diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/__init__.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/__init__.py
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diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/meta.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/meta.py
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+"""
+Contains classes and utilities related to meta data in hyde.
+"""
+import re
+from hyde.model import Expando
+from hyde.plugin import Plugin
+import yaml
+
+import logging
+from logging import NullHandler
+logger = logging.getLogger('hyde.engine')
+logger.addHandler(NullHandler())
+
+
+class Metadata(Expando):
+    """
+    Container class for yaml meta data.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, text):
+        super(Metadata, self).__init__(yaml.load(text))
+
+
+
+class MetaPlugin(Plugin):
+    """
+    Metadata plugin for hyde. Loads meta data in the following order:
+
+    1. meta.yaml: files in any folder
+    2. frontmatter: any text file with content enclosed within three dashes.
+        Example:
+        ---
+        abc: def
+        ---
+
+    Supports YAML syntax.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, site):
+        super(MetaPlugin, self).__init__(site)
+
+
+    def begin_text_resource(self, resource, text):
+        """
+        Load meta data by looking for the marker.
+        Once loaded, remove the meta area from the text.
+        """
+        logger.info("Trying to load metadata from resource [%s]" % resource)
+        # re from spjwebster's lanyon
+        yaml_finder = re.compile( r"^\s*---\s*\n((?:.|\n)+?)\n---\s*\n", re.MULTILINE)
+        match = re.match(yaml_finder, text)
+        if not match:
+            logger.info("No metadata found in resource [%s]" % resource)
+            return text
+        text = text[match.end():]
+        resource.meta = Metadata(match.group(1))
+        logger.info("Successfully loaded metadata from resource [%s]"
+                        % resource)
+        return text
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diff --git a/hyde/tests/ext/__init__.py b/hyde/tests/ext/__init__.py
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diff --git a/hyde/tests/ext/test_meta.py b/hyde/tests/ext/test_meta.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Use nose
+`$ pip install nose`
+`$ nosetests`
+"""
+from hyde.ext.plugins.meta import MetaPlugin
+from hyde.fs import File, Folder
+from hyde.generator import Generator
+from hyde.site import Site
+
+import yaml
+
+
+TEST_SITE = File(__file__).parent.parent.child_folder('_test')
+
+
+class TestMeta(object):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        TEST_SITE.make()
+        TEST_SITE.parent.child_folder('sites/test_jinja').copy_contents_to(TEST_SITE)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        TEST_SITE.delete()
+
+
+    def test_can_load_front_matter(self):
+        front_matter = """
+---
+title: A nice title
+author: Lakshmi Vyas
+twitter: lakshmivyas
+---
+"""
+        about1 = File(TEST_SITE.child('content/about.html'))
+        about2 = File(TEST_SITE.child('content/about2.html'))
+
+        text = front_matter
+        text += "\n"
+        text += about1.read_all()
+
+        about2.write(text)
+        s = Site(TEST_SITE)
+        s.config.plugins = ['hyde.ext.plugins.meta.MetaPlugin']
+        gen = Generator(s)
+        gen.generate_all()
+        res = s.content.resource_from_path(about2.path)
+
+        assert hasattr(res, 'meta')
+        assert hasattr(res.meta, 'title')
+        assert hasattr(res.meta, 'author')
+        assert hasattr(res.meta, 'twitter')
+        assert res.meta.title == "A nice title"
+        assert res.meta.author == "Lakshmi Vyas"
+        assert res.meta.twitter == "lakshmivyas"
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