diff --git a/coldsweat/fetcher.py b/coldsweat/fetcher.py
index 7eff3dc..442386a 100644
--- a/coldsweat/fetcher.py
+++ b/coldsweat/fetcher.py
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 License: MIT (see LICENSE for details)
 '''
 
-import sys, re, time, cgi, urlparse, imp
-from os import path
+import sys, os, re, time, cgi, urlparse, imp
 from datetime import datetime
 from peewee import IntegrityError
 
@@ -18,12 +17,14 @@
 
 from models import *
 from utilities import *
-from filters import escape_html
+from filters import escape_html, status_title
 from coldsweat import *
 from markup import html
 
-MAX_TITLE_LENGTH = 255
-POSITIVE_STATUS_CODES = 200, 302, 304 # Other redirects are handled by Requests
+ENTRY_TAG_URI           = 'tag:lab.passiomatic.com,%d:coldsweat:entry:%s'
+MAX_TITLE_LENGTH        = 255
+POSITIVE_STATUS_CODES   = 200, 302, 304 # Other redirects are handled by Requests
+
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------
 # Entry data
@@ -198,8 +199,45 @@ def fetch_url(url, timeout=None, etag=None, modified_since=None):
     return response
 
 
-def fetch_feed(feed, add_entries=False):
+
+def add_synthesized_entry(feed, title, content):
+    '''
+    Create an HTML entry for the given feed. 
+    '''
+
+    now = datetime.utcnow()
+
+    # Since we don't know the mechanism the feed used to build a GUID for its entries 
+    #   synthesize an tag URI from the link and a random string. This makes
+    #   entries internally generated by Coldsweat reasonably globally unique
     
+    try:
+        nonce = os.urandom(16).encode('base64')
+    except NotImplementedError: # urandom might not be available on certain platforms
+        nonce = now.isoformat()
+        
+    guid = ENTRY_TAG_URI % (now.year, make_sha1_hash(feed.self_link + nonce))
+    
+    entry = Entry(
+        guid              = guid,
+        feed              = feed,
+        title             = title,
+        author            = 'Coldsweat',
+        content           = content,
+        #@@TODO: mime_type='text/html',
+        last_updated_on   = now
+    )
+    entry.save()
+    logger.debug("synthesized entry %s" % guid)    
+    return entry
+
+
+def fetch_feed(feed, add_entries=False):
+
+    def synthesize_entry(reason):    
+        title, content = u'This feed has been disabled', render_template(os.path.join(template_dir, '_entry_feed_disabled.html'), {'reason': reason})
+        return add_synthesized_entry(feed, title, content)
+
     def post_fetch(status, error=False):
         if status:
             feed.last_status = status
@@ -210,6 +248,7 @@ def post_fetch(status, error=False):
             feed.is_enabled = False
             feed.last_status = status # Save status code for posterity           
             logger.warn("%s has too many errors, disabled" % netloc)        
+            synthesize_entry('Feed has accomulated too many errors (last was %s).' % status_title(status))
         feed.save()
 
     logger.debug("fetching %s" % feed.self_link)
@@ -251,6 +290,7 @@ def post_fetch(status, error=False):
         else:
             feed.is_enabled = False
             logger.warn("new %s location %s is duplicated, disabled" % (netloc, self_link))                
+            synthesize_entry('Feed has a duplicated web address.')
             post_fetch(DuplicatedFeedError.code)
             return
 
@@ -259,8 +299,9 @@ def post_fetch(status, error=False):
         post_fetch(response.status_code)
         return
     elif response.status_code == 410:                                   # Gone
-        logger.warn("%s is gone, disabled" % netloc)
         feed.is_enabled = False
+        logger.warn("%s is gone, disabled" % netloc)
+        synthesize_entry('Feed has been removed from the origin server.')
         post_fetch(response.status_code)
         return
     elif response.status_code not in POSITIVE_STATUS_CODES:             # No good
@@ -272,7 +313,7 @@ def post_fetch(status, error=False):
     # Got parsing error? Log error but do not increment the error counter
     if hasattr(soup, 'bozo') and soup.bozo:
         logger.info("%s caused a parser error (%s), tried to parse it anyway" % (netloc, soup.bozo_exception))
-        post_fetch(response.status_code, error=False)
+        post_fetch(response.status_code)
 
     feed.etag = response.headers.get('ETag', None)    
     
diff --git a/coldsweat/templates/_entry_feed_disabled.html b/coldsweat/templates/_entry_feed_disabled.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a7bf8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coldsweat/templates/_entry_feed_disabled.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<p>{{reason}}</p>
+<p><small>You can enable it again from the “Feed status” dialog in the Coldsweat web reader.</small></p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/coldsweat/templates/entry.html b/coldsweat/templates/entry.html
index 20465e5..b99b931 100644
--- a/coldsweat/templates/entry.html
+++ b/coldsweat/templates/entry.html
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ <h1 class="">{{entry.title|html}}</h1>
                     {{if entry.content}} 
                         <div class="content">
                             {{entry.content}}
+                            {{if entry.link}}
                             <div class="continue"><a class="btn btn-small" rel="bookmark" title="View entry on {{entry.link|friendly_url}} (V key)" target="_blank" href="{{entry.link}}"><i class="fa fa-globe"></i> Visit Website</a></div>
+                            {{endif}}
                         </div>            
                         <hr class="halved">
                     {{endif}}