diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index eb30115ee4..ee300b0496 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
      }
   }
 
-  echo '<p><table border="0" width="100%">';
+  echo '<p><table border="0" width="100%" align="center">';
 ?>
  <script langague="JavaScript">
     function opennotifywindow()
diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/footer.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/footer.inc.php
index c61cbaf294..a8c4a5264c 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/footer.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/footer.inc.php
@@ -28,7 +28,18 @@
     include($phpgw_info["server"]["app_inc"]."/footer.inc.php");
   }
 
-  if ($phpgw_info["server"]["showpoweredbyon"] == "bottom" && $phpgw_info["server"]["showpoweredbyon"] != "top") {
+  $tpl = new Template($phpgw_info["server"]["template_dir"]);
+  $tpl->set_unknowns("remove");
+
+  $tpl->set_file(array("footer" => "footer.tpl"));
+  $tpl->set_var("img_root",$phpgw_info["server"]["webserver_url"] . "/phpgwapi/templates/verdilak/images");
+//  $tpl->set_var("table_bg_color",$phpgw_info["theme"]["navbar_bg"]);
+  $tpl->set_var("table_bg_color","990000");
+  echo $tpl->finish($tpl->parse("out","footer"));
+
+  // This will need to be converted into the classic template
+
+/*  if ($phpgw_info["server"]["showpoweredbyon"] == "bottom" && $phpgw_info["server"]["showpoweredbyon"] != "top") {
      echo "<P>\n";
      echo "<Table Width=100% Border=0 CellPadding=0 CellSpacing=0 BGColor=".$phpgw_info["theme"]["navbar_bg"].">\n";
      echo " <TR><TD>";
@@ -38,7 +49,7 @@
      if ($phpgw_info["flags"]["parent_page"])
        echo "<td align=\"right\"><a href=\"".$phpgw->link($phpgw_info["flags"]["parent_page"])."\">".lang("up")."</a></td>";
      echo "</TR>\n</Table>\n";
-  }
+  } */
   $phpgw->db->disconnect();
   
 ?>
diff --git a/phpgwapi/templates/default/footer.tpl b/phpgwapi/templates/default/footer.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b13789179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpgwapi/templates/default/footer.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/phpgwapi/templates/verdilak/images/greybar.jpg b/phpgwapi/templates/verdilak/images/greybar.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8df24497a
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diff --git a/phpgwapi/templates/verdilak/images/navbar_filler.jpg b/phpgwapi/templates/verdilak/images/navbar_filler.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41c1f4cf77
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