diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/base.js b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/base.js
index ccc23e0e60..9424b6c328 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/base.js
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/base.js
@@ -15,20 +15,21 @@ function basePageInit (ctx) {
 
   /* Hide the change project icon when there is only one project */
   if (ctx.numProjects == 1){
-     $('#project .icon-pencil').hide(); 
+     $('#project .icon-pencil').hide();
   }
 
   newBuildButton.show().removeAttr("disabled");
 
+
   _checkProjectBuildable()
   _setupNewBuildButton();
 
 
   function _checkProjectBuildable(){
-    if (currentProjectId == undefined)
+    if (libtoaster.ctx.projectId == undefined)
       return;
 
-    libtoaster.getProjectInfo(ctx.projectInfoUrl, currentProjectId,
+    libtoaster.getProjectInfo(ctx.projectInfoUrl, libtoaster.ctx.projectId,
       function(data){
         if (data.machine.name == undefined || data.layers.length == 0) {
           /* we can't build anything with out a machine and some layers */
@@ -53,18 +54,13 @@ function basePageInit (ctx) {
     /* If we don't have a current project then present the set project
      * form.
      */
-    if (currentProjectId == undefined) {
+    if (libtoaster.ctx.projectId == undefined) {
       $('#change-project-form').show();
       $('#project .icon-pencil').hide();
     }
 
-    libtoaster.makeTypeahead(newBuildTargetInput, { type : "targets", project_id: currentProjectId }, function(item){
-        /* successfully selected a target */
-        selectedTarget = item;
-    });
 
-
-    libtoaster.makeTypeahead(newBuildProjectInput, { type : "projects" }, function(item){
+    libtoaster.makeTypeahead(newBuildProjectInput, libtoaster.ctx.projectsUrl, { format : "json" }, function(item){
         /* successfully selected a project */
         newBuildProjectSaveBtn.removeAttr("disabled");
         selectedProject = item;
@@ -93,20 +89,40 @@ function basePageInit (ctx) {
       if (!selectedTarget)
         selectedTarget = { name: newBuildTargetInput.val() };
       /* fire and forget */
-      libtoaster.startABuild(ctx.projectBuildUrl, currentProjectId, selectedTarget.name, null, null);
-      window.location.replace(ctx.projectBasePageUrl+currentProjectId);
+      libtoaster.startABuild(ctx.projectBuildUrl, libtoaster.ctx.projectId, selectedTarget.name, null, null);
+      window.location.replace(libtoaster.ctx.projectPageUrl);
     });
 
     newBuildProjectSaveBtn.click(function() {
-      currentProjectId = selectedProject.id
+      libtoaster.ctx.projectId = selectedProject.pk
       /* Update the typeahead project_id paramater */
       _checkProjectBuildable();
-      newBuildTargetInput.data('typeahead').options.xhrParams.project_id = currentProjectId;
+
+      /* we set the effective context of the page to the currently selected project */
+      /* TBD: do we override even if we already have a context project ?? */
+      /* TODO: replace global library context with references to the "selected" project */
+      libtoaster.ctx.projectPageUrl = selectedProject.projectPageUrl;
+      libtoaster.ctx.xhrProjectEditUrl = selectedProject.xhrProjectEditUrl;
+      libtoaster.ctx.projectName = selectedProject.name;
+      libtoaster.ctx.projectId = selectedProject.id;
+
+      ctx.projectBuildUrl = selectedProject.projectBuildUrl;
+
+      /* we can create a target typeahead only after we have a project selected */
+      newBuildTargetInput.prop("disabled", false);
+      newBuildTargetBuildBtn.prop("disabled", false);
+
+      libtoaster.makeTypeahead(newBuildTargetInput, selectedProject.xhrProjectDataTypeaheadUrl, { type : "targets" }, function(item){
+        /* successfully selected a target */
+        selectedTarget = item;
+	    });
+
       newBuildTargetInput.val("");
 
-      $("#new-build-button #project a").text(selectedProject.name).attr('href', ctx.projectBasePageUrl+currentProjectId);
-      $("#new-build-button .alert a").attr('href', ctx.projectBasePageUrl+currentProjectId);
-
+      /* set up new form aspect */
+      $("#new-build-button #project a").text(selectedProject.name).attr('href', libtoaster.ctx.projectPageUrl);
+      $("#new-build-button .alert a").attr('href', libtoaster.ctx.projectPageUrl);
+      $("#project .icon-pencil").show();
 
       $("#change-project-form").slideUp({ 'complete' : function() {
           $("#new-build-button #project").show();
@@ -116,6 +132,7 @@ function basePageInit (ctx) {
     $('#new-build-button #project .icon-pencil').click(function() {
       newBuildProjectSaveBtn.attr("disabled", "disabled");
       newBuildProjectInput.val($("#new-build-button #project a").text());
+      $("#cancel-change-project").show();
       $(this).parent().hide();
       $("#change-project-form").slideDown();
     });
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/importlayer.js b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/importlayer.js
index 875cc342b8..beb2ede3dc 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/importlayer.js
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/importlayer.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ function importLayerPageInit (ctx) {
 
   $("#new-project-button").hide();
 
-  libtoaster.makeTypeahead(layerDepInput, { type : "layers", project_id: libtoaster.ctx.projectId, include_added: "true" }, function(item){
+  libtoaster.makeTypeahead(layerDepInput, libtoaster.ctx.xhrProjectDataTypeaheadUrl, { type : "layers", project_id: libtoaster.ctx.projectId, include_added: "true" }, function(item){
     currentLayerDepSelection = item;
 
     layerDepBtn.removeAttr("disabled");
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function importLayerPageInit (ctx) {
   /* We automatically add "openembedded-core" layer for convenience as a
    * dependency as pretty much all layers depend on this one
    */
-  $.getJSON(libtoaster.ctx.xhrDataTypeaheadUrl, { type : "layers", project_id: libtoaster.ctx.projectId, include_added: "true" , value: "openembedded-core" }, function(layer) {
+  $.getJSON(libtoaster.ctx.xhrProjectDataTypeaheadUrl, { type : "layers", project_id: libtoaster.ctx.projectId, include_added: "true" , value: "openembedded-core" }, function(layer) {
     if (layer.list.length == 1) {
       currentLayerDepSelection = layer.list[0];
       layerDepBtn.click();
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ function importLayerPageInit (ctx) {
       var name = $(this).val();
 
       /* Check if the layer name exists */
-      $.getJSON(libtoaster.ctx.xhrDataTypeaheadUrl, { type : "layers", project_id: libtoaster.ctx.projectId, include_added: "true" , value: name }, function(layer) {
+      $.getJSON(libtoaster.ctx.xhrProjectDataTypeaheadUrl, { type : "layers", project_id: libtoaster.ctx.projectId, include_added: "true" , value: name }, function(layer) {
       if (layer.list.length > 0) {
         for (var i in layer.list){
           if (layer.list[i].name == name) {
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/layerdetails.js b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/layerdetails.js
index 3746ea26e3..8e14b8f277 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/layerdetails.js
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/layerdetails.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function layerDetailsPageInit (ctx) {
   var addRmLayerBtn = $("#add-remove-layer-btn");
 
   /* setup the dependencies typeahead */
-  libtoaster.makeTypeahead(layerDepInput, { type : "layers", project_id: libtoaster.ctx.projectId, include_added: "true" }, function(item){
+  libtoaster.makeTypeahead(layerDepInput, libtoaster.ctx.xhrProjectDataTypeaheadUrl, { type : "layers", project_id: libtoaster.ctx.projectId, include_added: "true" }, function(item){
     currentLayerDepSelection = item;
 
     layerDepBtn.removeAttr("disabled");
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/libtoaster.js b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/libtoaster.js
index 99e1f03095..72fb0a93f5 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/libtoaster.js
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/static/js/libtoaster.js
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ var libtoaster = (function (){
    * xhrUrl: the url to get the JSON from expects JSON in the form:
    *  { "list": [ { "name": "test", "detail" : "a test thing"  }, .... ] }
    * xhrParams: the data/parameters to pass to the getJSON url e.g.
-   *  { 'type' : 'projects' } the text typed will be passed as 'value'.
+   *  { 'type' : 'projects' } the text typed will be passed as 'search'.
    *  selectedCB: function to call once an item has been selected one
    *  arg of the item.
    */
-  function _makeTypeahead (jQElement, xhrParams, selectedCB) {
+  function _makeTypeahead (jQElement, xhrUrl, xhrParams, selectedCB) {
 
     jQElement.typeahead({
         source: function(query, process){
-          xhrParams.value = query;
-          $.getJSON(libtoaster.ctx.xhrDataTypeaheadUrl, this.options.xhrParams, function(data){
+          xhrParams.search = query;
+          $.getJSON(xhrUrl, this.options.xhrParams, function(data){
             if (data.error !== "ok") {
               console.log("Error getting data from server "+data.error);
               return;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var libtoaster = (function (){
           return $('<span></span>').text(item.name).get(0);
         },
         sorter: function (items) { return items; },
-        xhrUrl: libtoaster.ctx.xhrDataTypeaheadUrl,
+        xhrUrl: xhrUrl,
         xhrParams: xhrParams,
     });
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ var libtoaster = (function (){
 
   function _getLayerDepsForProject(projectId, layerId, onSuccess, onFail){
     /* Check for dependencies not in the current project */
-    $.getJSON(libtoaster.ctx.xhrDataTypeaheadUrl,
+    $.getJSON(libtoaster.ctx.xhrProjectDataTypeaheadUrl,
       { type: 'layerdeps', 'value': layerId , project_id: projectId },
       function(data) {
         if (data.error != "ok") {
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/base.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/base.html
index 230dee49d6..e10dc11673 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/base.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/base.html
@@ -31,11 +31,19 @@
     projectId : {{project.id|default:'undefined'}},
     jsUrl : "{% static 'js/' %}",
     htmlUrl : "{% static 'html/' %}",
+    projectsUrl : "{% url 'all-projects' %}",
     {% if project.id %}
-    xhrDataTypeaheadUrl : "{% url 'xhr_datatypeahead' project.id %}",
-    xhrProjectEditUrl : "{% url 'xhr_projectedit' project.id %}",
-    projectPageUrl : "{% url 'project' project.id %}",
-    projectName : "{{project.name}}",
+      xhrProjectDataTypeaheadUrl : "{% url 'xhr_datatypeahead' project.id %}",
+      xhrProjectEditUrl : "{% url 'xhr_projectedit' project.id %}",
+      projectPageUrl : "{% url 'project' project.id %}",
+      projectName : "{{project.name}}",
+      projectId : {{project.id}},
+    {% else %}
+      xhrProjectDataTypeaheadUrl : undefined,
+      xhrProjectEditUrl : undefined,
+      projectPageUrl : undefined,
+      projectName : undefined,
+      projectId : undefined,
     {% endif %}
   };
 </script>
@@ -45,8 +53,6 @@
   $(document).ready(function () {
     /* Vars needed for base.js */
     var ctx = {};
-    ctx.projectBuildUrl = "{% url 'xhr_build' %}";
-    ctx.projectBasePageUrl = "{% url 'base_project' %}";
     ctx.projectInfoUrl = "{% url 'xhr_projectinfo' %}";
     ctx.numProjects = {{projects|length}};
     ctx.currentUrl = "{{request.path|escapejs}}";
@@ -99,7 +105,7 @@
                     <div class="input-append">
                       <input type="text" class="input-medium" id="project-name-input" placeholder="Type a project name" autocomplete="off" data-minLength="1" data-autocomplete="off" data-provide="typeahead"/>
                         <button id="save-project-button" class="btn" type="button">Save</button>
-                        <a href="#" id="cancel-change-project" class="btn btn-link">Cancel</a>
+                        <a href="#" id="cancel-change-project" class="btn btn-link" style="display: none">Cancel</a>
                       </div>
                       <p><a id="view-all-projects" href="{% url 'all-projects' %}">View all projects</a></p>
                     </form>
@@ -111,9 +117,9 @@
                   <li id="targets-form">
                     <h6>Recipe(s):</h6>
                     <form>
-                      <input type="text" class="input-xlarge" id="build-target-input" placeholder="Type a recipe name" autocomplete="off" data-minLength="1" data-autocomplete="off" data-provide="typeahead" />
+                      <input type="text" class="input-xlarge" id="build-target-input" placeholder="Type a recipe name" autocomplete="off" data-minLength="1" data-autocomplete="off" data-provide="typeahead" disabled/>
                       <div>
-                        <a class="btn btn-primary" id="build-button" data-project-id="{{project.id}}">Build</a>
+                        <button class="btn btn-primary" id="build-button" data-project-id="{{project.id}}" disabled>Build</button>
                       </div>
                     </form>
                   </li>
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_bottom.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_bottom.html
index 4c28cae810..ce023f51af 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_bottom.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/basetable_bottom.html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    // load cookie for number of entries to be displayed on page
+    // load data for number of entries to be displayed on page
     if ({{request.GET.count}} != "") {
       pagesize = {{request.GET.count}};
     }
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/detail_pagination_bottom.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/detail_pagination_bottom.html
index 434facba93..f40c21d99f 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/detail_pagination_bottom.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/detail_pagination_bottom.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 <!-- Update page display settings -->
 <script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
-    // load cookie for number of entries to be displayed on page
+    // load data for number of entries to be displayed on page
     if ({{request.GET.count}} != "") {
       pagesize = {{request.GET.count}};
     }
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templatetags/projecttags.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templatetags/projecttags.py
index 8028ae0022..e79a4e5848 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templatetags/projecttags.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templatetags/projecttags.py
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ def get_tasks(queryset):
 
 
 @register.filter(name = "json")
-def json(value):
+def json(value, default = None):
     # JSON spec says that "\/" is functionally identical to "/" to allow for HTML-tag embedding in JSON strings
     # unfortunately, I can't find any option in the json module to turn on forward-slash escaping, so we do
     # it manually here
-    return mark_safe(JsonLib.dumps(value, ensure_ascii=False).replace('</', '<\\/'))
+    return mark_safe(JsonLib.dumps(value, default = default, ensure_ascii=False).replace('</', '<\\/'))
 
 @register.assignment_tag
 def query(qs, **kwargs):
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/urls.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/urls.py
index 7a1132febc..4e328dae17 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/urls.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/urls.py
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('toastergui.views',
 
         url(r'^projects/$', 'projects', name='all-projects'),
 
-        url(r'^project/$', lambda x: HttpResponseBadRequest(), name='base_project'),
-
         url(r'^project/(?P<pid>\d+)/$', 'project', name='project'),
         url(r'^project/(?P<pid>\d+)/configuration$', 'projectconf', name='projectconf'),
         url(r'^project/(?P<pid>\d+)/builds/$', 'projectbuilds', name='projectbuilds'),
@@ -110,7 +108,6 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('toastergui.views',
             name="all-layers"),
 
 
-        url(r'^xhr_build/$', 'xhr_build', name='xhr_build'),
         url(r'^xhr_projectbuild/(?P<pid>\d+)$', 'xhr_projectbuild', name='xhr_projectbuild'),
         url(r'^xhr_projectinfo/$', 'xhr_projectinfo', name='xhr_projectinfo'),
         url(r'^xhr_projectedit/(?P<pid>\d+)$', 'xhr_projectedit', name='xhr_projectedit'),
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
index 0e248a7435..d4a9b4ca0d 100755
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
@@ -129,7 +129,19 @@ def _redirect_parameters(view, g, mandatory_parameters, *args, **kwargs):
         if not i in params:
             params[i] = urllib.unquote(str(mandatory_parameters[i]))
 
-    return redirect(url + "?%s" % urllib.urlencode(params), *args, **kwargs)
+    return redirect(url + "?%s" % urllib.urlencode(params), permanent = False, *args, **kwargs)
+
+class RedirectException(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, view, g, mandatory_parameters, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(RedirectException, self).__init__()
+        self.view = view
+        self.g = g
+        self.mandatory_parameters = mandatory_parameters
+        self.oargs  = args
+        self.okwargs = kwargs
+
+    def get_redirect_response(self):
+        return _redirect_parameters(self.view, self.g, self.mandatory_parameters, self.oargs, self.okwargs)
 
 FIELD_SEPARATOR = ":"
 AND_VALUE_SEPARATOR = "!"
@@ -2200,14 +2212,6 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
         response['Pragma'] = "no-cache"
         return response
 
-    # This is a wrapper for xhr_projectbuild which allows for a project id
-    # which only becomes known client side.
-    def xhr_build(request):
-        if request.POST.has_key("project_id"):
-            pid = request.POST['project_id']
-            return xhr_projectbuild(request, pid)
-        else:
-            raise BadParameterException("invalid project id")
 
     def xhr_projectbuild(request, pid):
         try:
@@ -2333,7 +2337,7 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
             # returns layers for current project release that are not in the project set, matching the name
             if request.GET['type'] == "layers":
                 # all layers for the current project
-                queryset_all = prj.compatible_layerversions().filter(layer__name__icontains=request.GET.get('value',''))
+                queryset_all = prj.compatible_layerversions().filter(layer__name__icontains=request.GET.get('search',''))
 
                 # but not layers with equivalent layers already in project
                 if not request.GET.has_key('include_added'):
@@ -2348,7 +2352,7 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
             # returns layer dependencies for a layer, excluding current project layers
             if request.GET['type'] == "layerdeps":
                 queryset = prj.compatible_layerversions().exclude(pk__in = [x.id for x in prj.projectlayer_equivalent_set()]).filter(
-                    layer__name__in = [ x.depends_on.layer.name for x in LayerVersionDependency.objects.filter(layer_version_id = request.GET['value'])])
+                    layer__name__in = [ x.depends_on.layer.name for x in LayerVersionDependency.objects.filter(layer_version_id = request.GET['search'])])
 
                 final_list = set([x.get_equivalents_wpriority(prj)[0] for x in queryset])
 
@@ -2361,7 +2365,7 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
 
                 retval = []
                 for i in prj.projectlayer_set.all():
-                    lv = prj.compatible_layerversions(release = Release.objects.get(pk=request.GET['value'])).filter(layer__name = i.layercommit.layer.name)
+                    lv = prj.compatible_layerversions(release = Release.objects.get(pk=request.GET['search'])).filter(layer__name = i.layercommit.layer.name)
                     # there is no layer_version with the new release id, and the same name
                     if lv.count() < 1:
                         retval.append(i)
@@ -2374,10 +2378,10 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
             # returns layer versions that provide the named targets
             if request.GET['type'] == "layers4target":
                 # we return data only if the recipe can't be provided by the current project layer set
-                if reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, [x.recipe_layer_version.filter(name=request.GET['value']).count() for x in prj.projectlayer_equivalent_set()], 0):
+                if reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, [x.recipe_layer_version.filter(name=request.GET['search']).count() for x in prj.projectlayer_equivalent_set()], 0):
                     final_list = []
                 else:
-                    queryset_all = prj.compatible_layerversions().filter(recipe_layer_version__name = request.GET['value'])
+                    queryset_all = prj.compatible_layerversions().filter(recipe_layer_version__name = request.GET['search'])
 
                     # exclude layers in the project
                     queryset_all = queryset_all.exclude(pk__in = [x.id for x in prj.projectlayer_equivalent_set()])
@@ -2389,7 +2393,7 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
 
             # returns targets provided by current project layers
             if request.GET['type'] == "targets":
-                search_token = request.GET.get('value','')
+                search_token = request.GET.get('search','')
                 queryset_all = Recipe.objects.filter(layer_version__layer__name__in = [x.layercommit.layer.name for x in prj.projectlayer_set.all().select_related("layercommit__layer")]).filter(Q(name__icontains=search_token) | Q(layer_version__layer__name__icontains=search_token))
 
 #                layer_equivalent_set = []
@@ -2420,7 +2424,7 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
                 if 'project_id' in request.session:
                     queryset_all = queryset_all.filter(layer_version__in =  prj.projectlayer_equivalent_set()).order_by("name")
 
-                search_token = request.GET.get('value','')
+                search_token = request.GET.get('search','')
                 queryset_all = queryset_all.filter(Q(name__icontains=search_token) | Q(description__icontains=search_token))
 
                 return HttpResponse(jsonfilter({ "error":"ok",
@@ -2432,15 +2436,6 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
                         )
                     }), content_type = "application/json")
 
-            # returns all projects
-            if request.GET['type'] == "projects":
-                queryset_all = Project.objects.all()
-                ret = { "error": "ok",
-                       "list": map (lambda x: {"id":x.pk, "name": x.name},
-                                    queryset_all.filter(name__icontains=request.GET.get('value',''))[:8])}
-
-                return HttpResponse(jsonfilter(ret), content_type = "application/json")
-
             raise Exception("Unknown request! " + request.GET.get('type', "No parameter supplied"))
         except Exception as e:
             return HttpResponse(jsonfilter({"error":str(e) + "\n" + traceback.format_exc()}), content_type = "application/json")
@@ -2866,14 +2861,38 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
         return build_mru
 
 
-    def projects(request):
-        template="projects.html"
+    def template_renderer(template):
+        def func_wrapper(view):
+            def returned_wrapper(request, *args, **kwargs):
+                try:
+                    context = view(request, *args, **kwargs)
+                except RedirectException as e:
+                    return e.get_redirect_response()
 
+                if request.GET.get('format', None) == 'json':
+                    # objects is a special keyword - it's a Page, but we need the actual objects here
+                    # in XHR, the objects come in the "list" property
+                    if "objects" in context:
+                        context["list"] = context["objects"].object_list
+                        del context["objects"]
+
+                    # we're about to return; to keep up with the XHR API, we set the error to OK
+                    context["error"] = "ok"
+
+                    return HttpResponse(jsonfilter(context, default=lambda obj: obj.isoformat() if isinstance(obj, datetime) else obj.__dict__ ),
+                                content_type = "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+                else:
+                    return render(request, template, context)
+            return returned_wrapper
+        return func_wrapper
+
+    @template_renderer("projects.html")
+    def projects(request):
         (pagesize, orderby) = _get_parameters_values(request, 10, 'updated:-')
         mandatory_parameters = { 'count': pagesize,  'page' : 1, 'orderby' : orderby }
         retval = _verify_parameters( request.GET, mandatory_parameters )
         if retval:
-            return _redirect_parameters( 'all-projects', request.GET, mandatory_parameters)
+            raise RedirectException( 'all-projects', request.GET, mandatory_parameters )
 
         queryset_all = Project.objects.all()
 
@@ -2886,6 +2905,14 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
         # retrieve the objects that will be displayed in the table; projects a paginator and gets a page range to display
         project_info = _build_page_range(Paginator(queryset, pagesize), request.GET.get('page', 1))
 
+        # add fields needed in JSON dumps for API call support
+        for p in project_info.object_list:
+            p.id = p.pk
+            p.xhrProjectDataTypeaheadUrl = reverse('xhr_datatypeahead', args=(p.id,))
+            p.projectPageUrl = reverse('project', args=(p.id,))
+            p.xhrProjectEditUrl = reverse('xhr_projectedit', args=(p.id,))
+            p.projectBuildUrl = reverse('xhr_projectbuild', args=(p.id,))
+
         # build view-specific information; this is rendered specifically in the builds page, at the top of the page (i.e. Recent builds)
         build_mru = _managed_get_latest_builds()
 
@@ -2965,9 +2992,8 @@ if toastermain.settings.MANAGED:
                     ]
             }
 
-        response = render(request, template, context)
         _set_parameters_values(pagesize, orderby, request)
-        return response
+        return context
 
     def buildrequestdetails(request, pid, brid):
         template = "buildrequestdetails.html"
@@ -3185,9 +3211,6 @@ else:
     def xhr_projectbuild(request, pid):
         return render(request, 'landing_not_managed.html')
 
-    def xhr_build(request):
-        return render(request, 'landing_not_managed.html')
-
     def xhr_projectinfo(request):
         return render(request, 'landing_not_managed.html')