diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/EditorTemplates/Items/Contents.Item.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/EditorTemplates/Items/Contents.Item.ascx
index 5e0cc4986..0e431bd8e 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/EditorTemplates/Items/Contents.Item.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Core/Contents/Views/EditorTemplates/Items/Contents.Item.ascx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <div class="secondary">
         <% Html.Zone("secondary");%>
         <fieldset>
-            <input class="button primaryAction" type="submit" name="submit.Save" value="<%=_Encoded("Save") %>"/>
+            <input class="button primaryAction" type="submit" name="submit.Save" value="<%: T("Save") %>"/>
         </fieldset>
     </div>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Archives.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Archives.ascx
index fffbadd17..603ba7a01 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Archives.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/Archives.ascx
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
         <li class="previous">
             <h4><%=year %> <span>(<%=yearMonths.Sum(ym => ym.Value) %>)</span></h4><%
                 } %>
-            <%: Html.UnorderedList(yearMonths, (t, i) => Html.Link(string.Format("{0:MMMM} ({1})", t.Key.ToDateTime(), t.Value), Url.BlogArchiveMonth(Model.Blog.Slug, t.Key.Year, t.Key.Month)), "archiveMonthList") %>
+            <%: Html.UnorderedList(yearMonths, (t, i) => Html.Link(string.Format("{0:MMMM} ({1})", t.Key.ToDateTime(), t.Value), Url.BlogArchiveMonth(Model.Blog.Slug, t.Key.Year, t.Key.Month)).ToString(), "archiveMonthList") %>
         </li><% 
             } %>
     </ul><%
         }
         else { %>
-        <%: Html.UnorderedList(Model.Archives, (t, i) => Html.Link(string.Format("{0:MMMM yyyy} ({1})", t.Key.ToDateTime(), t.Value), Url.BlogArchiveMonth(Model.Blog.Slug, t.Key.Year, t.Key.Month)), "archiveMonthList") %><%
+        <%: Html.UnorderedList(Model.Archives, (t, i) => Html.Link(string.Format("{0:MMMM yyyy} ({1})", t.Key.ToDateTime(), t.Value), Url.BlogArchiveMonth(Model.Blog.Slug, t.Key.Year, t.Key.Month)).ToString(), "archiveMonthList") %><%
         }
     }
     else { %>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/DisplayTemplates/Items/Blogs.BlogPost.SummaryAdmin.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/DisplayTemplates/Items/Blogs.BlogPost.SummaryAdmin.ascx
index f0a059e32..cdf969acf 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/DisplayTemplates/Items/Blogs.BlogPost.SummaryAdmin.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Blogs/Views/DisplayTemplates/Items/Blogs.BlogPost.SummaryAdmin.ascx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Blogs.Models"%>
 <div class="summary">
     <div class="properties">
-        <h3><%: Html.Link(s, Url.BlogPostEdit(Model.Item))%></h3>
+        <h3><%: Html.Link(Model.Item.Title, Url.BlogPostEdit(Model.Item))%></h3>
         <ul>
             <li><%
             if (Model.Item.HasPublished) { %>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Index.aspx b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Index.aspx
index fc464f3aa..689fe4eba 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Index.aspx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Comments/Views/Admin/Index.aspx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <fieldset class="actions bulk">
         <label for="publishActions"><%: T("Actions:") %></label>
         <select id="publishActions" name="<%=Html.NameOf(m => m.Options.BulkAction)%>">
-            <%: Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.BulkAction, CommentIndexBulkAction.None, T("Choose action...")) %>
+            <%: Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.BulkAction, CommentIndexBulkAction.None, T("Choose action...").ToString()) %>
             <%: Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.BulkAction, CommentIndexBulkAction.Approve, T("Approve")) %>
             <%: Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.BulkAction, CommentIndexBulkAction.Pend, T("Pend")) %>
             <%: Html.SelectOption(Model.Options.BulkAction, CommentIndexBulkAction.MarkAsSpam, T("Mark as Spam")) %>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DevTools/Views/Metadata/Index.aspx b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DevTools/Views/Metadata/Index.aspx
index 7c119bf89..b4859c8f3 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DevTools/Views/Metadata/Index.aspx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.DevTools/Views/Metadata/Index.aspx
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ Exported as xml</h2>
 <% using (Html.BeginFormAntiForgeryPost()) { %>
 <%:Html.TextAreaFor(m=>m.ExportText, new{style="width:100%;height:640px;"}) %>
 <br />
-<input class="button primaryAction" type="submit" value="<%=_Encoded("Merge Changes") %>" />
+<input class="button primaryAction" type="submit" value="<%: T("Merge Changes") %>" />
 <%} %>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.MetaData/Views/Admin/ContentTypeList.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.MetaData/Views/Admin/ContentTypeList.ascx
index c0b78eead..f1a53e532 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.MetaData/Views/Admin/ContentTypeList.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.MetaData/Views/Admin/ContentTypeList.ascx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ using (Html.BeginFormAntiForgeryPost(Url.Action("Save",new {id=Model.SelectedCon
 
     </table>
     <p>
-        <input type="submit" value="<%=_Encoded("Save") %>" />
+        <input type="submit" value="<%: T("Save") %>" />
     </p>
     <% } %>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Modules/Views/Admin/Features.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Modules/Views/Admin/Features.ascx
index 42c12be5b..bf4b9d41d 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Modules/Views/Admin/Features.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Modules/Views/Admin/Features.ascx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                             <h4><%: T("Depends on:")%></h4>
                             <%: Html.UnorderedList(
                                 feature.Descriptor.Dependencies.OrderBy(s => s),
-                                (s, i) => Html.Link(s, string.Format("#{0}", s.AsFeatureId(n => T(n)))),
+                                (s, i) => Html.Link(s, string.Format("#{0}", s.AsFeatureId(n => T(n)))).ToString(),
                                 "",
                                 "dependency",
                                 "") %>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Modules/Views/Admin/Index.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Modules/Views/Admin/Index.ascx
index 3ffb531c2..2c700a65a 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Modules/Views/Admin/Index.ascx
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Modules/Views/Admin/Index.ascx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
                 <p><%: module.Description %></p><%
             } %>
                 <ul class="pageStatus" style="color:#666; margin:.6em 0 0 0;">
-                    <li><%=T("Features: {0}", string.Join(", ", module.Features.Select(f => Html.Link(f.Name, string.Format("{0}#{1}", Url.Action("features", new { area = "Orchard.Modules" }), f.Name.AsFeatureId(n => T(n))) )).OrderBy(s => s).ToArray())) %></li>
+                    <li><%=T("Features: {0}", string.Join(", ", module.Features.Select(f => Html.Link(f.Name, string.Format("{0}#{1}", Url.Action("features", new { area = "Orchard.Modules" }), f.Name.AsFeatureId(n => T(n)))).ToString()).OrderBy(s => s).ToArray())) %></li>
                     <li>&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<%: T("Author: {0}", !string.IsNullOrEmpty(module.Author) ? module.Author : (new []{"Bradley", "Bertrand", "Renaud", "Suha", "Sebastien", "Jon", "Nathan", "Erik"})[(module.DisplayName.Length + (new Random()).Next()) % 7]) %></li><%-- very efficient, I know --%>
                     <li>&nbsp;&#124;&nbsp;<%: T("Website: {0}", !string.IsNullOrEmpty(module.HomePage) ? module.HomePage : T("<a href=\"http://orchardproject.net\">http://orchardproject.net</a>").ToString())%></li>
                 </ul>
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Localization/LocalizedString.cs b/src/Orchard/Localization/LocalizedString.cs
index 8197f4219..60e1c85dc 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Localization/LocalizedString.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Localization/LocalizedString.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ namespace Orchard.Localization {
             return new LocalizedString(x);
         }
 
+        public static implicit operator string(LocalizedString x) {
+            return x.ToString();
+        }
+
         public string Text {
             get { return _localized; }
         }
diff --git a/src/Tools/MSBuild.Orchard.Tasks.Tests/TestData/SimpleWebProject.xml b/src/Tools/MSBuild.Orchard.Tasks.Tests/TestData/SimpleWebProject.xml
index 025df4ecb..a1ccc32c1 100644
--- a/src/Tools/MSBuild.Orchard.Tasks.Tests/TestData/SimpleWebProject.xml
+++ b/src/Tools/MSBuild.Orchard.Tasks.Tests/TestData/SimpleWebProject.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <RootNamespace>Orchard.Web</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Orchard.Web</AssemblyName>
     <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <MvcBuildViews>false</MvcBuildViews>
+    <MvcBuildViews>true</MvcBuildViews>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>