diff --git a/flatpages/views.py b/flatpages/views.py
index 6ef2404..d265c75 100644
--- a/flatpages/views.py
+++ b/flatpages/views.py
@@ -67,15 +67,24 @@ def flatpage(request, path):
             title, = m.groups()
         else:
             title = ""
+        m = re.search(r"<meta([^>]*)noedit", head, re.DOTALL + re.IGNORECASE)
+        if m:
+            editable = False
+        else:
+            editable = True
+        
         has_menu = False
         menumatch = re.match('(.*)<div id="menu">', body, re.DOTALL + re.IGNORECASE)
+        if menumatch:
+            has_menu = True
+        menumatch = re.match('(.*)<ul id="links">', body, re.DOTALL + re.IGNORECASE)
         if menumatch:
             has_menu = True
             #body, = menumatch.groups()
         if re.search(r"iso-8859-1", html):
             body = unicode(body, "iso-8859-1")
             body.strip
-        return render(request, 'flatpage.html', {'editable': True, 'path': path, 'title': title, 'body': body, 'homepage': (path == "index.htm"), 'has_menu': has_menu})
+        return render(request, 'flatpage.html', {'editable': editable, 'path': path, 'title': title, 'body': body, 'homepage': (path == "index.htm"), 'has_menu': has_menu})
     else:
         return HttpResponse(o.read(), content_type=getmimetype(path))