diff --git a/src/models/article.js b/src/models/article.js
index a6d0aed..d712123 100644
--- a/src/models/article.js
+++ b/src/models/article.js
@@ -22,21 +22,8 @@ const ArticleSchema = new Schema({
 });
 
 
-ArticleSchema.virtual('author_user', {
-    ref: 'User',
-    localField: 'author',
-    foreignField: '_id',
-    justOne: true
-});
-
 ArticleSchema.methods.genSlug = title => title.toLowerCase().replace(/\W+/g, '-');
 
-ArticleSchema.pre('findOne', function (next) {
-    var article = this;
-    article.views++;
-    next();
-});
-
 ArticleSchema.pre('save', function (next) {
     var article = this;
     // only gen the slug if title has been modified (or is new)
diff --git a/src/routes/_layout.svelte b/src/routes/_layout.svelte
index 89909ae..6448e27 100644
--- a/src/routes/_layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/_layout.svelte
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+<script context="module">
+    export async function preload({ user }, page)
+    {
+        const res = await this.fetch(`/me`);
+        user = await res.json();
+    }
+</script>
+
 <script>
     import Footer from '../components/Footer.svelte';
     import Nav from '../components/Nav.svelte';
@@ -5,20 +13,9 @@
 
 <style>
     main {
-        max-width: 100vw;
+        max-width: 100%;
         box-sizing: border-box;
     }
-    footer {
-        box-sizing: border-box;
-        text-align: center;
-        position: fixed;
-        bottom: 0;
-        width: 100%;
-        background: #fff;
-        box-shadow: 0 2px 5px #000;
-        padding: 1rem;
-        z-index: 1;
-    }
 </style>
 
 <Nav />
diff --git a/src/routes/a/[slug].json.js b/src/routes/a/[slug].json.js
index d795bdf..90c88ae 100644
--- a/src/routes/a/[slug].json.js
+++ b/src/routes/a/[slug].json.js
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ export async function get(req, res, next) {
     // the `slug` parameter is available because
     // this file is called [slug].json.js
     const { slug } = req.params;
-    const article = await Article.findOne({ slug }).populate('author_user');
+    const article = await Article.findOne({ slug }).populate({
+        path: 'author',
+        select: 'realname'
+    });
 
     if (article) {
+        article.set({ views: article.views + 1 });
+        article.save();
         res.writeHead(200, {
             'Content-Type': 'application/json'
         });
@@ -20,3 +25,20 @@ export async function get(req, res, next) {
         }));
     }
 }
+
+export async function del(req, res, next) {
+    const { slug } = req.params;
+    const article = await Article.findOneAndDelete({ slug });
+
+    if (article) {
+        res.writeHead(204);
+        res.end();
+    } else {
+        res.writeHead(404, {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+        });
+        res.end(JSON.stringify({
+            message: `Not found`
+        }));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/a/[slug].svelte b/src/routes/a/[slug].svelte
index c3d3b68..4f04292 100644
--- a/src/routes/a/[slug].svelte
+++ b/src/routes/a/[slug].svelte
@@ -64,9 +64,13 @@
     }
 
     div.article-meta {
-        margin: 0;
+        margin: 0 0 4rem 0;
         padding: 0;
     }
+
+    div.article-meta h1 {
+        margin-bottom: 0;
+    }
 </style>
 
 <svelte:head>
@@ -79,6 +83,9 @@
     </figure>
     <div class="article-meta">
         <h1 class="article-title">{article.title}</h1>
+        <p>Author: <strong>{article.author.realname}</strong></p>
+        <p>Published: <strong>{new Date(article.created_at).toLocaleString()}</strong></p>
+        <p>Views: <strong>{article.views}</strong></p>
     </div>
     {@html article.html}
 </div>
diff --git a/src/routes/cms/delete.svelte b/src/routes/cms/delete.svelte
index 731d07b..91b3e08 100644
--- a/src/routes/cms/delete.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/cms/delete.svelte
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@
 </svelte:head>
 
 <script>
+    import { goto } from '@sapper/app';
     export let articles;
 
-    function del(article)
+    async function del(article)
     {
         if (confirm(`Are you sure you want to delete "${article.title}"?`)) {
-            alert('ok');
+            await fetch(`/a/${article.slug}.json`, {
+                method: 'DELETE'
+            });
+            const res = await fetch(`/a/all`);
+            articles = await res.json();
         }
     }
 </script>
@@ -31,7 +36,8 @@
     <ul>
     {#each articles as article}
         <li>
-            <strong>{article.title}</strong> by <strong>{article.author_user}</strong>
+            <strong>{article.title}</strong> by <strong>{article.author.realname}</strong>
+            ({article.views} views)
             <button on:click={() => { del(article) }}>Delete</button>
         </li>
     {:else}
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 75b3947..17ad71c 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -212,7 +212,12 @@ express()
                 }
                 const article = await new Article({ html, title, image, author: req.user._id });
                 await article.save();
-                res.redirect(`/a/${article.slug}`);
+                res.writeHead(200, {
+                    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+                });
+                res.end(JSON.stringify({
+                    slug: article.slug
+                }));
             } catch (err) {
                 res.writeHead(500, {
                     'Content-Type': 'application/json'
@@ -225,7 +230,10 @@ express()
     )
 
     .get('/a/all', async function (req, res, next) {
-        let articles = await Article.find().populate('author_user');
+        let articles = await Article.find().sort({ created_at: 'desc' }).populate({
+            path: 'author',
+            select: 'realname'
+        });
         articles.forEach(article => {
             article.slug = article.title.toLowerCase().replace(/\W+/g, '-');
             article.html = article.html.replace(/^\t{3}/gm, '');
@@ -236,6 +244,22 @@ express()
         res.end(JSON.stringify(articles));
     })
 
+    .get('/me', function(req, res, next) {
+        if (req.user) {
+            res.writeHead(200, {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            });
+            res.end(JSON.stringify(req.user));
+        } else {
+            res.writeHead(401, {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+            });
+            res.end(JSON.stringify({
+                message: `You are not logged in`
+            }));
+        }
+    })
+
     .use(compression({ threshold: 0 }))
     .use(sirv('static', { dev }))
     .use(sapper.middleware({