diff --git a/app/helpers/topics_helper.rb b/app/helpers/topics_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96ec460ccd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/topics_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module TopicsHelper
+
+  def render_topic_title(topic)
+    link_to(topic.title,topic.relative_url)
+  end
+
+  def render_topic_next_page_link(topic, next_page)
+    link_to("next page", topic.relative_url + "?page=" + next_page )
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/topics/show.html.erb b/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
index 09b8906fe29..869cd21c099 100644
--- a/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/topics/show.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <h2>
-  <a href="<%= @topic_view.topic.relative_url %>"><%= @topic_view.topic.title %></a>
+  <%= render_topic_title(@topic_view.topic) %>
+
 </h2>
 <% (@post ? [@post] : @topic_view.posts).each do |post| %>
   <div class='creator'>
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@
 
 <% if @next_page%>
   <p>
-  <b><a href="<%= @topic_view.topic.relative_url %>?page=<%= @next_page%>">next page</a></b>
+  <b><%= render_topic_next_page_link(@topic_view.topic, @next_page) %></b>
   </p>
 <% end %>