diff --git a/static/js/pandora/UI.js b/static/js/pandora/UI.js
index 47d00c3a..b96e91e8 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/UI.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/UI.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ pandora.UI = (function() {
         Ox.print('UI SET', args)
         self.previousUI = Ox.clone(pandora.user.ui, true);
         Ox.forEach(args, function(val, key) {
-            if (key == 'find') {
+            if (key == 'find' && !Ox.isEqual(val, pandora.user.ui.find)) {
                 // the challenge here is that find may change list,
                 // and list may then change listSort and listView,
                 // which we don't want to trigger, since find triggers
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/URL.js b/static/js/pandora/URL.js
index f7043b40..3e40923e 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/URL.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/URL.js
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
             self.isPopState = true;
             if (!Ox.isEmpty(e.state)) {
                 Ox.print('E.STATE', e.state)
+                document.title = e.state.title;
                 setState(e.state);
             } else {
                 that.parse();
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
     // pushes a new URL (as string or from state)
     that.push = function(url) {
         if (url) {
-            self.URL.push(null, '', url, setState);
+            self.URL.push(null, pandora.getPageTitle(), url, setState);
         } else {
             // fixme
             //alert('DO YOU REALLY WANT TO CALL PUSH WITHOUT URL?')
@@ -369,7 +370,7 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
     // replaces the current URL (as string or from state)
     that.replace = function(url) {
         if (url) {
-            self.URL.replace(null, '', url, setState)
+            self.URL.replace(null, pandora.getPageTitle(), url, setState)
         } else {
             self.URL.replace(getState());
         }
@@ -396,11 +397,11 @@ pandora.URL = (function() {
                     return /^videoPoints/.test(key);
                 })
             ) {
-                action = 'replace'
+                action = 'replace';
             } else {
-                action = 'push'
+                action = 'push';
             }
-            self.URL[action](getState(), 'title', getState(keys));            
+            self.URL[action](getState(), pandora.getPageTitle(), getState(keys));            
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/ui/item.js b/static/js/pandora/ui/item.js
index fbba0ce8..9bd8a271 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/ui/item.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/ui/item.js
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ pandora.ui.item = function() {
     }, pandora.user.level == 'admin' && pandora.user.ui.itemView == 'info' ? 0 : -1, function(result) {
 
         if (result.status.code == 200) {
-            // fixme: probably does not belong here
-            document.title = '0xDB - ' + Ox.stripTags(result.data.title);
+            document.title = pandora.getPageTitle(result.data.title);
         }
 
         /*if (result.status.code != 200) {
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/ui/rightPanel.js b/static/js/pandora/ui/rightPanel.js
index fea39f55..347c2192 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/ui/rightPanel.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/ui/rightPanel.js
@@ -2,21 +2,7 @@
 
 pandora.ui.rightPanel = function() {
     var that;
-    if (pandora.user.ui.section == 'site') {
-        if (pandora.user.ui.sitePage == 'home') {
-            that = pandora.ui.homePage()
-                .bindEvent({
-                    resize: function(data) {
-                        that.resize();
-                    }
-                });
-        } else {
-            that = Ox.Element().css({padding: '8px'});
-            pandora.api.getPage(pandora.user.ui.sitePage, function(result) {
-                that.html(result.data.body).css({overflowY: 'auto'});                        
-            });
-        }
-    } else if (pandora.user.ui.section == 'items') {
+    if (pandora.user.ui.section == 'items') {
         that = Ox.SplitPanel({
             elements: [
                 {
diff --git a/static/js/pandora/utils.js b/static/js/pandora/utils.js
index 859decdf..89b655b9 100644
--- a/static/js/pandora/utils.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora/utils.js
@@ -562,6 +562,24 @@ pandora.getMetadataByIdOrName = function(item, view, str, callback) {
     }
 };
 
+(function() {
+    var itemTitles = {};
+    pandora.getPageTitle = function(itemTitle) {
+        if (itemTitle) {
+            itemTitles[pandora.user.ui.item] = itemTitle 
+        }
+        var parts = [pandora.site.site.name];
+        if (!pandora.user.ui.item) {
+            pandora.user.ui._list && parts.push('List ' + pandora.user.ui._list);
+            parts.push(Ox.toTitleCase(pandora.user.ui.listView) + ' View');
+        } else {
+            parts.push(itemTitles[pandora.user.ui.item] || pandora.user.ui.item);
+            parts.push(Ox.toTitleCase(pandora.user.ui.itemView) + ' View');
+        }
+        return parts.join(' - ');
+    };
+}());
+
 pandora._getSortOperator = function(type) {
     return ['hue', 'string', 'text'].indexOf(
         Ox.isArray(type) ? type[0] : type