diff --git a/README-AUTOPAGES.md b/README-AUTOPAGES.md
index 75d1516..be03077 100644
--- a/README-AUTOPAGES.md
+++ b/README-AUTOPAGES.md
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ autopages:
     # Optional, the list of layouts that should be processed for every category found in the site
     layouts: 
       - 'autopage_category.html'
-    # Optional, the title that each category paginate page should get (:cat is replaced by the Category name)
-    title: 'Posts in category :cat'
+    # Optional, the title that each category paginate page should get (:cat_name is replaced by the Category name)
+    title: 'Posts in category :cat_name'
     # Optional, the permalink for the  pagination page (:cat is replaced), 
     # the pagination permalink path is then appended to this permalink structure
     permalink: '/category/:cat'
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ autopages:
   collections:
     layouts: 
       - 'autopage_collection.html'
-    title: 'Posts in collection :coll' # :coll is replaced by the collection name
-    permalink: '/collection/:coll'
+    title: 'Posts in collection :coll' # :coll_name is replaced by the collection name
+    permalink: '/collection/:coll_name'
     silent: false
     slugify:
       mode: 'default'   # :coll is slugified.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ autopages:
   tags:
     layouts: 
       - 'autopage_tags.html'
-    title: 'Posts tagged with :tag' # :tag is replaced by the tag name
+    title: 'Posts tagged with :tag_name' # :tag_name is replaced by the tag name
     permalink: '/tag/:tag'
     silent: false
     slugify:
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/categoryAutoPage.rb b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/categoryAutoPage.rb
index 4358edc..662f29a 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/categoryAutoPage.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/categoryAutoPage.rb
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ def initialize(site, base, autopage_config, pagination_config, layout_name, cate
         end
 
         get_autopage_permalink_lambda = lambda do |permalink_pattern|
-          return Utils.format_cat_macro(permalink_pattern, category, slugify_config)
+          return Utils.format_cat_macro(permalink_pattern, category, category_name, slugify_config)
         end
 
         get_autopage_title_lambda = lambda do |title_pattern|
-          return Utils.format_cat_macro(title_pattern, category, slugify_config)
+          return Utils.format_cat_macro(title_pattern, category, category_name, slugify_config)
         end
                 
         # Call the super constuctor with our custom lambda
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/collectionAutoPage.rb b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/collectionAutoPage.rb
index 8a17a4b..4b2d8ed 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/collectionAutoPage.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/collectionAutoPage.rb
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ def initialize(site, base, autopage_config, pagination_config, layout_name, coll
         end
 
         get_autopage_permalink_lambda = lambda do |permalink_pattern|
-          return Utils.format_coll_macro(permalink_pattern, collection, slugify_config)
+          return Utils.format_coll_macro(permalink_pattern, collection, collection_name, slugify_config)
         end
 
         get_autopage_title_lambda = lambda do |title_pattern|
-          return Utils.format_coll_macro(title_pattern, collection, slugify_config)
+          return Utils.format_coll_macro(title_pattern, collection, collection_name, slugify_config)
         end
                 
         # Call the super constuctor with our custom lambda
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/tagAutoPage.rb b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/tagAutoPage.rb
index 4f69e22..70a299a 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/tagAutoPage.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/pages/tagAutoPage.rb
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ def initialize(site, base, autopage_config, pagination_config, layout_name, tag,
         end
 
         get_autopage_permalink_lambda = lambda do |permalink_pattern|
-          return Utils.format_tag_macro(permalink_pattern, tag, slugify_config)
+          return Utils.format_tag_macro(permalink_pattern, tag, tag_name, slugify_config)
         end
 
         get_autopage_title_lambda = lambda do |title_pattern|
-          return Utils.format_tag_macro(title_pattern, tag, slugify_config)
+          return Utils.format_tag_macro(title_pattern, tag, tag_name, slugify_config)
         end
                 
         # Call the super constuctor with our custom lambda
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/utils.rb b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/utils.rb
index 3881da2..f009302 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/utils.rb
@@ -3,28 +3,53 @@ module PaginateV2::AutoPages
 
     class Utils
 
-      # Static: returns a fully formatted string with the tag macro (:tag) replaced
+      # Static: Expand placeholders within s
+      def self.expand_placeholders(s, placeholders)
+        # Create a pattern like /abc|def|./ for each key in placeholders
+        # Longer keys come first to ensure that a key like :foobar will take priority over :foo.
+        pattern = Regexp.new(((placeholders.keys.sort { |a, b| b.length <=> a.length }) + ["."]).join("|"))
+
+        # Format the output string. The pattern will cause scan() to return an array where each
+        # element is a single placeholder key, or a single character.
+        return s.scan(pattern).map { |token| placeholders.key?(token) ? placeholders[token] : token }.join
+      end
+
+      # Static: returns a fully formatted string with the tag macro (:tag) and tag name macro
+      # (:tag_name) replaced
       #
-      def self.format_tag_macro(toFormat, tag, slugify_config=nil)
+      def self.format_tag_macro(toFormat, tag, tag_name, slugify_config=nil)
         slugify_mode = slugify_config.has_key?('mode') ? slugify_config['mode'] : nil
         slugify_cased = slugify_config.has_key?('cased') ? slugify_config['cased'] : false
-        return toFormat.sub(':tag', Jekyll::Utils.slugify(tag.to_s, mode:slugify_mode, cased:slugify_cased))
+
+        return expand_placeholders(toFormat, {
+          ":tag"      => Jekyll::Utils.slugify(tag.to_s, mode:slugify_mode, cased:slugify_cased),
+          ":tag_name" => tag_name,
+        })
       end #function format_tag_macro
 
-      # Static: returns a fully formatted string with the category macro (:cat) replaced
+      # Static: returns a fully formatted string with the category macro (:cat) and category
+      # name macro (:cat_name) replaced
       #
-      def self.format_cat_macro(toFormat, category, slugify_config=nil)
+      def self.format_cat_macro(toFormat, category, category_name, slugify_config=nil)
         slugify_mode = slugify_config.has_key?('mode') ? slugify_config['mode'] : nil
         slugify_cased = slugify_config.has_key?('cased') ? slugify_config['cased'] : false
-        return toFormat.sub(':cat', Jekyll::Utils.slugify(category.to_s, mode:slugify_mode, cased:slugify_cased))
+
+        return expand_placeholders(toFormat, {
+          ":cat"      => Jekyll::Utils.slugify(category.to_s, mode:slugify_mode, cased:slugify_cased),
+          ":cat_name" => category_name,
+        })
       end #function format_cat_macro
 
       # Static: returns a fully formatted string with the collection macro (:coll) replaced
       #
-      def self.format_coll_macro(toFormat, collection, slugify_config=nil)
+      def self.format_coll_macro(toFormat, collection, collection_name, slugify_config=nil)
         slugify_mode = slugify_config.has_key?('mode') ? slugify_config['mode'] : nil
         slugify_cased = slugify_config.has_key?('cased') ? slugify_config['cased'] : false
-        return toFormat.sub(':coll', Jekyll::Utils.slugify(collection.to_s, mode:slugify_mode, cased:slugify_cased))
+
+        return expand_placeholders(toFormat, {
+          ":coll"      => Jekyll::Utils.slugify(collection.to_s, mode:slugify_mode, cased:slugify_cased),
+          ":coll_name" => collection_name,
+        })
       end #function format_coll_macro
 
       # Static: returns all documents from all collections defined in the hash of collections passed in
diff --git a/spec/autopages/utils_spec.rb b/spec/autopages/utils_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dcf1c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/autopages/utils_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+require_relative '../spec_helper.rb'
+
+module Jekyll::PaginateV2::AutoPages
+  describe Utils do
+
+    describe "expand_placeholders" do
+      it "should return string unmodified when no placeholders are present" do
+        Utils.expand_placeholders("hello world", {}).must_equal "hello world"
+        Utils.expand_placeholders("hello world", { ":foo" => "bar" }).must_equal "hello world"
+      end
+
+      it "should replace placeholders in the string" do
+        Utils.expand_placeholders("xyz:foo:bar:foo", { ":foo" => "abc", ":bar" => "def" }).must_equal "xyzabcdefabc"
+        Utils.expand_placeholders("xyz:foo:foobar:foo", { ":foo" => "abc", ":foobar" => "def" }).must_equal "xyzabcdefabc"
+      end
+
+      it "should not replace placeholders inside replacements" do
+        Utils.expand_placeholders(":foo:bar:foo", { ":foo" => ":bar", ":bar" => ":foo" }).must_equal ":bar:foo:bar"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 45c059b..8bedfc6 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@
 require_relative '../lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginator'
 require_relative '../lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationPage'
 require_relative '../lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationModel'
-require_relative '../lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationGenerator'
\ No newline at end of file
+require_relative '../lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/paginationGenerator'
+require_relative '../lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/autopages/utils'