diff --git a/utils/index_group_parser.go b/utils/index_group_parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7946fb55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/index_group_parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Let's you specify how the index should look like.  
+//                        
+// The specification is a space-separated list of index entries. Normally, each entry is just a single character,
+// but you may also specify multiple characters.  For instance, the entry "The" will link to all files and
+// folders starting with "The". 
+//                        
+// You may also create an entry using a group of index characters in paranthesis. For instance, the entry
+// "A-E(ABCDE)" will display as "A-E" and link to all files and folders starting with either
+// A, B, C, D or E.  This may be useful for grouping less-frequently used characters (such and X, Y and Z), or
+// for grouping accented characters (such as A, \u00C0 and \u00C1) 
+//                        
+// Files and folders that are not covered by an index entry will be placed under the index entry "#".
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"regexp"
+)
+
+type IndexGroups map[string]string
+
+func ParseIndexGroups(spec string) IndexGroups {
+	parsed := make(IndexGroups)
+	split := strings.Split(spec, " ")
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(.+)\((.+)\)`)
+	for _, g := range split {
+		sub := re.FindStringSubmatch(g)
+		if len(sub) > 0 {
+			i := 0
+			chars := strings.SplitN(sub[2], "", -1)
+			for _, c := range chars {
+				parsed[c] = sub[1]
+				i++
+			}
+		} else {
+			parsed[g] = g
+		}
+	}
+	return parsed
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/utils_test.go b/utils/utils_test.go
index bb8807497..7a936c981 100644
--- a/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -3,10 +3,44 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"testing"
 	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
-func TestEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+func TestParseIndexGroup(t *testing.T) {
 
-	Convey("Missing tests", t, nil)
+	Convey("Two simple entries", t, func() {
+		parsed := ParseIndexGroups("A The")
 
+		So(parsed, ShouldContainKey, "A")
+		So(parsed["A"], ShouldEqual, "A")
+
+		So(parsed, ShouldContainKey, "The")
+		So(parsed["The"], ShouldEqual, "The")
+	})
+
+	Convey("An entry with a group", t, func() {
+		parsed := ParseIndexGroups("A-C(ABC) Z")
+		fmt.Println("\n>>>>>>", parsed)
+
+		So(parsed, ShouldContainKey, "A")
+		So(parsed["A"], ShouldEqual, "A-C")
+		So(parsed, ShouldContainKey, "B")
+		So(parsed["B"], ShouldEqual, "A-C")
+		So(parsed, ShouldContainKey, "C")
+		So(parsed["C"], ShouldEqual, "A-C")
+
+		So(parsed["Z"], ShouldEqual, "Z")
+
+	})
+	Convey("Correctly parses UTF-8", t, func() {
+		parsed := ParseIndexGroups("UTF8(宇A海)")
+		fmt.Println("\n>>>>>>", parsed)
+
+		So(parsed, ShouldContainKey, "宇")
+		So(parsed["宇"], ShouldEqual, "UTF8")
+		So(parsed, ShouldContainKey, "A")
+		So(parsed["A"], ShouldEqual, "UTF8")
+		So(parsed, ShouldContainKey, "海")
+		So(parsed["海"], ShouldEqual, "UTF8")
+	})
 }
\ No newline at end of file