diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index b4edc7c..7a8acf9 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -25,14 +25,13 @@ There are also many *optional* config parameters such as:
 * `:charset`       => to set HTML attributes for international characters, default: "UTF-8"
 * `:feeds`         => to generate RSS and Atom feeds for certain tagged content
 * `:excerpt-sep`   => to set the separator for excerpt in content, default: `<!--more-->`
-* `:index-ext`     => The extension for the index, default "html" for index.html
 * `:lang`          => to set HTML attributes indicating the site language, default: "en"
 * `:license`       => to override the displayed content license, the default is CC-BY-SA
-* `:name-fn`       => to modify URL strings after they are generated, default: `'identity`
 * `:page-ext`      => to set the suffix of generated files, default: "html". "" for no extension
 * `:plugins`       => to configure and enable coleslaw's [various plugins][plugin-use]
 * `:separator`     => to set the separator for content metadata, default: ";;;;;"
 * `:sitenav`       => to provide relevant links and ease navigation
 * `:staging-dir`   => for Coleslaw to do intermediate work, default: "/tmp/coleslaw"
+* `:title-fn`      => to modify document slugs after they are generated, default: `'identity`
 
 [plugin-use]: https://github.com/redline6561/coleslaw/blob/master/docs/plugin-use.md
diff --git a/src/coleslaw.lisp b/src/coleslaw.lisp
index bdaafd6..57113c1 100644
--- a/src/coleslaw.lisp
+++ b/src/coleslaw.lisp
@@ -37,14 +37,13 @@
         (when (probe-file dir)
           (if (uiop:os-windows-p)
               (run-program "(robocopy ~a ~a /MIR /IS) ^& IF %ERRORLEVEL% LEQ 1 exit 0" dir (path:basename dir))
-              (run-program "rsync --delete -raz ~a ." dir))
-          )))
+              (run-program "rsync --delete -raz ~a ." dir)))))
     (do-subclasses (ctype content)
       (publish ctype))
     (do-subclasses (itype index)
       (publish itype))
-    (update-symlink (format nil "index.~A" (index-ext *config*))
-                    (format nil "1~A" (page-ext *config*)))))
+    (let ((recent-posts (first (find-all 'numeric-index))))
+      (update-symlink "index.html" (page-url recent-posts)))))
 
 (defgeneric deploy (staging)
   (:documentation "Deploy the STAGING build to the directory specified in the config.")
diff --git a/src/config.lisp b/src/config.lisp
index 92a1164..1847611 100644
--- a/src/config.lisp
+++ b/src/config.lisp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    (name-fn         :initarg :name-fn        :reader name-fn)
    (lang            :initarg :lang           :reader lang)
    (license         :initarg :license        :reader license)
-   (page-ext        :initarg :page-ext       :reader page-ext-intolerant)
+   (page-ext        :initarg :page-ext       :reader page-ext)
    (plugins         :initarg :plugins        :reader plugins)
    (repo            :initarg :repo           :accessor repo-dir)
    (routing         :initarg :routing        :reader routing)
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
    (sitenav         :initarg :sitenav        :reader sitenav)
    (staging-dir     :initarg :staging-dir    :reader staging-dir)
    (theme           :initarg :theme          :reader theme)
-   (title           :initarg :title          :reader title)
-   (index-ext       :initarg :index-ext      :reader index-ext))
+   (title           :initarg :title          :reader title))
   (:default-initargs
    :feeds        nil
    :license      nil
@@ -29,17 +28,10 @@
    :name-fn      'identity
    :charset      "UTF-8"
    :lang         "en"
-   :page-ext     #1="html"
+   :page-ext     "html"
    :separator    ";;;;;"
-   :staging-dir  "/tmp/coleslaw"
-   :index-ext    #1#))
+   :staging-dir  "/tmp/coleslaw"))
 
-(defun page-ext (config)
-  "Get page extension, and allow for an extensionless system."
-  (let ((ext (page-ext-intolerant config)))
-    (if (string= ext "")
-        ""
-        (concatenate 'string "." ext))))
 (defun dir-slot-reader (config name)
   "Take CONFIG and NAME, and return a directory pathname for the matching SLOT."
   (ensure-directory-pathname (slot-value config name)))
diff --git a/src/documents.lisp b/src/documents.lisp
index e306477..a88aef7 100644
--- a/src/documents.lisp
+++ b/src/documents.lisp
@@ -42,15 +42,8 @@ is provided, it overrides the route used."
       (error "No routing method found for: ~A" class-name))
     (let* ((result (format nil route unique-id))
            (type (or (pathname-type result) (page-ext *config*))))
-      (make-pathname :name (funcall (name-fn *config*)
-                                    (pathname-name result))
-                     :type (when (string/= type "")
-                             (if (or (string-equal "index"
-                                                   (pathname-name result))
-                                     (string-equal "1"
-                                                   (pathname-name result)))
-                                 (index-ext *config*)
-                                 type))
+      (make-pathname :name (funcall (name-fn *config*) (pathname-name result))
+                     :type type
                      :defaults result))))
 
 (defun get-route (doc-type)