diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f50df86..a59135a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,26 +141,6 @@ class PagesController < ApplicationController
   end
 end
 ```
-#### Helper
-Create `app/helpers/application_helper.rb` and update it to match the following:
-```ruby
-module ApplicationHelper
-  def add_option(option, output = nil)
-    return unless option
-    return output if output
-    option
-  end
-
-  def markdown(text)
-    return unless text
-    Redcarpet::Markdown.new(Redcarpet::Render::HTML).render(text).html_safe
-  end
-
-  def markdown_help_url
-    "http://nestacms.com/docs/creating-content/markdown-cheat-sheet"
-  end
-end
-```
 #### Views
 Create a view at `app/views/pages/page.html.slim` that contains the following:
 ```ruby
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/atomic_cms.js b/app/assets/javascripts/atomic_cms.js
index 9e2070e..5b55b7a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/atomic_cms.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/atomic_cms.js
@@ -143,11 +143,10 @@
             var $next = $($input.siblings('input'));
             $input.attr('name', null).val('');
 
-            return $input.on('change', function() {
+            $input.on('change', function() {
 
               var formData = new FormData(),
-                  fileData = event.target.files[0],
-                  next = $(event.target).next();
+                  fileData = event.target.files[0];
                   formData.append('file', fileData);
 
               $.ajax({
@@ -166,15 +165,31 @@
             });
           });
 
+          $editor.find('.add-children-sublist-item').each(function() {
+            var $input = $(this);
+            $input.attr('name', null).val('');
+            $input.click(function(e) {
+              e.preventDefault();
+              var component = $(this).siblings('.children-sublist').val();
+              if (component !== ''){
+                $scope.$broadcast('append', {
+                  href: component
+                });
+              }
+            });
+          });
+
           $editor.find(':input').each(function() {
-            if($(this).prop('type') === 'file') return;//guard clause, already processed file fields
+            //guard clause for handling alternatly handled inputs
+            if($(this).prop('type') === 'file') { return; }
+            if($(this).hasClass('children-sublist')) { return; }
 
             var $input = $(this);
             var fieldName = $input.attr('name').replace($scope.prefix, '').replace(/\[|\]/g, '');
 
             $input.attr('name', null).val($scope.preview[fieldName]);
 
-            return $input.on('keyup change', function() {
+            $input.on('keyup change', function() {
               $scope.$apply(function() {
                 $scope.preview[fieldName] = $input.val();
               });
diff --git a/app/components/array_component.rb b/app/components/array_component.rb
index e194b1b..b44e9ba 100644
--- a/app/components/array_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/array_component.rb
@@ -1,20 +1,11 @@
 class ArrayComponent < AtomicAssets::Component
-  def children
-    options[:children] ||= []
-  end
-
   def render
     children.map(&:render).reduce(:+)
   end
 
   def edit
     rtn = cms_fields
-    rtn << cms_array(:children) do
-      rtn2 = ""
-      children.each do |child|
-        rtn2 << cms_array_node { child.edit }
-      end
-      rtn2.html_safe
-    end
+    rtn << render_child_array
+    rtn.html_safe
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/atomic_cms/components_controller.rb b/app/controllers/atomic_cms/components_controller.rb
index 860305a..8c87516 100644
--- a/app/controllers/atomic_cms/components_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/atomic_cms/components_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-class AtomicCms::ComponentsController < ApplicationController
-  def edit
-    render text: component(params[:id]).edit_array(!!params[:inline])
+module  AtomicCms
+  class ComponentsController < ApplicationController
+    def edit
+      render text: component(params[:id]).edit_array(!!params[:inline])
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/helpers/component_helper.rb b/app/helpers/component_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd20db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/component_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+module ComponentHelper
+  def add_option(option, output = nil)
+    return unless option
+    return output if output
+    option
+  end
+
+  def markdown(text)
+    return unless text
+    Redcarpet::Markdown.new(Redcarpet::Render::HTML).render(text).html_safe
+  end
+
+  def markdown_help_url
+    "http://nestacms.com/docs/creating-content/markdown-cheat-sheet"
+  end
+
+  def render_children(children)
+    return children unless children.present? && children.is_a?(Array)
+    children.map(&:render).reduce(:+)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/components/_children_field.html.slim b/app/views/components/_children_field.html.slim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cc0c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/components/_children_field.html.slim
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+span.li.string.input
+  label.label #{name.to_s.humanize}
+  select.cms-field class="children-sublist"
+    option
+    = options_for_select(options[:collection], value)
+  a class="button add-children-sublist-item" Add
diff --git a/lib/atomic_cms/editor.rb b/lib/atomic_cms/editor.rb
index 05ca61a..4f6adc5 100644
--- a/lib/atomic_cms/editor.rb
+++ b/lib/atomic_cms/editor.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ def edit_array(inline = false)
       end
     end
 
+    def render_child_array
+      cms_array(:children) do
+        rtn = ""
+        children.each do |child|
+          rtn << cms_array_node { child.edit }
+        end
+        rtn.html_safe
+      end
+    end
+
+    def children
+      options[:children] ||= []
+    end
+
     module ClassMethods
       def from_hash(params)
         h.component(params.delete(:template_name)).tap do |obj|
diff --git a/lib/atomic_cms/engine.rb b/lib/atomic_cms/engine.rb
index acb8ca5..1dd3e8c 100644
--- a/lib/atomic_cms/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/atomic_cms/engine.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
     isolate_namespace AtomicCms
 
     config.generators do |g|
-      g.test_framework      :rspec,        fixture: false
+      g.test_framework :rspec, fixture: false
       g.fixture_replacement :factory_girl, dir: 'spec/factories'
       g.assets false
       g.helper false
     end
+
+    initializer "atomic_cms.action_controller" do |_app|
+      ActiveSupport.on_load :action_controller do
+        helper AtomicCms::ComponentHelper
+      end
+    end
   end
 end