diff --git a/pandora/app/views.py b/pandora/app/views.py
index 9d541cf3b..deee6c5e1 100644
--- a/pandora/app/views.py
+++ b/pandora/app/views.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, redirect
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.conf import settings
 
-from ox.django.shortcuts import json_response, render_to_json_response, get_object_or_404_json
+from ox.django.shortcuts import json_response, render_to_json_response
 from ox.django.decorators import login_required_json
 
 from ox.utils import json
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ def embed(request):
     return render_to_response('embed.html', context)
 
 
-def timeline(request):
-    context = RequestContext(request, {'settings': settings})
-    return render_to_response('timeline.html', context)
-
-
 def getPage(request):
     '''
         param data {
@@ -87,3 +82,7 @@ def editPage(request):
     return render_to_json_response(response)
 actions.register(getPage)
 
+def redirect_url(request, url):
+    if request.META['QUERY_STRING']:
+        url += "?" + request.META['QUERY_STRING']
+    return redirect(url, permanent=True)
diff --git a/pandora/item/views.py b/pandora/item/views.py
index 6f76f7b74..32cf7656d 100644
--- a/pandora/item/views.py
+++ b/pandora/item/views.py
@@ -493,6 +493,28 @@ def setPoster(request): #parse path and return info
     return render_to_json_response(response)
 actions.register(setPoster, cache=False)
 
+def updateExternalData(request):
+    '''
+        param data {
+            id: itemId,
+        }
+        return {
+            status: {'code': int, 'text': string},
+            data: {
+                poster: {url,width,height}
+            }
+        }
+    '''
+    data = json.loads(request.POST['data'])
+    item = get_object_or_404_json(models.Item, itemId=data['id'])
+    response = json_response()
+    if item.editable(request.user):
+        item.update_external()
+    else:
+        response = json_response(status=403, text='permission denied')
+    return render_to_json_response(response)
+actions.register(updateExternalData, cache=False)
+
 def lookup(request):
     '''
         param data {
diff --git a/pandora/urls.py b/pandora/urls.py
index f94b87534..23a2b6f5b 100644
--- a/pandora/urls.py
+++ b/pandora/urls.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     (r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
     (r'^ajax_filtered_fields/', include('ajax_filtered_fields.urls')),
     (r'^api/upload/$', 'archive.views.firefogg_upload'),
-    (r'^timeline$', 'app.views.timeline'),
+    (r'^url=(?P<url>.*)$', 'app.views.redirect_url'),
     (r'^file/(?P<oshash>.*)$', 'archive.views.lookup_file'),
     (r'^api/$', include('api.urls')),
     (r'', include('item.urls')),