diff --git a/content b/content
index 50554ca..0005a42 160000
--- a/content
+++ b/content
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 50554ca98931f8e1e971b6cd3e055ca90f315fea
+Subproject commit 0005a42f8d5d8487d1f45c37d9823a6fd8936231
diff --git a/src/controllers/blogControllers.js b/src/controllers/blogControllers.js
index 86558bd..b4f21ff 100644
--- a/src/controllers/blogControllers.js
+++ b/src/controllers/blogControllers.js
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     }
     const htmlContent = marked(content);
     const context = {
+      showSidebar: !res.locals.isPaper,
       title: frontmatter.title,
       date: frontmatter.date,
       author: frontmatter.author,
@@ -121,5 +122,8 @@
     templateContent: post.excerpt || "",
   }));
 
-  res.renderWithBaseContext("pages/blog_index", { collections: { posts } });
+  res.renderWithBaseContext("pages/blog_index", {
+    showSidebar: !res.locals.isPaper,
+    collections: { posts },
+  });
 };
diff --git a/src/middleware/baseContext.js b/src/middleware/baseContext.js
index 7cf3640..e0570e6 100644
--- a/src/middleware/baseContext.js
+++ b/src/middleware/baseContext.js
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
 function cssOverride(overrides = {}) {
   const defaults = {
     classes: {
-      body: "pattern-dots",
-      layout: "layout",
-      sidebar: "sidebar",
-      container: "container",
+      body: "pattern-dots no-print",
+      layout: "layout no-print",
+      sidebar: "sidebar no-print",
+      container: "container no-print",
     },
     styles: {},
   };
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 const getDefaultContext = (view = "web") => {
   const isPaper = view == "paper";
   return {
-    showSidebar: !isPaper,
+    showSidebar: false,
     showFooter: !isPaper,
     showHeader: !isPaper,
     viewType: view,
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 };
 
 module.exports.attachBaseContextGetter = async (req, res, next) => {
+  res.locals.isPaper = req.query.view == "print";
   req.getBaseContext = async (isAuthenticated, overrides = {}) => {
     const filteredNavLinks = processMenuLinks(
       navLinks,
diff --git a/src/middleware/index.js b/src/middleware/index.js
index e0684d9..4de2b80 100644
--- a/src/middleware/index.js
+++ b/src/middleware/index.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 const validateRequestIntegrity = require("./validateRequestIntegrity");
 const errorHandler = require("./errorHandler");
 const { attachBaseContextGetter, buildBaseContext } = require("./baseContext");
+const BaseContext = require("../utils/baseContext");
 const hbs = require("./hbs");
 const authCheck = require("./authCheck");
 const { redirectMiddleware } = require("./redirect");
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@
   app.use(authCheck);
 
   // Setup handlebars
-  app.use(attachBaseContextGetter, buildBaseContext);
+  app.use(BaseContext);
+  // app.use(attachBaseContextGetter, buildBaseContext);
 
   // Setup production environment
   if (meta.node_env === "production" || meta.node_env === "testing") {
diff --git a/src/routes/projects.js b/src/routes/projects.js
index 5137b81..c7220c6 100644
--- a/src/routes/projects.js
+++ b/src/routes/projects.js
@@ -22,15 +22,17 @@
 router.use("/projects/website-presentation", presentation);
 html.register("/games/word-guesser", "word-guesser");
 
-function createProject(url, file) {
-  markdown.register(url, file, { project: true });
+function createProject(url, file, overrides = {}) {
+  markdown.register(url, file, { project: true, ...overrides });
 }
 createProject("/projects/lisp-interpreter", "projects/lisp_interpreter");
 createProject("/projects/pipeline-runner", "projects/pipeline_runner");
 createProject("/projects/telemetry", "projects/telemetry");
 createProject("/projects/xmonad", "projects/xmonad");
 createProject("/projects/word-guesser", "projects/word-guesser");
-createProject("/about/blog", "projects/about-blog");
+createProject("/about/blog", "projects/about-blog", {
+  // showSidebar: true,
+});
 
 router.get("/projects", async (req, res, next) => {
   try {
diff --git a/src/utils/MarkdownRoutes.js b/src/utils/MarkdownRoutes.js
index 20fec17..56c11b6 100644
--- a/src/utils/MarkdownRoutes.js
+++ b/src/utils/MarkdownRoutes.js
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
           content: htmlContent,
           ...extraParams,
         };
+        console.log(extraParams);
         res.renderWithBaseContext(`pages/${handlebarsFile}`, context);
       } catch (err) {
         err.statusCode = 500;
diff --git a/src/utils/baseContext.js b/src/utils/baseContext.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02367e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/baseContext.js
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+// src/utils/baseContext.js
+const path = require("path");
+const getPostsMenu = require("../services/postsMenuService");
+const { formatMonth } = require("../utils/formatMonth");
+const { qualifyNavLinks, qualifyLink } = require("../utils/qualifyLinks");
+const { baseUrl } = require("../utils/baseUrl.js");
+const navLinks = require(path.join(__dirname, "../../content/navLinks.json"));
+const processMenuLinks = require("../utils/processMenuLinks");
+const { generateToken } = require("../utils/adminToken");
+const { meta } = require("../config/loader");
+
+const getSiteTitle = (owner) => `${owner}'s Software Blog`;
+
+const POSTS_DIR = path.join(__dirname, "../../content/posts");
+
+class BaseContextManager {
+  constructor(req, res, next) {
+    this.req = req;
+    this.res = res;
+    this.next = next;
+    this.isPaper = req.query.view == "print";
+    req.getBaseContext = this.getBaseContext.bind(this);
+    res.renderWithBaseContext = this.renderWithBaseContext.bind(this);
+    res.renderWithCallback = this.renderWithCallback.bind(this);
+    res.renderGenericMessage = this.renderGenericMessage.bind(this);
+    res.cssOverride = this.cssOverride.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  async init() {
+    const isAuthenticated = this.req.isAuthenticated;
+    const token = generateToken();
+    const adminLoginUrl = qualifyLink(`/${token}`);
+    this.baseContext = await this.getBaseContext(isAuthenticated, {
+      adminLoginUrl,
+    });
+    this.next();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Merges CSS class and style overrides with default values.
+   * @param {Object} overrides - Object containing classes and styles to override.
+   * @returns {Object} The merged CSS configuration object.
+   */
+  cssOverride(overrides = {}) {
+    const defaults = {
+      classes: {
+        body: "pattern-dots no-print",
+        layout: "layout no-print",
+        sidebar: "sidebar no-print",
+        container: "container no-print",
+      },
+      styles: {},
+    };
+
+    return {
+      classes: { ...defaults.classes, ...(overrides.classes || {}) },
+      styles: { ...defaults.styles, ...(overrides.styles || {}) },
+    };
+  }
+
+  getDefaultContext(view = "web") {
+    const isPaper = view == "paper";
+    return {
+      showSidebar: false,
+      showFooter: !isPaper,
+      showHeader: !isPaper,
+      viewType: view,
+      css: this.cssOverride(),
+    };
+  }
+
+  async getBaseContext(isAuthenticated, overrides = {}) {
+    const filteredNavLinks = processMenuLinks(
+      navLinks,
+      isAuthenticated,
+      this.req.path,
+    );
+    const qualifiedNavLinks = qualifyNavLinks(filteredNavLinks);
+    const menu = await getPostsMenu(POSTS_DIR);
+    const siteOwner = meta.site_owner;
+
+    const context = {
+      title: getSiteTitle(siteOwner),
+      siteOwner,
+      originCountry: meta.country,
+      hCaptchaKey: meta.hcaptcha_key,
+      navLinks: qualifiedNavLinks,
+      years: menu,
+      formatMonth,
+      baseUrl,
+      isAuthenticated,
+      node_env_dev: meta.node_env == "development",
+      node_env_prod: meta.node_env != "development",
+      ...this.getDefaultContext(this.req.query.view ?? "web"),
+      ...overrides,
+    };
+
+    return context;
+  }
+
+  renderWithBaseContext(template, overrides = {}) {
+    const context = Object.assign({}, this.baseContext, overrides);
+    this.res.render(template, context);
+  }
+
+  renderWithCallback(template, cb, overrides = {}) {
+    let context = Object.assign({}, this.baseContext, overrides);
+    this.res.logger.info(cb); // Retained mission critical log
+    context = cb(context);
+    this.res.render(template, context);
+  }
+
+  renderGenericMessage(overrides = {}) {
+    this.res.render(
+      "pages/generic-message",
+      Object.assign({}, this.baseContext, overrides),
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = async (req, res, next) => {
+  await new BaseContextManager(req, res, next).init();
+};