Index: misc/drupal.css
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/misc/drupal.css,v
retrieving revision 1.151
diff -u -r1.151 drupal.css
--- misc/drupal.css	30 Jun 2006 00:13:32 -0000	1.151
+++ misc/drupal.css	12 Jul 2006 15:15:05 -0000
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 td.active {
   background-color: #ddd;
 }
-
 /*
 ** Menu styles
 */
@@ -555,6 +554,13 @@
 ul.secondary a.active {
   border-bottom: 4px solid #999;
 }
+div.admin-block {
+  background-color: #ccc;
+  margin: 1em;
+}
+div.admin-block .title {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
 
 /*
 ** Help module
Index: modules/system/system.module
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/system/system.module,v
retrieving revision 1.332
diff -u -r1.332 system.module
--- modules/system/system.module	10 Jul 2006 21:12:09 -0000	1.332
+++ modules/system/system.module	12 Jul 2006 15:15:07 -0000
@@ -101,16 +101,24 @@
 
     $items[] = array('path' => 'admin', 'title' => t('administer'),
       'access' => user_access('access administration pages'),
-      'callback' => 'watchdog_overview',
+      'callback' => 'system_main_admin_page',
       'weight' => 9);
 
     // Themes:
-    $items[] = array('path' => 'admin/themes', 'title' => t('themes'),
+    $items[] = array(
+      'path' => 'admin/themes',
+      'title' => t('themes'),
+      'description' => t('Change which theme your site uses or allows users to set.'),
       'callback' => 'system_themes', 'access' => $access);
 
-    $items[] = array('path' => 'admin/themes/select', 'title' => t('list'),
-      'callback' => 'system_themes', 'access' => $access,
-      'type' => MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK, 'weight' => -1);
+    $items[] = array(
+      'path' => 'admin/themes/select',
+      'title' => t('list'),
+      'description' => t('Select the default theme.'),
+      'callback' => 'system_themes',
+      'access' => $access,
+      'type' => MENU_DEFAULT_LOCAL_TASK,
+      'weight' => -1);
 
     $items[] = array('path' => 'admin/themes/settings', 'title' => t('configure'),
       'callback' => 'system_theme_settings', 'access' => $access,
@@ -210,6 +218,50 @@
   }
 }
 
+function _system_main_admin_block($mid) {
+  $menu = menu_get_item($mid);
+
+  if (is_array($menu['children'])) {
+    $output = "<div class=\"admin-block\">\n";
+    $output .= " <div class=\"title\">". check_plain($menu['title']) ."</div>\n";
+    if ($menu['description']) {
+      $output .= " <div class=\"description\">". check_plain($menu['description']) ."</div>\n";
+    }
+    $output .= " <dl>\n";
+    foreach ($menu['children'] as $mid) {
+      $item = menu_get_item($mid);
+      //print "<pre>"; print_r($item); print "</pre>";
+      if (!($item['type'] & MENU_NORMAL_ITEM)) {
+        $output .= "  <dt>". menu_item_link($mid) ."</dt>\n";
+        if ($item['description']) {
+          $output .= "  <dd>". check_plain($item['description']) ."</dd>\n";
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    $output .= " </dl>\n";
+    $output .= "</div>\n";
+    return $output;
+  }
+}
+
+function system_main_admin_page() {
+  $menu = menu_get_item(NULL, 'admin');
+  foreach ($menu['children'] as $mid) {
+    if ($block = _system_main_admin_block($mid)) {
+      $blocks[] = $block;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // TODO: use CSS for God's sake!  This is just a quick prototype; didn't felt like messing around with the CSS for 20 minutes ...
+  $middle = count($blocks) / 2;
+  $output = '<table width="100%">';
+  $output .= '<tr><td valign="top" width="47%">'. implode(' ', array_splice($blocks, 0, $middle)) .'</td><td valgin="top" width="47%">'. implode($blocks) .'</td></tr>';
+  $output .= '</table>';
+
+  return $output;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Returns a fieldset containing the theme select form.
  *