diff --git a/src/IDF/Form/WikiCreate.php b/src/IDF/Form/WikiCreate.php
index e7c90a1..7dbf27e 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Form/WikiCreate.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Form/WikiCreate.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Add your content here. Format your content with:
                                             'initial' => $initial,
                                             'widget' => 'Pluf_Form_Widget_TextareaInput',
                                             'widget_attrs' => array(
-                                                       'cols' => 58,
+                                                       'cols' => 68,
                                                        'rows' => 26,
                                                                     ),
                                             ));
diff --git a/src/IDF/Form/WikiUpdate.php b/src/IDF/Form/WikiUpdate.php
index 12214ce..06b2c4b 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Form/WikiUpdate.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Form/WikiUpdate.php
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class IDF_Form_WikiUpdate extends Pluf_Form
                                             'initial' => $rev->content,
                                             'widget' => 'Pluf_Form_Widget_TextareaInput',
                                             'widget_attrs' => array(
-                                                       'cols' => 58,
+                                                       'cols' => 68,
                                                        'rows' => 26,
                                                                     ),
                                             ));
diff --git a/src/IDF/Project.php b/src/IDF/Project.php
index 923cdf9..005eff6 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Project.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Project.php
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ class IDF_Project extends Pluf_Model
                                   'help_text' => __('Used in the url to access the project, must be short with only letters and numbers.'),
                                   'unique' => true,
                                   ),
+                            'shortdesc' =>
+                            array(
+                                  'type' => 'Pluf_DB_Field_Varchar',
+                                  'blank' => false,
+                                  'size' => 255,
+                                  'verbose' => __('short description'),
+                                  'help_text' => __('A one line description of the project.'),
+                                  ),
                             'description' =>
                             array(
                                   'type' => 'Pluf_DB_Field_Text',
diff --git a/src/IDF/Views/Project.php b/src/IDF/Views/Project.php
index def39a9..3d113cf 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Views/Project.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Views/Project.php
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ class IDF_Views_Project
     {
         $prj = $request->project;
         $title = sprintf(__('%s Project Summary'), (string) $prj);
-        $form_fields = array('fields'=> array('name', 'description'));
+        $form_fields = array('fields'=> array('name', 'shortdesc',
+                                              'description'));
         if ($request->method == 'POST') {
             $form = Pluf_Shortcuts_GetFormForModel($prj, $request->POST,
                                                    $form_fields);
@@ -149,6 +150,9 @@ class IDF_Views_Project
             $form = Pluf_Shortcuts_GetFormForModel($prj, $prj->getData(),
                                                    $form_fields);
         }
+        $form->fields['description']->widget->attrs['cols'] = 68;
+        $form->fields['description']->widget->attrs['rows'] = 26;
+        $form->fields['shortdesc']->widget->attrs['size'] = 67;
         return Pluf_Shortcuts_RenderToResponse('idf/admin/summary.html',
                                                array(
                                                      'page_title' => $title,
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/admin/summary.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/admin/summary.html
index 35e7517..8ee1d71 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/admin/summary.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/admin/summary.html
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
+<th><strong>{$form.f.shortdesc.labelTag}:</strong></th>
+<td>{if $form.f.shortdesc.errors}{$form.f.shortdesc.fieldErrors}{/if}
+{$form.f.shortdesc|unsafe}<br />
+<span class="helptext">{$form.f.shortdesc.help_text}</span>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
 <th><strong>{$form.f.description.labelTag}:</strong></th>
 <td>{if $form.f.description.errors}{$form.f.description.fieldErrors}{/if}
 {$form.f.description|unsafe}
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/base-full.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/base-full.html
index a91d174..60c5639 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/base-full.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/base-full.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{media '/idf/css/ie6.css'}" />
   <![endif]-->
   {block extraheader}{/block}
-  <title>{block pagetitle}{$page_title|strip_tags}{/block}</title>
+  <title>{block pagetitle}{$page_title|strip_tags}{/block}{if $project} - {$project.shortdesc}{/if}</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 <div id="{block docid}doc3{/block}">
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/base.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/base.html
index 9ed8eb2..069f9ff 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/base.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/base.html
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{media '/idf/css/ie6.css'}" />
   <![endif]-->
   {block extraheader}{/block}
-  <title>{block pagetitle}{$page_title|strip_tags}{/block}</title>
+  <title>{block pagetitle}{$page_title|strip_tags}{/block}{if $project} - {$project.shortdesc}{/if}</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 <div id="{block docid}doc3{/block}" class="{block docclass}yui-t3{/block}">
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/index.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/index.html
index b076e69..69747d4 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/index.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/index.html
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 {block body}
 {if $projects.count() == 0}
 <p>{trans 'No projects managed with InDefero were found.'}</p>
-{if $user.administrator}<p>{blocktrans}Create a new project.{/blocktrans}</p>{/if}
+{if $isAdmin}
+{aurl 'url', 'IDF_Views_Admin::projectCreate'}
+<p><a href="{$url}"><img style="vertical-align: text-bottom;" src="{media '/idf/img/add.png'}" alt="+" align="bottom" /></a> <a href="{$url}">{trans 'Create Project'}</a></p>{/if}
 {else}
 <ul>{foreach $projects as $p}
-<li><a href="{url 'IDF_Views_Project::home', array($p.shortname)}">{$p}</a></li>
+<li><a href="{url 'IDF_Views_Project::home', array($p.shortname)}">{$p}</a>, {$p.shortdesc}</li>
 {/foreach}</ul>
 {/if}
 {/block}