diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
index 4a5437642..55492e8ef 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
@@ -165,7 +165,10 @@
     <Content Include="Content\Images\title_background.gif" />
     <Content Include="Content\Site2.css" />
     <Content Include="Content\Site3.css" />
-    <Content Include="Themes\BlueSky\Views\layout.ascx" />
+    <Content Include="Themes\Orange\Styles\site.css" />
+    <Content Include="Themes\Orange\Theme.gif" />
+    <Content Include="Themes\Orange\Theme.txt" />
+    <Content Include="Themes\Orange\Views\layout.ascx" />
     <Content Include="Views\Shared\Messages.ascx" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Styles/site.css b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Styles/site.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f45cbbb7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Styles/site.css
@@ -0,0 +1,449 @@
+/*----------------------------------------------------------
+The base color for this template is #d45300. If you'd like
+to use a different color start by replacing all instances of
+#d45300 with your new color.
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+body
+{
+    background-color: #d45300;
+    font-size: .75em;
+    font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+    color: #696969;
+}
+
+a:link
+{
+    color: #f56000;
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
+a:visited
+{
+    color: #d46600;
+}
+a:hover
+{
+    color: #f57523;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+a:active
+{
+    color: #dd56a9;
+}
+
+p, ul
+{
+    margin-bottom: 20px;
+    line-height: 1.6em;
+}
+
+/* HEADINGS   
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6
+{
+    font-size: 1.5em;
+    color: #000;
+    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+}
+
+.home h1
+{
+    font-size: 2em;
+    padding-bottom: 0;
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+h1
+{
+    padding: 0 0 10px 0;
+}
+h3
+{
+    font-size: 1.2em;
+}
+h4
+{
+    font-size: 1.1em;
+}
+h5, h6
+{
+    font-size: 1em;
+}
+
+/* this rule styles <h2> tags that are the 
+first child of the left and right table columns */
+.rightColumn > h1, .rightColumn > h2, .leftColumn > h1, .leftColumn > h2
+{
+    margin-top: 0;
+}
+
+/* PRIMARY LAYOUT ELEMENTS   
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/* you can specify a greater or lesser percentage for the 
+page width. Or, you can specify an exact pixel width. */
+.page
+{
+    width: 90%;
+    margin-left: auto;
+    margin-right: auto;
+}
+
+#header
+{
+    position: relative;
+    margin-bottom: 0px;
+    color: #000;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+
+#header h1
+{
+    font-weight: bold;
+    padding: 5px 0;
+    margin: 0;
+    color: #fff;
+    border: none;
+    line-height: 2em;
+    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+    font-size: 32px !important;
+}
+
+#main
+{
+    padding: 30px 30px 15px 30px;
+    background-color: #fff;
+    margin-bottom: 30px;
+    _height: 1px; /* only IE6 applies CSS properties starting with an underscrore */
+}
+
+#footer
+{
+    color: #999;
+    padding: 10px 0;
+    text-align: center;
+    line-height: normal;
+    margin: 0;
+    font-size: .9em;
+}
+
+/* TAB MENU   
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+ul#menu
+{
+    border-bottom: 1px #d45300 solid;
+    padding: 0 0 2px;
+    position: relative;
+    margin: 0;
+    text-align: right;
+}
+
+ul#menu li
+{
+    display: inline;
+    list-style: none;
+}
+
+ul#menu li#greeting
+{
+    padding: 10px 20px;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    line-height: 2.8em;
+    color: #fff;
+}
+
+ul#menu li a
+{
+    padding: 10px 20px;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    line-height: 2.8em;
+    background-color: #f5ede9;
+    color: #f56000;
+}
+
+ul#menu li a:hover
+{
+    background-color: #fff;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+ul#menu li a:active
+{
+    background-color: #e3a6ab;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+ul#menu li.selected a
+{
+    background-color: #fff;
+    color: #000;
+}
+
+/* FORM LAYOUT ELEMENTS   
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+fieldset 
+{
+    margin: 1em 0;
+    padding: 1em;
+    border: 1px solid #CCC;
+}
+
+fieldset p 
+{
+    margin: 2px 12px 10px 10px;
+}
+
+fieldset label 
+{
+    display: block;
+}
+
+fieldset label.inline 
+{
+    display: inline;
+}
+
+legend 
+{
+    font-size: 1.1em;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    padding: 2px 4px 8px 4px;
+}
+
+input[type="text"] 
+{
+    width: 200px;
+    border: 1px solid #CCC;
+}
+
+input[type="password"] 
+{
+    width: 200px;
+    border: 1px solid #CCC;
+}
+
+/* TABLE
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+table 
+{
+  border: solid 1px #e8eef4;
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+}
+
+table td 
+{
+  padding: 5px;   
+  border: solid 1px #e8eef4;
+}
+
+table th
+{
+  padding: 6px 5px;
+  text-align: left;
+  background-color: #e8eef4; 
+  border: solid 1px #e8eef4;   
+}
+
+/* MISC  
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+.clear
+{
+    clear: both;
+}
+
+.error
+{
+    color:Red;
+}
+
+#menucontainer
+{
+    margin-top:40px;
+}
+
+div#title
+{
+    display:block;
+    float:left;
+    text-align:left;
+}
+
+#logindisplay
+{
+    font-size:1.1em;
+    display:block;
+    text-align:right;
+    margin:10px;
+    color:White;
+}
+
+#logindisplay a:link
+{
+    color: white;
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+#logindisplay a:visited
+{
+    color: white;
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+#logindisplay a:hover
+{
+    color: white;
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.field-validation-error
+{
+    color: #ff0000;
+}
+
+.input-validation-error
+{
+    border: 1px solid #ff0000;
+    background-color: #ffeeee;
+}
+
+.validation-summary-errors
+{
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: #ff0000;
+}
+
+
+/* ALL THAT IS BELOW IS TEMPORARY TO MAKE THINGS LOOK DECENT IN THIS SKIN */
+.manage {
+    float:right;
+}
+.metadata {
+    color:#999;
+    margin-top:-2em;
+}
+.blog.metadata {
+    margin-top:-1.5em;
+}
+.metadata, p.tags {
+    font-size:95%;
+}
+
+/* Icon buttons
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+a.ibutton, a.ibutton:link, a.ibutton:visited {
+    background:url(Admin/css/images/icons.png) 0 -20px;
+    border:none;
+    display:inline;
+    float:left;
+    height:17px;
+    overflow:hidden;
+    padding:0 0 0 17px;
+    width:0;
+}
+a.ibutton:hover, a.ibutton:active, a.ibutton:focus { background-position:0 0; }
+a.ibutton.remove,
+a.ibutton.remove:link,
+a.ibutton.remove:visited { background-position:-20px -20px; }
+a.ibutton.remove:hover, a.ibutton.remove:active, a.ibutton.remove:focus { background-position:-20px 0; }
+a.ibutton.view,
+a.ibutton.view:link,
+a.ibutton.view:visited { background-position:-40px -20px; }
+a.ibutton.view:hover, a.ibutton.view:active, a.ibutton.view:focus { background-position:-40px 0; }
+a.ibutton.add.page,
+a.ibutton.add.page:link,
+a.ibutton.add.page:visited { background-position:-60px -20px; }
+a.ibutton.add.page:hover, a.ibutton.add.page:active, a.ibutton.add.page:focus { background-position:-60px 0; }
+a.ibutton.edit,
+a.ibutton.edit:link,
+a.ibutton.edit:visited { background-position:-80px -20px; }
+a.ibutton.edit:hover, a.ibutton.edit:active, a.ibutton.edit:focus { background-position:-80px 0; }
+a.ibutton.publish,
+a.ibutton.publish:link,
+a.ibutton.publish:visited { background-position:-100px -20px; }
+a.ibutton.publish:hover, a.ibutton.publish:active, a.ibutton.publish:focus { background-position:-100px 0; }
+a.ibutton.blog,
+a.ibutton.blog:link,
+a.ibutton.blog:visited { background-position:-120px -20px; }
+a.ibutton.blog:hover, a.ibutton.blog:active, a.ibutton.blog:focus { background-position:-120px 0; }
+
+/* Forms   
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+fieldset {
+    border:0;
+    margin:0 0 1em;
+    padding:0;
+}
+form.comments {
+    overflow:hidden;
+}
+form.comments fieldset.who, form.comments fieldset.what {
+    float:left;
+    margin-right:15px;
+}
+form.comments label {
+    font-weight:bold;
+    margin-top:15px;
+}
+form.comments .button {
+    margin-top:15px;
+    
+}
+
+/* Tag cloud
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+ul.tagCloud {
+    padding:0;
+}
+ul.tagCloud li {
+    display:inline;
+    list-style-type:none;
+    padding:5px 15px 5px 0;
+}
+
+/* Content item lists
+----------------------------------------------------------*/
+.contentItems {
+    background:#FFF;
+    margin:1.4em 0;
+    padding:2px;
+}
+.contentItems li {
+    background:#FFF;
+    border-bottom:1px solid #E0E8EF;
+    margin:0;
+    overflow:hidden;
+    padding:.7em 0;
+}
+.contentItems li.last {
+    border-bottom:0;
+}
+.contentItems li h3 {
+    border-bottom:0;
+}
+.contentItems li.first h3 {
+    margin-top:0;
+}
+.contentItems li .actions {
+    color:#EAE9D9;
+    height:auto;
+    margin:-1.3em 0 0;
+    padding:0 0 .1em;
+}
+.contentItems li .actions .ibutton {
+    margin-right:6px;
+}
+.contentItems li .actions .destruct .ibutton {
+    margin-left:8px;
+    margin-right:0;
+}
+.contentItems li:hover a.ibutton { background-position:0 0; }
+.contentItems li:hover a.ibutton.remove { background-position:-20px 0; }
+.contentItems li:hover a.ibutton.view { background-position:-40px 0; }
+.contentItems li:hover a.ibutton.add.page { background-position:-60px 0; }
+.contentItems li:hover a.ibutton.edit { background-position:-80px 0; }
+.contentItems li:hover a.ibutton.publish { background-position:-100px 0; }
+.contentItems li:hover a.ibutton.blog { background-position:-120px 0; }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Theme.gif b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Theme.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e343d9a43
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Theme.txt b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Theme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c1677802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Theme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+name: Orange
+author: Nathan Heskew
+description: The default ASP.NET MVC look, in orange.
+version: 1.0
+tags: orange
+homepage: http://www.orchardproject.net
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Views/layout.ascx b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Views/layout.ascx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13ec551ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/Orange/Views/layout.ascx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<%@ Control Language="C#" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl<BaseViewModel>" %>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Mvc.ViewModels"%>
+<%@ Import Namespace="Orchard.Mvc.Html" %><%
+Html.RegisterStyle("site.css"); %>
+<div class="page">
+    <div id="header">
+        <div id="title"><h1>My (orange) MVC Application</h1></div><%
+        Html.Zone("header");
+        Html.Zone("menu"); %>
+        <%-- todo:(nheskew) this will need to all go in the header zone (user widget) --%>
+        <% Html.Include("user"); %>
+        <%-- todo:(nheskew) this will need to be a generated menu --%>
+        <% Html.Include("menu"); %>
+    </div>
+    <div id="main"><%
+        Html.ZoneBody("content");
+%>        <div id="footer"><%
+            Html.Zone("footer");
+        %></div>
+    </div>
+</div>
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