diff --git a/source/lib/SihnonFramework/Main.class.php b/source/lib/SihnonFramework/Main.class.php
index 21bc0d6..412c649 100644
--- a/source/lib/SihnonFramework/Main.class.php
+++ b/source/lib/SihnonFramework/Main.class.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class SihnonFramework_Main {
     }
     
     public function absoluteUrl($relative_url) {
-        $secure = isset($_SERVER['secure']);
+        $secure = isset($_SERVER['SECURE']) || (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == 'on');
         $port = $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'];
         return 'http' . ($secure ? 's' : '') . '://'
             . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . (($port == 80 || ($secure && $port == 443)) ? '' : ':' . $port)
diff --git a/source/lib/SihnonFramework/Page.class.php b/source/lib/SihnonFramework/Page.class.php
index 37b51c4..ab8be43 100644
--- a/source/lib/SihnonFramework/Page.class.php
+++ b/source/lib/SihnonFramework/Page.class.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class SihnonFramework_Page {
         }
         
         // Include the template code file, which will do all the work for this page
-        $real_code_filename = './source/pages/' . $code_filename;
+        $real_code_filename = $this->request->template_code_dir() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $code_filename;
         if ($code_filename && file_exists($real_code_filename)) {
             include $real_code_filename;
         }
diff --git a/source/lib/SihnonFramework/RequestParser.class.php b/source/lib/SihnonFramework/RequestParser.class.php
index 95b64fa..86f3e7e 100644
--- a/source/lib/SihnonFramework/RequestParser.class.php
+++ b/source/lib/SihnonFramework/RequestParser.class.php
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ class SihnonFramework_RequestParser {
     private $request_string;
     private $page = array();
     private $vars = array();
+    
+    private $template_dir;
+    private $template_code_dir;
 
-    public function __construct($request_string) {
-        $this->request_string = $request_string;
+    public function __construct($request_string, $template_dir = './source/templates', $template_code_dir = './source/pages') {
+        $this->request_string    = $request_string;
+        $this->template_dir      = $template_dir;
+        $this->template_code_dir = $template_code_dir;
 
         $this->parse();
     }
@@ -25,7 +30,7 @@ class SihnonFramework_RequestParser {
 
         // Read through the components list looking for elements matching known directories and files
         // to determine which page this request is for
-        $base_dir = './source/templates';
+        $base_dir = $this->template_dir;
         while (true) {
             if ($components && ! $components[0]) {
                 // Skip over any empty components before we find a page
@@ -117,6 +122,14 @@ class SihnonFramework_RequestParser {
     public function request_string() {
         return $this->request_string;
     }
+    
+    public function template_dir() {
+        return $this->template_dir;
+    }
+    
+    public function template_code_dir() {
+        return $this->template_code_dir;
+    }
 
 };