diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPost.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPost.cs
index dc3e3eb1b..a9ecf4f60 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPost.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPost.cs
@@ -15,21 +15,32 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Models {
         public int Id { get { return ContentItem.Id; } }
 
         [Required]
-        public string Title { get { return this.As<RoutableAspect>().Title; } }
+        public string Title {
+            get { return this.As<RoutableAspect>().Title; }
+            set { this.As<RoutableAspect>().Record.Title = value; }
+        }
 
         [Required]
-        public string Slug { get { return this.As<RoutableAspect>().Slug; } }
+        public string Slug {
+            get { return this.As<RoutableAspect>().Slug; }
+            set { this.As<RoutableAspect>().Record.Slug = value; }
+        }
 
         [Required]
-        public string Body { get { return this.As<BodyAspect>().Record.Text; } }
+        public string Body {
+            get { return this.As<BodyAspect>().Record.Text; }
+            set { this.As<BodyAspect>().Record.Text = value; }
+        }
 
-        public IUser Creator { get { return this.As<CommonAspect>().OwnerField.Value; } }
+        public IUser Creator {
+            get { return this.As<CommonAspect>().OwnerField.Value; }
+            set { this.As<CommonAspect>().Record.OwnerId = value.Id; }
+        }
 
         public DateTime? Published
         {
             get { return Record.Published; }
             set { Record.Published = value; }
         }
-
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
index bfbc11572..fbe3b47e5 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@
     <Content Include="Package.txt" />
     <Content Include="Views\BlogPost\Create.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Views\BlogPost\Edit.aspx" />
-    <Content Include="Views\BlogPost\EditorTemplates\BlogPostEditViewModel.ascx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Models\DisplayTemplates\BlogDetailAdmin.ascx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Blog\ItemForAdmin.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Models\DisplayTemplates\BlogSummaryAdmin.ascx" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogPost/EditorTemplates/BlogPostEditViewModel.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogPost/EditorTemplates/BlogPostEditViewModel.ascx
deleted file mode 100644
index b6c2ba7dd..000000000
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/BlogPost/EditorTemplates/BlogPostEditViewModel.ascx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<BlogPostEditViewModel>" %>
-<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.Extensions"%>
-<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.ViewModels"%>
-<div class="sections">
-    <div class="primary">
-        <%-- todo: (heskew) thin out the fieldsets if they become overkill --%>
-        <fieldset>
-            <label for="title">Title</label>
-            <span><%=Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Title, new { id = "title", @class = "large text" })%></span>
-        </fieldset>
-        <fieldset>
-            <label class="sub" for="permalink">Permalink<br /><span><%=Request.Url.ToRootString() %>/<%=Model.Blog.Slug %>/</span></label>
-            <span><%=Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Slug, new { id = "permalink", @class = "text", size = "100" })%></span>
-        </fieldset>
-        <fieldset>
-            <%--<label for="body">Excerpt</label>
-            <span>[still needed]</span>--%>
-            <label for="body">Body</label>
-            <span><%=Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Body, new { id = "body", @class = "html" })%></span>
-        </fieldset>
-        <% foreach (var e in Model.ItemView.Editors) {
-            var editor = e;
-            // TODO: why is Body in editors?
-            // TODO: because any content type using the body editor doesn't need
-            //  to re-implement the rich editor, media extensions, format filter chain selection, etc
-            if (!String.Equals(editor.Prefix, "Body")) {
-                %><%=Html.EditorFor(m=>editor.Model, editor.TemplateName, editor.Prefix) %>
-            <% }
-           } %>
-    </div>
-    <div class="secondary">
-        <fieldset>
-            <legend>Publish Settings</legend>
-            <label for="Command_SaveDraft"><%=Html.RadioButton("Command", "SaveDraft", true, new { id = "Command_SaveDraft" }) %> Save Draft</label><br />
-            <input class="button" type="submit" name="submit.Save" value="Save"/>
-        </fieldset>
-        <%--<fieldset>
-            <label for="Command_PublishNow"><%=Html.RadioButton("Command", "PublishNow", new { id = "Command_PublishNow" }) %> Publish Now</label>
-        </fieldset>
-        <fieldset>
-            <label for="Command_PublishLater"><%=Html.RadioButton("Command", "PublishLater", new { id = "Command_PublishLater" }) %> Publish Later</label>
-            <%=Html.EditorFor(m => m.Published) %>
-        </fieldset>--%>
-    </div>
-</div>
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Models/EditorTemplates/BlogPostFields.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Models/EditorTemplates/BlogPostFields.ascx
index 9b766d5e1..17ca48193 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Models/EditorTemplates/BlogPostFields.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Models/EditorTemplates/BlogPostFields.ascx
@@ -33,6 +33,5 @@
             <label for="Command_PublishLater"><%=Html.RadioButton("Command", "PublishLater", new { id = "Command_PublishLater" }) %> Publish Later</label>
             <%=Html.EditorFor(m => m.Published) %>
         </fieldset>--%>
-
     </div>
 </div>
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