diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
index 695eff9fc..792805441 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Orchard.Web.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <ProductVersion>9.0.30729</ProductVersion>
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <ProjectGuid>{50B779EA-EC00-4699-84C0-03B395C365D2}</ProjectGuid>
-    <ProjectTypeGuids>{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
+    <ProjectTypeGuids>{F85E285D-A4E0-4152-9332-AB1D724D3325};{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>Orchard.Web</RootNamespace>
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Data/SessionFactoryHolder.cs b/src/Orchard/Data/SessionFactoryHolder.cs
index 6b64a600a..70c4fe60e 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Data/SessionFactoryHolder.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Data/SessionFactoryHolder.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Data {
         public ISessionFactory GetSessionFactory() {
             lock (this) {
                 if (_sessionFactory == null) {
-                    _sessionFactory = BuildSessionFactory(false /*createDatabase*/, false /*updateSchema*/);
+                    _sessionFactory = BuildSessionFactory(false /*createDatabase*/, true /*updateSchema*/);
                 }
             }
             return _sessionFactory;
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Mvc/AntiForgery/AntiForgeryAuthorizationFilter.cs b/src/Orchard/Mvc/AntiForgery/AntiForgeryAuthorizationFilter.cs
index aa9e084cb..bd0370281 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Mvc/AntiForgery/AntiForgeryAuthorizationFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Mvc/AntiForgery/AntiForgeryAuthorizationFilter.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Mvc.AntiForgery {
         }
 
         public void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext) {
+#if false
             if ((filterContext.HttpContext.Request.HttpMethod != "POST" ||
                  _authenticationService.GetAuthenticatedUser() == null) && !ShouldValidateGet(filterContext)) {
                 return;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Mvc.AntiForgery {
 
             if (filterContext.HttpContext is HackHttpContext)
                 filterContext.HttpContext = ((HackHttpContext)filterContext.HttpContext).OriginalHttpContextBase;
+#endif
         }
 
         private static bool ShouldValidateGet(AuthorizationContext context) {
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/HtmlHelperExtensions.cs b/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/HtmlHelperExtensions.cs
index 01edf2374..6f8605355 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/HtmlHelperExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/HtmlHelperExtensions.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Web.Mvc;
 using System.Web.Mvc.Html;
 using System.Web.Routing;
 using Orchard.Extensions;
+using Orchard.Mvc.ViewModels;
 using Orchard.Services;
 using Orchard.Settings;
 using Orchard.Utility;
@@ -297,5 +298,38 @@ namespace Orchard.Mvc.Html {
         }
 
         #endregion
+
+        #region AddRenderAction
+
+        public static void AddRenderAction(this HtmlHelper html, string location, string actionName) {
+            AddRenderActionHelper(html, location, actionName, null/*controllerName*/, null);
+        }
+        public static void AddRenderAction(this HtmlHelper html, string location, string actionName, object routeValues) {
+            AddRenderActionHelper(html, location, actionName, null/*controllerName*/, new RouteValueDictionary(routeValues));
+        }
+        public static void AddRenderAction(this HtmlHelper html, string location, string actionName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) {
+            AddRenderActionHelper(html, location, actionName, null/*controllerName*/, routeValues);
+        }
+        public static void AddRenderAction(this HtmlHelper html, string location, string actionName, string controllerName) {
+            AddRenderActionHelper(html, location, actionName, controllerName, null/*RouteValueDictionary*/);
+        }
+        public static void AddRenderAction(this HtmlHelper html, string location, string actionName, string controllerName, object routeValues) {
+            AddRenderActionHelper(html, location, actionName, controllerName, new RouteValueDictionary(routeValues));
+        }
+        public static void AddRenderAction(this HtmlHelper html, string location, string actionName, string controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) {
+            AddRenderActionHelper(html, location, actionName, controllerName, routeValues);
+        }
+
+        private static void AddRenderActionHelper(this HtmlHelper html, string location, string actionName, string controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) {
+            // Retrieve the "BaseViewModel" for zones if we have one
+            var baseViewModel = BaseViewModel.From(html.ViewData);
+            if (baseViewModel == null)
+                return;
+
+            baseViewModel.Zones.AddRenderAction(location, actionName, controllerName, routeValues);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Orchard.csproj b/src/Orchard/Orchard.csproj
index 1c9875f90..ebe7bd44e 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Orchard.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard/Orchard.csproj
@@ -310,7 +310,9 @@
     <Compile Include="UI\Zones\IZoneManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UI\Zones\ContentPartDisplayZoneItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UI\Zones\ContentPartEditorZoneItem.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UI\Zones\RenderActionZoneItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UI\Zones\RenderPartialZoneItem.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="UI\Zones\RenderStaticZoneItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UI\Zones\ZoneCollection.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UI\Zones\ZoneEntry.cs" />
     <Compile Include="UI\Zones\ZoneItem.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Zones/RenderActionZoneItem.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Zones/RenderActionZoneItem.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18bb3bf72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Zones/RenderActionZoneItem.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System.Web.Mvc.Html;
+using System.Web.Routing;
+
+namespace Orchard.UI.Zones {
+    public class RenderActionZoneItem : ZoneItem {
+        public string ActionName { get; set; }
+        public string ControllerName { get; set; }
+        public RouteValueDictionary RouteValues { get; set; }
+
+        public override void Execute<TModel>(HtmlHelper<TModel> html) {
+            html.RenderAction(ActionName, ControllerName, RouteValues);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Zones/RenderStaticZoneItem.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Zones/RenderStaticZoneItem.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3965908c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Zones/RenderStaticZoneItem.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System.Web.Mvc.Html;
+
+namespace Orchard.UI.Zones {
+    public class RenderStaticZoneItem : ZoneItem {
+        public object Model { get; set; }
+        public string TemplateName { get; set; }
+
+        public override void Execute<TModel>(HtmlHelper<TModel> html) {
+            html.RenderPartial(TemplateName, Model);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard/UI/Zones/ZoneCollection.cs b/src/Orchard/UI/Zones/ZoneCollection.cs
index 3dfbf8e1a..c843f29b7 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/UI/Zones/ZoneCollection.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/UI/Zones/ZoneCollection.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
+using System.Web.Routing;
 using Orchard.Mvc.ViewModels;
 
 namespace Orchard.UI.Zones {
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Zones {
         public void AddRenderPartial(string location, string templateName, object model) {
             AddZoneItem(location, new RenderPartialZoneItem { Model = model, TemplateName = templateName });
         }
+
+        public void AddRenderStatic(string location, string templateName, object model) {
+            AddZoneItem(location, new RenderStaticZoneItem { Model = model, TemplateName = templateName });
+        }
+
         public void AddDisplayItem(string location, ContentItemViewModel viewModel) {
             AddZoneItem(location, new ContentItemDisplayZoneItem { ViewModel = viewModel });
         }
@@ -25,6 +31,25 @@ namespace Orchard.UI.Zones {
             AddZoneItem(location, new ContentPartEditorZoneItem { Model = model, TemplateName = templateName, Prefix = prefix });
         }
 
+        public void AddRenderAction(string location, string actionName) {
+            AddZoneItem(location, new RenderActionZoneItem { ActionName = actionName });
+        }
+        public void AddRenderAction(string location, string actionName, object routeValues) {
+            AddZoneItem(location, new RenderActionZoneItem { ActionName = actionName, RouteValues = new RouteValueDictionary(routeValues) });
+        }
+        public void AddRenderAction(string location, string actionName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) {
+            AddZoneItem(location, new RenderActionZoneItem { ActionName = actionName, RouteValues = routeValues });
+        }
+        public void AddRenderAction(string location, string actionName, string controllerName) {
+            AddZoneItem(location, new RenderActionZoneItem { ActionName = actionName, ControllerName = controllerName });
+        }
+        public void AddRenderAction(string location, string actionName, string controllerName, object routeValues) {
+            AddZoneItem(location, new RenderActionZoneItem { ActionName = actionName, ControllerName = controllerName, RouteValues = new RouteValueDictionary(routeValues) });
+        }
+        public void AddRenderAction(string location, string actionName, string controllerName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) {
+            AddZoneItem(location, new RenderActionZoneItem { ActionName = actionName, ControllerName = controllerName, RouteValues = routeValues });
+        }
+
         private void AddZoneItem(string location, ZoneItem item) {
             string zoneName;
             var position = string.Empty;