diff --git a/blog/contact.js b/blog/contact.js
index 4527720..c75703b 100644
--- a/blog/contact.js
+++ b/blog/contact.js
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ module.exports =
                 const html = whiskers.render(content[0], templateContext);
                 result.write(html);
                 result.end();
-
             }).catch(function(err)
             {
                 console.log(err);
diff --git a/includes/includes.js b/includes/includes.js
index 68eb7fc..4d2deb8 100644
--- a/includes/includes.js
+++ b/includes/includes.js
@@ -30,6 +30,25 @@ const crypto = require('crypto');
 //caching program to make the application run faster
 const cache = require('memory-cache');
 
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+
+const readFile = function(filename)
+{
+    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            resolve(fs.readFileSync(filename));
+        }
+        catch (e)
+        {
+            console.log(e);
+            console.log("Could not find " + filename);
+            return("");
+        }
+    })
+};
 
 /**
  * Sends a static file to the client in a way which the web browser
@@ -46,7 +65,7 @@ const sendCachedContent = function(path, type, result)
 
     if(goods == null)
     {
-        utils.include("." + path).then(function(content)
+        readFile(path).then(function(content)
         {
             const eTag = crypto.createHash('md5').update(content).digest('hex');
             result.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': type, 'Cache-Control':
@@ -83,10 +102,48 @@ module.exports =
      */
     printHeader: function(templateContext)
     {
-        return utils.includeInObject(HEADER_KEY, templateContext, HEADER_FILE);
+        return module.exports.includeInObject(HEADER_KEY, templateContext, HEADER_FILE);
     },
 
 
+    includeInObject: function(key, context, fileName)
+    {
+        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject)
+        {
+            readFile(fileName).then(function(result)
+            {
+                console.log(result);
+                context[key] = result;
+                resolve();
+            }).catch(function(error)
+            {
+                context[key] = "File Not Found";
+                reject(error);
+                console.log(error);
+            })
+        });
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * A function similar to the include statement in PHP
+     * This function writes a file to the output
+     *
+     * @param fileName the file to append to the result
+     */
+    include: function(fileName)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return(fs.readFileSync(fileName));
+        }
+        catch (e)
+        {
+            console.log("Could not find " + fileName);
+            return("");
+        }
+    },
+
     /**
      * Appends the footer to the result object
      *
@@ -94,7 +151,7 @@ module.exports =
      */
     printFooter: function(templateContext)
     {
-        return utils.includeInObject(FOOTER_KEY, templateContext, FOOTER_FILE);
+        return module.exports.includeInObject(FOOTER_KEY, templateContext, FOOTER_FILE);
     },
 
     /**
@@ -114,7 +171,7 @@ module.exports =
      * @param path
      * @return {*}
      */
-    sendCSS: function(result, path, cache)
+    sendCSS: function(result, path)
     {
         sendCachedContent(path, 'text/css', result);
     },
@@ -145,7 +202,7 @@ module.exports =
 
     fetchTemplate: function(templateName)
     {
-        return utils.include("templates/" + templateName);
+        return readFile("templates/" + templateName);
     },
 
 
@@ -156,7 +213,7 @@ module.exports =
      */
     sendHTML: function(result, fileName)
     {
-        utils.include("." + fileName).then(function(content)
+        readFile("." + fileName).then(function(content)
         {
             result.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
             result.write(content);
diff --git a/routes/about.js b/routes/about.js
index 9d95db2..d5ca964 100644
--- a/routes/about.js
+++ b/routes/about.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
+routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
 {
 
 });
diff --git a/routes/admin/analytics.js b/routes/admin/analytics.js
index 973d8ec..5c68232 100644
--- a/routes/admin/analytics.js
+++ b/routes/admin/analytics.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
+routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
 {
 
 });
diff --git a/routes/admin/downloads.js b/routes/admin/downloads.js
index 973d8ec..5c68232 100644
--- a/routes/admin/downloads.js
+++ b/routes/admin/downloads.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
+routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
 {
 
 });
diff --git a/routes/admin/login.js b/routes/admin/login.js
index 973d8ec..5c68232 100644
--- a/routes/admin/login.js
+++ b/routes/admin/login.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
+routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
 {
 
 });
diff --git a/routes/admin/posts.js b/routes/admin/posts.js
index 973d8ec..5c68232 100644
--- a/routes/admin/posts.js
+++ b/routes/admin/posts.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
+routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
 {
 
 });
diff --git a/routes/admin/users.js b/routes/admin/users.js
index 973d8ec..5c68232 100644
--- a/routes/admin/users.js
+++ b/routes/admin/users.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
+routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
 {
 
 });
diff --git a/routes/category/index.js b/routes/category/index.js
index 973d8ec..5c68232 100644
--- a/routes/category/index.js
+++ b/routes/category/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
+routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
 {
 
 });
diff --git a/routes/contact.js b/routes/contact.js
index b6d1ffc..4c81fae 100644
--- a/routes/contact.js
+++ b/routes/contact.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
+routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
 {
-
+    require("../blog/contact.js").main(request, result);
 });
 
 routes.get('*', (request, result) =>
diff --git a/routes/downloads/index.js b/routes/downloads/index.js
index 887044f..01ec4f1 100644
--- a/routes/downloads/index.js
+++ b/routes/downloads/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
-{
+/** used to parse the request URL */
+const url = require('url');
 
+routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
+{
+    const filename = url.parse(request.url, true).pathname;
+    require("../../includes/downloads.js").main(result, filename);
 });
 
 
diff --git a/routes/includes/index.js b/routes/includes/index.js
index 887044f..70a5ddf 100644
--- a/routes/includes/index.js
+++ b/routes/includes/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
+/** used to parse the request URL */
+const url = require('url');
+
+const contentLoader = require('../../includes/staticContentServer.js');
+
+
+
+routes.get('*', (request, result) =>
 {
+    var filename = url.parse(request.url, true).pathname;
 
+    if(!contentLoader.serveStaticContent(request, result, filename, "includes"))
+    {
+        //missing content
+    }
 });
 
 
diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index 695e6c4..a30cbad 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ routes.use('/about', about);
 const contact = require('./contact');
 routes.use('/contact', contact);
 
+const includes = require('./includes');
+routes.use('/includes', includes);
+
 const projects = ["/steam/"];
 
 
+
+
 routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
 {
-    //blog home
+    //blog home page
 });
 
 
diff --git a/routes/projects/index.js b/routes/projects/index.js
index 973d8ec..5c68232 100644
--- a/routes/projects/index.js
+++ b/routes/projects/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const routes = require('express').Router();
 
-routes.post('/', (request, result) =>
+routes.get('/', (request, result) =>
 {
 
 });
diff --git a/sites/blog.js b/sites/blog.js
index 1c1b142..3d798ae 100644
--- a/sites/blog.js
+++ b/sites/blog.js
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ module.exports=
             {
                 require("../includes/downloads.js").main(result, filename);
             }
-            else if (filename.includes("/contact"))
-            {
-                require("../blog/contact.js").main(request, result);
-            }
             else
             {
                 var page = request.query.page;
diff --git a/utils/utils.js b/utils/utils.js
index 376bc89..534d7a9 100644
--- a/utils/utils.js
+++ b/utils/utils.js
@@ -6,47 +6,12 @@
 //used for file io
 const fs = require('fs');
 
+const includes = require("../includes/includes");
+
 
 module.exports=
 {
-    /**
-     * A function similar to the include statement in PHP
-     * This function writes a file to the output
-     *
-     * @param fileName the file to append to the result
-     */
-    include: function(fileName)
-    {
-        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                resolve(fs.readFileSync(fileName));
-            }
-            catch (e)
-            {
-                console.log("Could not find " + fileName);
-                resolve("");
-            }
-        });
-    },
 
-    includeInObject: function(key, context, fileName)
-    {
-        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject)
-        {
-            module.exports.include(fileName).then(function(result)
-            {
-                context[key] = result;
-                resolve();
-            }).catch(function(error)
-            {
-                context[key] = "File Not Found";
-                reject(error);
-                console.log(error);
-            })
-        })
-    },
 
 
     /**