diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index c5c9559..e679bf0 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -6,16 +6,6 @@ $render{"templates/wares"}
 
 <h2>Posts</h2>
 
-$({{hi = "there"}})[[$hi]]
-
-$(test1({limit = 2}))[[<p>inline template $title</p>]]
-$each{test2({limit = 2}), "post"}[[$post]]
-
-$(list_posts1({limit = 2}))[[<p>$title</p>]]
-$each{list_posts2({limit = 2}), "post"}[[$post]]
-
-<hr/>
-
 $each{list_posts({limit = 5}), "post"}[[$post]]
 
 <h4 style="text-align: center;">
diff --git a/site.moon b/site.moon
index 7bf1dee..395d34f 100644
--- a/site.moon
+++ b/site.moon
@@ -69,23 +69,15 @@ template = [[
 </section>
 ]]
 
--- use in templates like this
---   $each{list_posts({limit = 5}), "post"}[[$post]]
--- or like this
---   $each{list_posts(), "post"}[[$post]]
-
--- can call this two ways. One takes a template, the others uses a template passed
--- in
--- $(list_posts({limit = 2}, true))[[<p>$title</p>]]
--- $each{list_posts({limit = 2}), "post"}[[$post]]
-
--- to inline a template, use like this
---   @list_posts = list_posts @
--- and then call from template like this
---   $(list_posts({limit = 2}))[[<p>$title</p>]]
--- to pass in a template, use like this
---   @list_posts = list_posts @, [[<p>$title</p>]]
--- $each{list_posts({limit = 2}), "post"}[[$post]]
+-- setup in create function:
+--
+-- sitegen.create =>
+--   @list_posts = list_posts @, [template]
+--
+-- use in templates:
+--
+-- `list_posts @` expects $(list_posts({limit = 2}))[[<p>$title</p>]]
+-- `list_posts @, template` expects $each{list_posts({limit = 2}), "post"}[[$post]]
 list_posts = (template) => (args={}) =>
   pages = @site\query_pages { is_a: "post" }
   table.sort pages, (a, b) -> a.source > b.source
@@ -103,27 +95,6 @@ list_posts = (template) => (args={}) =>
 
     if template then common.fill_ignoring_pre template, vals else vals
 
--- call like this from a template: $(get_posts())[[<p>$title</p>]]
--- or like this: $(get_posts({limit = 5}))[[<p>$title</p>]]
-get_posts = (args={}) =>
-  pages = @site\query_pages { is_a: "post" }
-  table.sort pages, (a, b) -> a.source > b.source
-  limit = math.min args.limit or #pages, #pages
-
-  return for page in *pages[1, limit]
-    { title: title, id: id, publish_date: date, blurb: blurb } = page.meta
-
-    {
-      title: title or titleize_slug id
-      publish_date: date
-      blurb: blurb
-      url: rootname page\url_for!
-    }
-
-test = (args={}, template) =>
-  vals = { title: "yoayasdf" }
-  if template then common.fill_ignoring_pre template, vals else { vals }
-
 -- replace '$if' helper function with cosmo's 'cif'
 html_renderer.cosmo_helpers.if = (args, has_block) => cosmo.cif args, has_block
 -- add a '$titleize' helper function
@@ -133,22 +104,13 @@ documents = (path=".") ->
   files = reverse get_files path
   {join(path, file), target(file, "/posts") for file in *files}
 
-test3 = (args, template) =>
-  p two
-
 sitegen.create =>
   @site_title = "WebDevCat.me"
   @app_name = "stasis"
   @version = "0.2.12"
-  @list_posts = list_posts @
-  @list_posts1 = list_posts @
-  @list_posts2 = list_posts @, template
-  @get_posts = get_posts
-  @test1 = (args) => test @, args
-  @test2 = (args) => test @, args, [[passed template $title]]
-  @test3 = test3
+  @list_posts = list_posts @, template
 
-  add_all = (name="", files) ->
+  add_all = (name, files) ->
     for path, target in pairs files
       id = extract_id path