diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index b01d6d120e..0c578b7b39 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -98,15 +98,15 @@ var path = require('path'),
                 },
 
                 all: {
-                    src: ['core/test/**/*_spec.js']
+                    src: ['core/test/unit/**/*_spec.js']
                 },
 
                 api: {
-                    src: ['core/test/**/api*_spec.js']
+                    src: ['core/test/unit/**/api*_spec.js']
                 },
 
                 perm: {
-                    src: ['core/test/**/permissions_spec.js']
+                    src: ['core/test/unit/**/permissions_spec.js']
                 }
             },
 
diff --git a/core/test/functional/admin/01_login_test.js b/core/test/functional/admin/01_login_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5434b788d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/functional/admin/01_login_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*globals casper, __utils__, url, user */
+casper.test.begin("Ghost admin will load login page", 2, function suite(test) {
+
+    casper.test.filename = "admin_test.png";
+
+    casper.start(url + "ghost", function testTitleAndUrl() {
+        test.assertTitle("", "Ghost admin has no title");
+        test.assertEquals(this.getCurrentUrl(), url + "ghost/login/", "Ghost requires login");
+    }).viewport(1280, 1024);
+
+    casper.run(function () {
+        test.done();
+    });
+});
+
+
+casper.test.begin("Can login to Ghost", 3, function suite(test) {
+
+    casper.test.filename = "login_test.png";
+
+    casper.start(url + "ghost/login/", function testTitle() {
+        test.assertTitle("", "Ghost admin has no title");
+    }).viewport(1280, 1024);
+
+    casper.waitFor(function checkOpaque() {
+        return this.evaluate(function () {
+            var loginBox = document.querySelector('.login-box');
+            return window.getComputedStyle(loginBox).getPropertyValue('display') === "block"
+                && window.getComputedStyle(loginBox).getPropertyValue('opacity') === "1";
+        });
+    }, function then() {
+        this.fill("#login", user, true);
+    });
+
+    casper.wait(1000, function doneWait() {
+        this.echo("I've waited for 1 seconds.");
+    });
+
+    casper.then(function testForDashboard() {
+        this.test.assertExists("#global-header", "Global admin header is present");
+        this.test.assertExists(".dashboard", "We're now on the dashboard");
+    });
+
+    casper.run(function () {
+        test.done();
+    });
+});
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diff --git a/core/test/functional/admin/02_dashboard_test.js b/core/test/functional/admin/02_dashboard_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86063ce00a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/functional/admin/02_dashboard_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*globals casper, __utils__, url */
+
+casper.test.begin("Ghost dashboard is correct", 13, function suite(test) {
+
+    casper.test.filename = "dashboard_test.png";
+
+    casper.start(url + "ghost", function testTitleAndUrl() {
+        test.assertTitle("", "Ghost admin has no title");
+        test.assertEquals(this.getCurrentUrl(), url + "ghost/", "Ghost doesn't require login this time");
+        test.assertExists("#ghost", "Ghost is present");
+    }).viewport(1280, 1024);
+
+    casper.then(function testMenus() {
+        test.assertExists("#main-menu", "Main menu is present");
+        test.assertSelectorHasText("#main-menu .dashboard a", "Dashboard");
+        test.assertSelectorHasText("#main-menu .content a", "Content");
+        test.assertSelectorHasText("#main-menu .editor a", "New Post");
+        test.assertSelectorHasText("#main-menu .settings a", "Settings");
+
+        test.assertExists("#usermenu", "User menu is present");
+        test.assertSelectorHasText("#usermenu .usermenu-profile a", "Your Profile");
+        test.assertSelectorHasText("#usermenu .usermenu-help a", "Help / Support");
+        test.assertSelectorHasText("#usermenu .usermenu-shortcuts a", "Keyboard Shortcuts");
+        test.assertSelectorHasText("#usermenu .usermenu-signout a", "Sign Out");
+    });
+
+    casper.run(function () {
+        test.done();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/core/test/functional/admin/03_editor_test.js b/core/test/functional/admin/03_editor_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84c47f0c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/functional/admin/03_editor_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*globals casper, __utils__, url, testPost */
+
+casper.test.begin("Ghost editor is correct", 7, function suite(test) {
+
+    casper.test.filename = "editor_test.png";
+
+    casper.start(url + "ghost/editor", function testTitleAndUrl() {
+        test.assertTitle("", "Ghost admin has no title");
+        test.assertEquals(casper.getCurrentUrl(), url + "ghost/editor", "Ghost doesn't require login this time");
+        test.assertExists(".entry-markdown", "Ghost editor is present");
+        test.assertExists(".entry-preview", "Ghost preview is present");
+    }).viewport(1280, 1024);
+
+    function handleResource(resource) {
+        if (resource.url === 'http://localhost:2368/api/v0.1/posts') {
+            casper.removeListener('resource.received', handleResource);
+            casper.test.assertEquals(resource.status, 200, "Received correct response");
+        }
+    }
+
+    casper.then(function testCreatePost() {
+        // bind to resource events so we can get the API response
+        casper.on('resource.received', handleResource);
+
+        casper.sendKeys('#entry-title', testPost.title);
+        casper.evaluate(function () {
+            var txt = document.querySelector('.CodeMirror-wrap textarea');
+            txt.focus();
+            // TODO: finish figuring out codemirror this works in chrome console.. but not in evaluate?
+            txt.value = "abcd";
+        });
+
+        casper.click('.button-save');
+    });
+
+    casper.wait(1000, function doneWait() {
+        this.echo("I've waited for 1 seconds.");
+    });
+
+    casper.then(function checkPostWasCreated() {
+        var urlRegExp = new RegExp("^" + url + "ghost\/editor\/[0-9]*");
+        test.assertUrlMatch(urlRegExp, 'got an id on our URL');
+        test.assertExists('.notification-success', 'got success notification');
+    });
+
+    casper.run(function () {
+        casper.removeListener('resource.received', handleResource);
+        test.done();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/core/test/functional/admin/04_content_test.js b/core/test/functional/admin/04_content_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbc60a5770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/functional/admin/04_content_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*globals casper, __utils__, url, testPost */
+
+casper.test.begin("Content screen is correct", 9, function suite(test) {
+
+    casper.test.filename = "content_test.png";
+
+    casper.start(url + "ghost/content/", function testTitleAndUrl() {
+        test.assertTitle("", "Ghost admin has no title");
+        test.assertEquals(this.getCurrentUrl(), url + "ghost/content/", "Ghost doesn't require login this time");
+    }).viewport(1280, 1024);
+
+    casper.then(function testViews() {
+        test.assertExists(".content-view-container", "Content main view is present");
+        test.assertExists(".content-list-content", "Content list view is present");
+        test.assertExists(".content-list-content li .entry-title", "Content list view has at least one item");
+        test.assertExists(".content-preview", "Content preview is present");
+        test.assertSelectorHasText(".content-list-content li:first-child h3", testPost.title, "first item is the post we created");
+    });
+
+    casper.then(function testActiveItem() {
+        casper.test.assertEquals(casper.evaluate(function () {
+            return document.querySelector('.content-list-content li').className;
+        }), "active", "first item is active");
+
+    }).thenClick(".content-list-content li:nth-child(2) a", function then() {
+        casper.test.assertEquals(casper.evaluate(function () {
+            return document.querySelectorAll('.content-list-content li')[1].className;
+        }), "active", "second item is active");
+    });
+
+    // TODO: finish testing delete
+//    casper.then(function testDeletePost() {
+//        casper.clickLabel(testPost.title, "h3");
+//    });
+
+    casper.run(function () {
+        test.done();
+    });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/test/functional/admin/05_settings_test.js b/core/test/functional/admin/05_settings_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f41461806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/functional/admin/05_settings_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*globals casper, __utils__, url */
+
+casper.test.begin("Settings screen is correct", 3, function suite(test) {
+
+    casper.test.filename = "settings_test.png";
+
+    casper.start(url + "ghost/settings", function testTitleAndUrl() {
+        test.assertTitle("", "Ghost admin has no title");
+        test.assertEquals(this.getCurrentUrl(), url + "ghost/settings/general", "Ghost doesn't require login this time");
+    }).viewport(1280, 1024);
+
+    casper.then(function testViews() {
+        test.assertExists(".wrapper", "Settings main view is present");
+
+        // TODO: real settings tests
+    });
+
+    casper.run(function () {
+        test.done();
+    });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/test/functional/base.js b/core/test/functional/base.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..904bf139e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/functional/base.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*globals casper, __utils__ */
+
+/**
+ * Casper Tests
+ *
+ * Functional browser tests for checking that the Ghost Admin UI is working as expected
+ * The setup of these tests is a little hacky for now, which is why they are not wired in to grunt
+ * Requires that you are running Ghost locally and have already registered a single user
+ *
+ * Usage (from test/functional):
+ *
+ * casperjs test admin/ --includes=base.js [--host=localhost --port=2368 --email=ghost@tryghost.org --password=Sl1m3r]
+ *
+ * --host - your local host address e.g. localhost or local.tryghost.org
+ * --port - port number of your local Ghost
+ * --email - the email address your admin user is registered with
+ * --password - the password your admin user is registered with
+ *
+ * Requirements:
+ * you must have phantomjs 1.9.1 and casperjs 1.1.0-DEV installed in order for these tests to work
+ */
+
+var host = casper.cli.options.url || 'localhost',
+    port = casper.cli.options.port || '2368',
+    email = casper.cli.options.email || 'ghost@tryghost.org',
+    password = casper.cli.options.password || 'Sl1m3r',
+    url = "http://" + host + ":" + port + "/",
+    user = {
+        email: email,
+        password: password
+    },
+    testPost = {title: "A post title", content: "I am a post \n #With some content"};
+
+
+casper.test.on("fail", function captureFailure(failure) {
+    var filename = casper.test.filename || "casper_test_fail.png";
+    casper.capture(new Date().getTime() + '_' + filename);
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/api_permissions_spec.js b/core/test/unit/api_permissions_spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/api_permissions_spec.js
rename to core/test/unit/api_permissions_spec.js
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/api_posts_spec.js b/core/test/unit/api_posts_spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/api_posts_spec.js
rename to core/test/unit/api_posts_spec.js
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/api_settings_spec.js b/core/test/unit/api_settings_spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/api_settings_spec.js
rename to core/test/unit/api_settings_spec.js
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/api_users_spec.js b/core/test/unit/api_users_spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/api_users_spec.js
rename to core/test/unit/api_users_spec.js
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/errorHandling_spec.js b/core/test/unit/errorHandling_spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/errorHandling_spec.js
rename to core/test/unit/errorHandling_spec.js
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/export_spec.js b/core/test/unit/export_spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/export_spec.js
rename to core/test/unit/export_spec.js
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/fixtures/test.hbs b/core/test/unit/fixtures/test.hbs
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/fixtures/test.hbs
rename to core/test/unit/fixtures/test.hbs
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/frontend_helpers_index_spec.js b/core/test/unit/frontend_helpers_index_spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/frontend_helpers_index_spec.js
rename to core/test/unit/frontend_helpers_index_spec.js
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/ghost_spec.js b/core/test/unit/ghost_spec.js
similarity index 98%
rename from core/test/ghost/ghost_spec.js
rename to core/test/unit/ghost_spec.js
index 9d55549aff..5f7077a502 100644
--- a/core/test/ghost/ghost_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/unit/ghost_spec.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ var should = require('should'),
     Ghost = require('../../ghost');
 
 describe("Ghost API", function () {
-    var testTemplatePath = 'core/test/ghost/fixtures/',
+    var testTemplatePath = 'core/test/unit/fixtures/',
         ghost;
 
     beforeEach(function () {
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/helpers.js b/core/test/unit/helpers.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/helpers.js
rename to core/test/unit/helpers.js
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/import_spec.js b/core/test/unit/import_spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/import_spec.js
rename to core/test/unit/import_spec.js
diff --git a/core/test/ghost/permissions_spec.js b/core/test/unit/permissions_spec.js
similarity index 100%
rename from core/test/ghost/permissions_spec.js
rename to core/test/unit/permissions_spec.js