diff --git a/templates/customafter.html b/templates/customafter.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a65fe3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/customafter.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<!-- this is html after your columns -->
diff --git a/templates/custombefore.html b/templates/custombefore.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69f3e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/custombefore.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<!-- this is html before your columns -->
diff --git a/templates/customcolumn.html b/templates/customcolumn.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c5cdef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/customcolumn.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<!-- This can be a custom column
+<div class="feed custom">
+</div> -->
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index b9d8d2b..801b5f4 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% block main %}
+{% block custombefore %}
+{% include "custombefore.html" %}
+{% endblock %}
 <div class="crunkcolumns">
-{% for column in columns %}
+  {% block customcolumn %}
+  {% include "customcolumn.html" %}
+  {% endblock %}
+  {% for column in columns %}
   <div class="feed {{ column.title.replace(' ', '') }}">
     <h1>{{ column.title }}</h1>
     {% for feedtitle, text in column.entries.items() %}
@@ -11,6 +17,9 @@
       </div>
     {% endfor%}
   </div>
-{% endfor%}
+  {% endfor%}
 </div>
+{% block customafter %}
+{% include "customafter.html" %}
+{% endblock %}
 {% endblock %}