diff --git a/Panda/Config/Global.hs b/Panda/Config/Global.hs
--- a/Panda/Config/Global.hs
+++ b/Panda/Config/Global.hs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 module Panda.Config.Global where
 
 import Panda.Helper.Env
-import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id)
-import System.IO.UTF8 as UIO
+import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, readFile)
+import Panda.Type.Reader
 
 db_id      = "db"
 flat_id    = "."
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 -- unsafe, must restart server after changing config file, sorry about that ...
 -- but these configs are read only, and keep the view pure, so no monad headaches involved.
 
-user_config     = UIO.readFile config_uri .purify .filter_comment .lines .map strip .map (split "\\s*=\\s*") .map tuple2
+user_config     = readFile config_uri .purify .filter_comment .lines .map strip .map (split "\\s*=\\s*") .map tuple2
 config_for' s d = user_config.lookup s .fromMaybe d
 
 config_for s    = config_for' s s
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@
 navigation      = config_for' "navigation" "About" .split "," .map strip .reject null .("Home" :)
 
 panda_url       = "http://github.com/nfjinjing/panda"
+
+default_reader  = Markdown
diff --git a/Panda/Controller/Application.hs b/Panda/Controller/Application.hs
--- a/Panda/Controller/Application.hs
+++ b/Panda/Controller/Application.hs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
 
 -- env
-import Panda.Helper.Env
+import Panda.Helper.Env hiding (tag)
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id)
 import Panda.Type.State hiding (pager)
 import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 -- model
 import qualified Panda.Model.Post as Post
+import qualified Panda.Model.Static as Static
 import qualified Panda.Model.Tag as Tag
 
 -- view
@@ -64,11 +65,12 @@
 
 static = do
   id <- uri
+  static_page <- Static.get id .liftIO
   tags <- Tag.list.liftIO
   
-  let nav = if r.belongs_to Config.navigation then r else no_navigation where r = id.id_to_resource
+  let nav = if title.belongs_to Config.navigation then title else no_navigation where title = static_page.Static.title
   let state = State id Pager.empty tags nav
-  (Config.flat_uri / id) .readFile .liftIO <.> StaticV.view state >>= output_html
+  StaticV.view state static_page .output_html
 
 
 tag = do
diff --git a/Panda/Helper/Env.hs b/Panda/Helper/Env.hs
--- a/Panda/Helper/Env.hs
+++ b/Panda/Helper/Env.hs
@@ -9,17 +9,21 @@
   , module System.Time.Parse
   , module Panda.Helper.Helper
   , module Data.Maybe
+  , module System.FilePath.Posix
+  , module System.IO.UTF8
+  , module Text.XHtml.Strict
 ) where
   
-import MPS
+import MPS hiding (base, col, sub)
 import Control.Monad hiding (join)
 import Control.Arrow ((>>>))
 import Data.List
 import Network.URI
-import Network.CGI
+import Network.CGI hiding (Html)
 import System.Locale
 import System.Time.Parse
 import Panda.Helper.Helper
 import Data.Maybe
-
-
+import System.FilePath.Posix hiding ((<.>))
+import System.IO.UTF8 (readFile)
+import Text.XHtml.Strict hiding (select)
diff --git a/Panda/Helper/Escape.hs b/Panda/Helper/Escape.hs
--- a/Panda/Helper/Escape.hs
+++ b/Panda/Helper/Escape.hs
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 module Panda.Helper.Escape where
 
 import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec
-import MPS hiding (parse)
 import Char
-import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id)
+import Data.Either.Utils
 
-unicode :: Parser Char
-unicode = do
+unicode_char :: Parser Char
+unicode_char = do
   char '&'
   char '#'
   word <- many1 digit
@@ -14,12 +13,6 @@
   return $ chr (read word)
 
 unescape_parser :: Parser String
-unescape_parser = do
-  s <- many (unicode <|> anyChar)
-  return $ s
-
-parse' p s = case (parse p "" s) of
-  Left err -> err.show.error
-  Right x  -> x
+unescape_parser = many (unicode_char <|> anyChar)
 
-unescape s = parse' unescape_parser s
+unescape s = forceEither $ parse unescape_parser "" s
diff --git a/Panda/Helper/Helper.hs b/Panda/Helper/Helper.hs
--- a/Panda/Helper/Helper.hs
+++ b/Panda/Helper/Helper.hs
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@
 import Panda.Helper.Escape
 import Char
 import Data.List
+import Panda.Type.Reader
+import System.FilePath.Posix hiding ((<.>))
 
 (/) = (</>)
 
-
+-- model
+take_extension = takeExtension >>> split "\\." >>> last
 
 -- controller
 uri = requestURI <.> (uriPath >>> urlDecode >>> tail)
@@ -45,8 +48,8 @@
 for_current_page p xs = xs.drop ((p.Pager.current - 1) * p.Pager.length) .take (p.Pager.length)
 
 -- id: /type/resoruce
-id_to_type id = id.split "/" .first
-id_to_resource id = id.split "/" .tail.join "/"
+id_to_type id = id.from_utf8.split "/" .first
+id_to_resource id = id.from_utf8.split "/" .tail.join "/"
 no_navigation = ""
 home_nav      = "Home"
 
diff --git a/Panda/Model/Post.hs b/Panda/Model/Post.hs
--- a/Panda/Model/Post.hs
+++ b/Panda/Model/Post.hs
@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
-{-# OPTIONS -fno-monomorphism-restriction #-}
-
 module Panda.Model.Post where
 
 -- env
-import Panda.Helper.Env hiding (match)
+import Panda.Helper.Env hiding (match, readFile, title, body)
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id)
 import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
+import Panda.Type.Reader
 
 data Post = Post 
   { uid :: String     -- blog/08-09-04 blog title
   , title :: String
   , body :: String
   , tags :: [String]
+  , reader :: Reader
   }
   deriving (Show, Eq)
 
 list = ls Config.blog_uri <.> rsort <.> map (Config.blog_id /) >>= mapM get
 
-get id       = liftM2 (Post id (get_title id) ) (get_body id) (return [])
-get_title id = id.from_utf8.words.tail.join " "
-get_body id  = (Config.flat_uri / id) .readFile
+get id        = liftM3 (Post id (get_title id) ) (get_body id) (return []) (return $ get_reader id)
+get_title id  = id.from_utf8.words.tail.unwords.dropExtension
+get_body id   = (Config.flat_uri / id) .readFile
+get_reader id = id.take_extension.guess_reader.fromMaybe Config.default_reader
 
+
 parse_date = parseCalendarTime defaultTimeLocale "%Y-%m-%d"
-date x = case x.uid.words.first.split "/".last.("20"++).parse_date of
-  Nothing -> parse_date "2000-1-1".fromJust
-  Just x -> x
+date x     = x.uid.words.first.split "/".last.("20"++).parse_date.fromMaybe (parse_date "2000-1-1".fromJust)
 
-match s x = [title, body >>> from_utf8] .map (send_to x >>> lower >>> isInfixOf (s.lower)) .or
+
+match s x = [title, body] .map (send_to x >>> lower >>> isInfixOf (s.lower)) .or
 search "" = return []
 search s  = list <.> filter (match s)
+
+markup x = render_to_html (x.reader) (x.body)
diff --git a/Panda/Model/Static.hs b/Panda/Model/Static.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Panda/Model/Static.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+module Panda.Model.Static where
+
+-- env
+import Panda.Helper.Env hiding (match, body)
+import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, readFile)
+import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
+import Panda.Type.Reader
+
+data Static = Static 
+  { uid :: String
+  , title :: String
+  , body :: String
+  , tags :: [String]
+  , reader :: Reader
+  }
+  deriving (Show, Eq)
+  
+  
+get id        = liftM3 (Static id (get_title id) ) (get_body id) (return []) (return $ get_reader id)
+get_title     = id_to_resource >>> dropExtension
+get_body id   = (Config.flat_uri / id) .readFile
+get_reader id = id.take_extension.guess_reader.fromMaybe Config.default_reader
+
+
+markup x = render_to_html (x.reader) (x.body)
diff --git a/Panda/Model/Tag.hs b/Panda/Model/Tag.hs
--- a/Panda/Model/Tag.hs
+++ b/Panda/Model/Tag.hs
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-{-# OPTIONS -fno-monomorphism-restriction #-}
-
 module Panda.Model.Tag where
 
 import qualified Panda.Model.Post as Post
 
 -- env
-import Panda.Helper.Env
+import Panda.Helper.Env hiding (readFile, name)
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id)
 import qualified Data.Set as Set
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
diff --git a/Panda/Type/Reader.hs b/Panda/Type/Reader.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Panda/Type/Reader.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module Panda.Type.Reader where
+
+import MPS  
+import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id)
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+import Text.Pandoc
+import Control.Arrow ((>>>))
+import Text.XHtml.Strict
+
+data Reader = Markdown | RST | HTML | Latex deriving (Show, Eq)
+
+readers = 
+  [ (Markdown,  ["markdown", "md"])
+  , (RST,       ["rst"]  )
+  , (HTML,      ["html", "htm"])
+  , (Latex,     ["tex", "latex"])
+  ]
+
+gen_lookup (r, xs) = xs.labeling (const r)
+reader_map         = readers.map gen_lookup.join'.to_h
+guess_reader ext   = reader_map.Map.lookup ext
+
+
+to_html r      = r defaultParserState >>> writeHtml defaultWriterOptions
+
+rr Markdown    = to_html readMarkdown
+rr RST         = to_html readRST
+rr HTML        = primHtml
+rr Latex       = to_html readLaTeX
+
+render_to_html = rr
+
diff --git a/Panda/View/RSS.hs b/Panda/View/RSS.hs
--- a/Panda/View/RSS.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/RSS.hs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 item_rss_template x = 
   [ Title $ x.Post.title
-  , Description $ x.Post.body.Config.markup.show
+  , Description $ x.Post.markup.show
   , Author $ Config.author_email
   , Link $ x.item_uri
   , PubDate $ x.Post.date 
diff --git a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Helper.hs b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Helper.hs
--- a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Helper.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Helper.hs
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 module Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Helper where
 
-
-
 import Panda.Helper.Env
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, span)
-import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
-import qualified Panda.Type.State as State
-import Text.XHtml.Strict
   
-import Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Template
-import Panda.Model.Post as Post
 import Panda.Type.Pager as Pager
 
 
diff --git a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Post.hs b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Post.hs
--- a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Post.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Post.hs
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 -- env
 import Panda.Helper.Env
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, span)
-import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
-import qualified Panda.Type.State as State
-import Text.XHtml.Strict
 
-import Panda.Type.Pager as Pager
 import System.Time
 import System.Locale
 import qualified Panda.Type.State as State
@@ -23,7 +19,7 @@
 -- render single entry
 entry x = div_class "post" << [entry_title, entry_mark, entry_body] where
   entry_title = x.title_link
-  entry_body  = div_class "entry" << x.Post.body.Config.markup
+  entry_body  = div_class "entry" << x.Post.markup
   entry_mark  = p ! [theclass "small"] << 
     [ x.blog_date, x.blog_tags ]
 
diff --git a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Search.hs b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Search.hs
--- a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Search.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Search.hs
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
   
 import Panda.Helper.Env
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, span)
-import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
 import qualified Panda.Type.State as State
-import Text.XHtml.Strict
 
 -- view
 import Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Post hiding (view)
diff --git a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Static.hs b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Static.hs
--- a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Static.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Static.hs
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 module Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Static where
   
 import Panda.Helper.Env
-import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, span)
-import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
-import qualified Panda.Type.State as State
-import Text.XHtml.Strict
-
+import Panda.Model.Static as Static
 import Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Template
 
-view tags x = x.Config.markup.page tags
+view state = Static.markup >>> page state
diff --git a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Tag.hs b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Tag.hs
--- a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Tag.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Tag.hs
@@ -2,12 +2,7 @@
   
 import Panda.Helper.Env
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, span)
-import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
 import qualified Panda.Type.State as State
-import Text.XHtml.Strict
-
--- model
-import Panda.Model.Tag as Tag
 
 -- view
 import Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Post hiding (view)
diff --git a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Body.hs b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Body.hs
--- a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Body.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Body.hs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, span)
 import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
 import qualified Panda.Type.State as State
-import Text.XHtml.Strict
 
 -- view
 import Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Sidebar
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@
   link x = if x == home_nav then home_link else static_link x
 
 home_link     = hotlink "/" << home_nav
-static_link s = hotlink ("/" / "static" / s) << s
+static_link s = hotlink ("/" / "static" / s) << s.dropExtension
 
 
 body_content x = div_class_id "column span-9 first" "maincontent" <<
diff --git a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Footer.hs b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Footer.hs
--- a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Footer.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Footer.hs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 import Panda.Helper.Env
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, span)
 import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
-import qualified Panda.Type.State as State
-import Text.XHtml.Strict
 
 
 import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
diff --git a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Header.hs b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Header.hs
--- a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Header.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Header.hs
@@ -3,16 +3,12 @@
 import Panda.Helper.Env
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, span)
 import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
-import qualified Panda.Type.State as State
-import Text.XHtml.Strict
 
 
-html_head  = header << [meta_tag, title_tag, screen_css, wp_css, custom_css, rss_tag] -- , ie_css, custom_css]
+html_head  = header << [meta_tag, title_tag, screen_css, wp_css, custom_css, rss_tag]
 
 title_tag  = thetitle << Config.blog_title
 screen_css = css_link "/theme/blueprint/wp/css/screen.css"
 wp_css     = css_link "/theme/blueprint/wp/css/blueprint-wp.css"
--- ie_css  = ie $ css_link "theme/blueprint/core/ie.css"
 custom_css = css_link "/theme/blueprint/wp/css/custom.css"
-
-rss_tag = rss_link "rss.xml"
+rss_tag    = rss_link "rss.xml"
diff --git a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Sidebar.hs b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Sidebar.hs
--- a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Sidebar.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Sidebar.hs
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 import Panda.Helper.Env hiding (rss_link)
 import Prelude hiding ((.), (/), id, span)
-import qualified Panda.Config.Global as Config
 import qualified Panda.Type.State as State
-import Text.XHtml.Strict
 
 import qualified Data.Set as Set
 
diff --git a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Template.hs b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Template.hs
--- a/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Template.hs
+++ b/Panda/View/Theme/BluePrint/Template/Template.hs
@@ -3,9 +3,4 @@
 import Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Header
 import Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Body
 
-import Panda.Helper.Env
-
-page state x = 
-  [ html_head
-  , html_body state x
-  ]
+page state x = [html_head, html_body state x]
diff --git a/changelog.markdown b/changelog.markdown
--- a/changelog.markdown
+++ b/changelog.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+0.0.0.5
+--------
+
+### Features
+
+* Support HTML, reStructuredText and LaTeX in addition to Markdown, just add a the appropriate file extension, no extension defaults to Markdown
+
+### Fix
+
+* cabal dependency on parsec
+
 0.0.0.4.2
 ----------
 
diff --git a/panda.cabal b/panda.cabal
--- a/panda.cabal
+++ b/panda.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                 panda
-Version:              0.0.0.4.2
+Version:              0.0.0.5
 Build-type:           Simple
 Synopsis:             Simple Static Blog Engine
 Description:          Simple Static Blog Engine
@@ -14,31 +14,29 @@
 data-files:			      readme.markdown, changelog.markdown
 
 library
-  build-depends: base, cgi, network, haskell98, old-locale, old-time, directory, filepath, containers >= 0.1.0.0, mps >= 0.0.0.1, parsedate >= 3000.0.0, rss >= 3000.0.1, xhtml >= 3000.2.0.0, kibro >= 0.0, utf8-string >= 0.3.1
+  build-depends: base, cgi, network, haskell98, old-locale, old-time, directory, filepath, containers >= 0.1.0.0, mps >= 0.0.0.1, parsedate >= 3000.0.0, rss >= 3000.0.1, xhtml >= 3000.2.0.0, kibro >= 0.0, utf8-string >= 0.3.1, pandoc >= 0.46, MissingH, parsec
   exposed-modules:  Panda
-                    Panda.Controller.Application
                     Panda.Config.Global
-                    
-                    Panda.Helper.Helper
-                    Panda.Helper.Escape
+                    Panda.Controller.Application
                     Panda.Helper.Env
-
+                    Panda.Helper.Escape
+                    Panda.Helper.Helper
                     Panda.Model.Post
+                    Panda.Model.Static
                     Panda.Model.Tag
-
                     Panda.Type.Pager
+                    Panda.Type.Reader
                     Panda.Type.State
-
                     Panda.View.RSS
+                    Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Helper
                     Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Post
+                    Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Search
                     Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Static
-                    Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Helper
                     Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Tag
-                    Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Search
-                    Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Template
-                    Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Header
                     Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Body
                     Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Footer
+                    Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Header
                     Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Sidebar
+                    Panda.View.Theme.BluePrint.Template.Template
  
                     
diff --git a/readme.markdown b/readme.markdown
--- a/readme.markdown
+++ b/readme.markdown
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Panda static blogging engine
+Panda - simple blogging engine
 ==============================
 
 Sample file db structure
@@ -7,23 +7,27 @@
     db
     |---- blog
     |     |---- 08-09-01 first post
-    |     |---- 09-09-02 learn javascript
+    |     |---- 09-09-02 learn javascript.html
     |
     |---- tag
-          |---- programming
-          |---- funny
+    |     |---- programming
+    |     |---- funny
+    |
+    |---- static
+          |---- About
+  
 
 Why
 ----
 
-* Blog entries are stored locally in markdown format ( can be changed easily with more hacking )
+* Blog entries are stored locally
+* Write posts in Markdown, HTML, reStructuredText or even LaTeX format ( no Math equations yet )
 * Remote server is a mirror of local repository
 * No server side API for publishing / editing, just use Darcs, Git or any SCM
 * No need to find external hosting of your videos, images or sound. Put them in public folder ( still managed by SCM if you wish )
-* Embed any HTML snippets
-* Statically typed HTML combinator = valid html
-* Based on Kibro
-* Freshman level MVC design
+* Easy to use, just create a file and the engine takes care of the rest
+* Extensible through embedding any HTML snippets
+* Use `custom.css` for theming
 
 Quick Demo
 -----------
@@ -36,8 +40,7 @@
 -------
 
 Panda is in its early stage. I got tired of importing / exporting blogs when switching blogging platforms, 
-I needed a way to not be bounded to any service API, and that's the main design goal for Panda. There's no theming yet
-(except that you wish to hack the source).
+I needed a way to not be bounded to any service API.
 
 The main benefit is that if I ever wanted to stop using Panda, all my blogs and resources are in manageable states.