diff --git a/src/zona/builder.py b/src/zona/builder.py
index c53701e..446f07d 100644
--- a/src/zona/builder.py
+++ b/src/zona/builder.py
@@ -99,13 +99,6 @@ class ZonaBuilder:
             else date.min,
             reverse=True,
         )
-        posts = len(post_list)
-        for i, item in enumerate(post_list):
-            prev = post_list[i - 1] if i > 0 else None
-            next = post_list[i + 1] if i < posts - 2 else None
-            item.previous = prev
-            item.next = next
-
         templater = Templater(
             config=self.config,
             template_dir=self.layout.templates,
diff --git a/src/zona/data/content/static/style.css b/src/zona/data/content/static/style.css
index f02717e..d2cacf0 100644
--- a/src/zona/data/content/static/style.css
+++ b/src/zona/data/content/static/style.css
@@ -31,18 +31,6 @@ header {
   text-transform: lowercase;
 }
 
-.post-nav {
-  font-family: monospace;
-}
-
-.post-nav .symbol {
-  color: var(--main-bullet-color);
-}
-
-.post-nav a {
-  margin: 0 2px;
-}
-
 .site-logo {
   color: inherit;
   font-weight: bold;
diff --git a/src/zona/data/templates/page.html b/src/zona/data/templates/page.html
index 0c22f8b..fd3cdb4 100644
--- a/src/zona/data/templates/page.html
+++ b/src/zona/data/templates/page.html
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
-{% extends "base.html" %} {% block content %} {% if metadata.show_title %} {%
-include "title.html" %} {% if metadata.date %}
+{% extends "base.html" %} {% block content %}
+
+{% if metadata.show_title %}
+{% include "title.html" %}
+{% if metadata.date %}
 <center>
   <time class="post-date" datetime="{{ metadata.date | safe }}"
   >{{ metadata.date | safe}}</time>
 </center>
-{% endif %} {% endif %} {% if is_post %} {% include "post_nav.html" %} {% endif
-%}
+{% endif %}
 <hr>
+{% endif %}
 
 <article>{{ content | safe }}</article>
 {% endblock %}
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/zona/data/templates/post_nav.html b/src/zona/data/templates/post_nav.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 324f110..0000000
--- a/src/zona/data/templates/post_nav.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<div class="post-nav">
-  <center>
-    <span class="symbol">&lt;</span>{% if previous %}<a
-      href="{{ previous.url }}"
-    >prev</a>{% endif %}{% if previous and next %}<span class="symbol"
-    >|</span>{% endif %}{% if next %}<a href="{{ next.url }}">next</a>{% endif
-    %}<span class="symbol">&gt;</span>
-  </center>
-</div>
diff --git a/src/zona/metadata.py b/src/zona/metadata.py
index 98b14cf..0cd6a8c 100644
--- a/src/zona/metadata.py
+++ b/src/zona/metadata.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ class Metadata:
     date: date
     description: str | None
     show_title: bool = True
-    show_date: bool = True
-    show_nav: bool = True
     style: str | None = "/static/style.css"
     header: bool = True
     footer: bool = True
diff --git a/src/zona/models.py b/src/zona/models.py
index d009476..2e7721c 100644
--- a/src/zona/models.py
+++ b/src/zona/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -23,8 +21,6 @@ class Item:
     type: ItemType | None = None
     copy: bool = True
     post: bool = False
-    next: Item | None = None
-    previous: Item | None = None
 
 
 # @dataclass
diff --git a/src/zona/server.py b/src/zona/server.py
index f8b0000..82e6381 100644
--- a/src/zona/server.py
+++ b/src/zona/server.py
@@ -237,13 +237,11 @@ def serve(
         observer.schedule(
             event_handler, path=str(root / "content"), recursive=True
         )
-        templates = root / "templates"
-        if templates.is_dir():
-            observer.schedule(
-                event_handler,
-                path=str(templates),
-                recursive=True,
-            )
+        observer.schedule(
+            event_handler,
+            path=str(root / "templates"),
+            recursive=True,
+        )
         observer.start()
 
         # function to shut down gracefully
diff --git a/src/zona/templates.py b/src/zona/templates.py
index fe1e6dd..872762c 100644
--- a/src/zona/templates.py
+++ b/src/zona/templates.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from typing import Literal
 
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, select_autoescape
 
-from zona import util
 from zona.config import ZonaConfig
 from zona.markdown import md_to_html
 from zona.models import Item
@@ -77,10 +76,5 @@ class Templater:
             metadata=meta,
             header=header,
             footer=footer,
-            is_post=item.post,
-            next=util.normalize_url(item.next.url) if item.next else None,
-            previous=util.normalize_url(item.previous.url)
-            if item.previous
-            else None,
             post_list=self.post_list,
         )