diff --git a/core/views/expo.py b/core/views/expo.py
index 3e75e5e..d0f504d 100644
--- a/core/views/expo.py
+++ b/core/views/expo.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
 import troggle.core.views.caves
 import troggle.settings as settings
 from troggle.core.models.caves import Cave
-from troggle.core.utils import WriteAndCommitError, write_and_commit
+from troggle.core.utils import WriteAndCommitError, write_and_commit, current_expo
 from troggle.core.views.editor_helpers import HTMLarea
 from troggle.core.views.uploads import edittxtpage
 
@@ -132,7 +132,27 @@ def expofilesdir(request, dirpath, filepath):
         {"filepath": urlpath, "fileitems": fileitems, "diritems": diritems, "settings": settings},
     )
 
-
+def pubspage(request):
+    """This is a single-page function, specifically to cope with the updated "current year" 
+    which is hard-coded into the HTML of the page.
+    This is a placeholder, we need to do something like what is done in indexpage() below...
+    """
+    expowebpath = Path(settings.EXPOWEB)
+    return expowebpage(request, expowebpath, "pubs.htm")
+    
+def indexpage(request):
+    """This is a single-page function, specifically to cope with the updated "current year" 
+    which is hard-coded into the HTML of the page.
+    This edits the most recent year on the fly..
+    This now works.
+     """
+    subpath = Path(settings.EXPOWEB) / "index00.htm"
+    with open(subpath, "r") as o:
+        html = o.read()
+    html = html.replace('2xxx', f"{current_expo()}")
+    content_type = "text/html"
+    return HttpResponse(html, content_type=content_type)
+   
 def expowebpage(request, expowebpath, path):
     """Adds menus and serves an HTML page"""
     if not os.path.isfile(expowebpath / path):
@@ -236,7 +256,7 @@ def mediapage(request, subpath=None, doc_root=None):
     """This is for special prefix paths /photos/ /site_media/, /static/ etc.
     as defined in urls.py . If given a directory, gives a failure page.
     """
-    # print(" - XXXXX_ROOT: {}  ...{}".format(doc_root, subpath))
+    print("mediapath", subpath)
     if doc_root is not None:
         filetobeopened = Path(doc_root, subpath)
         if filetobeopened.is_dir():
diff --git a/urls.py b/urls.py
index f75975b..24b0cf2 100644
--- a/urls.py
+++ b/urls.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from troggle.core.views.caves import (cave3d, caveindex, entranceindex, caveslis
                                       edit_entrance, get_entrances, qm, expo_kml, expo_kmz)
 from troggle.core.views.drawings import dwgallfiles, dwgfilesingle
 from troggle.core.views.editor_helpers import image_selector, new_image_form
-from troggle.core.views.expo import (editexpopage, expofiles_redirect,
+from troggle.core.views.expo import (pubspage, indexpage, editexpopage, expofiles_redirect,
                                      expofilessingle, expopage, map, mapfile,
                                      mediapage, spider)
 from troggle.core.views.logbooks import (QMs_jsonListView, Expeditions_jsonListView,
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ else:
 # /home/philip/p11d5/lib/python3.11/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/sites.py
 
 trogglepatterns = [
+    path('pubs.htm', pubspage,      name="pubspage"), # ~165 hrefs to this url in expoweb files
+    path('index.htm', indexpage,      name="indexpage"), # ~1,212 hrefs to this url in expoweb files
+
     path('expofiles/', include(expofilesurls)), # intercepted by Apache, if it is running.
     path('expofiles',  include(expofilesurls)), # curious interaction with the include() here, not just a slash problem.