diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Lists/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Lists/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 0f2e0ed79..2910839cd 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Lists/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Lists/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Security;
 
 // General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
 // set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 [assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyProduct("Orchard")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © Outercurve Foundation 2009")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
 
@@ -30,5 +31,6 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 //
 // You can specify all the values or you can default the Revision and Build Numbers 
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.8.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.8.0.0")]
+[assembly: SecurityTransparent]
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Migrations.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Migrations.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aeb7c0397
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Migrations.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using Orchard.ContentManagement.MetaData;
+using Orchard.Core.Contents.Extensions;
+using Orchard.Data.Migration;
+
+namespace Orchard.Pages {
+    public class Migrations : DataMigrationImpl {
+        public int Create() {
+            ContentDefinitionManager.AlterTypeDefinition("Page", 
+                cfg=>cfg
+                .WithPart("CommonPart")
+                .WithPart("PublishLaterPart")
+                .WithPart("RoutePart")
+                .WithPart("BodyPart")
+                .Creatable());
+
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Module.txt b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Module.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..898c6ed37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Module.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Name: Pages
+AntiForgery: enabled
+Author: The Orchard Team
+Website: http://orchardproject.net
+Version: 0.8.0
+OrchardVersion: 0.8.0
+Description: Introduces a preconfigured page content type.
+Features:
+    Orchard.Pages:
+        Description: A basic page content type.
+        Dependencies: Contents
+        Category: Content
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Orchard.Pages.csproj b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Orchard.Pages.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..211a8d352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Orchard.Pages.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
+    <ProductVersion>
+    </ProductVersion>
+    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
+    <ProjectGuid>{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}</ProjectGuid>
+    <ProjectTypeGuids>{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
+    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
+    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
+    <RootNamespace>Orchard.Pages</RootNamespace>
+    <AssemblyName>Orchard.Pages</AssemblyName>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
+    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
+    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
+    <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
+    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
+    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
+    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Web.DynamicData" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Web.Entity" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Web.ApplicationServices" />
+    <Reference Include="System" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Web.Extensions" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Web.Services" />
+    <Reference Include="System.EnterpriseServices" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="Migrations.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="Module.txt" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\Orchard\Orchard.Framework.csproj">
+      <Project>{2D1D92BB-4555-4CBE-8D0E-63563D6CE4C6}</Project>
+      <Name>Orchard.Framework</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Core\Orchard.Core.csproj">
+      <Project>{9916839C-39FC-4CEB-A5AF-89CA7E87119F}</Project>
+      <Name>Orchard.Core</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
+  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" />
+  <ProjectExtensions>
+    <VisualStudio>
+      <FlavorProperties GUID="{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21}">
+        <WebProjectProperties>
+          <UseIIS>False</UseIIS>
+          <AutoAssignPort>True</AutoAssignPort>
+          <DevelopmentServerPort>6857</DevelopmentServerPort>
+          <DevelopmentServerVPath>/</DevelopmentServerVPath>
+          <IISUrl>
+          </IISUrl>
+          <NTLMAuthentication>False</NTLMAuthentication>
+          <UseCustomServer>True</UseCustomServer>
+          <CustomServerUrl>http://orchard.codeplex.com</CustomServerUrl>
+          <SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>False</SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>
+        </WebProjectProperties>
+      </FlavorProperties>
+    </VisualStudio>
+  </ProjectExtensions>
+  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
+       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
+  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
+  </Target>
+  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
+  </Target>
+  -->
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4ac95ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Pages/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Security;
+
+// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
+// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
+// associated with an assembly.
+[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Orchard.Pages")]
+[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyProduct("Orchard")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © Outercurve Foundation 2009")]
+[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
+
+// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
+// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
+// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
+[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
+
+// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
+[assembly: Guid("0d852f97-2bc9-42ee-91b6-90e90dbbe6ca")]
+
+// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
+//
+//      Major Version
+//      Minor Version 
+//      Build Number
+//      Revision
+//
+// You can specify all the values or you can default the Revision and Build Numbers 
+// by using the '*' as shown below:
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("0.8.0.0")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("0.8.0.0")]
+[assembly: SecurityTransparent]
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
index 10d55bbc9..97882c4d9 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Setup.Services {
                     "Orchard.Roles",
                     "TinyMce",
                     "PackagingServices",
+                    "Orchard.Pages",
                     "Orchard.Modules",
                     "Orchard.Themes",
                     "Orchard.PublishLater",
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Setup.Services {
             //hackInstallationGenerator.GenerateInstallEvents();
 
             var contentDefinitionManager = environment.Resolve<IContentDefinitionManager>();
-            //todo: (heskew) pull these definitions (and initial content creation) out into more appropriate modules
+            //todo: (heskew) pull these definitions (and initial content creation) out into a distribution configuration when we have that capability
             contentDefinitionManager.AlterTypeDefinition("BlogPost", cfg => cfg
                 .WithPart("CommentsPart")
                 .WithPart("TagsPart")
@@ -222,13 +223,8 @@ namespace Orchard.Setup.Services {
                 .Indexed()
                 );
             contentDefinitionManager.AlterTypeDefinition("Page", cfg => cfg
-                .WithPart("CommonPart")
-                .WithPart("PublishLaterPart")
-                .WithPart("RoutePart")
-                .WithPart("BodyPart")
                 .WithPart("TagsPart")
                 .WithPart("LocalizationPart")
-                .Creatable()
                 .Draftable()
                 .Indexed()
                 );
diff --git a/src/Orchard.sln b/src/Orchard.sln
index 839c5af7c..3131d1596 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.sln
+++ b/src/Orchard.sln
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Orchard.PublishLater", "Orc
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Orchard.Lists", "Orchard.Web\Modules\Orchard.Lists\Orchard.Lists.csproj", "{137906EA-15FE-4AD8-A6A0-27528F0477D6}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Orchard.Pages", "Orchard.Web\Modules\Orchard.Pages\Orchard.Pages.csproj", "{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		CodeCoverage|Any CPU = CodeCoverage|Any CPU
@@ -500,6 +502,16 @@ Global
 		{137906EA-15FE-4AD8-A6A0-27528F0477D6}.FxCop|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{137906EA-15FE-4AD8-A6A0-27528F0477D6}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{137906EA-15FE-4AD8-A6A0-27528F0477D6}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}.CodeCoverage|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}.CodeCoverage|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}.Coverage|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}.Coverage|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}.FxCop|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}.FxCop|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -530,6 +542,7 @@ Global
 		{EA4F1DA7-F2AB-4384-9AA4-9B756E2026B1} = {E9C9F120-07BA-4DFB-B9C3-3AFB9D44C9D5}
 		{C889167C-E52C-4A65-A419-224B3D1B957D} = {E9C9F120-07BA-4DFB-B9C3-3AFB9D44C9D5}
 		{137906EA-15FE-4AD8-A6A0-27528F0477D6} = {E9C9F120-07BA-4DFB-B9C3-3AFB9D44C9D5}
+		{3420C92A-747F-4990-BA08-F2C9531E44AD} = {E9C9F120-07BA-4DFB-B9C3-3AFB9D44C9D5}
 		{ABC826D4-2FA1-4F2F-87DE-E6095F653810} = {74E681ED-FECC-4034-B9BD-01B0BB1BDECA}
 		{F112851D-B023-4746-B6B1-8D2E5AD8F7AA} = {74E681ED-FECC-4034-B9BD-01B0BB1BDECA}
 		{6CB3EB30-F725-45C0-9742-42599BA8E8D2} = {74E681ED-FECC-4034-B9BD-01B0BB1BDECA}