';
+    $scope.subtitle = '';
+
     $scope.revision = {};
 
+    $scope.stateOptions = ['first draft', 'final draft', 'first edit', 'final edit'];
 
     $scope.getCurrentUser = Auth.getCurrentUser;
     $scope.isLoggedIn = Auth.isLoggedIn; 
@@ -17,13 +21,16 @@ angular.module('markdownFormatWdiffApp')
     };
 
     var path = '/api/documents/' + $routeParams.id;
-    $http.get(path).success(function(revision) {
+    $http.get(path).success(function(document) {
       $scope.document = document;
       $scope.revision = angular.copy(document.currentRevision);
+      $scope.title = document.title;
+      $scope.subtitle = 'new revision';
     });
 
 
     $scope.saveRevision = function() {
+      alert(JSON.stringify($scope.revision))
       //save the revision to the document
       $http.post('/api/documents/'+$routeParams.id+'/revisions', $scope.revision)
       .success(function(newRevision) {
diff --git a/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.jade b/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.jade
index 470b329..e327622 100644
--- a/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.jade
+++ b/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.jade
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
 nav(ng-include='"components/navbar/navbar.html"')
 
-nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"', ng-onload='title = {{revision.created}}')
+nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"')
     
 .container
   .row
-    form.col-lg-9.col-md-12.center-block
-      h4
-        {{revision.document.title}} - {{revision.created}}  
-      .form-group
-        label(for='status-input')
-          | Status
-        input.form-control(type='text', id='status-input', ng-model='revision.status')
-      .form-group
-        label(for='content-input')
-          | Content
-        textarea.form-control(id='content-input', ng-model='revision.content')
-      button.btn.btn-default(ng-click='saveRevision()')
-        | Save
+    .col-lg-6.col-md-12
+      form
+        h4
+          {{document.title}} - {{revision.created}}  
+        .form-group
+          label(for='status-input')
+            | Status
+          select.form-control(id='status-input', ng-model='revision.state', ng-options='stateOption as stateOption for stateOption in stateOptions')
+            option(value='{{stateOption}}')
+          //input.form-control(type='text', id='status-input', ng-model='revision.state')
+        .form-group
+          label(for='content-input')
+            | Content
+          textarea.form-control(id='content-input', ng-model='revision.content')
+        button.btn.btn-primary(ng-click='saveRevision()')
+          | Save
 
-  .row
+    .col-lg-6.col-md-12
+      div(btf-markdown='revision.content')
+
+  //.row
     pre.col-lg-9.col-md-12.center-block
       {{json(revision)}}
 
diff --git a/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.scss b/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aef7853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/document/revision-new/revision-new.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#content-input { 
+  resize: vertical;
+  min-height: 200px;
+}
+
+
+@media (min-width: $screen-md-min) {
+    #content-input { 
+      resize: vertical;
+      min-height: 300px;
+    }
+}
+
+@media (min-width: $screen-lg-min) {
+    #content-input { 
+      resize: vertical;
+      min-height: 450px;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/client/app/document/revision/revision.controller.js b/client/app/document/revision/revision.controller.js
index 38f00e9..7f6855d 100644
--- a/client/app/document/revision/revision.controller.js
+++ b/client/app/document/revision/revision.controller.js
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ angular.module('markdownFormatWdiffApp')
   .controller('DocumentRevisionCtrl', function ($scope, $routeParams, $http, Auth) {
     $scope.revision = {};
 
+    $scope.title = '';
+    $scope.subtitle = '';
+
     $scope.getCurrentUser = Auth.getCurrentUser;
     $scope.isLoggedIn = Auth.isLoggedIn; 
 
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@ angular.module('markdownFormatWdiffApp')
     var path = '/api/documents/'+$routeParams.id+'/revisions/' + $routeParams.revisionid;
     $http.get(path).success(function(revision) {
       $scope.revision = revision;
+      $scope.title = revision.document.title;
+      $scope.subtitle = $scope.isCurrent() ? " (current)":(" ("+$scope.revision.created+")");
     });
 
     $scope.json = function (object) { return JSON.stringify(object, null, "  "); };
diff --git a/client/app/document/revision/revision.jade b/client/app/document/revision/revision.jade
index fa8dbd2..d8b119c 100644
--- a/client/app/document/revision/revision.jade
+++ b/client/app/document/revision/revision.jade
@@ -1,27 +1,22 @@
 nav(ng-include='"components/navbar/navbar.html"')
 
-nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"', ng-onload='title = {{revision.created}}')
+nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"')
     
 .container
   .row
-    span(ng-show='isCurrent()')
+    //span(ng-show='isCurrent()')
       | Current revision
     a.btn.btn-primary(ng-hide='isCurrent()' href='/wdiff/{{revision._id}}/{{revision.document.currentRevision}}')
       | wdiff current
 
   .row
-    .col-lg-6.col-md-9.center-block
-      h4
-        {{revision.created}}
+    .col-lg-6.col-md-9
       div
         p
           | State: 
-          {{revision.state}}
-        p
-          | Updated:
-          {{revision.created}}
+          {{revision.state}}        
       div(btf-markdown='revision.content')
-      pre
+      //pre
         {{json(revision)}}
  
 
diff --git a/client/app/document/show/show.controller.js b/client/app/document/show/show.controller.js
index f4d9439..bc053c1 100644
--- a/client/app/document/show/show.controller.js
+++ b/client/app/document/show/show.controller.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 angular.module('markdownFormatWdiffApp')
   .controller('DocumentShowCtrl', function ($scope, $routeParams, $http, Auth) {
     $scope.document = {};
+    $scope.title = '';
 
     $scope.getCurrentUser = Auth.getCurrentUser;
     $scope.isLoggedIn = Auth.isLoggedIn; 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ angular.module('markdownFormatWdiffApp')
     var path = '/api/documents/' + $routeParams.id;
     $http.get(path).success(function(document) {
       $scope.document = document;
+      $scope.title = document.title;
     });
 
     $scope.json = function (object) { return JSON.stringify(object, null, "  "); };
diff --git a/client/app/document/show/show.jade b/client/app/document/show/show.jade
index f620479..56e5683 100644
--- a/client/app/document/show/show.jade
+++ b/client/app/document/show/show.jade
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
 nav(ng-include='"components/navbar/navbar.html"')
 
-nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"', ng-onload='title = {{document.title}}')
+nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"')
     
 .container
   .row(ng-show='isOwner()')
-    form.col-lg-12
-      a.btn.btn-primary(href='/{{document._id}}/revision/new')
-        | New Revision
+    .col-lg-12
+      form
+          a.btn.btn-primary(href='/{{document._id}}/revision/new')
+            | New Revision
 
-  .row(ng-repeat='revision in document.revisions | orderBy:"created":true' )
+  .row
     .col-lg-6.col-md-9.center-block
-      h4
-        a(href='/{{document._id}}/revision/{{revision._id}}')
-          {{revision.created}}
-      div
-        p
-          | State: 
-          {{revision.state}}
-        p
-          | Updated:
-          {{revision.created}}
-      pre
+      
+      table.revisions
+        tr
+          th.state State
+          th.created revision
+        tr(ng-repeat='revision in document.revisions | orderBy:"created":true | limitTo:5' )
+          td.state {{revision.state}}
+          td.created 
+            h4
+              a(href='/{{document._id}}/revision/{{revision._id}}')
+                {{revision.created}}
+      //pre
         | {{json(revision)}}
  
 
diff --git a/client/app/document/wdiff/wdiff.controller.js b/client/app/document/wdiff/wdiff.controller.js
index 657586c..979090c 100644
--- a/client/app/document/wdiff/wdiff.controller.js
+++ b/client/app/document/wdiff/wdiff.controller.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 angular.module('markdownFormatWdiffApp')
   .controller('DocumentWdiffCtrl', function ($scope, $routeParams, $http, Auth) {
-    $scope.wdiff = "";
+    $scope.wdiff = '';
+    $scope.title = '';
     $scope.same = false;
     $scope.revisionA = {};
     $scope.revisionB = {};
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ angular.module('markdownFormatWdiffApp')
       $scope.wdiff = result.wdiff;
       $scope.revisionA = result.a;
       $scope.revisionB = result.b;
+
+      $scope.title = result.a.document.title;
+      $scope.subtitle = "wdiff: "+result.a.created + " / " + result.b.created;
     });
 
     $scope.json = function (object) { return JSON.stringify(object, null, "  "); };
diff --git a/client/app/document/wdiff/wdiff.jade b/client/app/document/wdiff/wdiff.jade
index 176a559..244b897 100644
--- a/client/app/document/wdiff/wdiff.jade
+++ b/client/app/document/wdiff/wdiff.jade
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 wdiff.jadenav(ng-include='"components/navbar/navbar.html"')
 
-nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"', ng-onload='title = {{revision.created}}')
+nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"')
     
 .container
   .row
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@ nav(ng-include='"components/elements/header.html"', ng-onload='title = {{revisio
 
   .row
     .col-lg-6.col-md-9.center-block
-      h4
-        | wdiff {{a.created}} " -- " {{b.created}} 
-      div
       div(btf-markdown='wdiff')
-      pre
+      //pre
         {{json(result)}}
  
 
diff --git a/client/components/elements/header.jade b/client/components/elements/header.jade
index 9554f5b..c4b7f2e 100644
--- a/client/components/elements/header.jade
+++ b/client/components/elements/header.jade
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 header#banner.hero-unit
   .container
-    h1 {{title}}
\ No newline at end of file
+    h1 {{title}}
+    h3 {{subtitle}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 796fbbd..b04b41f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "express-session": "~1.0.2",
     "jade": "~1.2.0",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^0.3.0",
+    "lex": "^1.7.8",
     "lodash": "~2.4.1",
     "method-override": "~1.0.0",
     "mongoose": "~3.8.8",
diff --git a/server/api/document/document.controller.js b/server/api/document/document.controller.js
index 0f9df4a..e551fa8 100644
--- a/server/api/document/document.controller.js
+++ b/server/api/document/document.controller.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ exports.index = function(req, res) {
     .find()
     .populate('owner', '_id name')
     .populate('currentRevision', '_id state created')
+    .populate('revisions', '_id state created description')
     .exec(function (err, documents) {
       if(err) { return handleError(res, err); }
       return res.json(200, documents);
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ exports.indexForUser = function(req, res) {
   Document
     .find({owner: req.params.userid})
     .populate('owner', '_id name')
+    .populate('revisions', '_id state created description')
     .populate('currentRevision', '_id state created')
     .exec(function (err, documents) {
       if(err) { return handleError(res, err); }
@@ -189,21 +191,36 @@ exports.createRevision = function(req, res) {
   //and the date
   if (req.body.created) { delete req.body.created; }
 
+  //and the id!
+  if (req.body._id) { delete req.body._id; }
+
+  console.log(req.body);
+
   //get the record for the parent document
   Document.findById(req.params.id).exec(function(err, document){
-   if (err) { return handleError(res, err); }
+    if (err) { return handleError(res, err); }
     if(!document) { return res.send(404); }
 
     // require user authentication
     if (! mongoose.Types.ObjectId(document.owner).equals(req.user._id))
       {return res.send(401);}
 
+    console.log('---');
+    console.log(document);
+
     //set the owner and document fields for the revision
     var revision = _.merge(req.body, {owner: req.user, document: document});
 
+    console.log('---');
+    console.log(revision);
+
     //create the record
     Revision.create(revision, function (err, revision) {
       if(err) { return handleError(res, err); }
+      if (!revision) {return handleError(res, "Unknown error creating revision");}
+
+      console.log('---');
+      console.log(revision);
 
       //and update the document
       document.revisions.push(revision);
@@ -219,12 +236,18 @@ exports.createRevision = function(req, res) {
 
 //compares two revisions with wdiff
 exports.wdiff = function(req, res) {
-  Revision.findById(req.params.revisionida).exec(function (err, revisiona) {
+  Revision
+  .findById(req.params.revisionida)
+  .populate('document', 'title')
+  .exec(function (err, revisiona) {
     if(err) { return handleError(res, err); }
     if(!revisiona) { return res.send(404); }
 
 
-    Revision.findById(req.params.revisionidb).exec(function (err, revisionb) {
+    Revision
+    .findById(req.params.revisionidb)
+    .populate('document', 'title')
+    .exec(function (err, revisionb) {
       if(err) { return handleError(res, err); }
       if(!revisionb) { return res.send(404); }
 
diff --git a/server/components/wdiff/index.js b/server/components/wdiff/index.js
index cc1792e..e878b81 100644
--- a/server/components/wdiff/index.js
+++ b/server/components/wdiff/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 var _ = require('lodash'),
     temp = require('temp'),
     fs   = require('fs'),
-    exec = require('child_process').exec;
+    exec = require('child_process').exec,
+    Lexer = require('lex');
 
 // Automatically track and cleanup files at exit
 temp.track();
@@ -58,12 +59,9 @@ module.exports = function(a, b, asMarkdown, callback) {
             if (asMarkdown) {
 
               //!!! this needs more sophisticated parsing
-              //sub del and ins for the wdiff tags
-              var markdown = stdout;
-              markdown = markdown.replace(/\[-/g, '<del>');
-              markdown = markdown.replace(/-\]/g, '</del>');
-              markdown = markdown.replace(/{\+/g, '<ins>');
-              markdown = markdown.replace(/\+}/g, '</ins>');
+
+              var markdown = rewriteWdiffMarkdown(stdout)
+              
               resData.wdiff=markdown;
             }
 
@@ -74,3 +72,178 @@ module.exports = function(a, b, asMarkdown, callback) {
     });
   });
 }
+
+/* Rewrites the given wdiff output to correctly render as markdown,
+  assuming the source documents were also valid markdown. */
+function rewriteWdiffMarkdown(source) {
+
+  //initialize a stack for the lexed input
+  //make it a lodash container, just for kicks 
+  var tokens = _([]);
+
+  //define tokens
+  var LDEL = {type:"LDEL"}, RDEL = {type:"RDEL"}, LINS = {type:"LINS"}, RINS = {type:"RINS"};
+  //var STRING = {type: "STRING", value:""};
+  var RDEL_LINS = {type:"RDEL_LINS"};
+  var NEWLINE = {type:"\n"};
+
+  var isStringToken = function (token) { return token.type == "STRING";} 
+
+
+  //create a lexer to process the wdiff string
+  var lexer = new Lexer(function (char) {
+    //the default rule creates a string on the stack for unmatched characters
+    //and just adds characters to it as they come in 
+    if (tokens.size() == 0 || !isStringToken(tokens.last()))
+      tokens.push({type: "STRING", value:""});
+
+    tokens.last().value += char;
+  });
+
+  //rules for the newline character, 
+  //as well as opening and closing (left and right) delete and insert tokens
+  lexer
+    .addRule(/\[-/, function () {
+      tokens.push(LDEL);
+    })
+    .addRule(/-\]/, function () {
+      tokens.push(RDEL);
+    })
+    .addRule(/{\+/, function () {
+      tokens.push(LINS);
+    })
+    .addRule(/\+}/, function () {
+      tokens.push(RINS);
+    })
+    //we have a special rule for joined delete and insert tokens
+    .addRule(/-\] {\+/, function() {
+      tokens.push(RDEL_LINS);
+    })
+    .addRule(/\n/, function () {
+      //tokens.push({type:"STRING", value:"\n"})
+      tokens.push(NEWLINE);
+    })
+    ;
+  
+
+  //do the lexing
+  lexer.setInput(source);
+  lexer.lex();
+
+  //# now we parse and transform the input
+
+  //create a stack for the transformed output
+  var transform = _([]);
+
+  //set the state variables for the parse
+  var SSTRING = "string", SINS = "ins", SDEL = "del", SDELINS = "delins";
+  var state = SSTRING;
+
+  //this is the index of the immediately previous delete string in the transform stack 
+  var deleteStartIndex = -1
+
+  //iterate the input tokens to create the intermediate representation 
+  tokens.forEach(function(token) {
+    //we add string tokens to the transformed stack
+    if (isStringToken(token)) {
+      //add the string with state information
+      var item = {
+        string: token.value,
+        state: state
+      };
+      //if this is the DELINS state, we will put the string in the transformed stack in a different order
+      // the INS string is spliced into place just after the first DEL string
+      // the point of this is so that the preceeding markdown formatting instructions
+      // on this line are applied equally to the del and ins strings
+      // an extra space is inserted between DEL and INS items, for readibility
+      if (state == SDELINS) {
+        state = SINS;
+        item.state = SINS;
+        var spaceItem = {string: ' ', state: SSTRING};
+        transform.splice(deleteStartIndex+1, 0, item);
+        transform.splice(deleteStartIndex+1, 0, spaceItem);
+
+      }
+      else {
+        transform.push(item);
+      }
+    }
+    //the various tokens control the transformation mode
+    if (token == LDEL) {
+      state = SDEL;
+      deleteStartIndex = transform.size();
+    }
+    if (token == LINS) {
+      state = SINS;
+    }
+    if (token == RDEL || token == RINS) {
+      state = SSTRING;
+      deleteStartIndex = -1;
+    }
+    if (token == RDEL_LINS) {
+      state = SDELINS;
+    }
+
+    if (token == NEWLINE) {
+      transform.push({string: '\n', state: state});
+    }
+
+    //ignore newlines (they get added to the output)
+  });
+
+
+  // * now emit the output string
+  var output = "";
+  var newline = true;
+
+  // prefixes are matched as follows:
+    // ^                  - start of line
+    // ([ \t]*\>)*       - blockquotes (possibly nested)
+    // (
+    //  ([ \t]*#*)      - headers 
+    //  |([ \t]+[\*\+-])     - unordered lists
+    //  |([ \t]+[0-9]+\.)  - numeric lists
+    // )?
+    // [ \t]+             - trailing whitespace
+  var PREFIX =  /^([ \t]*\>)*(([ \t]*#*)|([ \t]+[\*\+-])|([ \t]+[0-9]+\.))?[ \t]+/
+  //var PREFIX = /^#*/
+
+
+  transform.forEach(function(item) {
+    //newlines are undecorated
+    if (item.string == '\n') {
+      output += '\n';
+      newline = true;
+      return
+    }
+
+    var prestring = "";
+    var poststring = item.string;
+
+    //if this is a newline, we need to peel off any markdown formatting prefixes 
+    //and output them outside the del/ins tags
+    if (newline) {
+      var match = item.string.match(PREFIX);
+      if (match == null) 
+        prestring ="";
+      else
+        prestring = match[0];
+
+      poststring = item.string.substring(prestring.length);
+    }
+
+    //wrap ins and del strings with tags
+    if (item.state == SDEL)
+      output += prestring+'<del>' + poststring + '</del>';
+    else if (item.state ==SINS) 
+      output += prestring+'<ins>' + poststring + '</ins>';
+
+    //and just output other strings
+    else 
+      output += prestring+poststring;
+
+    newline = false;
+  });
+  return output;
+  
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/config/environment/development.js b/server/config/environment/development.js
index 39194d1..f4b1194 100644
--- a/server/config/environment/development.js
+++ b/server/config/environment/development.js
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ module.exports = {
     uri: 'mongodb://mongodb/markdownformatwdiff-dev'
   },
 
-  seedDB: true
+  seedDB: false
 };