diff --git a/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceMenuItemView.php b/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceMenuItemView.php
index 44ec161179..c69d7c502d 100644
--- a/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceMenuItemView.php
+++ b/src/applications/conpherence/view/ConpherenceMenuItemView.php
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ final class ConpherenceMenuItemView extends AphrontTagView {
         (int)$this->unreadCount);
     }
 
-    return $image.$title.$subtitle.$message.$epoch.$unread_count;
+    return $this->renderHTMLView(
+      array(
+        $image,
+        $title,
+        $subtitle,
+        $message,
+        $epoch,
+        $unread_count,
+      ));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/applications/directory/controller/PhabricatorDirectoryController.php b/src/applications/directory/controller/PhabricatorDirectoryController.php
index 70391fa2d7..a1ce71b876 100644
--- a/src/applications/directory/controller/PhabricatorDirectoryController.php
+++ b/src/applications/directory/controller/PhabricatorDirectoryController.php
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ abstract class PhabricatorDirectoryController extends PhabricatorController {
 
         $nav->addMenuItem($show_item);
         $nav->addCustomBlock(
-          '<div '.
-          'id="'.phutil_escape_html($show_tiles_id).'"'.
-          'style="display: none;">');
+          hsprintf(
+            '<div id="%s" style="display: none;">',
+            $show_tiles_id));
 
         Javelin::initBehavior('phabricator-home-reveal-tiles', array(
           'tilesID' => $show_tiles_id,
@@ -128,19 +128,20 @@ abstract class PhabricatorDirectoryController extends PhabricatorController {
           }
           $nav->addLabel($groups[$group]);
         }
+
         $nav->addCustomBlock(
-          phutil_render_tag(
+          phutil_tag(
             'div',
             array(
               'class' => 'application-tile-group',
             ),
-            id(new AphrontNullView())->appendChild($tiles)->render()));
+            mpull($tiles, 'render')));
       }
 
       $is_hide = ($tile_display == PhabricatorApplication::TILE_HIDE);
       if ($is_hide) {
         $nav->addMenuItem($hide_item);
-        $nav->addCustomBlock('</div>');
+        $nav->addCustomBlock(hsprintf('</div>'));
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/view/AphrontTagView.php b/src/view/AphrontTagView.php
index 0b3f17a099..8e9595f0b6 100644
--- a/src/view/AphrontTagView.php
+++ b/src/view/AphrontTagView.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ abstract class AphrontTagView extends AphrontView {
   }
 
   protected function getTagContent() {
-    return $this->renderChildren();
+    return $this->renderHTMLChildren();
   }
 
   protected function willRender() {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ abstract class AphrontTagView extends AphrontView {
       }
     }
 
-    return javelin_render_tag(
+    return javelin_tag(
       $this->getTagName(),
       $attributes,
       $this->getTagContent());
diff --git a/src/view/control/PhabricatorObjectListView.php b/src/view/control/PhabricatorObjectListView.php
index b5c8d163ed..ec352334b8 100644
--- a/src/view/control/PhabricatorObjectListView.php
+++ b/src/view/control/PhabricatorObjectListView.php
@@ -26,27 +26,34 @@ final class PhabricatorObjectListView extends AphrontView {
     foreach ($handles as $handle) {
       $buttons = idx($this->buttons, $handle->getPHID(), array());
       if ($buttons) {
-        $buttons =
-          '<div class="phabricator-object-list-view-buttons">'.
-            implode('', $buttons).
-          '</div>';
+        $buttons = phutil_tag(
+          'div',
+          array(
+            'class' => 'phabricator-object-list-view-buttons',
+          ),
+          $buttons);
       } else {
         $buttons = null;
       }
 
-      $out[] = javelin_render_tag(
+      $out[] = javelin_tag(
         'div',
         array(
           'class' => 'phabricator-object-list-view-item',
           'style' => 'background-image: url('.$handle->getImageURI().');',
         ),
-        $handle->renderLink().$buttons);
+        array(
+          $handle->renderLink(),
+          $buttons,
+        ));
     }
 
-    return
-      '<div class="phabricator-object-list-view">'.
-        implode("\n", $out).
-      '</div>';
+    return phutil_tag(
+      'div',
+      array(
+        'class' => 'phabricator-object-list-view',
+      ),
+      $out);
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php b/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php
index ad7cd815a8..933d23b50d 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/AphrontSideNavFilterView.php
@@ -220,14 +220,17 @@ final class AphrontSideNavFilterView extends AphrontView {
         ),
         '');
 
-      $local_menu = $menu_background.phutil_render_tag(
-        'div',
+      $local_menu = $this->renderHTMLView(
         array(
-          'class' => 'phabricator-nav-local phabricator-side-menu',
-          'id'    => $local_id,
-        ),
-        self::renderSingleView($this->menu->setID($this->getMenuID()))
-      );
+          $menu_background,
+          phutil_tag(
+            'div',
+            array(
+              'class' => 'phabricator-nav-local phabricator-side-menu',
+              'id'    => $local_id,
+            ),
+            self::renderSingleView($this->menu->setID($this->getMenuID()))),
+        ));
     }
 
     $crumbs = null;
diff --git a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuItemView.php b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuItemView.php
index ab5e21c410..913674abfd 100644
--- a/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuItemView.php
+++ b/src/view/layout/PhabricatorMenuItemView.php
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ final class PhabricatorMenuItemView extends AphrontTagView {
         $this->name.$external);
     }
 
-    return $this->renderChildren().$name;
+    return $this->renderHTMLView(
+      array(
+        $this->renderHTMLChildren(),
+        $name,
+      ));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/view/page/menu/PhabricatorMainMenuGroupView.php b/src/view/page/menu/PhabricatorMainMenuGroupView.php
index 98f3048b80..31473aed4d 100644
--- a/src/view/page/menu/PhabricatorMainMenuGroupView.php
+++ b/src/view/page/menu/PhabricatorMainMenuGroupView.php
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ final class PhabricatorMainMenuGroupView extends AphrontView {
       $classes = array_merge($classes, $this->classes);
     }
 
-    return phutil_render_tag(
+    return phutil_tag(
       'div',
       array(
         'class' => implode(' ', $classes),
       ),
-      $this->renderChildren());
+      $this->renderHTMLChildren());
   }
 
 }