diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/Blog.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/Blog.cs
index b8062b89c..e3e8a4061 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/Blog.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/Blog.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Models {
         
         //public bool Enabled { get { return Record.Enabled; } }
         
-        public int PostCount { get { return Record.PostCount; } }
+        public int PostCount {
+            get { return Record.PostCount; }
+            set { Record.PostCount = value; }
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPostHandler.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPostHandler.cs
index 9645d3832..dd77cd9ef 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPostHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Models/BlogPostHandler.cs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ namespace Orchard.Blogs.Models {
             Filters.Add(new StorageFilter<BlogPostRecord>(repository));
             Filters.Add(new ContentItemTemplates<BlogPost>("BlogPost", "Detail", "Summary", "SummaryAdmin"));
 
+            OnCreated<BlogPost>((context, bp) => bp.Blog.PostCount++);
+
             OnGetItemMetadata<BlogPost>((context, bp) => {
                 context.Metadata.DisplayText = bp.Title;
                 context.Metadata.DisplayRouteValues =
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
index fbe3b47e5..073df0484 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Orchard.Blogs.csproj
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
     <Content Include="Views\BlogPost\Item.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Blog\Create.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Blog\Edit.aspx" />
-    <Content Include="Views\Blog\EditorTemplates\BlogPermalink.ascx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Blog\Item.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Models\DisplayTemplates\BlogPostSummaryAdmin.ascx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Models\DisplayTemplates\BlogPostListAdmin.ascx" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Models/EditorTemplates/BlogFields.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Models/EditorTemplates/BlogFields.ascx
index 87a821509..aceb26fb0 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Models/EditorTemplates/BlogFields.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Packages/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Models/EditorTemplates/BlogFields.ascx
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 <%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<Blog>" %>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.Extensions"%>
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.Models" %>
 <fieldset>
     <label for="Name">Blog Name</label>
     <%=Html.EditorFor(m => m.Name) %>
 </fieldset>
-<%=Html.EditorFor(m => m.Slug, "BlogPermalink") %>
+<fieldset>
+    <label class="sub" for="permalink">Permalink: <span><%=Request.Url.ToRootString() %>/</span></label>
+    <span><%=Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Slug, new { id = "permalink", @class = "text" })%></span>
+</fieldset>
 <fieldset>
     <label for="Description">Description</label>
     <%=Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Description, 5, 60, null) %>
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 d6056f71e..ed0b123e6 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
@@ -12,13 +12,7 @@
         <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" })%></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>--%>
+        </fieldset>
     </div>
     <div class="secondary">
         <fieldset>