diff --git a/app/pages/bot/accounts_add.py b/app/pages/bot/accounts_add.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fa543c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/pages/bot/accounts_add.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+from flask import session, render_template, request, redirect
+import requests
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+
+def bot_accounts_add(mysql):
+	if request.method == 'POST':
+		if session['step'] == 1:
+			if request.form['account'] == session['bot']:
+				error = "Bots cannot learn from themselves."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			# look up user
+			handle_list = request.form['account'].split('@')
+			if len(handle_list) != 3:
+				# not formatted correctly
+				error = "Incorrectly formatted handle."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			username = handle_list[1]
+			instance = handle_list[2]
+
+			# gab check
+			try:
+				r = requests.get("https://{}/api/v1/instance".format(instance), timeout=10)
+			except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+				error = "Couldn't connect to {}.".format(instance)
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+			except:
+				error = "An unknown error occurred."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			if r.status_code == 200:
+				j = r.json()
+				if 'contact_account' in j and 'is_pro' in j['contact_account']:
+					# gab instance
+					error = "Gab instances are not supported."
+					return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			# 1. download host-meta to find webfinger URL
+			r = requests.get("https://{}/.well-known/host-meta".format(instance), timeout=10)
+			if r.status_code != 200:
+				error = "Couldn't get host-meta."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			# 2. use webfinger to find user's info page
+			#TODO: use more reliable method
+			try:
+				uri = re.search(r'template="([^"]+)"', r.text).group(1)
+				uri = uri.format(uri = "{}@{}".format(username, instance))
+			except:
+				error = "Couldn't find WebFinger URL."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			r = requests.get(uri, headers={"Accept": "application/json"}, timeout=10)
+			try:
+				j = r.json()
+			except:
+				error = "Invalid WebFinger response."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			found = False
+			for link in j['links']:
+				if link['rel'] == 'self':
+					#this is a link formatted like "https://instan.ce/users/username", which is what we need
+					uri = link['href']
+					found = True
+					break
+			if not found:
+				error = "Couldn't find a valid ActivityPub outbox URL."
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+
+			# 3. format as outbox URL and check to make sure it works
+			outbox = "{}/outbox?page=true".format(uri)
+			r = requests.get(uri, headers={"Accept": "application/json"}, timeout=10)
+			if r.status_code == 200:
+				# success!!
+				c = mysql.connection.cursor()
+				c.execute("REPLACE INTO `fedi_accounts` (`handle`, `outbox`) VALUES (%s, %s)", (request.form['account'], outbox))
+				c.execute("INSERT INTO `bot_learned_accounts` (`bot_id`, `fedi_id`) VALUES (%s, %s)", (session['bot'], request.form['account']))
+				c.close()
+				mysql.connection.commit()
+				return redirect("/bot/accounts/{}".format(session['bot']), 303)
+			else:
+				error = "Couldn't access ActivityPub outbox. {} may require authenticated fetches, which FediBooks doesn't support yet.".format(instance)
+				return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = error)
+	else:
+		# new account add request
+		session['step'] = 1
+
+	return render_template("bot/accounts_add.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
diff --git a/app/pages/bot/create.py b/app/pages/bot/create.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17cccc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/pages/bot/create.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+from flask import request, session, render_template, redirect, url_for
+import requests
+from mastodon import Mastodon
+import re
+
+def bot_create(mysql, cfg, scopes, scopes_pleroma):
+	if request.method == 'POST':
+		if session['step'] == 1:
+			# strip leading https://, if provided
+			session['instance'] = re.match(r"^(?:https?:\/\/)?(.*)", request.form['instance']).group(1)
+			
+			# check for mastodon/pleroma
+			try:
+				r = requests.get("https://{}/api/v1/instance".format(session['instance']), timeout=10)
+			except requests.ConnectionError:
+				session['error'] = "Couldn't connect to https://{}.".format(session['instance'])
+				return render_template("bot/create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
+			except:
+				session['error'] = "An unknown error occurred while trying to load https://{}".format(session['instance'])
+				return render_template("bot/create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
+
+			if r.status_code == 200:
+				j = r.json()
+				if "Pleroma" in j['version']:
+					session['instance_type'] = "Pleroma"
+					session['step'] += 1
+				else:
+					if 'contact_account' in j and 'is_pro' in j['contact_account']:
+						# gab instance
+						session['error'] = "Gab instances are not supported."
+					else:
+						session['instance_type'] = "Mastodon"
+						session['step'] += 1
+
+			else:
+				# not a masto/pleroma instance
+				# misskey is currently unsupported
+				# all other instance types are also unsupported
+				# return an error message
+				#TODO: misskey
+				session['error'] = "Unsupported instance type. Misskey support is planned."
+
+		elif session['step'] == 2:
+			# nothing needs to be done here, this step just informs the user that their instance type is supported
+			session['step'] += 1
+
+		elif session['step'] == 3:
+			# authenticate with the given instance and obtain credentials
+			if session['instance_type'] in ['Mastodon', 'Pleroma']:
+				redirect_uri = '{}/do/authenticate_bot'.format(cfg['base_uri'])
+
+				session['client_id'], session['client_secret'] = Mastodon.create_app(
+					"FediBooks",
+					api_base_url="https://{}".format(session['instance']),
+					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma,
+					redirect_uris=[redirect_uri],
+					website=cfg['base_uri']
+				)
+
+				client = Mastodon(
+					client_id=session['client_id'],
+					client_secret=session['client_secret'],
+					api_base_url="https://{}".format(session['instance'])
+				)
+
+				url = client.auth_request_url(
+					client_id=session['client_id'],
+					redirect_uris=redirect_uri,
+					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma
+				)
+				return redirect(url, code=303)
+
+			elif session['instance_type'] == 'Misskey':
+				# todo
+				pass
+
+			else:
+				# the user clicked next on step 2 while having an unsupported instance type
+				# take them back home
+				del session['instance']
+				del session['instance_type']
+				session['step'] = 1
+				return redirect(url_for("home"), 303)
+
+	else:
+		if 'step' in session and session['step'] == 4:
+			try:
+				# test authentication
+				client = Mastodon(client_id=session['client_id'], client_secret=session['client_secret'], api_base_url=session['instance'])
+				session['secret'] = client.log_in(
+					code = session['code'],
+					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma,
+					redirect_uri='{}/do/authenticate_bot'.format(cfg['base_uri'])
+				)
+				username = client.account_verify_credentials()['username']
+				handle = "@{}@{}".format(username, session['instance'])
+			except:
+				# authentication error occurred
+				error = "Authentication failed."
+				session['step'] = 3
+				return render_template("bot/create.html", error = error)
+
+			# authentication success!!
+			c = mysql.connection.cursor()
+			c.execute("INSERT INTO `credentials` (client_id, client_secret, secret) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)", (session['client_id'], session['client_secret'], session['secret']))
+			credentials_id = c.lastrowid
+			mysql.connection.commit()
+
+			# get webpush url
+			privated, publicd = client.push_subscription_generate_keys()
+			private = privated['privkey']
+			public = publicd['pubkey']
+			secret = privated['auth']
+			client.push_subscription_set("{}/push/{}".format(cfg['base_uri'], handle), publicd, mention_events = True)
+
+			c.execute("INSERT INTO `bots` (handle, user_id, credentials_id, push_public_key, push_private_key, push_secret, instance_type) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)", (handle, session['user_id'], credentials_id, public, private, secret, session['instance_type']))
+			mysql.connection.commit()
+			c.close()
+
+			# clean up unneeded variables
+			del session['code']
+			del session['instance']
+			del session['instance_type']
+			del session['client_id']
+			del session['client_secret']
+		else:
+			# user is starting a new bot create request
+			session['step'] = 1
+
+
+	return render_template("bot/create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
diff --git a/app/pages/bot/edit.py b/app/pages/bot/edit.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbbd499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/pages/bot/edit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+from flask import session, request, redirect, render_template
+import MySQLdb
+
+def bot_edit(id, mysql):
+	if request.method == "GET":
+		dc = mysql.connection.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
+		dc.execute("SELECT * FROM bots WHERE handle = %s", (id,))
+		return render_template("bot/edit.html", bot = dc.fetchone(), error = session.pop('error', None), success = session.pop('success', None))
+	else:
+		# update stored settings
+		replies_enabled = 'replies' in request.form
+		learn_from_cw = 'cw-learning' in request.form
+
+		if request.form['fake-mention-style'] not in ['full', 'brief']:
+			session['error'] = "Invalid setting for fake mention style."
+			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
+
+		if request.form['fake-mentions'] not in ['always', 'middle', 'never']:
+			session['error'] = "Invalid setting for fake mentions."
+			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
+
+		if request.form['privacy'] not in ['public', 'unlisted', 'private']:
+			session['error'] = "Invalid setting for post privacy."
+			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
+		
+		if int(request.form['length']) < 100 or int(request.form['length']) > 5000:
+			session['error'] = "Invalid setting for maximum post length."
+			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
+
+		if int(request.form['freq']) < 15 or int(request.form['freq']) > 240 or int(request.form['freq']) % 5:
+			session['error'] = "Invalid setting for post frequency."
+			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
+
+		if len(request.form['cw']) > 128:
+			session['error'] = "Content warning cannot exceed 128 characters."
+			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
+
+		c = mysql.connection.cursor()
+		try:
+			c.execute("UPDATE bots SET replies_enabled = %s, post_frequency = %s, content_warning = %s, length = %s, fake_mentions = %s, fake_mentions_full = %s, post_privacy = %s, learn_from_cw = %s WHERE handle = %s", (
+				replies_enabled,
+				request.form['freq'],
+				request.form['cw'] if request.form['cw'] != "" else None,
+				request.form['length'],
+				request.form['fake-mentions'],
+				request.form['fake-mention-style'] == 'full',
+				request.form['privacy'],
+				learn_from_cw,
+				id
+			))
+			mysql.connection.commit()
+			c.close()
+		except:
+			session['error'] = "Couldn't save your settings."
+			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
+
+		session['success'] = True
+		return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
diff --git a/app/pages/home.py b/app/pages/home.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ad7242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/pages/home.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from flask import render_template, session
+import MySQLdb
+
+def home(mysql):
+	if 'user_id' in session:
+		c = mysql.connection.cursor()
+		c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `bots` WHERE user_id = %s", (session['user_id'],))
+		bot_count = c.fetchone()[0]
+		active_count = None
+		bots = {}
+		bot_users = {}
+		next_posts = {}
+
+		if bot_count > 0:
+			c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `bots` WHERE user_id = %s AND enabled = TRUE", (session['user_id'],))
+			active_count = c.fetchone()[0]
+			dc = mysql.connection.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
+			dc.execute("SELECT `handle`, `enabled`, `last_post`, `post_frequency`, `icon` FROM `bots` WHERE user_id = %s", (session['user_id'],))
+			bots = dc.fetchall()
+			dc.close()
+
+			for bot in bots:
+				# multiple SELECTS is slow, maybe SELECT all at once and filter with python?
+				c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `bot_learned_accounts` WHERE bot_id = %s", (bot['handle'],))
+				bot_users[bot['handle']] = c.fetchone()[0]
+				c.execute("SELECT post_frequency - TIMESTAMPDIFF(MINUTE, last_post, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()) FROM bots WHERE TIMESTAMPDIFF(MINUTE, last_post, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()) <= post_frequency AND enabled = TRUE AND handle = %s", (bot['handle'],))
+				next_post = c.fetchone()
+				if next_post is not None:
+					next_posts[bot['handle']] = next_post
+
+		c.close()
+		return render_template("home.html", bot_count = bot_count, active_count = active_count, bots = bots, bot_users = bot_users, next_posts = next_posts)
+	else:
+		return render_template("front_page.html")
diff --git a/app/pages/settings.py b/app/pages/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09f1842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/pages/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from flask import render_template, session, request, redirect, url_for
+import bcrypt
+import MySQLdb
+import hashlib
+
+def settings(mysql):
+	if request.method == 'GET':
+		dc = mysql.connection.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
+		dc.execute("SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE id = %s", (session['user_id'],))
+		user = dc.fetchone()
+		dc.close()
+		return render_template("settings.html", user = user, error = session.pop('error', None), success = session.pop('success', None))
+
+	else:
+		# update settings
+		c = mysql.connection.cursor()
+
+		c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users WHERE email = %s AND id != %s", (request.form['email'], session['user_id']))
+		if c.fetchone()[0] > 0:
+			session['error'] = "Email address already in use."
+			return redirect(url_for("render_settings"), 303)
+
+		for setting in [request.form['fetch-error'], request.form['submit-error'], request.form['reply-error'], request.form['generation-error']]:
+			if setting not in ['once', 'always', 'never']:
+				session['error'] = 'Invalid option "{}".'.format(setting)
+				return redirect(url_for('render_settings'), 303)
+
+		if request.form['password'] != '':
+			# user is updating their password
+			if len(request.form['password']) < 8:
+				session['error'] = "Password too short."
+				return redirect(url_for("render_settings"), 303)
+
+			pw_hashed = hashlib.sha256(request.form['password'].encode('utf-8')).digest().replace(b"\0", b"\1")
+			pw = bcrypt.hashpw(pw_hashed, bcrypt.gensalt(12))
+			c.execute("UPDATE users SET password = %s WHERE id = %s", (pw, session['user_id']))
+
+		# don't require email verification again if the new email address is the same as the old one
+		c.execute("SELECT email_verified FROM users WHERE id = %s", (session['user_id'],))
+		if c.fetchone()[0]:
+			c.execute("SELECT email FROM users WHERE id = %s", (session['user_id'],))
+			previous_email = c.fetchone()[0]
+
+			email_verified = (previous_email == request.form['email'])
+		else:
+			email_verified = False
+		
+		try:
+			c.execute("UPDATE users SET email = %s, email_verified = %s, `fetch` = %s, submit = %s, generation = %s, reply = %s WHERE id = %s", (
+				request.form['email'],
+				email_verified,
+				request.form['fetch-error'],
+				request.form['submit-error'],
+				request.form['generation-error'],
+				request.form['reply-error'],
+				session['user_id']
+			))
+			c.close()
+			mysql.connection.commit()
+		except:
+			session['error'] = "Encountered an error while updating the database."
+			return redirect(url_for('render_settings'), 303)
+
+		session['success'] = True
+		return redirect(url_for('render_settings'), 303)
diff --git a/app/templates/bot_accounts.html b/app/templates/bot/accounts.html
similarity index 100%
rename from app/templates/bot_accounts.html
rename to app/templates/bot/accounts.html
diff --git a/app/templates/bot_accounts_add.html b/app/templates/bot/accounts_add.html
similarity index 100%
rename from app/templates/bot_accounts_add.html
rename to app/templates/bot/accounts_add.html
diff --git a/app/templates/bot_accounts_delete.html b/app/templates/bot/accounts_delete.html
similarity index 100%
rename from app/templates/bot_accounts_delete.html
rename to app/templates/bot/accounts_delete.html
diff --git a/app/templates/bot_create.html b/app/templates/bot/create.html
similarity index 100%
rename from app/templates/bot_create.html
rename to app/templates/bot/create.html
diff --git a/app/templates/bot_delete.html b/app/templates/bot/delete.html
similarity index 100%
rename from app/templates/bot_delete.html
rename to app/templates/bot/delete.html
diff --git a/app/templates/bot_edit.html b/app/templates/bot/edit.html
similarity index 100%
rename from app/templates/bot_edit.html
rename to app/templates/bot/edit.html
diff --git a/app/templates/help_settings.html b/app/templates/help/settings.html
similarity index 100%
rename from app/templates/help_settings.html
rename to app/templates/help/settings.html
diff --git a/app/webui.py b/app/webui.py
index 7a67b60..3a22a79 100644
--- a/app/webui.py
+++ b/app/webui.py
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 from flask import Flask, render_template, session, request, redirect, url_for, send_file
 from flask_mysqldb import MySQL
+
 from mastodon import Mastodon
+
 import requests
 import MySQLdb
 import bcrypt
 import json, hashlib, re
+
 import functions
+from pages.home import home
+from pages.settings import settings
+from pages.bot.edit import bot_edit
+from pages.bot.accounts_add import bot_accounts_add
+from pages.bot.create import bot_create
 
 cfg = json.load(open("config.json"))
 
@@ -30,37 +38,8 @@ def login_check():
 			return redirect(url_for('home'))
 
 @app.route("/")
-def home():
-	if 'user_id' in session:
-		c = mysql.connection.cursor()
-		c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `bots` WHERE user_id = %s", (session['user_id'],))
-		bot_count = c.fetchone()[0]
-		active_count = None
-		bots = {}
-		bot_users = {}
-		next_posts = {}
-
-		if bot_count > 0:
-			c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `bots` WHERE user_id = %s AND enabled = TRUE", (session['user_id'],))
-			active_count = c.fetchone()[0]
-			dc = mysql.connection.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
-			dc.execute("SELECT `handle`, `enabled`, `last_post`, `post_frequency`, `icon` FROM `bots` WHERE user_id = %s", (session['user_id'],))
-			bots = dc.fetchall()
-			dc.close()
-
-			for bot in bots:
-				# multiple SELECTS is slow, maybe SELECT all at once and filter with python?
-				c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `bot_learned_accounts` WHERE bot_id = %s", (bot['handle'],))
-				bot_users[bot['handle']] = c.fetchone()[0]
-				c.execute("SELECT post_frequency - TIMESTAMPDIFF(MINUTE, last_post, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()) FROM bots WHERE TIMESTAMPDIFF(MINUTE, last_post, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP()) <= post_frequency AND enabled = TRUE AND handle = %s", (bot['handle'],))
-				next_post = c.fetchone()
-				if next_post is not None:
-					next_posts[bot['handle']] = next_post
-
-		c.close()
-		return render_template("home.html", bot_count = bot_count, active_count = active_count, bots = bots, bot_users = bot_users, next_posts = next_posts)
-	else:
-		return render_template("front_page.html")
+def render_home():
+	return home(mysql)
 
 @app.route("/welcome")
 def welcome():
@@ -79,130 +58,19 @@ def show_signup_page():
 	return render_template("login.html", signup = True, error = session.pop('error', None))
 
 @app.route("/settings", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-def settings():
-	if request.method == 'GET':
-		dc = mysql.connection.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
-		dc.execute("SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE id = %s", (session['user_id'],))
-		user = dc.fetchone()
-		dc.close()
-		return render_template("settings.html", user = user, error = session.pop('error', None), success = session.pop('success', None))
-
-	else:
-		# update settings
-		c = mysql.connection.cursor()
-
-		c.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users WHERE email = %s AND id != %s", (request.form['email'], session['user_id']))
-		if c.fetchone()[0] > 0:
-			session['error'] = "Email address already in use."
-			return redirect(url_for("settings"), 303)
-
-		for setting in [request.form['fetch-error'], request.form['submit-error'], request.form['reply-error'], request.form['generation-error']]:
-			if setting not in ['once', 'always', 'never']:
-				session['error'] = 'Invalid option "{}".'.format(setting)
-				return redirect(url_for('settings'), 303)
-
-		if request.form['password'] != '':
-			# user is updating their password
-			if len(request.form['password']) < 8:
-				session['error'] = "Password too short."
-				return redirect(url_for("settings"), 303)
-
-			pw_hashed = hashlib.sha256(request.form['password'].encode('utf-8')).digest().replace(b"\0", b"\1")
-			pw = bcrypt.hashpw(pw_hashed, bcrypt.gensalt(12))
-			c.execute("UPDATE users SET password = %s WHERE id = %s", (pw, session['user_id']))
-
-		# don't require email verification again if the new email address is the same as the old one
-		c.execute("SELECT email_verified FROM users WHERE id = %s", (session['user_id'],))
-		if c.fetchone()[0]:
-			c.execute("SELECT email FROM users WHERE id = %s", (session['user_id'],))
-			previous_email = c.fetchone()[0]
-
-			email_verified = (previous_email == request.form['email'])
-		else:
-			email_verified = False
-		
-		try:
-			c.execute("UPDATE users SET email = %s, email_verified = %s, `fetch` = %s, submit = %s, generation = %s, reply = %s WHERE id = %s", (
-				request.form['email'],
-				email_verified,
-				request.form['fetch-error'],
-				request.form['submit-error'],
-				request.form['generation-error'],
-				request.form['reply-error'],
-				session['user_id']
-			))
-			c.close()
-			mysql.connection.commit()
-		except:
-			session['error'] = "Encountered an error while updating the database."
-			return redirect(url_for('settings'), 303)
-
-		session['success'] = True
-		return redirect(url_for('settings'), 303)
+def render_settings():
+	return settings(mysql)
 
 @app.route("/bot/edit/<id>", methods = ['GET', 'POST'])
-def bot_edit(id):
-	if request.method == "GET":
-		dc = mysql.connection.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
-		dc.execute("SELECT * FROM bots WHERE handle = %s", (id,))
-		return render_template("bot_edit.html", bot = dc.fetchone(), error = session.pop('error', None), success = session.pop('success', None))
-	else:
-		# update stored settings
-		replies_enabled = 'replies' in request.form
-		learn_from_cw = 'cw-learning' in request.form
-
-		if request.form['fake-mention-style'] not in ['full', 'brief']:
-			session['error'] = "Invalid setting for fake mention style."
-			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
-
-		if request.form['fake-mentions'] not in ['always', 'middle', 'never']:
-			session['error'] = "Invalid setting for fake mentions."
-			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
-
-		if request.form['privacy'] not in ['public', 'unlisted', 'private']:
-			session['error'] = "Invalid setting for post privacy."
-			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
-		
-		if int(request.form['length']) < 100 or int(request.form['length']) > 5000:
-			session['error'] = "Invalid setting for maximum post length."
-			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
-
-		if int(request.form['freq']) < 15 or int(request.form['freq']) > 240 or int(request.form['freq']) % 5:
-			session['error'] = "Invalid setting for post frequency."
-			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
-
-		if len(request.form['cw']) > 128:
-			session['error'] = "Content warning cannot exceed 128 characters."
-			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
-
-		c = mysql.connection.cursor()
-		try:
-			c.execute("UPDATE bots SET replies_enabled = %s, post_frequency = %s, content_warning = %s, length = %s, fake_mentions = %s, fake_mentions_full = %s, post_privacy = %s, learn_from_cw = %s WHERE handle = %s", (
-				replies_enabled,
-				request.form['freq'],
-				request.form['cw'] if request.form['cw'] != "" else None,
-				request.form['length'],
-				request.form['fake-mentions'],
-				request.form['fake-mention-style'] == 'full',
-				request.form['privacy'],
-				learn_from_cw,
-				id
-			))
-			mysql.connection.commit()
-			c.close()
-		except:
-			session['error'] = "Couldn't save your settings."
-			return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
-
-		session['success'] = True
-		return redirect("/bot/edit/{}".format(id), 303)
+def render_bot_edit(id):
+	return bot_edit(id, mysql)
 
 @app.route("/bot/delete/<id>", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def bot_delete(id):
 	if bot_check(id):
 		if request.method == 'GET':
 			instance = id.split("@")[2]
-			return render_template("bot_delete.html", instance = instance)
+			return render_template("bot/delete.html", instance = instance)
 		else:
 			# delete bot by deleting its credentials
 			# FK constraint will delete bot
@@ -255,95 +123,11 @@ def bot_accounts(id):
 
 		c.close()
 
-		return render_template("bot_accounts.html", users = users, post_count = post_count)
+		return render_template("bot/accounts.html", users = users, post_count = post_count)
 
 @app.route("/bot/accounts/add", methods = ['GET', 'POST'])
-def bot_accounts_add():
-	if request.method == 'POST':
-		if session['step'] == 1:
-			if request.form['account'] == session['bot']:
-				error = "Bots cannot learn from themselves."
-				return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			# look up user
-			handle_list = request.form['account'].split('@')
-			if len(handle_list) != 3:
-				# not formatted correctly
-				error = "Incorrectly formatted handle."
-				return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			username = handle_list[1]
-			instance = handle_list[2]
-
-			# gab check
-			try:
-				r = requests.get("https://{}/api/v1/instance".format(instance), timeout=10)
-			except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
-				error = "Couldn't connect to {}.".format(instance)
-				return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = error)
-			except:
-				error = "An unknown error occurred."
-				return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			if r.status_code == 200:
-				j = r.json()
-				if 'contact_account' in j and 'is_pro' in j['contact_account']:
-					# gab instance
-					error = "Gab instances are not supported."
-					return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			# 1. download host-meta to find webfinger URL
-			r = requests.get("https://{}/.well-known/host-meta".format(instance), timeout=10)
-			if r.status_code != 200:
-				error = "Couldn't get host-meta."
-				return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			# 2. use webfinger to find user's info page
-			#TODO: use more reliable method
-			try:
-				uri = re.search(r'template="([^"]+)"', r.text).group(1)
-				uri = uri.format(uri = "{}@{}".format(username, instance))
-			except:
-				error = "Couldn't find WebFinger URL."
-				return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			r = requests.get(uri, headers={"Accept": "application/json"}, timeout=10)
-			try:
-				j = r.json()
-			except:
-				error = "Invalid WebFinger response."
-				return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			found = False
-			for link in j['links']:
-				if link['rel'] == 'self':
-					#this is a link formatted like "https://instan.ce/users/username", which is what we need
-					uri = link['href']
-					found = True
-					break
-			if not found:
-				error = "Couldn't find a valid ActivityPub outbox URL."
-				return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = error)
-
-			# 3. format as outbox URL and check to make sure it works
-			outbox = "{}/outbox?page=true".format(uri)
-			r = requests.get(uri, headers={"Accept": "application/json"}, timeout=10)
-			if r.status_code == 200:
-				# success!!
-				c = mysql.connection.cursor()
-				c.execute("REPLACE INTO `fedi_accounts` (`handle`, `outbox`) VALUES (%s, %s)", (request.form['account'], outbox))
-				c.execute("INSERT INTO `bot_learned_accounts` (`bot_id`, `fedi_id`) VALUES (%s, %s)", (session['bot'], request.form['account']))
-				c.close()
-				mysql.connection.commit()
-				return redirect("/bot/accounts/{}".format(session['bot']), 303)
-			else:
-				error = "Couldn't access ActivityPub outbox. {} may require authenticated fetches, which FediBooks doesn't support yet.".format(instance)
-				return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = error)
-	else:
-		# new account add request
-		session['step'] = 1
-
-	return render_template("bot_accounts_add.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
+def render_bot_accounts_add():
+	return bot_accounts_add(mysql)
 
 @app.route("/bot/accounts/toggle/<id>")
 def bot_accounts_toggle(id):
@@ -357,7 +141,7 @@ def bot_accounts_toggle(id):
 def bot_accounts_delete(id):
 	if request.method == 'GET':
 		instance = id.split("@")[2]
-		return render_template("bot_accounts_delete.html", user = id, instance = instance)
+		return render_template("bot/accounts_delete.html", user = id, instance = instance)
 	else:
 		#NOTE: when user credential support is added, we'll need to delete the creds too
 		c = mysql.connection.cursor()
@@ -373,132 +157,8 @@ def bot_accounts_delete(id):
 		return redirect("/bot/accounts/{}".format(session['bot']), 303)
 
 @app.route("/bot/create/", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-def bot_create():
-	if request.method == 'POST':
-		if session['step'] == 1:
-			# strip leading https://, if provided
-			session['instance'] = re.match(r"^(?:https?:\/\/)?(.*)", request.form['instance']).group(1)
-			
-			# check for mastodon/pleroma
-			try:
-				r = requests.get("https://{}/api/v1/instance".format(session['instance']), timeout=10)
-			except requests.ConnectionError:
-				session['error'] = "Couldn't connect to https://{}.".format(session['instance'])
-				return render_template("bot_create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
-			except:
-				session['error'] = "An unknown error occurred while trying to load https://{}".format(session['instance'])
-				return render_template("bot_create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
-
-			if r.status_code == 200:
-				j = r.json()
-				if "Pleroma" in j['version']:
-					session['instance_type'] = "Pleroma"
-					session['step'] += 1
-				else:
-					if 'contact_account' in j and 'is_pro' in j['contact_account']:
-						# gab instance
-						session['error'] = "Gab instances are not supported."
-					else:
-						session['instance_type'] = "Mastodon"
-						session['step'] += 1
-
-			else:
-				# not a masto/pleroma instance
-				# misskey is currently unsupported
-				# all other instance types are also unsupported
-				# return an error message
-				#TODO: misskey
-				session['error'] = "Unsupported instance type. Misskey support is planned."
-
-		elif session['step'] == 2:
-			# nothing needs to be done here, this step just informs the user that their instance type is supported
-			session['step'] += 1
-
-		elif session['step'] == 3:
-			# authenticate with the given instance and obtain credentials
-			if session['instance_type'] in ['Mastodon', 'Pleroma']:
-				redirect_uri = '{}/do/authenticate_bot'.format(cfg['base_uri'])
-
-				session['client_id'], session['client_secret'] = Mastodon.create_app(
-					"FediBooks",
-					api_base_url="https://{}".format(session['instance']),
-					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma,
-					redirect_uris=[redirect_uri],
-					website=cfg['base_uri']
-				)
-
-				client = Mastodon(
-					client_id=session['client_id'],
-					client_secret=session['client_secret'],
-					api_base_url="https://{}".format(session['instance'])
-				)
-
-				url = client.auth_request_url(
-					client_id=session['client_id'],
-					redirect_uris=redirect_uri,
-					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma
-				)
-				return redirect(url, code=303)
-
-			elif session['instance_type'] == 'Misskey':
-				# todo
-				pass
-
-			else:
-				# the user clicked next on step 2 while having an unsupported instance type
-				# take them back home
-				del session['instance']
-				del session['instance_type']
-				session['step'] = 1
-				return redirect(url_for("home"), 303)
-
-	else:
-		if 'step' in session and session['step'] == 4:
-			try:
-				# test authentication
-				client = Mastodon(client_id=session['client_id'], client_secret=session['client_secret'], api_base_url=session['instance'])
-				session['secret'] = client.log_in(
-					code = session['code'],
-					scopes=scopes if session['instance_type'] == 'Mastodon' else scopes_pleroma,
-					redirect_uri='{}/do/authenticate_bot'.format(cfg['base_uri'])
-				)
-				username = client.account_verify_credentials()['username']
-				handle = "@{}@{}".format(username, session['instance'])
-			except:
-				# authentication error occurred
-				error = "Authentication failed."
-				session['step'] = 3
-				return render_template("bot_create.html", error = error)
-
-			# authentication success!!
-			c = mysql.connection.cursor()
-			c.execute("INSERT INTO `credentials` (client_id, client_secret, secret) VALUES (%s, %s, %s)", (session['client_id'], session['client_secret'], session['secret']))
-			credentials_id = c.lastrowid
-			mysql.connection.commit()
-
-			# get webpush url
-			privated, publicd = client.push_subscription_generate_keys()
-			private = privated['privkey']
-			public = publicd['pubkey']
-			secret = privated['auth']
-			client.push_subscription_set("{}/push/{}".format(cfg['base_uri'], handle), publicd, mention_events = True)
-
-			c.execute("INSERT INTO `bots` (handle, user_id, credentials_id, push_public_key, push_private_key, push_secret, instance_type) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)", (handle, session['user_id'], credentials_id, public, private, secret, session['instance_type']))
-			mysql.connection.commit()
-			c.close()
-
-			# clean up unneeded variables
-			del session['code']
-			del session['instance']
-			del session['instance_type']
-			del session['client_id']
-			del session['client_secret']
-		else:
-			# user is starting a new bot create request
-			session['step'] = 1
-
-
-	return render_template("bot_create.html", error = session.pop('error', None))
+def render_bot_create():
+	return bot_create(mysql, cfg, scopes, scopes_pleroma)
 
 @app.route("/bot/create/back")
 def bot_create_back():
@@ -618,7 +278,7 @@ def report_bug():
 
 @app.route("/help/settings")
 def help_settings():
-	return render_template("help_settings.html")
+	return render_template("help/settings.html")
 
 @app.route("/img/bot_generic.png")
 def img_bot_generic():