diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Feeds/Services/FeedFilter.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Feeds/Services/FeedFilter.cs
index 5af31c66c..0fc6f9621 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Feeds/Services/FeedFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Feeds/Services/FeedFilter.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ namespace Orchard.Core.Feeds.Services {
         dynamic Shape { get; set; }
 
         public void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext filterContext) {
+            // should only run on a full view rendering result
+            if (!(filterContext.Result is ViewResult))
+                return;
+
             var layout = _workContextAccessor.GetContext(filterContext).Layout;
             var feed = Shape.Feed()
                 .FeedManager(_feedManager);
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Handlers/RoutePartHandler.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Handlers/RoutePartHandler.cs
index 7e7ba858b..6e70fa72d 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Handlers/RoutePartHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Handlers/RoutePartHandler.cs
@@ -72,8 +72,15 @@ namespace Orchard.Core.Routable.Handlers {
     public class RoutePartHandlerBase : ContentHandlerBase {
         public override void GetContentItemMetadata(GetContentItemMetadataContext context) {
             var routable = context.ContentItem.As<RoutePart>();
-            if (routable != null) {
-                context.Metadata.DisplayText = routable.Title;
+
+            if (routable == null)
+                return;
+
+            context.Metadata.DisplayText = routable.Title;
+
+            // set the display route values if it hasn't been set or only has been set by the Contents module. 
+            // allows other modules to set their own display. probably not common enough to warrant some priority implemntation
+            if (context.Metadata.DisplayRouteValues == null || context.Metadata.DisplayRouteValues["Area"] as string == "Contents") {
                 context.Metadata.DisplayRouteValues = new RouteValueDictionary {
                     {"Area", "Routable"},
                     {"Controller", "Item"},
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Services/RoutableHomePageProvider.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Services/RoutableHomePageProvider.cs
index 18bd86f49..bf43531b5 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Services/RoutableHomePageProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Services/RoutableHomePageProvider.cs
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ namespace Orchard.Core.Routable.Services {
     [UsedImplicitly]
     public class RoutableHomePageProvider : IHomePageProvider {
         private readonly IContentManager _contentManager;
+        private readonly IWorkContextAccessor _workContextAccessor;
         public const string Name = "RoutableHomePageProvider";
 
         public RoutableHomePageProvider(
             IOrchardServices services, 
             IContentManager contentManager,
-            IShapeFactory shapeFactory) {
+            IShapeFactory shapeFactory,
+            IWorkContextAccessor workContextAccessor) {
             _contentManager = contentManager;
+            _workContextAccessor = workContextAccessor;
             Services = services;
             T = NullLocalizer.Instance;
             Shape = shapeFactory;
@@ -39,11 +42,13 @@ namespace Orchard.Core.Routable.Services {
             if (contentItem == null || !contentItem.Is<RoutePart>())
                 return new HttpNotFoundResult();
 
-            var model = _contentManager.BuildDisplay(contentItem);
+            // get the display metadata for the home page item
+            var displayRouteValues = _contentManager.GetItemMetadata(contentItem).DisplayRouteValues;
 
-            return new ViewResult {
+            var model = Shape.ViewModel(RouteValues: displayRouteValues);
+            return new PartialViewResult {
                 ViewName = "Routable.HomePage",
-                ViewData = new ViewDataDictionary<dynamic>(model)
+                ViewData = new ViewDataDictionary<object>(model)
             };
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Views/Routable.HomePage.cshtml b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Views/Routable.HomePage.cshtml
index 631e9eb0f..594797276 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Views/Routable.HomePage.cshtml
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Routable/Views/Routable.HomePage.cshtml
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-@Display(Model)
\ No newline at end of file
+@{
+    RouteValueDictionary routeValues = Model.RouteValues;
+    Html.RenderAction(routeValues["action"] as string, routeValues["controller"] as string, routeValues);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Handlers/BlogPartHandler.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Handlers/BlogPartHandler.cs
index 23c9b6693..afbb78849 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Handlers/BlogPartHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Handlers/BlogPartHandler.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Orchard.Blogs.Models;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement.Handlers;
+using Orchard.Core.Routable.Models;
 using Orchard.Data;
 
 namespace Orchard.Blogs.Handlers {
@@ -23,6 +24,12 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Handlers {
             if (blog == null)
                 return;
 
+            context.Metadata.DisplayRouteValues = new RouteValueDictionary {
+                {"Area", "Orchard.Blogs"},
+                {"Controller", "Blog"},
+                {"Action", "Item"},
+                {"blogSlug", blog.As<RoutePart>().Slug}
+            };
             context.Metadata.CreateRouteValues = new RouteValueDictionary {
                 {"Area", "Orchard.Blogs"},
                 {"Controller", "BlogAdmin"},
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContainerExtensions.cs b/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContainerExtensions.cs
index 0e104904d..035947e99 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContainerExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContainerExtensions.cs
@@ -9,13 +9,10 @@ namespace Orchard.Mvc.Html {
         /// <see cref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini"/>
         /// <returns>himself</returns>
         public static TService Resolve<TService>(this HtmlHelper html) {
-            var workContextAccessor = html.ViewContext.RouteData.DataTokens["IWorkContextAccessor"] as IWorkContextAccessor;
-            if (workContextAccessor == null)
-                throw new ApplicationException("Unable to resolve");
+            var workContext = html.ViewContext.RequestContext.GetWorkContext();
 
-            var workContext = workContextAccessor.GetContext(html.ViewContext.HttpContext);
             if (workContext == null)
-                throw new ApplicationException("Unable to resolve");
+                return default(TService);
 
             return workContext.Resolve<TService>();
         }
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuFilter.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuFilter.cs
index 6e2a80875..4027305c1 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Navigation/MenuFilter.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Navigation {
         }
 
         public void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext filterContext) {
+            // should only run on a full view rendering result
+            if (!(filterContext.Result is ViewResult))
+                return;
+
             var workContext = _workContextAccessor.GetContext(filterContext);
 
             var menuName = "main";
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Resources/ResourceFilter.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Resources/ResourceFilter.cs
index 72148a1b2..990184f1b 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/UI/Resources/ResourceFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Resources/ResourceFilter.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using System;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
 using Orchard.DisplayManagement;
 using Orchard.Mvc.Filters;
@@ -20,6 +19,10 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Resources {
 
 
         public void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext filterContext) {
+            // should only run on a full view rendering result
+            if (!(filterContext.Result is ViewResult))
+                return;
+
             var ctx = _workContextAccessor.GetContext();
             var head = ctx.Layout.Head;
             var tail = ctx.Layout.Tail;
diff --git a/src/Orchard/WorkContextExtensions.cs b/src/Orchard/WorkContextExtensions.cs
index 3b4956805..1c1b6d690 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/WorkContextExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/WorkContextExtensions.cs
@@ -10,27 +10,48 @@ namespace Orchard {
         }
 
         public static WorkContext GetWorkContext(this RequestContext requestContext) {
-            if (requestContext == null) {
+            if (requestContext == null)
                 return null;
-            }
 
             var routeData = requestContext.RouteData;
-            object value;
-            if (routeData == null ||
-                routeData.DataTokens == null ||
-                !routeData.DataTokens.TryGetValue("IWorkContextAccessor", out value) ||
-                !(value is IWorkContextAccessor)) {
+            if (routeData == null || routeData.DataTokens == null)
                 return null;
+            
+            object workContextValue;
+            if (!routeData.DataTokens.TryGetValue("IWorkContextAccessor", out workContextValue)) {
+                workContextValue = FindWorkContextInParent(routeData);
             }
 
-            var workContextAccessor = (IWorkContextAccessor)value;
+            if (!(workContextValue is IWorkContextAccessor))
+                return null;
+
+            var workContextAccessor = (IWorkContextAccessor)workContextValue;
             return workContextAccessor.GetContext(requestContext.HttpContext);
         }
 
-        public static WorkContext GetWorkContext(this ControllerContext controllerContext) {
-            if (controllerContext == null) {
+        private static object FindWorkContextInParent(RouteData routeData) {
+            object parentViewContextValue;
+            if (!routeData.DataTokens.TryGetValue("ParentActionViewContext", out parentViewContextValue)
+                || !(parentViewContextValue is ViewContext)) {
                 return null;
             }
+
+            var parentRouteData = ((ViewContext)parentViewContextValue).RouteData;
+            if (parentRouteData == null || parentRouteData.DataTokens == null)
+                return null;
+
+            object workContextValue;
+            if (!parentRouteData.DataTokens.TryGetValue("IWorkContextAccessor", out workContextValue)) {
+                workContextValue = FindWorkContextInParent(parentRouteData);
+            }
+
+            return workContextValue;
+        }
+
+        public static WorkContext GetWorkContext(this ControllerContext controllerContext) {
+            if (controllerContext == null)
+                return null;
+
             return WorkContextExtensions.GetWorkContext(controllerContext.RequestContext);
         }