diff --git a/core/client/controllers/posts/post.js b/core/client/controllers/posts/post.js
index 82ede268f7..84d0c6bf85 100644
--- a/core/client/controllers/posts/post.js
+++ b/core/client/controllers/posts/post.js
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 var PostController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
     isPublished: Ember.computed.equal('status', 'published'),
+    classNameBindings: ['featured'],
 
     actions: {
         toggleFeatured: function () {
-            this.set('featured', !this.get('featured'));
+            var featured = !this.get('featured'),
+                self = this;
 
-            this.get('model').save();
+            this.set('featured', featured);
+
+            this.get('model').save().then(function () {
+                self.notifications.showSuccess('Post successfully marked as ' + (featured ? 'featured' : 'not featured') + '.');
+            }, function () {
+                self.notifications.showError('An error occured while saving the post.');
+            });
         }
     }
 });
diff --git a/core/client/templates/posts.hbs b/core/client/templates/posts.hbs
index a0ba148d9f..5d34716772 100644
--- a/core/client/templates/posts.hbs
+++ b/core/client/templates/posts.hbs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
         {{#view "content-list-content-view" tagName="section"}}
             <ol class="posts-list">
                 {{#each itemController="posts/post" itemView="post-item-view" itemTagName="li"}}
-                    {{!-- @TODO: Restore functionality where 'featured' and 'page' classes are added for proper posts --}}
                     {{#link-to "posts.post" this class="permalink" title="Edit this post"}}
                         <h3 class="entry-title">{{title}}</h3>
                         <section class="entry-meta">
diff --git a/core/client/views/post-item-view.js b/core/client/views/post-item-view.js
index 66c8f38bb7..99ac893d43 100644
--- a/core/client/views/post-item-view.js
+++ b/core/client/views/post-item-view.js
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 import itemView from 'ghost/views/item-view';
 
 var PostItemView = itemView.extend({
+    classNameBindings: ['isFeatured', 'isPage'],
+
+    isFeatured: function () {
+        if (this.get('controller.model.featured')) {
+            return 'featured';
+        }
+    }.property('controller.model.featured'),
+
+    isPage: function () {
+        if (this.get('controller.model.page')) {
+            return 'page';
+        }
+    }.property('controller.model.page'),
+
     openEditor: function () {
         this.get('controller').send('openEditor', this.get('controller.model'));  // send action to handle transition to editor route
     }.on('doubleClick')