diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 7fa2197..ff2e38a 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       "console": "integratedTerminal",
       "env": {
         "HTTP_BIND_PORT": "3010",
+        "HTTPS_ENABLE": "enabled",
         "HTTPS_BIND_PORT": "3410",
       }
     },
diff --git a/app/views/components/library.pug b/app/views/components/library.pug
index d6ca080..20eb6b0 100644
--- a/app/views/components/library.pug
+++ b/app/views/components/library.pug
@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@ include section-title
     return (value < 1000) ? numeral(value).format('0,0') : numeral(value).format('0,0.0a');
   }
 
+  function formatBitRate (value) {
+    if ((value !== 0) && !value) { return '---'; }
+    return numeral(value).format('0,0.0ib').slice(0, -2) + 'bps';
+  }
+
+  function formatDataSize (value) {
+    if ((value !== 0) && !value) { return '---'; }
+    return numeral(value).format('0,0.0b');
+  }
+
+  function formatTimestamp (value, withFractional = false) {
+    if (value !== 0 && !value) {
+      return withFractional ? '-:--:--.---' : '-:--:--';
+    }
+    return numeral(value).format(withFractional ? 'h:mm:ss.sss' : 'h:mm:ss');
+  }
+
+  function formatDuration (value) {
+    let duration = formatTimestamp(value);
+    if (duration.startsWith('0:')) { duration = duration.slice(2); }
+    if (duration.startsWith('0')) { duration = duration.slice(1); }
+    return duration;
+  }
+
   function displayIntegerValue (value) {
     return numeral(value).format(value > 1000 ? '0,0.0a' : '0,0');
   }
diff --git a/app/views/components/page-sidebar.pug b/app/views/components/page-sidebar.pug
index 85b9383..623e0d1 100644
--- a/app/views/components/page-sidebar.pug
+++ b/app/views/components/page-sidebar.pug
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include ../announcement/components/announcement
+include ../newsroom/components/feed-entry-list-item
 
 mixin renderPageSidebar ( )
   if Array.isArray(announcements) && (announcements.length > 0)
@@ -17,14 +18,7 @@ mixin renderPageSidebar ( )
       ul.uk-list
         each entry in newsfeed.entries
           li
-            div
-              a(href= entry.link, target="_blank").uk-link-reset= entry.title
-            .uk-text-small
-              div(uk-grid).uk-grid-small
-                .uk-width-expand
-                  a(href= entry.feed.link, target="_blank").uk-link-reset= entry.feed.title
-                .uk-width-auto
-                  div= moment(entry.published).fromNow()
+            +renderNewsroomFeedEntryListItem(entry)
 
   .uk-margin
     +renderSectionTitle('Widget', {
diff --git a/app/views/components/social-card/facebook.pug b/app/views/components/social-card/facebook.pug
index 20cb5fa..d3a7432 100644
--- a/app/views/components/social-card/facebook.pug
+++ b/app/views/components/social-card/facebook.pug
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ block facebook-card
   meta(property='og:site_name', content= site.name)
   meta(property='og:type', content='website')
   meta(property='og:image', content= `https://${site.domain}/img/social-cards/${site.domainKey}.png?v=${pkg.version}`)
-  meta(property='og:url', content= `https://${site.domain}${dtp.request.url}`)
+  meta(property='og:url', content= `https://${site.domain}${request.url}`)
   meta(property='og:title', content= pageTitle || site.name)
   meta(property='og:description', content= pageDescription || site.description)
   meta(property='og:image:alt', content= `${site.name} | ${site.description}`)
diff --git a/app/views/newsroom/components/feed-entry-list-item.pug b/app/views/newsroom/components/feed-entry-list-item.pug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da32d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/newsroom/components/feed-entry-list-item.pug
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+mixin renderNewsroomFeedEntryListItem (entry)
+  .uk-text-bold
+    a(href= entry.link, target="_blank").uk-link-reset= entry.title
+  .uk-text-small
+    div(uk-grid).uk-grid-small
+      .uk-width-expand
+        a(href= entry.feed.link, target="_blank").uk-link-reset= entry.feed.title
+      .uk-width-auto
+        div= moment(entry.published).fromNow()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/limiter.js b/config/limiter.js
index 63397cf..e49b258 100644
--- a/config/limiter.js
+++ b/config/limiter.js
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ module.exports = {
     },
   },
 
+  /*
+   * CommentController
+   */
   comment: {
     deleteComment: {
       total: 1,
@@ -305,6 +308,9 @@ module.exports = {
     },
   },
 
+  /*
+   * WelcomeController
+   */
   welcome: {
     total: 12,
     expire: ONE_MINUTE,
diff --git a/lib/site-platform.js b/lib/site-platform.js
index 9080985..5d628a7 100644
--- a/lib/site-platform.js
+++ b/lib/site-platform.js
@@ -341,9 +341,7 @@ module.exports.startWebServer = async (dtp) => {
   module.app.use(async (req, res, next) => {
     const { cache: cacheService } = dtp.services;
     try {
-      res.locals.dtp = {
-        request: req,
-      };
+      res.locals.request = req;
 
       const settingsKey = `settings:${dtp.config.site.domainKey}:site`;
       res.locals.site = Object.assign({ }, dtp.config.site);
@@ -359,6 +357,16 @@ module.exports.startWebServer = async (dtp) => {
     }
   });
 
+  /*
+   * Call out to application to register their custom middleware at the right
+   * point in the processing chain.
+   */
+  module.log.debug('typeof dtp.config.registerMiddleware', { type: (typeof dtp.config.registerMiddleware) });
+  if (dtp.config && (typeof dtp.config.registerMiddleware === 'function')) {
+    module.log.info('registering custom application middleware');
+    await dtp.config.registerMiddleware(dtp, module.app);
+  }
+
   /*
    * System Init
    */
@@ -382,12 +390,7 @@ module.exports.startWebServer = async (dtp) => {
 
   if (process.env.HTTP_ENABLE === 'enabled') {
     if (process.env.HTTP_REDIRECT_SSL === 'enabled') {
-      module.log.info('creating HTTP SSL redirect app');
-      module.redirectApp = express();
-      module.redirectApp.use((req, res) => {
-        module.log.info('redirecting to SSL', { host: req.host, url: req.url });
-        res.redirect(`https://${process.env.DTP_SITE_DOMAIN}${req.url}`);
-      });
+      await module.createSslRedirectApp(dtp);
       await module.createHttpServer(dtp, module.redirectApp);
     } else {
       await module.createHttpServer(dtp, module.app);
@@ -434,6 +437,19 @@ module.createHttpsServer = async (dtp, app) => {
   return module.https;
 };
 
+module.createSslRedirectApp = async (/* dtp */) => {
+  module.log.info('creating HTTP SSL redirect app');
+
+  module.redirectApp = express();
+
+  module.redirectApp.use((req, res) => {
+    module.log.info('redirecting to SSL', { host: req.host, url: req.url });
+    res.redirect(`https://${process.env.DTP_SITE_DOMAIN}${req.url}`);
+  });
+
+  return module.redirectApp;
+};
+
 module.startHttpServer = async (dtp, server, config) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     module.log.info('starting HTTP server', { port: config.port, bind: config.address });