diff --git a/app/models/article.rb b/app/models/article.rb
index cf2209c..6549e29 100644
--- a/app/models/article.rb
+++ b/app/models/article.rb
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
     name
   end
 
-  def public_path
-    "/" + [profile.identifier, path].join('/')
+  def public_path(with_profile = true)
+    elements = [path]
+    if with_profile
+      elements.unshift(profile.identifier)
+    end
+    "/" + elements.join('/')
   end
 
   def self.short_description
@@ -90,4 +94,9 @@ class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.name.gsub(/article$/i, '')
   end
 
+  include ActionController::UrlWriter
+  def url
+    self.profile.url + self.public_path(false)
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/article_test.rb b/test/unit/article_test.rb
index f6087ff..f13ce6a 100644
--- a/test/unit/article_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/article_test.rb
@@ -163,7 +163,10 @@ class ArticleTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   should 'provide a url to itself' do
-    flunk 'pending'
+    article = profile.articles.build(:name => 'myarticle')
+    article.save!
+
+    assert_equal(profile.url + "/myarticle", article.url)
   end
 
 end
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