diff --git a/public/src/templates.js b/public/src/templates.js
index 2f2d9ad9fe..e4dbb0f69a 100644
--- a/public/src/templates.js
+++ b/public/src/templates.js
@@ -385,8 +385,11 @@
 					} else if (data[d] instanceof Object) {
 						template = parse(data[d], d + '.', template);
 					} else {
-						checkConditional(namespace + d, data[d]);
-						checkConditional('!' + namespace + d, !data[d]);
+						var key = namespace + d,
+							value = typeof data[d] === 'string' ? data[d].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') : data[d];
+
+						checkConditional(key, value);
+						checkConditional('!' + key, !value);
 
 						if (blockInfo && blockInfo.iterator) {
 							checkConditional('@first', blockInfo.iterator === 0);
@@ -395,7 +398,7 @@
 							checkConditional('!@last', blockInfo.iterator !== blockInfo.total);
 						}
 
-						template = replace(namespace + d, data[d], template);
+						template = replace(key, value, template);
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -406,7 +409,8 @@
 				namespace = '';
 			} else {
 				// clean up all undefined conditionals
-				template = template.replace(/(<!-- IF([^@]*?)(ELSE -->| -->))|(<!-- ENDIF([^@]*?)-->)/gi, '');
+				template = template.replace(/<!-- ELSE -->/gi, 'ENDIF -->')
+									.replace(/<!-- IF([^@]*?)ENDIF([^@]*?)-->/gi, '');
 			}
 
 			return template;
diff --git a/src/meta.js b/src/meta.js
index cef411b674..3a1caec33a 100644
--- a/src/meta.js
+++ b/src/meta.js
@@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 					jsPaths = scripts.map(function (jsPath) {
 						if (jsPath.substring(0, 7) === 'plugins') {
 							var paths = jsPath.split('/'),
-								pluginID = paths[1];
+								mappedPath = paths[1];
 
-							jsPath = jsPath.replace(path.join('plugins', pluginID), '');
-							return path.join(plugins.staticDirs[pluginID], jsPath);
+							jsPath = jsPath.replace(path.join('plugins', mappedPath), '');
+							return path.join(plugins.staticDirs[mappedPath], jsPath);
 						} else {
 							return path.join(__dirname, '..', '/public', jsPath);
 						}
diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index 700b5d7082..d990c3bb40 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -134,16 +134,41 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 				},
 				function(next) {
 					// Static Directories for Plugins
-					if (pluginData.staticDir) {
-						staticDir = path.join(pluginPath, pluginData.staticDir);
+					var	realPath,
+						validMappedPath = /^[\w\-_]+$/;
 
-						fs.exists(staticDir, function(exists) {
-							if (exists) {
-								Plugins.staticDirs[pluginData.id] = staticDir;
-								next();
-							} else next();
-						});
-					} else next();
+					pluginData.staticDirs = pluginData.staticDirs || {};
+
+					// Deprecated, to be removed v0.5
+					if (pluginData.staticDir) {
+						winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] staticDir is deprecated, use staticDirs instead');
+						Plugins.staticDirs[pluginData.id] = path.join(pluginPath, pluginData.staticDir);
+					}
+
+					for(key in pluginData.staticDirs) {
+						(function(mappedPath) {
+							if (pluginData.staticDirs.hasOwnProperty(mappedPath)) {
+								if (Plugins.staticDirs[mappedPath]) {
+									winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Mapped path (' + mappedPath + ') already specified!');
+								} else if (!validMappedPath.test(mappedPath)) {
+									winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] Invalid mapped path specified: ' + mappedPath + '. Path must adhere to: ' + validMappedPath.toString());
+								} else {
+									realPath = pluginData.staticDirs[mappedPath];
+									staticDir = path.join(pluginPath, realPath);
+
+									(function(staticDir) {
+										fs.exists(staticDir, function(exists) {
+											if (exists) {
+												Plugins.staticDirs[mappedPath] = staticDir;
+											}
+										});
+									}(staticDir));
+								}
+							}
+						}(key));
+					}
+
+					next();
 				},
 				function(next) {
 					// CSS Files for plugins
@@ -152,9 +177,16 @@ var fs = require('fs'),
 							winston.info('[plugins] Found ' + pluginData.css.length + ' CSS file(s) for plugin ' + pluginData.id);
 						}
 
-						Plugins.cssFiles = Plugins.cssFiles.concat(pluginData.css.map(function(file) {
-							return path.join('/plugins', pluginData.id, file);
-						}));
+						if (!pluginData.staticDir) {
+							Plugins.cssFiles = Plugins.cssFiles.concat(pluginData.css.map(function(file) {
+								return path.join('/plugins', file);
+							}));
+						} else {
+							winston.warn('[plugins/' + pluginData.id + '] staticDir is deprecated, define CSS files with new staticDirs instead.');
+							Plugins.cssFiles = Plugins.cssFiles.concat(pluginData.css.map(function(file) {
+								return path.join('/plugins', pluginData.id, file);
+							}));
+						}
 
 						next();
 					} else {
diff --git a/src/routes/plugins.js b/src/routes/plugins.js
index 6fe7b2c7a6..ee2ba89d14 100644
--- a/src/routes/plugins.js
+++ b/src/routes/plugins.js
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ var	nconf = require('nconf'),
 
 		// Static Assets
 		app.get('/plugins/:id/*', function(req, res) {
-
 			var	relPath = req._parsedUrl.pathname.replace(nconf.get('relative_path') + '/plugins/' + req.params.id, '');
 
 			if (plugins.staticDirs[req.params.id]) {