diff --git a/webnotes/__init__.py b/webnotes/__init__.py
index ba32c471f5..10fe74690a 100644
--- a/webnotes/__init__.py
+++ b/webnotes/__init__.py
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ def get_jenv():
 	return jenv
 	
 def set_filters(jenv):
-	from webnotes.utils import global_date_format, scrub_relative_url
+	from webnotes.utils import global_date_format
 	from webnotes.webutils import get_hex_shade
 	from markdown2 import markdown
 	from json import dumps
@@ -578,7 +578,6 @@ def set_filters(jenv):
 	jenv.filters["global_date_format"] = global_date_format
 	jenv.filters["markdown"] = markdown
 	jenv.filters["json"] = dumps
-	jenv.filters["scrub_relative_url"] = scrub_relative_url
 	jenv.filters["get_hex_shade"] = get_hex_shade
 	
 	# load jenv_filters from hooks.txt
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/base.html b/webnotes/templates/base.html
index e61e5e4d47..2014fa00e7 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/base.html
+++ b/webnotes/templates/base.html
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 	<meta name="generator" content="wnframework">
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="/assets/webnotes/js/lib/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script>
 	
-	<link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{ favicon | scrub_relative_url }}" type="image/x-icon">
-	<link rel="icon" href="{{ favicon | scrub_relative_url }}" type="image/x-icon">
+	<link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{ favicon }}" type="image/x-icon">
+	<link rel="icon" href="{{ favicon }}" type="image/x-icon">
 	
 	{% block head -%}
 		{%- if meta_description is defined -%}
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 		{%- endif -%}
 		
 		{%- for link in web_include_js -%}
-		<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ link | scrub_relative_url }}"></script>
+		<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ link }}"></script>
 		{%- endfor -%}
 		
 		{%- for link in web_include_css -%}
-		<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ link | scrub_relative_url }}">
+		<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ link }}">
 		{%- endfor -%}
 		
 		{% block script -%}
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/generators/web_page.html b/webnotes/templates/generators/web_page.html
index b406590b59..929d7c9cb7 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/generators/web_page.html
+++ b/webnotes/templates/generators/web_page.html
@@ -2,27 +2,18 @@
 
 {% block header %}{% if show_title %}<h2>{{ title }}</h2>{% endif %}{% endblock %}
 
+{% block breadcrumbs %}{% include "templates/includes/breadcrumbs.html" %}{% endblock %}
+
 {% block content %}
 <div class="webpage-content">
 	{# title, breadcrumbs, table of contents #}
-	{% block pre_content -%}
-	{% if show_breadcrumbs and breadcrumbs -%}
-	<ul class="breadcrumb">
-		{% for b in breadcrumbs -%}
-		<li><a href="{{ b.page_name }}">{{ b.title }}</a></li>
-		{%- endfor %}
-		<li class="active">{{ title }}</li>
-	</ul>
-	{%- endif %}
-	{%- endblock %}
-	
+
 	{% include "templates/includes/slideshow.html" %}
 	<div class="web-page-content" id="{{ name }}">
 	{{ main_section or "" }}
 	</div>
 	
 	{# toc, parent, child, next sibling #}
-	{% block post_content -%}
 	{% if show_toc and toc_list -%}
 	<div class="well">
 		<h4>Contents</h4>
@@ -53,7 +44,6 @@
 	<h3>Discuss</h3>
 	{% include 'templates/includes/comments.html' %}
 	{%- endif %}
-	{%- endblock %}
 </div>
 <script>
 $(function() {
@@ -71,4 +61,4 @@ $(function() {
 
 {% block style %}{{ style }}{% endblock %}
 
-{% block script %}{{ script }}{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% block script %}{{ script }}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/generators/web_page.py b/webnotes/templates/generators/web_page.py
index 28d8bb4715..d729cf3d81 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/generators/web_page.py
+++ b/webnotes/templates/generators/web_page.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_context(context):
 		
 	web_page.doc.meta_description = web_page.doc.description
 	
-	web_page.doc.breadcrumbs = get_breadcrumbs(web_page)
+	# web_page.doc.breadcrumbs = get_breadcrumbs(web_page)
 	web_page.doc.toc_list = get_toc_list(web_page)
 	
 	# parent, child, next sibling links
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/includes/blogger.html b/webnotes/templates/includes/blogger.html
index 3c124eed7f..71736f186b 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/includes/blogger.html
+++ b/webnotes/templates/includes/blogger.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div class="row">
 	<div class="col-md-2">
 		<div class="avatar avatar-large">
-			<img itemprop="thumbnailUrl" src="{{ blogger_info.avatar | scrub_relative_url }}" />
+			<img itemprop="thumbnailUrl" src="{{ blogger_info.avatar }}" />
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	<div class="col-md-10">
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/includes/breadcrumbs.html b/webnotes/templates/includes/breadcrumbs.html
index 5ce7b28fb3..b9979cd715 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/includes/breadcrumbs.html
+++ b/webnotes/templates/includes/breadcrumbs.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% if parents -%}
 <ul class="breadcrumb">
 	{% for parent in parents %}
-		<li><a href="/{{ parent.name|lower }}">{{ parent.page_title }}</a></li>
+		<li><a href="/{{ parent.name|lower }}">{{ parent.page_title or parent.title }}</a></li>
 	{% endfor %}
 	<li class="active">{{ title }}</li>
 </ul>
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/includes/footer.html b/webnotes/templates/includes/footer.html
index 89b22e2ed5..b02a4e66d5 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/includes/footer.html
+++ b/webnotes/templates/includes/footer.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 				<div class="col-xs-9 web-footer-menu">
 					<ul class="list-inline">
 						{% for item in footer_items %}
-						<li><a href="{{ item.url | scrub_relative_url }}" {{ item.target }}
+						<li><a href="{{ item.url }}" {{ item.target }}
 							data-label="{{ item.label }}">{{ item.label }}</a></li>
 						{% endfor %}
 					</ul>
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/includes/inline_post.html b/webnotes/templates/includes/inline_post.html
index 8d02b964da..478b032ef5 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/includes/inline_post.html
+++ b/webnotes/templates/includes/inline_post.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 		data-group="{{ post.website_group }}" 
 		itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article">
 	<a class="pull-left media-link" href="{{ post_url }}">
-		<img class="media-object post-avatar" src="{{ post.user_image|scrub_relative_url }}">
+		<img class="media-object post-avatar" src="{{ post.user_image }}">
 	</a>
 	<div class="media-body">
 		{%- if not post.parent_post -%}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 			{%- endif -%}
 			{{ post.content|markdown }}
 			{%- if post.picture_url -%}
-			<img src="{{ post.picture_url|scrub_relative_url }}" class="img-responsive post-picture" />
+			<img src="{{ post.picture_url }}" class="img-responsive post-picture" />
 			{%- endif -%}
 		</div>
 	</div>
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/includes/navbar.html b/webnotes/templates/includes/navbar.html
index 62dc8e2a2f..72116331b1 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/includes/navbar.html
+++ b/webnotes/templates/includes/navbar.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 					{%- for page in top_bar_items -%}
 					{% if not page.parent_label -%}
 					<li data-label="{{ page.label }}" {% if page.child_items %} class="dropdown"{% endif %}>
-						<a href="{{ page.url | scrub_relative_url }}" {% if page.child_items %} class="dropdown-toggle" onclick="return false;" data-toggle="dropdown"{% endif %} {{ page.target or ''}}>
+						<a href="{{ page.url or '' }}" {% if page.child_items %} class="dropdown-toggle" onclick="return false;" data-toggle="dropdown"{% endif %} {{ page.target or ''}}>
 						{{ page.label }}
 						{%- if page.child_items -%}
 							<span class="caret"></span>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 							{%- for child in page.child_items -%}
 								<li data-label="{{ child.label }}">
 									<a {% if child.indent %} style="padding-left: {{((child.indent|int)+1)*15 }}px"{% endif %} 
-										href="{{ child.url | scrub_relative_url }}" {{ child.target or '' }}>{{ child.label }}</a>
+										href="{{ child.url }}" {{ child.target or '' }}>{{ child.label }}</a>
 								</li>
 							{%- endfor -%}
 							</ul>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 								{% if child.class %} class="{{ child.class }}" {% endif %}>
 
 								{%- if child.url -%}
-									<a href="{{ child.url | scrub_relative_url }}" {{ child.target or '' }}>
+									<a href="{{ child.url }}" {{ child.target or '' }}>
 										{%- if child.icon -%}
 										<i class="icon-fixed-width {{ child.icon }}"></i>
 										{%- endif -%}
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/includes/post_editor.html b/webnotes/templates/includes/post_editor.html
index 090d5506dc..d67f635778 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/includes/post_editor.html
+++ b/webnotes/templates/includes/post_editor.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	<div class="text-muted small">tab + enter to post / <a target="_blank" class="text-muted"
 		href="/markdown-cheatsheet" tabindex="-1">markdown formatting</a></div>
 	<div class="post-picture hide" style="margin: 10px 0px;">
-		<img src="{{ post.picture_url|scrub_relative_url if post else ''}}" class="img-responsive" />
+		<img src="{{ post.picture_url if post else ''}}" class="img-responsive" />
 	</div>
 	<div class="clearfix">
 		<button class="btn btn-default btn-post-add pull-right"><i class="icon-plus"></i> Add Post</button>
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/includes/slideshow.html b/webnotes/templates/includes/slideshow.html
index a8d26f76c6..e7a2706f8d 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/includes/slideshow.html
+++ b/webnotes/templates/includes/slideshow.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<div class="carousel-inner">
 		{% for slide in slides %}
 		<div class="{% if slide.idx==1 %}active {% endif %}item">
-			<img src="{{ slide.image | scrub_relative_url }}" class="slide-image" />
+			<img src="{{ slide.image }}" class="slide-image" />
 			{% if slide.heading or slide.description %}
 			<div class="carousel-caption">
 				{% if slide.heading %}<h4>{{ slide.heading }}</h4>{% endif %}
diff --git a/webnotes/templates/pages/app.html b/webnotes/templates/pages/app.html
index 321edef7f1..c20ffc1cb6 100644
--- a/webnotes/templates/pages/app.html
+++ b/webnotes/templates/pages/app.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	</div>
 	<footer></footer>
 	{% for include in include_css -%}
-	<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ include | scrub_relative_url }}">
+	<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="{{ include }}">
 	{%- endfor -%}
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="/assets/webnotes/js/lib/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript">
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
 	</script>
 
 	{% for include in include_js -%}
-	<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ include | scrub_relative_url }}"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ include }}"></script>
 	{%- endfor -%}
 </body>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webnotes/utils/__init__.py b/webnotes/utils/__init__.py
index ac5e7d7987..b838bceb62 100644
--- a/webnotes/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/webnotes/utils/__init__.py
@@ -842,11 +842,6 @@ def get_url_to_form(doctype, name, base_url=None, label=None):
 	
 	return """<a href="%(base_url)s/app.html#!Form/%(doctype)s/%(name)s">%(label)s</a>""" % locals()
 	
-def scrub_relative_url(url):
-	if not url or url.startswith("http"):
-		return url
-	return "/" + url
-
 def encode_dict(d, encoding="utf-8"):
 	for key in d:
 		if isinstance(d[key], basestring) and isinstance(d[key], unicode):
diff --git a/webnotes/website/css/website.css b/webnotes/website/css/website.css
index 2b78e09644..09696b671b 100644
--- a/webnotes/website/css/website.css
+++ b/webnotes/website/css/website.css
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ fieldset {
 
 .page-container {
 	margin-top: 15px;
+	padding-bottom: 30px;
 }
 
 .page-header h1,
diff --git a/webnotes/webutils.py b/webnotes/webutils.py
index 7b0840375a..0de86d7755 100644
--- a/webnotes/webutils.py
+++ b/webnotes/webutils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import webnotes
-import json, os, time
+import json, os, time, re
 from webnotes import _
 import webnotes.utils
 from webnotes.utils import get_request_site_address, encode, cint
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ def build_page(page_name):
 	context = get_context(page_name)
 	
 	html = webnotes.get_template(context.base_template_path).render(context)
+	html = scrub_relative_urls(html)
 	
 	if can_cache(context.no_cache):
 		webnotes.cache().set_value("page:" + page_name, html)
@@ -430,6 +431,10 @@ def render_blocks(context):
 	
 	# render each block individually
 	for block, render in template.blocks.items():
-		out[block] = concat(render(context))
+		out[block] = scrub_relative_urls(concat(render(context)))
 
 	return out
+
+def scrub_relative_urls(html):
+	"""prepend a slash before a relative url"""
+	return re.sub("""(src|href)[^\w'"]*['"](?!http|ftp|/|#)([^'" >]+)['"]""", '\g<1> = "/\g<2>"', html)