diff --git a/etemplate/doc/et_media/templates/default/edit.xul b/etemplate/doc/et_media/templates/default/edit.xul
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<overlay>
+  <grid id="et_media.edit" template="" lang="" group="" version="" width="100%">
+    <columns>
+      <column/>
+      <column/>
+      <column/>
+      <column/>
+    </columns>
+    <rows>
+      <row>
+        <description options="ib" span="all" value="eTemplates MediaDB" no_lang="1" id="msg"/>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <hrule span="all"/>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <description span="all"/>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <description value="Name"/>
+        <textbox size="100" maxlength="100" span="all" id="name" statustext="here goes the name of the publication / record"/>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <description value="Author"/>
+        <textbox size="100" maxlength="100" span="all" id="author" statustext="please use Name, First Name"/>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <description value="Type"/>
+        <menulist span="all" statustext="select the type fitting most">
+          <menupopup id="type"/>
+        </menulist>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <description value="Description"/>
+        <textbox multiline="true" cols="3" rows="100" span="all" id="descr" statustext="we have a fulltext search using that description"/>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <description span="all"/>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <button label="Read" id="read" statustext="reads or searches for entries matching the criteria above"/>
+        <button label="Save" id="save" statustext="saves the change to the db"/>
+        <button label="Cancel" id="cancel" statustext="clears the form, without changing anything"/>
+        <button label="Delete" id="delete" statustext="deletes an entry"/>
+      </row>
+    </rows>
+  </grid>
+</overlay>
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diff --git a/etemplate/doc/et_media/templates/default/show.rows.xul b/etemplate/doc/et_media/templates/default/show.rows.xul
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<overlay>
+  <grid id="et_media.show.rows" template="" lang="" group="" version="" width="100%">
+    <columns>
+      <column/>
+      <column/>
+      <column/>
+    </columns>
+    <rows>
+      <row class="nmh">
+        <description value="Name"/>
+        <description value="Author"/>
+        <description/>
+      </row>
+      <row class="nmr">
+        <description no_lang="1" id="${row}[name]"/>
+        <description class="ml10" no_lang="1" id="${row}[author]"/>
+        <button label="Edit" align="center" id="edit[$row_cont[id]]" statustext="click here to edit the entry"/>
+      </row>
+    </rows>
+    <styles>.nmh { font-weight: bold; }</styles>
+  </grid>
+</overlay>
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diff --git a/etemplate/doc/et_media/templates/default/show.xul b/etemplate/doc/et_media/templates/default/show.xul
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<overlay>
+  <grid id="et_media.show" template="" lang="" group="" version="" width="100%">
+    <columns>
+      <column/>
+    </columns>
+    <rows>
+      <row>
+        <description options="ib" span="all" value="eTemplates MediaDB" no_lang="1" id="msg"/>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <hrule span="all"/>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <description span="all"/>
+      </row>
+      <row>
+        <grid content="entry" id="et_media.show.rows"/>
+      </row>
+    </rows>
+  </grid>
+</overlay>
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