diff --git a/ccm-cms/src/main/java/org/librecms/pagemodel/CategoryTreeComponentRenderer.java b/ccm-cms/src/main/java/org/librecms/pagemodel/CategoryTreeComponentRenderer.java
index c1f552893..56b755053 100644
--- a/ccm-cms/src/main/java/org/librecms/pagemodel/CategoryTreeComponentRenderer.java
+++ b/ccm-cms/src/main/java/org/librecms/pagemodel/CategoryTreeComponentRenderer.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import org.libreccm.pagemodel.RendersComponent;
 
 /**
  * Renderer for the {@link CategoryTreeComponent}.
- * 
+ *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jens.pelzetter@googlemail.com">Jens Pelzetter</a>
  */
 @RequestScoped
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ public class CategoryTreeComponentRenderer
 
             final Category rootCategory = findRootCategory(category);
 
+            result.put("categoryId", Long.toString(rootCategory.getObjectId()));
+            result.put("uuid", rootCategory.getUuid());
             result.put("categoryName", rootCategory.getName());
             result.put("categoryPath",
                        categoryManager.getCategoryPath(rootCategory));
@@ -141,6 +143,8 @@ public class CategoryTreeComponentRenderer
                                                    final Locale language) {
 
         final Map<String, Object> result = new HashMap<>();
+        result.put("categoryId", Long.toString(category.getObjectId()));
+        result.put("uuid", category.getUuid());
         result.put("categoryName", category.getName());
         result.put("categoryPath", categoryManager.getCategoryPath(category));
         result.put("categoryTitle", category.getTitle().getValue(language));
@@ -153,6 +157,8 @@ public class CategoryTreeComponentRenderer
         final Locale language) {
 
         final Map<String, Object> result = new HashMap<>();
+        result.put("categoryId", Long.toString(category.getObjectId()));
+        result.put("uuid", category.getUuid());
         result.put("categoryName", category.getName());
         result.put("categoryPath", categoryManager.getCategoryPath(category));
         result.put("categoryTitle", category.getTitle().getValue(language));
diff --git a/ccm-cms/src/main/java/org/librecms/pages/PagesRouter.java b/ccm-cms/src/main/java/org/librecms/pages/PagesRouter.java
index dfb811d9b..8cb850f88 100644
--- a/ccm-cms/src/main/java/org/librecms/pages/PagesRouter.java
+++ b/ccm-cms/src/main/java/org/librecms/pages/PagesRouter.java
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
 
-import static org.apache.logging.log4j.ThreadContext.*;
 import static org.librecms.pages.PagesConstants.*;
 
 /**
@@ -81,9 +80,13 @@ public class PagesRouter {
 
     protected static final String PAGE_PATH = "pagePath";
 
+    protected static final String PAGE_PATH_CATEGORY_ID = "categoryId";
+    
     protected static final String PAGE_PATH_CATEGORY_NAME = "categoryName";
 
     protected static final String PAGE_PATH_CATEGORY_TITLE = "categoryTitle";
+    
+    protected static final String PAGE_PATH_CATEGORY_UUID = "uuid";
 
     protected static final String SITE_INFO = "siteInfo";
 
@@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ public class PagesRouter {
      * @return
      */
     @GET
-    @Path("/{page:[\\w/]+}/{name:[\\w\\-]+}")
+    @Path("/{page:[\\w\\-/]+}/{name:[\\w\\-]+}")
     @Transactional(Transactional.TxType.REQUIRED)
     public Response getPage(
         @Context final UriInfo uriInfo,
@@ -369,7 +372,7 @@ public class PagesRouter {
      * @return
      */
     @GET
-    @Path("/{page:[\\w/]+}/{name:[\\w\\-]+}.html")
+    @Path("/{page:[\\w\\-/]+}/{name:[\\w\\-]+}.html")
     @Transactional(Transactional.TxType.REQUIRED)
     public Response getPageAsHtml(
         @Context final UriInfo uriInfo,
@@ -411,7 +414,7 @@ public class PagesRouter {
      * @return
      */
     @GET
-    @Path("/{page:[\\w/]+}/{name:[\\w\\-]+}.{lang:\\w+}.html")
+    @Path("/{page:[\\w\\-/]+}/{name:[\\w\\-]+}.{lang:\\w+}.html")
     @Produces("text/html")
     @Transactional(Transactional.TxType.REQUIRED)
     public String getPageAsHtml(
@@ -466,7 +469,7 @@ public class PagesRouter {
      * @return
      */
     @GET
-    @Path("/{page:[\\w/]+}/{name:[\\w\\-]+}.{lang:\\w+}.json")
+    @Path("/{page:[\\w\\-/]+}/{name:[\\w\\-]+}.{lang:\\w+}.json")
     @Produces("application/json")
     @Transactional(Transactional.TxType.REQUIRED)
     public String getPageAsJson(
@@ -521,7 +524,7 @@ public class PagesRouter {
      * @return
      */
     @GET
-    @Path("/{page:[\\w/]+}/{name:[\\w\\-]+}.{lang:\\w+}.xml")
+    @Path("/{page:[\\w\\-/]+}/{name:[\\w\\-]+}.{lang:\\w+}.xml")
     @Produces("text/xml")
     @Transactional(Transactional.TxType.REQUIRED)
     public String getPageAsXml(
@@ -718,7 +721,7 @@ public class PagesRouter {
                                   pagePath,
                                   language,
                                   parameters);
-
+        
         final PageModel pageModel;
         if (pageModelVersion == PageModelVersion.DRAFT) {
             pageModel = pageModelManager
@@ -783,6 +786,8 @@ public class PagesRouter {
     ) {
 
         final Map<String, Object> result = new HashMap<>();
+        result.put(PAGE_PATH_CATEGORY_ID, Long.toString(category.getObjectId()));
+        result.put(PAGE_PATH_CATEGORY_UUID, category.getUuid());
         result.put(PAGE_PATH_CATEGORY_NAME, category.getName());
         result.put(
             PAGE_PATH_CATEGORY_TITLE, category.getTitle().getValue(language)
diff --git a/ccm-cms/src/main/resources/themes/freemarker/ccm-cms/pages.ftl b/ccm-cms/src/main/resources/themes/freemarker/ccm-cms/pages.ftl
index b7279a7b2..2310ad31d 100644
--- a/ccm-cms/src/main/resources/themes/freemarker/ccm-cms/pages.ftl
+++ b/ccm-cms/src/main/resources/themes/freemarker/ccm-cms/pages.ftl
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <#if isRootPage()>
         <#return null>
     <#elseif getPagePath()??>
-        <#return getPathPath()?last>
+        <#return getPagePath()?last>
     <#else>
         <#return null>
     </#if>
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
     @return The ID of the currently selected category.
 -->
 <#function getSelectedCategoryId>
-    <#return getSelectedCategory().categoryId>
+    <#if getSelectedCategory()??>
+        <#return getSelectedCategory().categoryId>
+    <#else>
+        <#return "">
+    </#if>
 </#function>
 
 <#--doc
@@ -58,10 +62,12 @@
     @param The model of a category as returned by several functions in this 
     library.
 
+    @depcrecated Use the title property directly
+
     @return The title of the category.
 -->
 <#function getCategoryTitle category>
-    <#return category.title>
+    <#return category.categoryTitle>
 </#function>
 
 <#--
@@ -70,6 +76,8 @@
     @param The model of a category as returned by several functions in this 
     library.
 
+    @depcrecated Use the categoryId of uuid property directly
+
     @return The ID of the provided category.
 -->
 <#function getCategoryId category>
@@ -82,10 +90,12 @@
     @param The model of a category as returned by several functions in this 
     library.
 
+    @depcrecated Use the selected property directly
+
     @return `true` if the category is selected, `false` if not.
 -->
 <#function isCategorySelected category>
-    <#return category.isSelected>
+    <#return category.selected>
 </#function>
 
 <#--doc
@@ -98,7 +108,7 @@
     provided ID.
 -->
 <#function getNavigationRootUrl navigationId="categoryTree" containerId="container">
-    <#return [container][navigationId].url>
+    <#return containerId?eval[navigationId].categoryPath>
 </#function>
 
 <#--doc
@@ -107,23 +117,25 @@
     @param navigationId The ID of the navigation system to use.
     @param containerId Container of the category menu
 
+    @depcrecated Without replacement
+
     @return The title of the navigation.
 -->
 <#function getNavigationTitle navigationId="categoryMenu" containerId="container">
-    <#return [containerId][navigationId].categoryTitle>
+    <#return containerId?eval[navigationId].categoryTitle>
 </#function>
 
 <#--doc
     Retrieves the first level of categories from the category hierachy with the 
-    provided ID. If no id is provided 'categoryNav' is used.
+    provided ID. If no id is provided 'categoryTree' is used.
 
-    @param hierarchyId The ID of the category hierachy to use.
+    @param hierarchyId The ID of the category hierarchy to use.
     @param containerId Container of the category hierarchy
 
     @return The first level of categories in the hierarchy.
 -->
-<#function getCategoryHierarchy hierarchyId="categoryNav" containerId="container">
-    <#return [containerId][hierarchyId].subCategories>
+<#function getCategoryHierarchy hierarchyId="categoryTree" containerId="container">
+    <#return containerId?eval[hierarchyId].subCategories>
 </#function>
 
 <#--doc
@@ -131,10 +143,12 @@
 
     @param ofCategory The model of the category.
 
+    @depcrected Use the subCategories property directly
+
     @return The sub categories of the provided category.
 -->
 <#function getSubCategories ofCategory>
-    <#return ofCategory.subcategories>
+    <#return ofCategory.subCategories>
 </#function>
 
 <#--doc
@@ -142,6 +156,8 @@
 
     @param categoryId The ID of the category to use.
 
+    @depcrecated Without replacement
+
     @return Nothing
 -->
 <#function getSubCategoriesOfCategoryWithId categoryId>
@@ -156,6 +172,20 @@
 
     @return The model of the index item.
 -->
+<#function getIndexItem containerId="container">    
+    <#return containerId?eval.greetingItem>
+</#function>
+
+<#--doc
+    Gets the greeting/index item of the current navigation page. The returned
+    model can be processed with usual functions for processing content items.
+
+    @param containerId Container of the index item.
+
+    @depcrecated Use getIndexItem
+
+    @return The model of the index item.
+-->
 <#function getGreetingItem containerId="container">    
-    <#return eval(containerId).greetingItem>
+    <#return getIndexItem(containerId)>
 </#function>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ccm-theme-ftllibs-devel/src/main/resources/themes/ftllibs-devel/page.html.ftl b/ccm-theme-ftllibs-devel/src/main/resources/themes/ftllibs-devel/page.html.ftl
index 5b5f4cddc..93db7ec10 100644
--- a/ccm-theme-ftllibs-devel/src/main/resources/themes/ftllibs-devel/page.html.ftl
+++ b/ccm-theme-ftllibs-devel/src/main/resources/themes/ftllibs-devel/page.html.ftl
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
                                 <dt>Name</dt>
                                 <dd>${cat.categoryName}</dd>
                                 <dt>Title</dt>
-                                <dd>${cat.categoryTitle}</dd>
+                                <dd>${cat.categoryTitle!""}</dd>
                             </dl>
                         </li>
                         </#items>
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
                                 <dt>Name</dt>
                                 <dd>${cat.categoryName}</dd>
                                 <dt>Title</dt>
-                                <dd>${cat.categoryTitle}</dd>
+                                <dd>${cat.categoryTitle!""}</dd>
                             </dl>
                         </li>
                         </#items>
@@ -162,12 +162,50 @@
                 <dt>Pages.getSelectedCategory()</dt>
                 <dd>
                     <#if Pages.getSelectedCategory()??>
-                        ${Pages.getSelectedCategory()}
+                        ${Pages.getSelectedCategory().categoryName}
                     <#else>
                         No category selected.
                     </#if>
                 </dd>
             </div>
+            <div>
+                <dt>Pages.getSelectedCategoryId()</dt>
+                <dd>
+                    ${Pages.getSelectedCategoryId()}
+                </dd>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+                <dt>Pages.getNavigationRootUrl()</dt>
+                </dd>${Pages.getNavigationRootUrl()}</dd>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+                <dt>Pages.getCategoryHierarchy()</dt>
+                <dd>
+                    <#list Pages.getCategoryHierarchy()>
+                        <ul>
+                            <#items as cat>
+                                <li>
+                                    ${cat.categoryId}:${cat.categoryName}
+                                </li>
+                            </#items>
+                        </ul>
+                    <#else>
+                        No categories in hierarchy.
+                    </#list>
+                </dd>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+                <dt>Pages.getIndexItem()</dt>
+                <dd>
+                    <#assign indexItem = Pages.getIndexItem()>
+                    <#if (indexItem?keys?size > 0)>
+                        ${indexItem.uuid}:${indexItem.name}:${indexItem.title}
+                    <#else>
+                        No index item
+                    </#if>
+                </dd>
+            </div>            
+
         </dl>
         <h2>ccm-navigation/navigation.ftl as Navigation</h2>
         <p>
@@ -176,7 +214,23 @@
         <dl>
             <div>
                 <dt>Navigation.getCategoryPath</dt>
-                <dd>${Navigation.getCategoryPath()}</dd>
+                <dd>
+                    Path length: ${Navigation.getCategoryPath()?size}
+                    <#list Navigation.getCategoryPath()>
+                        <ul>
+                            <#items as cat>
+                            <li>
+                                <dl>
+                                    <dt>Name</dt>
+                                    <dd>${cat.categoryName}</dd>
+                                    <dt>Title</dt>
+                                    <dd>${cat.categoryTitle!""}</dd>
+                                </dl>
+                            </li>
+                            </#items>
+                        </ul>
+                    </#list>
+                </dd>
             </div>
         </dl>
     </body>