diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Controllers/AdminController.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Controllers/AdminController.cs
index 814f7f052..894271846 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Controllers/AdminController.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Controllers/AdminController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
 using System.Web.Routing;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement;
@@ -64,6 +66,50 @@ namespace Orchard.Core.Contents.Controllers {
             return View("List", model);
         }
 
+        [HttpPost, ActionName("List")]
+        [FormValueRequired("submit.BulkEdit")]
+        public ActionResult ListPOST(ContentOptions options, IEnumerable<int> itemIds) {
+            switch (options.BulkAction) {
+                case ContentsBulkAction.None:
+                    break;
+                case ContentsBulkAction.PublishNow:
+                    if (!Services.Authorizer.Authorize(Permissions.PublishContent, T("Couldn't publish selected content.")))
+                        return new HttpUnauthorizedResult();
+
+                    foreach (var item in itemIds.Select(itemId => _contentManager.GetLatest(itemId))) {
+                        _contentManager.Publish(item);
+                        Services.ContentManager.Flush();
+                    }
+                    Services.Notifier.Information(T("Content successfully published."));
+                    break;
+                case ContentsBulkAction.Unpublish:
+                    if (!Services.Authorizer.Authorize(Permissions.PublishContent, T("Couldn't unpublish selected content.")))
+                        return new HttpUnauthorizedResult();
+
+                    foreach (var item in itemIds.Select(itemId => _contentManager.GetLatest(itemId))) {
+                        _contentManager.Unpublish(item);
+                        Services.ContentManager.Flush();
+                    }
+                    Services.Notifier.Information(T("Content successfully unpublished."));
+                    break;
+                case ContentsBulkAction.Remove:
+                    if (!Services.Authorizer.Authorize(Permissions.PublishContent, T("Couldn't delete selected content.")))
+                        return new HttpUnauthorizedResult();
+
+                    foreach (var item in itemIds.Select(itemId => _contentManager.GetLatest(itemId))) {
+                        _contentManager.Remove(item);
+                        Services.ContentManager.Flush();
+                    }
+                    Services.Notifier.Information(T("Content successfully removed."));
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();
+            }
+
+            // todo: persist filter & order
+            return RedirectToAction("List");
+        }
+
         private ListContentsViewModel.Entry BuildEntry(ContentItem contentItem) {
             var entry = new ListContentsViewModel.Entry {
                 ContentItem = contentItem,
@@ -222,4 +268,17 @@ namespace Orchard.Core.Contents.Controllers {
             ModelState.AddModelError(key, errorMessage.ToString());
         }
     }
+
+    public class FormValueRequiredAttribute : ActionMethodSelectorAttribute {
+        private readonly string _submitButtonName;
+
+        public FormValueRequiredAttribute(string submitButtonName) {
+            _submitButtonName = submitButtonName;
+        }
+
+        public override bool IsValidForRequest(ControllerContext controllerContext, MethodInfo methodInfo) {
+            var value = controllerContext.HttpContext.Request.Form[_submitButtonName];
+            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(value);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/ViewModels/ListContentsViewModel.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/ViewModels/ListContentsViewModel.cs
index 84eaaf2c2..450219e07 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/ViewModels/ListContentsViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/ViewModels/ListContentsViewModel.cs
@@ -4,16 +4,60 @@ using Orchard.Mvc.ViewModels;
 
 namespace Orchard.Core.Contents.ViewModels {
     public class ListContentsViewModel : BaseViewModel {
+        public ListContentsViewModel() {
+            Options = new ContentOptions();
+        }
+
         public string Id { get; set; }
-        public string TypeName { get { return Id; } }
+
+        public string TypeName {
+            get { return Id; }
+        }
+
         public string TypeDisplayName { get; set; }
         public int? Page { get; set; }
         public IList<Entry> Entries { get; set; }
+        public ContentOptions Options { get; set; }
+
+        #region Nested type: Entry
 
         public class Entry {
             public ContentItem ContentItem { get; set; }
             public ContentItemMetadata ContentItemMetadata { get; set; }
             public ContentItemViewModel ViewModel { get; set; }
         }
+
+        #endregion
+    }
+
+    public class ContentOptions {
+        public ContentOptions() {
+            Filter = ContentsFilter.All;
+            Order = ContentsOrder.Modified;
+            BulkAction = ContentsBulkAction.None;
+        }
+        public ContentsFilter Filter { get; set; }
+        public ContentsOrder Order { get; set; }
+        public ContentsBulkAction BulkAction { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public enum ContentsFilter {
+        All,
+        Page,
+        BlogPost
+    }
+
+    public enum ContentsOrder {
+        Modified,
+        Published,
+        Created,
+        Title
+    }
+
+    public enum ContentsBulkAction {
+        None,
+        PublishNow,
+        Unpublish,
+        Remove
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/Admin/List.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/Admin/List.ascx
index a1a035649..06ea66f69 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/Admin/List.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/Admin/List.ascx
@@ -1,11 +1,40 @@
 <%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="Orchard.Mvc.ViewUserControl<Orchard.Core.Contents.ViewModels.ListContentsViewModel>" %>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Core.Contents.ViewModels" %>
 <h1><%:Html.TitleForPage((string.IsNullOrEmpty(Model.TypeDisplayName) ? T("Manage Content") : T("Manage {0} Content", Model.TypeDisplayName)).ToString())%></h1>
 <div class="manage">
     <%:Html.ActionLink(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Model.TypeDisplayName) ? T("Add new {0} content", Model.TypeDisplayName).Text : T("Add new content").Text, "Create", new { }, new { @class = "button primaryAction" })%>
 </div><%
 using (Html.BeginFormAntiForgeryPost()) {  %>
-<%:Html.UnorderedList(
-    Model.Entries,
-    (entry, i) => Html.DisplayForItem(entry.ViewModel),
-    "contentItems")%><%
+    <fieldset class="bulk-actions">
+        <label for="publishActions"><%:T("Actions:")%></label>
+        <select id="publishActions" name="<%:Html.NameOf(m => m.Options.BulkAction) %>">
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.BulkAction, ContentsBulkAction.None, T("Choose action...").ToString())%>
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.BulkAction, ContentsBulkAction.PublishNow, T("Publish Now").ToString())%>
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.BulkAction, ContentsBulkAction.Unpublish, T("Unpublish").ToString())%>
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.BulkAction, ContentsBulkAction.Remove, T("Remove").ToString())%>
+        </select>
+        <button type="submit" name="submit.BulkEdit" value="yes"><%:T("Apply") %></button>
+    </fieldset>
+<%--    <fieldset class="bulk-actions">
+        <label for="filterResults" class="bulk-filter"><%:T("Filter")%></label>
+        <select id="filterResults" name="<%:Html.NameOf(m => m.Options.Filter) %>">
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.Filter, ContentsFilter.All, T("All Content").ToString())%>
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.Filter, ContentsFilter.Page, T("Page").ToString())%>
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.Filter, ContentsFilter.BlogPost, T("Blog Post").ToString())%>
+        </select>
+        <label for="orderResults" class="bulk-order"><%:T("Ordered by")%></label>
+        <select id="orderResults" name="<%:Html.NameOf(m => m.Options.Order) %>">
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.Order, ContentsOrder.Created, T("Date Created").ToString())%>
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.Order, ContentsOrder.Modified, T("Date Modified").ToString())%>
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.Order, ContentsOrder.Published, T("Date Published").ToString())%>
+            <%:Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.Order, ContentsOrder.Title, T("Title").ToString())%>
+        </select>
+        <button type="submit" name="submit.Filter"><%:T("Apply") %></button>
+    </fieldset>
+--%>    <fieldset class="contentItems bulk-items">
+    <%:Html.UnorderedList(
+        Model.Entries,
+        (entry, i) => Html.DisplayForItem(entry.ViewModel),
+        "")%>
+    </fieldset><%
 } %>
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/DisplayTemplates/Items/Contents.Item.SummaryAdmin.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/DisplayTemplates/Items/Contents.Item.SummaryAdmin.ascx
index f0fb3cb92..4a3c13b91 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/DisplayTemplates/Items/Contents.Item.SummaryAdmin.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/DisplayTemplates/Items/Contents.Item.SummaryAdmin.ascx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Mvc.ViewModels" %>
     <div class="summary" itemscope="itemscope" itemid="<%:Model.Item.Id %>" itemtype="http://orchardproject.net/data/ContentItem">
         <div class="properties">
-            <%--//todo: need an itemprop="Title" on that link in there--%>
+            <input type="checkbox" value="<%:Model.Item.Id %>" name="itemIds"/>
             <h3><%:Html.ItemEditLink(Model.Item) %></h3>
             <div class="metadata"><% Html.Zone("metadata"); %></div>
         </div>
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@
             <%:Html.Link(T("Remove").Text, Url.Action("Remove", new { area = "Contents", id = Model.Item.Id }), new { itemprop = "RemoveUrl UnsafeUrl" }) %>
             <br /><% Html.Zone("meta"); %>
         </div>
-        <div style="clear:both;"></div>
-        <% Html.ZonesAny(); %>
+        <div class="primary"><% Html.ZonesAny(); %></div>
     </div>
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Localization/Styles/admin.css b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Localization/Styles/admin.css
index fab4f64b5..6895e51c0 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Localization/Styles/admin.css
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Localization/Styles/admin.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .content-localization {
-    margin:1.44em 0 .44em;
+    margin:1.44em 0 0;
 }
 .content-localization .content-localizations li,
 .content-localization .add-localization {
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/ie6.css b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/ie6.css
index d296ecd62..b2c2d30b9 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/ie6.css
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/ie6.css
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ border:1px solid #8F8F8F;
 color:#FFFFFF;
 }
 
-fieldset.bulk.actions {
+fieldset.bulk-actions {
 width:30em;
 clear:left;
 text-align:left;
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/site.css b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/site.css
index 3a2af7a2b..ae650dc42 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/site.css
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/TheAdmin/Styles/site.css
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ form.inline, form.inline fieldset { /* todo: (heskew) need something other than
 form.inline fieldset {
     margin:0;
 }
-fieldset.bulk.actions {
+.bulk-actions {
     display:inline;
     height:auto;
     margin:0 1.4em 0 0;
@@ -380,9 +380,12 @@ label.forcheckbox {
     display:inline;
     line-height:1.8em;
 }
-fieldset.bulk.actions label, label.sub {
+.bulk-actions label, .bulk-items h3, label, label.sub {
     display:inline;
 }
+label.bulk-order {
+    text-transform:lowercase;
+}
 label span {
 	font-weight:normal;
 }
@@ -638,7 +641,8 @@ table .button {
     -moz-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 3px #878686;
     -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 2px #878686;
     clear:both;
-    margin:1.4em 0;
+    margin:1em 0;
+    padding:0;
 }
 .contentItems li {
     border-bottom:1px solid #eaeaea;
@@ -646,6 +650,10 @@ table .button {
     overflow:hidden;
     padding:0 1.4em .8em;
 }
+.contentItems.bulk-items li {
+    padding-bottom:.6em;
+    padding-left:.6em;
+}
 #main .contentItems li .actions {
     color:#EAE9D9;
     height:auto;
@@ -680,6 +688,14 @@ table .button {
 .contentItems .metadata ul {
     display:inline;
 }
+.contentItems.bulk-items .metadata, .contentItems.bulk-items .primary {
+    margin:.6em 0 0 2em;
+}
+.contentItems.bulk-items .primary {
+    clear:both;
+    float:left;
+    margin-top:0;
+}
 .contentItems .properties li {
     border:0;
     float:left;
@@ -697,6 +713,9 @@ table .button {
 .contentItems .commentcount {
     line-height:2em;
 }
+#main .contentItems p {
+    margin:1em 0 0;
+}
 
 
 /* Core Modules