diff --git a/brain/api/v1/SettingsAPI.inc.php b/brain/api/v1/SettingsAPI.inc.php
index dbc6aab..89d7e09 100644
--- a/brain/api/v1/SettingsAPI.inc.php
+++ b/brain/api/v1/SettingsAPI.inc.php
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ class SettingsAPI
           "type" => "settingsUpdated",
         ];
 
+        break;
+      case "nav-sync":
+        Settings::navSync($body);
+        $result = [
+          "message" => "Navigation updated. Very slick!",
+          "type" => "menuUpdated",
+        ];
         break;
       default:
         $result = [
diff --git a/brain/controller/DashControl.inc.php b/brain/controller/DashControl.inc.php
index f6b0647..e0829c6 100644
--- a/brain/controller/DashControl.inc.php
+++ b/brain/controller/DashControl.inc.php
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ class DashControl
           die();
         }
 
+        break;
+      case "navigation":
+        if (Session::active()) {
+          $config = new Settings();
+          $settings = $config->getSettings();
+          $template = "dash/navigation.twig";
+          $pageOptions = [
+            "title" => "Edit Dash Navigation",
+            "status" => Session::active(),
+            "menu" => $settings["menu"],
+          ];
+        } else {
+          header("Location: /dashboard");
+          die();
+        }
         break;
       case "pages":
         if (Session::active()) {
diff --git a/brain/data/Book.inc.php b/brain/data/Book.inc.php
index efc2f44..f840f4b 100644
--- a/brain/data/Book.inc.php
+++ b/brain/data/Book.inc.php
@@ -114,54 +114,18 @@ class Book
     //grab current index from settings and update
     $id = $task != "create" ? $body["id"] : Settings::getCurrentIndex();
     $uuid = $task != "create" ? $body["uuid"] : StringTools::createUUID();
-    $write =
-      "---\n" .
-      "id: " .
-      $id .
-      "\n" .
-      "uuid: " .
-      $uuid .
-      "\n" .
-      "title: " .
-      $body["title"] .
-      "\n" .
-      "feature: " .
-      $feature .
-      "\n" .
-      "path: " .
-      $path .
-      "\n" .
-      "layout: " .
-      $body["layout"] .
-      "\n" .
-      "tags: " .
-      $body["tags"] .
-      "\n" .
-      "author: " .
-      $member["handle"] .
-      "\n" .
-      "created: " .
-      $created->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:sP") .
-      "\n" .
-      "updated: " .
-      $updated->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:sP") .
-      "\n" .
-      "deleted: " .
-      $deleted .
-      "\n" .
-      "slug: " .
-      $body["slug"] .
-      "\n" .
-      "menu: " .
-      $body["menu"] .
-      "\n" .
-      "published: " .
-      $body["published"] .
-      "\n" .
-      "featured: " .
-      $body["featured"] .
-      "\n---\n" .
-      $body["content"];
+    // now that variables are done, set to body object and then convert to markdown to save
+
+    $body["id"] = $id;
+    $body["uuid"] = $uuid;
+    $body["feature"] = $feature;
+    $body["path"] = $path;
+    $body["author"] = $member["handle"];
+    $body["created"] = $created->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:sP");
+    $body["updated"] = $updated->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:sP");
+    $body["deleted"] = $deleted;
+
+    $write = DocTools::objectToMD($body);
 
     // if layout is index, change path to file
 
@@ -270,6 +234,7 @@ class Book
   }
   public function getContents()
   {
+    //move page collection to utiltiy class
     $parser = new Parser();
     $contents = [];
     foreach ($this->files as $file) {
diff --git a/brain/data/Settings.inc.php b/brain/data/Settings.inc.php
index ed26523..137a6cb 100644
--- a/brain/data/Settings.inc.php
+++ b/brain/data/Settings.inc.php
@@ -49,6 +49,56 @@ class Settings
     DocTools::writeSettings("../config/settings.json", $settings);
   }
 
+  public static function navSync($data)
+  {
+    $settings = self::$settings;
+
+    $remove = $data["remove"];
+    //if remove contains id, find nav item page and set menu to false
+    if ($remove != null || $remove != "") {
+      $page = (new Book("../content/pages"))->findPageById($remove);
+      $page["menu"] = "false";
+      $page["published"]
+        ? ($page["published"] = "true")
+        : ($page["published"] = "false");
+      $page["featured"]
+        ? ($page["featured"] = "true")
+        : ($page["featured"] = "false");
+      $page["deleted"]
+        ? ($page["deleted"] = "true")
+        : ($page["deleted"] = "false");
+      $updated = new \Moment\Moment();
+      $created = new \Moment\Moment($page["rawCreated"]);
+      $page["created"] = $created->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:sP");
+      $page["updated"] = $updated->format("Y-m-d\TH:i:sP");
+
+      $md = DocTools::objectToMD($page);
+
+      if ($page["layout"] == "index") {
+        $writePath = "../content/pages/start/index.md";
+      } else {
+        $writePath =
+          "../content/pages/" . $page["path"] . "/" . $page["slug"] . ".md";
+      }
+
+      DocTools::writePages("write", $page["path"], $writePath, $md);
+    }
+
+    $settings["menu"] = [];
+    $items = $data["menu"];
+    foreach ($items as $item) {
+      array_push($settings["menu"], [
+        "title" => $item["title"],
+        "id" => $item["id"],
+        "uuid" => $item["uuid"],
+        "slug" => $item["slug"],
+        "path" => $item["path"],
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    DocTools::writeSettings("../config/settings.json", $settings);
+  }
+
   public function getThemes()
   {
     return $this->themes;
diff --git a/brain/utility/DocTools.inc.php b/brain/utility/DocTools.inc.php
index 08876be..cdf98ba 100644
--- a/brain/utility/DocTools.inc.php
+++ b/brain/utility/DocTools.inc.php
@@ -33,4 +33,58 @@ class DocTools
     fwrite($new, json_encode($fileContents));
     fclose($new);
   }
+
+  public static function objectToMD($object)
+  {
+    $markdown =
+      "---\n" .
+      "id: " .
+      $object["id"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "uuid: " .
+      $object["uuid"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "title: " .
+      $object["title"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "feature: " .
+      $object["feature"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "path: " .
+      $object["path"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "layout: " .
+      $object["layout"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "tags: " .
+      $object["tags"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "author: " .
+      $object["author"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "created: " .
+      $object["created"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "updated: " .
+      $object["updated"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "deleted: " .
+      $object["deleted"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "slug: " .
+      $object["slug"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "menu: " .
+      $object["menu"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "published: " .
+      $object["published"] .
+      "\n" .
+      "featured: " .
+      $object["featured"] .
+      "\n---\n" .
+      $object["content"];
+
+    return $markdown;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/brain/views/dash/navigation.twig b/brain/views/dash/navigation.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e26a33d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brain/views/dash/navigation.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{% extends "dash/_frame.twig" %}
+
+{% block title %}
+	{{ title }}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block stylesheets %}
+	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/css/dash.css?=adfafd">
+	{% endblock %}
+
+	{% block mainContent %}
+		<div id="nav-index">
+			<div id="nav-index-wrapper">
+				<div id="nav-pages">
+					{% for item in menu %}
+						<div id="{{item.id}}" class="nav-item" data-slug="{{item.slug}}" data-uuid="{{item.uuid}}" data-path="{{item.path}}">
+							<svg id="item-arrows" viewbox="0 0 20 20" class="icons">
+								<use xlink:href="/assets/images/global/sprite.svg#entypo-select-arrows"/>		
+							</svg>
+							<label>{{item.title}}</label>
+							<div id="nav-btns">
+								<button id="edit-item" class="nav-btn" data-id="{{item.uuid}}">EDIT</button>
+								<button id="remove-item" class="nav-btn" data-uuid="{{item.uuid}}" data-id="{{item.id}}">REMOVE</button>
+							</div>
+							
+						</div>
+					{% endfor %}
+				</div>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	{% endblock %}
+
+	{% block javascripts %}
+		<script src="/assets/scripts/dash.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+	{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/com/actions/NavActions.js b/src/com/actions/NavActions.js
index fe64e52..385dc06 100644
--- a/src/com/actions/NavActions.js
+++ b/src/com/actions/NavActions.js
@@ -1,35 +1,37 @@
 export default class NavActions {
-	//--------------------------
-	// constructor
-	//--------------------------
-	constructor() {}
-	//--------------------------
-	// methods
-	//--------------------------
-	syncMenu() {
-		let navData = [];
-		let items = document.getElementById('nav-pages').children;
-		for (let index = 0; index < items.length; index++) {
-			navData.push({
-				title: items[index].getElementsByTagName('label')[0].innerHTML,
-				id: items[index].id,
-				slug: items[index].getAttribute('data-slug'),
-				uuid: items[index].getAttribute('data-uuid'),
-				path: items[index].getAttribute('data-path')
-			});
-		}
+  //--------------------------
+  // constructor
+  //--------------------------
+  constructor() {}
+  //--------------------------
+  // methods
+  //--------------------------
+  syncMenu() {
+    let navData = [];
+    let items = document.getElementById("nav-pages").children;
+    for (let index = 0; index < items.length; index++) {
+      navData.push({
+        title: items[index].getElementsByTagName("label")[0].innerHTML,
+        id: items[index].id,
+        slug: items[index].getAttribute("data-slug"),
+        uuid: items[index].getAttribute("data-uuid"),
+        path: items[index].getAttribute("data-path"),
+      });
+    }
 
-		let data = { nav: navData, remove: null };
-		return new Promise(function (resolve) {
-			resolve(data);
-		});
-	}
+    let data = { menu: navData, remove: null };
+    return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+      resolve(data);
+    });
+  }
 
-	removeItem(id) {
-		document.getElementById('nav-pages').removeChild(document.getElementById(id));
-	}
+  removeItem(id) {
+    document
+      .getElementById("nav-pages")
+      .removeChild(document.getElementById(id));
+  }
 
-	//--------------------------
-	// event handlers
-	//--------------------------
+  //--------------------------
+  // event handlers
+  //--------------------------
 }
diff --git a/src/com/controllers/NavIndex.js b/src/com/controllers/NavIndex.js
index a2e932b..99e1644 100644
--- a/src/com/controllers/NavIndex.js
+++ b/src/com/controllers/NavIndex.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export default class NavIndex {
         break;
       case "edit-item":
         window.location =
-          "/@/dashboard/page/edit/" + e.target.getAttribute("data-id");
+          "/dashboard/page/edit/" + e.target.getAttribute("data-id");
         break;
     }
   }