diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/items_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/items_controller.rb
index 0f2cf2f3..d2b60843 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/items_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/items_controller.rb
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ class Admin::ItemsController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :find_snippets, :only => :index
   
   def index
-    @items = Item.all( :conditions => { :parent_name => @parent_item.name } )
+    @items = Item.all( :conditions => { :parent_id => @parent_item.id } )
     @items.unshift Item.find_by_name("root") if @parent_item.name == 'root'
   end
  
   protected
   
   def find_snippets
-    @snippets = Snippet.all( :conditions => { :parent_name => @parent_item.name } )
+    @snippets = Snippet.all( :conditions => { :parent_id => @parent_item.id } )
   end
   
 end
diff --git a/app/models/item.rb b/app/models/item.rb
index ece28eb8..11a7f5dc 100644
--- a/app/models/item.rb
+++ b/app/models/item.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ class Item
   
   key :name, String, :required => true, :index => true
   key :full_name, String, :required => true, :index => true
-  
-  key :parent_name, String, :index => true
+    
   key :parent_id, ObjectId, :index => true
   
   key_i18n :title, String, :required => true
@@ -15,14 +14,19 @@ class Item
   key :position, Integer, :required => true
   key :is_published, Boolean, :required => true, :default => true, :index => true
  
-  validates_format_of :name, :with => /^[a-zA-Z\-_]+$/
+  validates_format_of :name, :with => /^[0-9a-zA-Z\-_]+$/
   validates_uniqueness_of :name, :scope => :parent_id
   
   belongs_to :parent, :class_name => "Item", :foreign_key => :parent_id
   many :children, :class_name => "Item", :foreign_key => :parent_id, :dependent => :destroy
   
   before_validation :setup_default_value
-    
+  
+  attr_writer :parent_name
+  def parent_name
+    self.parent.name
+  end
+  
   def self.find_by_name(item_name)
     Item.find(:first, :conditions => { :name => item_name, :is_published => true })
   end
diff --git a/app/models/snippet.rb b/app/models/snippet.rb
index 6e940f8f..a1b4b669 100644
--- a/app/models/snippet.rb
+++ b/app/models/snippet.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ class Snippet
    key :name, String, :required => true, :index => true
    key :full_name, String, :required => true, :index => true
    
-   key :parent_name, String, :required => true, :index => true
    key :parent_id, ObjectId, :required => true, :index => true
    
    key_i18n :content, String
@@ -15,6 +14,11 @@ class Snippet
    
    belongs_to :parent, :class_name => "Snippet", :foreign_key => :parent_id
      
+   attr_writer :parent_name
+   def parent_name
+     self.parent.name
+   end
+        
    protected
 
    def ancestors
diff --git a/lib/reroute_middleware.rb b/lib/reroute_middleware.rb
index 2d24fcf5..2db436d7 100644
--- a/lib/reroute_middleware.rb
+++ b/lib/reroute_middleware.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class RerouteMiddleware
     #Rails.logger.debug env.to_yaml
     return @app.call(env) if env['REQUEST_URI'] =~ /^\/admin/
       
-    env['REQUEST_URI'] =~ /^\/([a-zA-Z\-_\/]*)/
+    env['REQUEST_URI'] =~ /^\/([0-9a-zA-Z\-_\/]*)/
     parsed_entry_name = $1
    
     entry = Item.find_by_full_name( parsed_entry_name )