diff --git a/conf/default.php b/conf/default.php
index e5bce5e..57b7bd5 100644
--- a/conf/default.php
+++ b/conf/default.php
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 $conf['tagline']          = 'This is the tagline - explaining what this site is about.';
-$conf['discussionNS']     = 'discussion';
-$conf['discussNSreverse'] = 0;
-$conf['userNS']           = 'user';
+$conf['discussionPage']   = 'discussion:@ID@';
+$conf['userPage']         = 'user:@USER@:';
 $conf['sidebarID']        = 'sidebar';
 $conf['hideTools']        = 0;
diff --git a/conf/metadata.php b/conf/metadata.php
index 792c47a..88583bc 100644
--- a/conf/metadata.php
+++ b/conf/metadata.php
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 $meta['tagline']          = array('string');
-$meta['discussionNS']     = array('string');
-$meta['discussNSreverse'] = array('onoff');
-$meta['userNS']           = array('string');
+$meta['discussionPage']   = array('string');
+$meta['userPage']         = array('string');
 $meta['sidebarID']        = array('string');
 $meta['hideTools']        = array('onoff');
diff --git a/lang/en/settings.php b/lang/en/settings.php
index e2fde20..356e952 100644
--- a/lang/en/settings.php
+++ b/lang/en/settings.php
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 $lang['tagline']          = 'Tagline';
-$lang['discussionNS']     = 'Discussion namespace (leave empty to disable discussions)';
-$lang['discussNSreverse'] = 'Reverse discussion namespace? (e.g. "foo:bar:discussion" instead of "discussion:foo:bar")';
-$lang['userNS']           = 'User namespace (leave empty to disable user pages)';
+$lang['discussionPage']   = 'Discussion page (leave empty to disable discussions)';
+$lang['userPage']         = 'User page (leave empty to disable user pages)';
 $lang['sidebarID']        = 'page name of page included in sidebar';
 $lang['hideTools']        = 'Hide tools when not logged in?';
diff --git a/main.php b/main.php
index 05829d1..d47f8d3 100644
--- a/main.php
+++ b/main.php
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ $showTools = !tpl_getConf('hideTools') || ( tpl_getConf('hideTools') && $_SERVER
                                     echo '</li>';
                                 }
                                 tpl_action('admin', 1, 'li');
-                                if (tpl_getConf('userNS')) {
-                                    _tpl_userpage(tpl_getConf('userNS'),1,'li');
-                                }
+                                _tpl_action('userpage', 1, 'li');
                                 tpl_action('profile', 1, 'li');
                                 tpl_action('login', 1, 'li');
                             ?>
@@ -138,9 +136,7 @@ $showTools = !tpl_getConf('hideTools') || ( tpl_getConf('hideTools') && $_SERVER
                     <ul>
                         <?php
                             tpl_action('edit', 1, 'li');
-                            if (tpl_getConf('discussionNS')) {
-                                _tpl_discussion(tpl_getConf('discussionNS'),1,'li',tpl_getConf('discussNSreverse'));
-                            }
+                            _tpl_action('discussion', 1, 'li');
                             tpl_action('history', 1, 'li');
                             tpl_action('backlink', 1, 'li');
                             tpl_action('subscribe', 1, 'li');
diff --git a/tpl_functions.php b/tpl_functions.php
index d258ed3..fcd5058 100644
--- a/tpl_functions.php
+++ b/tpl_functions.php
@@ -16,31 +16,26 @@ if (!defined('DOKU_INC')) die();
  *
  * @author Anika Henke <anika@selfthinker.org>
  */
-function _tpl_discussion($discussNS='discussion',$link=0,$wrapper=0,$reverse=0) {
+function _tpl_discussion($discussionPage,$title,$backTitle,$link=0,$wrapper=0) {
     global $ID;
 
-    if ($reverse) {
-        $discussPage   = $ID.':'.$discussNS;
-        $isDiscussPage = substr($ID,-strlen($discussNS),strlen($discussNS))==$discussNS;
-        $backID        = substr($ID,0,-strlen($discussNS));
-    } else {
-        $discussPage   = $discussNS.':'.$ID;
-        $isDiscussPage = substr($ID,0,strlen($discussNS))==$discussNS;
-        $backID        = strstr($ID,':');
-    }
+    $discussPage    = str_replace('@ID@',$ID,$discussionPage);
+    $discussPageRaw = str_replace('@ID@','',$discussionPage);
+    $isDiscussPage  = strpos($ID,$discussPageRaw)!==false;
+    $backID         = str_replace($discussPageRaw,'',$ID);
 
     if ($wrapper) echo "<$wrapper>";
 
-    if($isDiscussPage) {
+    if ($isDiscussPage) {
         if ($link)
-            tpl_pagelink($backID,tpl_getLang('back_to_article'));
+            tpl_pagelink($backID,$backTitle);
         else
-            echo html_btn('back2article',$backID,'',array(),0,0,tpl_getLang('back_to_article'));
+            echo html_btn('back2article',$backID,'',array(),0,0,$backTitle);
     } else {
         if ($link)
-            tpl_pagelink($discussPage,tpl_getLang('discussion'));
+            tpl_pagelink($discussPage,$title);
         else
-            echo html_btn('discussion',$discussPage,'',array(),0,0,tpl_getLang('discussion'));
+            echo html_btn('discussion',$discussPage,'',array(),0,0,$title);
     }
 
     if ($wrapper) echo "</$wrapper>";
@@ -51,22 +46,42 @@ function _tpl_discussion($discussNS='discussion',$link=0,$wrapper=0,$reverse=0)
  *
  * @author Anika Henke <anika@selfthinker.org>
  */
-function _tpl_userpage($userNS='user',$link=0,$wrapper=false) {
+function _tpl_userpage($userPage,$title,$link=0,$wrapper=0) {
     if (!$_SERVER['REMOTE_USER']) return;
 
     global $conf;
-    $userPage = $userNS.':'.$_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'].':'.$conf['start'];
+    $userPage = str_replace('@USER@',$_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'],$userPage);
 
     if ($wrapper) echo "<$wrapper>";
 
     if ($link)
-        tpl_pagelink($userPage,tpl_getLang('userpage'));
+        tpl_pagelink($userPage,$title);
     else
-        echo html_btn('userpage',$userPage,'',array(),0,0,tpl_getLang('userpage'));
+        echo html_btn('userpage',$userPage,'',array(),0,0,$title);
 
     if ($wrapper) echo "</$wrapper>";
 }
 
+/**
+ * Wrapper around custom template actions
+ *
+ * @author Anika Henke <anika@selfthinker.org>
+ */
+function _tpl_action($type,$link=0,$wrapper=0) {
+    switch ($type) {
+        case 'discussion':
+            if (tpl_getConf('discussionPage')) {
+                _tpl_discussion(tpl_getConf('discussionPage'),tpl_getLang('discussion'),tpl_getLang('back_to_article'),$link,$wrapper);
+            }
+            break;
+        case 'userpage':
+            if (tpl_getConf('userPage')) {
+                _tpl_userpage(tpl_getConf('userPage'),tpl_getLang('userpage'),$link,$wrapper);
+            }
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Use favicon.ico from data/media root directory if it exists, otherwise use
  * the one in the template's image directory.