diff --git a/build/bundle.js b/build/bundle.js
index 3a4910d2..71b2e319 100644
--- a/build/bundle.js
+++ b/build/bundle.js
@@ -9733,6 +9733,49 @@ var ContainedBase = BaseView.extend({
   }
 });
 
+var GeneralButton = ContainedBase.extend({
+  tagName: 'a',
+  className: 'generalButton uiButton',
+  template: _.template($('#general-button').html()),
+  events: {
+    'click': 'click'
+  },
+
+  initialize: function(options) {
+    options = options || {};
+    this.navEvents = options.navEvents || _.clone(Backbone.Events);
+    this.destination = options.destination;
+    if (!this.destination) {
+      this.container = new ModalTerminal();
+    }
+
+    this.JSON = {
+      buttonText: options.buttonText || 'General Button',
+      wantsWrapper: (options.wantsWrapper !== undefined) ? options.wantsWrapper : true
+    };
+
+    this.render();
+
+    if (this.container && !options.wait) {
+      this.show();
+    }
+  },
+
+  click: function() {
+    if (!this.clickFunc) {
+      this.clickFunc = _.throttle(
+        _.bind(this.sendClick, this),
+        500
+      );
+    }
+    this.clickFunc();
+  },
+
+  sendClick: function() {
+    this.navEvents.trigger('click');
+  }
+});
+
 var ConfirmCancelView = ResolveRejectBase.extend({
   tagName: 'div',
   className: 'confirmCancelView box horizontal justify',
@@ -10234,6 +10277,7 @@ var CanvasTerminalHolder = BaseView.extend({
 });
 
 exports.BaseView = BaseView;
+exports.GeneralButton = GeneralButton;
 exports.ModalView = ModalView;
 exports.ModalTerminal = ModalTerminal;
 exports.ModalAlert = ModalAlert;
@@ -16935,7 +16979,7 @@ var ContainedBase = Views.ContainedBase;
 
 var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
   tagName: 'div',
-  className: 'MarkdownGrabber box horizontal',
+  className: 'markdownGrabber box horizontal',
   template: _.template($('#markdown-grabber-view').html()),
   events: {
     'keyup textarea': 'keyup'
@@ -16944,10 +16988,11 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
   initialize: function(options) {
     options = options || {};
     this.deferred = options.deferred || Q.defer();
-    this.options = options;
-    this.JSON = {};
+    this.JSON = {
+      previewText: options.previewText || 'Preview'
+    };
 
-    this.container = new ModalTerminal({
+    this.container = options.container || new ModalTerminal({
       title: options.title || 'Enter some markdown'
     });
     this.render();
@@ -16956,13 +17001,10 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
       // do button stuff
       var buttonDefer = Q.defer();
       buttonDefer.promise
-      .then(_.bind(function() {
-        this.confirmed();
-      }, this))
-      .fail(_.bind(function() {
-        this.cancelled();
-      }, this))
+      .then(_.bind(this.confirmed, this))
+      .fail(_.bind(this.cancelled, this))
       .done();
+
       var confirmCancel = new Views.ConfirmCancelView({
         deferred: buttonDefer,
         destination: this.getDestination()
@@ -17000,6 +17042,10 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
     return this.$('textarea').val();
   },
 
+  exportToArray: function() {
+    return this.getRawText().split('\n');
+  },
+
   updatePreview: function() {
     var raw = this.getRawText();
     var HTML = require('markdown').markdown.toHTML(raw);
@@ -17007,7 +17053,83 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
   }
 });
 
+var DemonstrationBuilder = ContainedBase.extend({
+  tagName: 'div',
+  className: 'demonstrationBuilder box vertical',
+  template: _.template($('#demonstration-builder').html()),
+
+  initialize: function(options) {
+    options = options || {};
+    this.deferred = options.deferred || Q.defer();
+
+    this.JSON = {};
+    this.container = new ModalTerminal({
+      title: 'Demonstration Builder'
+    });
+    this.render();
+
+    // build the two markdown grabbers
+    this.beforeMarkdownView = new MarkdownGrabber({
+      container: this,
+      withoutButton: true,
+      previewText: 'Before demonstration Markdown'
+    });
+    this.afterMarkdownView = new MarkdownGrabber({
+      container: this,
+      withoutButton: true,
+      previewText: 'After demonstration Markdown'
+    });
+
+    // the test button
+    var testButton = new Views.GeneralButton({
+      destination: this.$('div.buttons')[0],
+      buttonText: 'Test View'
+    });
+    testButton.navEvents.on('click', this.testView, this);
+
+    // build confirm button
+    var buttonDeferred = Q.defer();
+    var confirmCancel = new Views.ConfirmCancelView({
+      deferred: buttonDeferred,
+      destination: this.getDestination()
+    });
+
+    buttonDeferred.promise
+    .then(_.bind(this.confirmed, this))
+    .fail(_.bind(this.cancelled, this))
+    .done();
+  },
+
+  testView: function() {
+    var module = require('../views/gitDemonstrationView');
+    new module.GitDemonstrationView(this.getExportObj());
+  },
+
+  getExportObj: function() {
+    return {
+      beforeMarkdowns: this.beforeMarkdownView.exportToArray(),
+      afterMarkdowns: this.afterMarkdownView.exportToArray(),
+      gitCommand: 'git commit'
+    };
+  },
+
+  confirmed: function() {
+    this.die();
+    this.deferred.resolve(this.getExportObj());
+  },
+
+  cancelled: function() {
+    this.die();
+    this.deferred.resolve();
+  },
+
+  getInsideElement: function() {
+    return this.$('.insideBuilder')[0];
+  }
+});
+
 exports.MarkdownGrabber = MarkdownGrabber;
+exports.DemonstrationBuilder = DemonstrationBuilder;
 
 
 });
@@ -21518,7 +21640,7 @@ var ContainedBase = Views.ContainedBase;
 
 var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
   tagName: 'div',
-  className: 'MarkdownGrabber box horizontal',
+  className: 'markdownGrabber box horizontal',
   template: _.template($('#markdown-grabber-view').html()),
   events: {
     'keyup textarea': 'keyup'
@@ -21527,10 +21649,11 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
   initialize: function(options) {
     options = options || {};
     this.deferred = options.deferred || Q.defer();
-    this.options = options;
-    this.JSON = {};
+    this.JSON = {
+      previewText: options.previewText || 'Preview'
+    };
 
-    this.container = new ModalTerminal({
+    this.container = options.container || new ModalTerminal({
       title: options.title || 'Enter some markdown'
     });
     this.render();
@@ -21539,13 +21662,10 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
       // do button stuff
       var buttonDefer = Q.defer();
       buttonDefer.promise
-      .then(_.bind(function() {
-        this.confirmed();
-      }, this))
-      .fail(_.bind(function() {
-        this.cancelled();
-      }, this))
+      .then(_.bind(this.confirmed, this))
+      .fail(_.bind(this.cancelled, this))
       .done();
+
       var confirmCancel = new Views.ConfirmCancelView({
         deferred: buttonDefer,
         destination: this.getDestination()
@@ -21583,6 +21703,10 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
     return this.$('textarea').val();
   },
 
+  exportToArray: function() {
+    return this.getRawText().split('\n');
+  },
+
   updatePreview: function() {
     var raw = this.getRawText();
     var HTML = require('markdown').markdown.toHTML(raw);
@@ -21590,7 +21714,83 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
   }
 });
 
+var DemonstrationBuilder = ContainedBase.extend({
+  tagName: 'div',
+  className: 'demonstrationBuilder box vertical',
+  template: _.template($('#demonstration-builder').html()),
+
+  initialize: function(options) {
+    options = options || {};
+    this.deferred = options.deferred || Q.defer();
+
+    this.JSON = {};
+    this.container = new ModalTerminal({
+      title: 'Demonstration Builder'
+    });
+    this.render();
+
+    // build the two markdown grabbers
+    this.beforeMarkdownView = new MarkdownGrabber({
+      container: this,
+      withoutButton: true,
+      previewText: 'Before demonstration Markdown'
+    });
+    this.afterMarkdownView = new MarkdownGrabber({
+      container: this,
+      withoutButton: true,
+      previewText: 'After demonstration Markdown'
+    });
+
+    // the test button
+    var testButton = new Views.GeneralButton({
+      destination: this.$('div.buttons')[0],
+      buttonText: 'Test View'
+    });
+    testButton.navEvents.on('click', this.testView, this);
+
+    // build confirm button
+    var buttonDeferred = Q.defer();
+    var confirmCancel = new Views.ConfirmCancelView({
+      deferred: buttonDeferred,
+      destination: this.getDestination()
+    });
+
+    buttonDeferred.promise
+    .then(_.bind(this.confirmed, this))
+    .fail(_.bind(this.cancelled, this))
+    .done();
+  },
+
+  testView: function() {
+    var module = require('../views/gitDemonstrationView');
+    new module.GitDemonstrationView(this.getExportObj());
+  },
+
+  getExportObj: function() {
+    return {
+      beforeMarkdowns: this.beforeMarkdownView.exportToArray(),
+      afterMarkdowns: this.afterMarkdownView.exportToArray(),
+      gitCommand: 'git commit'
+    };
+  },
+
+  confirmed: function() {
+    this.die();
+    this.deferred.resolve(this.getExportObj());
+  },
+
+  cancelled: function() {
+    this.die();
+    this.deferred.resolve();
+  },
+
+  getInsideElement: function() {
+    return this.$('.insideBuilder')[0];
+  }
+});
+
 exports.MarkdownGrabber = MarkdownGrabber;
+exports.DemonstrationBuilder = DemonstrationBuilder;
 
 
 });
@@ -22262,6 +22462,49 @@ var ContainedBase = BaseView.extend({
   }
 });
 
+var GeneralButton = ContainedBase.extend({
+  tagName: 'a',
+  className: 'generalButton uiButton',
+  template: _.template($('#general-button').html()),
+  events: {
+    'click': 'click'
+  },
+
+  initialize: function(options) {
+    options = options || {};
+    this.navEvents = options.navEvents || _.clone(Backbone.Events);
+    this.destination = options.destination;
+    if (!this.destination) {
+      this.container = new ModalTerminal();
+    }
+
+    this.JSON = {
+      buttonText: options.buttonText || 'General Button',
+      wantsWrapper: (options.wantsWrapper !== undefined) ? options.wantsWrapper : true
+    };
+
+    this.render();
+
+    if (this.container && !options.wait) {
+      this.show();
+    }
+  },
+
+  click: function() {
+    if (!this.clickFunc) {
+      this.clickFunc = _.throttle(
+        _.bind(this.sendClick, this),
+        500
+      );
+    }
+    this.clickFunc();
+  },
+
+  sendClick: function() {
+    this.navEvents.trigger('click');
+  }
+});
+
 var ConfirmCancelView = ResolveRejectBase.extend({
   tagName: 'div',
   className: 'confirmCancelView box horizontal justify',
@@ -22763,6 +23006,7 @@ var CanvasTerminalHolder = BaseView.extend({
 });
 
 exports.BaseView = BaseView;
+exports.GeneralButton = GeneralButton;
 exports.ModalView = ModalView;
 exports.ModalTerminal = ModalTerminal;
 exports.ModalAlert = ModalAlert;
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index c9572349..9297a581 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -227,16 +227,31 @@
     </div>
   </script>
 
+  <script type="text/html" id="general-button">
+      <%= buttonText %>
+  </script>
+
+  <script type="text/html" id="demonstration-builder">
+    <div class="insideBuilder box vertical">
+    </div>
+    <div class="buttons box horizontal center">
+    </div>
+  </script>
+
   <script type="text/html" id="markdown-grabber-view">
     <div class="inputSide box vertical">
       <div class="markdownGrabberInput">
-        <textarea>## Enter some markdown!</textarea>
+        <textarea>
+## Enter some markdown!
+
+
+</textarea>
       </div>
     </div>
 
     <div class="box vertical flex1">
       <p class="helperText textAlignCenter">
-        Preview
+        <%= previewText %>
       </p>
 
       <div class="markdownGrabberPreview box flex1 vertical">
diff --git a/src/js/views/builderViews.js b/src/js/views/builderViews.js
index f7faae98..f969b9cb 100644
--- a/src/js/views/builderViews.js
+++ b/src/js/views/builderViews.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var ContainedBase = Views.ContainedBase;
 
 var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
   tagName: 'div',
-  className: 'MarkdownGrabber box horizontal',
+  className: 'markdownGrabber box horizontal',
   template: _.template($('#markdown-grabber-view').html()),
   events: {
     'keyup textarea': 'keyup'
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
   initialize: function(options) {
     options = options || {};
     this.deferred = options.deferred || Q.defer();
-    this.options = options;
-    this.JSON = {};
+    this.JSON = {
+      previewText: options.previewText || 'Preview'
+    };
 
-    this.container = new ModalTerminal({
+    this.container = options.container || new ModalTerminal({
       title: options.title || 'Enter some markdown'
     });
     this.render();
@@ -33,13 +34,10 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
       // do button stuff
       var buttonDefer = Q.defer();
       buttonDefer.promise
-      .then(_.bind(function() {
-        this.confirmed();
-      }, this))
-      .fail(_.bind(function() {
-        this.cancelled();
-      }, this))
+      .then(_.bind(this.confirmed, this))
+      .fail(_.bind(this.cancelled, this))
       .done();
+
       var confirmCancel = new Views.ConfirmCancelView({
         deferred: buttonDefer,
         destination: this.getDestination()
@@ -77,6 +75,10 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
     return this.$('textarea').val();
   },
 
+  exportToArray: function() {
+    return this.getRawText().split('\n');
+  },
+
   updatePreview: function() {
     var raw = this.getRawText();
     var HTML = require('markdown').markdown.toHTML(raw);
@@ -84,5 +86,81 @@ var MarkdownGrabber = ContainedBase.extend({
   }
 });
 
-exports.MarkdownGrabber = MarkdownGrabber;
+var DemonstrationBuilder = ContainedBase.extend({
+  tagName: 'div',
+  className: 'demonstrationBuilder box vertical',
+  template: _.template($('#demonstration-builder').html()),
+
+  initialize: function(options) {
+    options = options || {};
+    this.deferred = options.deferred || Q.defer();
+
+    this.JSON = {};
+    this.container = new ModalTerminal({
+      title: 'Demonstration Builder'
+    });
+    this.render();
+
+    // build the two markdown grabbers
+    this.beforeMarkdownView = new MarkdownGrabber({
+      container: this,
+      withoutButton: true,
+      previewText: 'Before demonstration Markdown'
+    });
+    this.afterMarkdownView = new MarkdownGrabber({
+      container: this,
+      withoutButton: true,
+      previewText: 'After demonstration Markdown'
+    });
+
+    // the test button
+    var testButton = new Views.GeneralButton({
+      destination: this.$('div.buttons')[0],
+      buttonText: 'Test View'
+    });
+    testButton.navEvents.on('click', this.testView, this);
+
+    // build confirm button
+    var buttonDeferred = Q.defer();
+    var confirmCancel = new Views.ConfirmCancelView({
+      deferred: buttonDeferred,
+      destination: this.getDestination()
+    });
+
+    buttonDeferred.promise
+    .then(_.bind(this.confirmed, this))
+    .fail(_.bind(this.cancelled, this))
+    .done();
+  },
+
+  testView: function() {
+    var module = require('../views/gitDemonstrationView');
+    new module.GitDemonstrationView(this.getExportObj());
+  },
+
+  getExportObj: function() {
+    return {
+      beforeMarkdowns: this.beforeMarkdownView.exportToArray(),
+      afterMarkdowns: this.afterMarkdownView.exportToArray(),
+      gitCommand: 'git commit'
+    };
+  },
+
+  confirmed: function() {
+    this.die();
+    this.deferred.resolve(this.getExportObj());
+  },
+
+  cancelled: function() {
+    this.die();
+    this.deferred.resolve();
+  },
+
+  getInsideElement: function() {
+    return this.$('.insideBuilder')[0];
+  }
+});
+
+exports.MarkdownGrabber = MarkdownGrabber;
+exports.DemonstrationBuilder = DemonstrationBuilder;
 
diff --git a/src/js/views/index.js b/src/js/views/index.js
index c2fdb619..664c078c 100644
--- a/src/js/views/index.js
+++ b/src/js/views/index.js
@@ -69,6 +69,49 @@ var ContainedBase = BaseView.extend({
   }
 });
 
+var GeneralButton = ContainedBase.extend({
+  tagName: 'a',
+  className: 'generalButton uiButton',
+  template: _.template($('#general-button').html()),
+  events: {
+    'click': 'click'
+  },
+
+  initialize: function(options) {
+    options = options || {};
+    this.navEvents = options.navEvents || _.clone(Backbone.Events);
+    this.destination = options.destination;
+    if (!this.destination) {
+      this.container = new ModalTerminal();
+    }
+
+    this.JSON = {
+      buttonText: options.buttonText || 'General Button',
+      wantsWrapper: (options.wantsWrapper !== undefined) ? options.wantsWrapper : true
+    };
+
+    this.render();
+
+    if (this.container && !options.wait) {
+      this.show();
+    }
+  },
+
+  click: function() {
+    if (!this.clickFunc) {
+      this.clickFunc = _.throttle(
+        _.bind(this.sendClick, this),
+        500
+      );
+    }
+    this.clickFunc();
+  },
+
+  sendClick: function() {
+    this.navEvents.trigger('click');
+  }
+});
+
 var ConfirmCancelView = ResolveRejectBase.extend({
   tagName: 'div',
   className: 'confirmCancelView box horizontal justify',
@@ -570,6 +613,7 @@ var CanvasTerminalHolder = BaseView.extend({
 });
 
 exports.BaseView = BaseView;
+exports.GeneralButton = GeneralButton;
 exports.ModalView = ModalView;
 exports.ModalTerminal = ModalTerminal;
 exports.ModalAlert = ModalAlert;
diff --git a/src/style/main.css b/src/style/main.css
index 5f48c074..836d5d28 100644
--- a/src/style/main.css
+++ b/src/style/main.css
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ li.rebaseEntry.notPicked {
 }
 
 .modalView .terminal-window {
-  margin-top: 10%;
+  margin-top: 5%;
   -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, -100%, 0);
   -moz-transform: translate3d(0, -100%, 0);
   -o-transform: translate3d(0, -100%, 0);
@@ -737,28 +737,49 @@ div.levelIcon.solved div.index div.indexNum {
   display: none;
 }
 
-/* Git demonstration view, and MarkdownGrabber */
+/* DemonstrationBuilder */
 
-.MarkdownGrabber {
+.demonstrationBuilder div.buttons {
+  margin: 8px 0;
+}
+
+.demonstrationBuilder .markdownGrabber{
+  min-height: 200px;
+}
+
+.markdownGrabberInput {
+  margin-top: 32px;
+}
+
+.demonstrationBuilder .markdownGrabber textarea {
+  height: auto;
+}
+
+/* Git demonstration view, and markdownGrabber */
+
+.markdownGrabber {
   padding: 10px;
 }
 
-.MarkdownGrabber textarea {
+.markdownGrabber textarea {
   width: 90%;
-  height: 600px;
-  resize: none;
+  height: 400px;
+}
+
+.demonstrationBuilder .markdownGrabber textarea {
+  height: 200px;
 }
 
 .markdownGrabberPreview div.insidePreview {
   padding: 8px;
 }
 
-.MarkdownGrabber > div.inputSide,
+.markdownGrabber > div.inputSide,
 .gitDemonstrationView > div.demonstrationText {
   width: 50%;
 }
 
-.MarkdownGrabber div.markdownGrabberPreview,
+.markdownGrabber div.markdownGrabberPreview,
 .gitDemonstrationView > div.visHolder {
   box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
   border-radius: 3px;
@@ -770,7 +791,7 @@ div.levelIcon.solved div.index div.indexNum {
   padding: 10px;
 }
 
-.MarkdownGrabber,
+.markdownGrabber,
 .gitDemonstrationView {
   min-height: 400px;
 }
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 2e10be5b..c07bc5fb 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ Big Things
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 [ ] level builder dialog tester
 [ ] level builder dialog builder
+[ ] allow demonstration view to have git commands beforehand
 
 Medium things:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-[ ] get automated SHA hash appending in the html source :OOOOO... template? or what?
+[ ] get automated SHA hash appending in the html source :OOOOO... template? or what?t
 
 Cases to handle / things to edit
 =======================
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ Ideas for cleaning
 Done things:
 (I only started this on Dec 17th 2012 to get a better sense of what was done)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+[x] demonstration builder progress
+[x] markdowngrabber
 [x] sandbox and level command refresh
 [x] level builder finish
 [x] level builder? :OOO