diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aed4bd663..d31f51826 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ MANIFEST
 dist
 adagios.conf
 *.mo
-
diff --git a/adagios/context_processors.py b/adagios/context_processors.py
index 99f374da0..4c4bf3394 100644
--- a/adagios/context_processors.py
+++ b/adagios/context_processors.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import datetime
 from adagios import __version__
 from adagios import userdata
+from adagios.status import custom_columns
 
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ def on_page_load(request):
         results[k] = v
     for k, v in get_all_nonworking_backends(request).items():
         results[k] = v
+    for k, v in get_livestatus_datasources(request).items():
+        results[k] = v
     return results
 
 
@@ -375,5 +378,11 @@ def get_all_nonworking_backends(request):
          if not Livestatus(x).test(raise_error=False)]
     return {'nonworking_backends': b}
 
+def get_livestatus_datasources(request):
+    result = {}
+    result['livestatus_datasources'] = sorted(custom_columns.all_columns.keys())
+    return result
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     on_page_load(request=None)
diff --git a/adagios/media/css/adagios-common.css b/adagios/media/css/adagios-common.css
index 81820e9d0..7b07df87c 100644
--- a/adagios/media/css/adagios-common.css
+++ b/adagios/media/css/adagios-common.css
@@ -311,6 +311,16 @@ button.close.notification {
     margin-top: 20px;
 }
 
+#left_sidebar .custom-view-link {
+    display: inline-block;
+    width: 70%;
+}
+
+#left_sidebar .custom-view-edit {
+    display: inline;
+    width: 10%;
+}
+
 .well {
         background: url('../img/bak.jpg')
 }
diff --git a/adagios/media/js/adagios_status.js b/adagios/media/js/adagios_status.js
index b14ab5c60..acdde417f 100644
--- a/adagios/media/js/adagios_status.js
+++ b/adagios/media/js/adagios_status.js
@@ -739,10 +739,10 @@ adagios.status.reschedule = function() {
         host_name =  item['host_name'];
         service_description = item['service_description'] || '';
         object_type = item['object_type'];
-        if (object_type == 'host') {
+        if (object_type == 'host' || object_type == 'hosts') {
             hostlist = hostlist + ';' + host_name;
         }
-        else if (object_type == 'service') {
+        else if (object_type == 'service' || object_type == 'services') {
             servicelist = servicelist + ';' + host_name + ',' + service_description;
         }
     });
@@ -994,4 +994,4 @@ adagios.objectbrowser.autocomplete_for_multichoicefields = function() {
 	    choices = choices.split(',');
 	    $(this).select2({tags:choices});
     });
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/adagios/settings.py b/adagios/settings.py
index 943abc7ed..7da16f631 100644
--- a/adagios/settings.py
+++ b/adagios/settings.py
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@
 
 ]
 
+# Custom views
+CUSTOM_TEMPLATES_DIR = 'custom_views/templates/'
+# this will be avoided one day with Django 1.7 (render_to_response(..., dirs=[...]))
+CUSTOM_TEMPLATES_PATH = '%s/status/templates/%s/' % (djangopath, CUSTOM_TEMPLATES_DIR)
+CUSTOM_WIDGETS_PATH = '%s/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/' % djangopath
+
 # Graphite #
 
 # the url where to fetch data and images
diff --git a/adagios/status/custom_columns.py b/adagios/status/custom_columns.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c4389b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/custom_columns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Adagios is a web based Nagios configuration interface
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014, Matthieu Caneill <matthieu.caneill@savoirfairelinux.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+This module looks up and stores Livesatus columns, organised per table,
+and stored along with their name, type and description.
+Access the data using:
+>>> from adagios.status import custom_columns
+>>> cols = custom_columns.all_columns
+
+As a sidenote, columns for a specific table can be obtained with this oneliner:
+$ printf 'GET columns' | netcat localhost 50000 | awk -F ';' '{if ($3 == "hosts") {print $2}}'
+The Filter clause is not implemented in Shinken for the Columns table,
+thus forcing us to post-process the data.
+"""
+
+import os
+import json
+
+from adagios.status import utils
+
+def get_data():
+    """
+    Queries Livestatus to get the list of all available columns.
+    Loops on the backends until one works.
+    """
+    backends = utils.get_all_backends()
+    livestatus = utils.livestatus(None)
+    query = 'GET columns'
+    # we try every backend until one works properly
+    # otherwise columns appear multiple times, coming from multiple backends
+    # this is faster than using set() afterwards
+    res = None
+    for backend in backends:
+        try:
+            res = livestatus.query(query, backend=backend)
+            break
+        except:
+            continue
+    if not res:
+        raise Exception('No working backend found.')
+    return res
+
+def process_data(data):
+    """
+    Columns list post-processing.
+    This `unflats` the columns, and returns a dict(), with keys being
+    the names of the Livestatus tables, and values being lists of
+    name/description/type dict()s.
+    """
+    cols_by_table = {}
+    for el in data:
+        filtered = {'name': el['name'],
+                    'description': el['description'],
+                    'type': el['type'],
+                    }
+        table = el['table']
+        if table in cols_by_table.keys():
+            if el['name'] not in [x['name'] for x in cols_by_table[table]]:
+                pass
+                
+        try:
+            cols_by_table[el['table']].append(filtered)
+        except Exception:
+            cols_by_table[el['table']] = [filtered]
+    return cols_by_table
+
+def get_columns():
+    """
+    Computes Livestatus columns.
+    """
+    data = get_data()
+    data = process_data(data)
+    return data
+
+# we keep this here, so this is only queried and processed once.
+all_columns = get_columns()
diff --git a/adagios/status/custom_filters.py b/adagios/status/custom_filters.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6137e4b34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/custom_filters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Adagios is a web based Nagios configuration interface
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014, Matthieu Caneill <matthieu.caneill@savoirfairelinux.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+This module manages the different filters subforms used in custom_forms.
+A custom filter is a class:
+  * inheriting from Default
+  * defining fields
+  * defining __repr__, its string representation being inserted in the
+    Livestatus query at filtering time.
+The rest is mapping between these classes and Livestatus tables.columns.
+"""
+
+from django import forms
+# YAY, Python 2.6 :D (collections.OrderedDict is available from Python 2.7)
+from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
+
+class Default(object):
+    def __init__(self, values={}):    
+        self.values = values
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        d = self.values.copy()
+        d['op'] = '~' if self.values['regex'] else '='
+        d['negate'] = '\nNegate:\n' if self.values['negate'] else ''
+        return 'Filter: %(column)s %(op)s %(value)s%(negate)s\n' % d
+
+    def get_fields(self):
+        fields = SortedDict([
+            ('value', forms.CharField(required=False)),
+            ('regex', forms.BooleanField(required=False)),
+            ('negate', forms.BooleanField(required=False)),
+            ])
+        return fields
+
+class HostStates(Default):
+    bool_names = ('UP', 'DOWN', 'UNREACHABLE', 'PENDING')
+    
+    def __repr__(self):
+        states = [index
+                  for index, key in enumerate(self.__class__.bool_names)
+                  if self.values[key]]
+        column = self.values['column']
+        q = ''
+        if len(states) > 0:
+            q += ''.join(['Filter: %s = %s\n' % (column, index) for index in states])
+            if len(states) > 1:
+                q += 'Or: %d\n' % len(states)
+        return q
+
+    def get_fields(self):
+        fields = SortedDict([(x, forms.BooleanField(required=False))
+                             for x in self.__class__.bool_names])
+        return fields
+
+class ServiceStates(HostStates):
+    bool_names = ('OK', 'WARNING', 'CRITICAL', 'UNKNOWN')
+
+class YesNo(Default):
+    def __repr__(self):
+        q = 'Filter: %s = %d' % (self.values['column'], int(self.values['value']))
+        return q
+    
+    def get_fields(self):
+        fields = SortedDict([('value', forms.ChoiceField(
+            required=False,
+            choices=[(1, 'Yes'), (0, 'No')],
+            widget=forms.widgets.RadioSelect))])
+        return fields
+
+mapping = {
+    'hosts': {
+        'state': HostStates,
+        },
+    'services': {
+        'state': ServiceStates,
+        'host_state': HostStates,
+        'acknowledged': YesNo,
+        }
+    }
+
+def get_filter(datasource, column):
+    """
+    Returns the filter corresponding to the given table (datasource)
+    and column, or the default filter if not defined.
+    """
+    try:
+        return mapping[datasource][column]
+    except KeyError:
+        return Default
diff --git a/adagios/status/custom_forms.py b/adagios/status/custom_forms.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a2f8676c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/custom_forms.py
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Adagios is a web based Nagios configuration interface
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014, Matthieu Caneill <matthieu.caneill@savoirfairelinux.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+This module defines the forms used in the views engine.
+
+The forms are dynamically generated, w.r.t. the data being passed,
+the available columns in the current Livestatus instance, and
+the available templates and filters in the looked-up directories.
+
+For the configuration, see adagios.settings.CUSTOM_*
+
+The forms generated here are transformed into formsets by views.py,
+which allows to have multiple values.
+The data is stored in user.views[<viewname>], that's being managed
+by views.py as well.
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from adagios.status import custom_columns
+from adagios.status import custom_filters
+
+from django import forms
+from django.forms.formsets import formset_factory
+from adagios import settings
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+
+#NONE_CHOICE = [('', '(None)')]
+
+def _get_columns_names(datasource='hosts'):
+    """
+    Returns the list of columns (coming from custom_columns) for the
+    specified table (datasource).
+    """
+    columns = custom_columns.all_columns
+    s = [x['name'] for x in columns[datasource]]
+    return [(x,x) for x in s]
+
+def _get_html_files_in(path):
+    """
+    Returns a list of tuples usable in a select/option field.
+    The elements are file present in `path` and ending with .html.
+    The first element (<option> value) is the file name,
+    the second (<option> display) rm's the .html and is title'ised.
+    """
+    files = sorted([x for x in os.listdir(path) if x.endswith('.html')])
+    return [(x, x[:-5].title().replace('_', ' ')) for x in files]
+
+def _get_metadata_templates():
+    """
+    List of templates for metadataform.template.
+    """
+    return _get_html_files_in(settings.CUSTOM_TEMPLATES_PATH)
+
+def _get_columns_widgets():
+    """
+    List of templates for columnsform.widget.
+    """
+    return _get_html_files_in(settings.CUSTOM_WIDGETS_PATH)
+
+class NumberInput(forms.TextInput):
+    """ HTML5 number field (not implemented in Django 1.4) """
+    input_type = 'number'
+
+class MetadataForm(forms.Form):
+    view_name = forms.CharField(
+        help_text=_('Give a unique name to your view.'),)
+    data_source = forms.CharField(
+        widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'readonly': True}),
+        help_text=_('Where does the data come from?'),)
+    template = forms.ChoiceField(
+        choices=_get_metadata_templates(),
+        initial='table.html',
+        help_text=_('The template which will be used to render selected data.'),)
+    reload_interval = forms.CharField(
+        required=False,
+        help_text=_('Number of seconds between two reloads of the view, 0 to disable auto-reload.'),
+        initial=0,
+        widget=NumberInput(attrs={'min': 0, 'max': 600, 'step': 10}),)
+    fullscreen = forms.BooleanField(
+        required=False,
+        help_text=_("Option to have the view rendered full screen (without the surrounding menus)."),)
+
+class ColumnsForm(forms.Form):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(ColumnsForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        
+        self.fields['name'] = forms.ChoiceField(
+            choices=_get_columns_names(datasource=self.datasource),
+            help_text=_('The column you want to display.'),)
+        self.fields['widget'] = forms.ChoiceField(
+            choices=_get_columns_widgets(),
+            initial='default.html',
+            help_text=_('The widget used to display column data.'),)
+
+class FiltersForm(forms.Form):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(FiltersForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        
+        self.fields['column'] = forms.ChoiceField(
+            choices=_get_columns_names(datasource=self.datasource),
+            )
+        # let's get the value of this particular column
+        if kwargs.get('initial', False): # GET
+            try:
+                column = kwargs['initial']['column']
+            except KeyError:
+                column = None
+        else: # POST
+            try:
+                column = kwargs['data'][kwargs['prefix'] + '-column']
+            except KeyError:
+                column = None
+        
+        if column:
+            self.fields.update(custom_filters.get_filter(self.datasource, column)().get_fields())
+
+class SortsForm(forms.Form):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(SortsForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        self.fields['column'] = forms.ChoiceField(
+            choices=_get_columns_names(datasource=self.datasource),
+            help_text=_('Sort by...'),)
+        
+        self.fields['reverse'] = forms.BooleanField(
+            required=False,
+            help_text=_('Descending order?'),)
+
+class StatsForm(forms.Form):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(StatsForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        
+        self.fields['column'] = forms.ChoiceField(
+            choices=_get_columns_names(datasource=self.datasource),
+            help_text=_('Stats by...'),)
+
+        self.fields['value'] = forms.CharField(required=False)
+
+def get_categories(form_attrs):
+    categories = [
+        {'name': _('Meta'),
+         'id': 'metadata',
+         'move_button': False,
+         'delete_button': False,
+         'add_button': False,
+         # we keep a formset here, even if there's only one form,
+         # in order to keep the same structure for all tabs
+         'form_class': formset_factory(MetadataForm, max_num=1,),
+         },
+        {'name': _('Columns'),
+         'id': 'columns',
+         'move_button': True,
+         'delete_button': True,
+         'add_button': True,
+         # From Django 1.7, we can use min_num=1, extra=0.
+         # The dynamic class used as a parameter in formset_factory
+         # is a proper (== not-too-dirty) way to give our forms the
+         # datasource parameter.
+         'form_class': formset_factory(
+             type('ColumnsForm', (ColumnsForm,), form_attrs),
+             extra=0,),
+         },
+        {'name': _('Filters'),
+         'id': 'filters',
+         'move_button': True,
+         'delete_button': True,
+         'add_button': True,
+         'form_class': formset_factory(
+             type('FiltersForm', (FiltersForm,), form_attrs),
+             extra=0,),
+         },
+        {'name': _('Sorting'),
+         'id': 'sorts',
+         'move_button': True,
+         'delete_button': True,
+         'add_button': True,
+         'form_class': formset_factory(
+             type('SortsForm', (SortsForm,), form_attrs),
+             extra=0,),
+         },
+        {'name': _('Statistics'),
+         'id': 'stats',
+         'move_button': True,
+         'delete_button': True,
+         'add_button': True,
+         'form_class': formset_factory(
+             type('StatsForm', (StatsForm,), form_attrs),
+             extra=0,),
+         },
+        ]
+    return categories
diff --git a/adagios/status/custom_utils.py b/adagios/status/custom_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81263c43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/custom_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Adagios is a web based Nagios configuration interface
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2014, Matthieu Caneill <matthieu.caneill@savoirfairelinux.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""
+This module provides helpers to manage the custom views.
+"""
+
+import locale
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")
+
+from adagios.status import custom_filters
+
+def data_to_query(data):
+    """
+    Transforms a view dict into a Livestatus query.
+
+    The passed dict represents a stored (in userdata) custom view, it
+    has the same structure as a forms set in custom_edit.
+    """
+    d = {}
+    d['datasource'] = data['metadata'][0]['data_source']
+    d['columns'] = [x['name'] for x in data['columns'] if x['name']]
+    # we have to add columns which are in d['sorts'], otherwise the data
+    # postprocessor can't do its job
+    #sorts = [x['column'] for x in data['sorts']]
+    add_sorts = [x['column'] for x in data['sorts'] if x not in d['columns']]
+    d['columns'] = ' '.join(d['columns'] + add_sorts)
+    if d['columns']:
+        d['columns'] = 'Columns: ' + d['columns'] + '\n'
+    d['stats'] = ''.join(['Stats: %(column)s = %(value)s\n' % x for x in data['stats']])
+    d['filters'] = ''.join([str(custom_filters.get_filter(d['datasource'], x['column'])(x))
+                            for x in data['filters'] if x['column']])
+    query = ('GET %(datasource)s\n'
+             '%(columns)s'
+             '%(filters)s'
+             '%(stats)s') % d
+    # Remove unneeded linebreaks at the end:
+    query = query.strip()
+    return query
+
+class _OppositeStr(str):
+    """ Simple hack to not implement the sorting by ourselves.
+    By allowing the construction of opposite strings (as in the
+    mathematical opposite), we can have the DESC functionality
+    while only using the key parameter of sorted.
+    It's the opposite day! http://youtu.be/G1p6VrAmq9g
+    """
+    def __cmp__(self, o):
+        return -1 * cmp(str(self), str(o))
+    def __lt__(self, o):
+        return self.__cmp__(o) < 0
+
+def _format_sort(string):
+    """ Let's not pay attention to capitals and esoteric chars. """
+    return locale.strxfrm(str(string).lower())
+
+def sort_data(data, sorts):
+    """
+    Sorts columns, in reverse order where it's specified, or normal order
+    otherwise.
+    """
+    return [_OppositeStr(_format_sort(data[x['column']])) if x['reverse']
+        else _format_sort(data[x['column']])
+        for x in sorts]
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/base_status.html b/adagios/status/templates/base_status.html
index b325b2ebb..2692a584d 100644
--- a/adagios/status/templates/base_status.html
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/base_status.html
@@ -25,86 +25,13 @@
 
                 <!-- block view_buttons starts -->
                 {% block view_buttons %}
-                <div class="btn-group pull-left" id="view_buttons">
-                    <a class="btn btn-small dropdown-toggle " data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">
-                        <i class="glyph-eye-open" title="View"> </i> <span class="caret"></span></a>
-                    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
-                        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}&unhandled"> {% trans "Open Problems" %}</a></li>
-                        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}&state__isnot=0"> {% trans "All Problems" %}</a></li>
-                        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}&acknowledged=1"> {% trans "All Acknowledged" %}</a></li>
-                        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}&scheduled_downtime_depth__isnot=0"> {% trans "All in Downtime" %}</a></li>
-                        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}&state=0"> {% trans "All OK" %}</a></li>
-                        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}"> {% trans "Everything" %}</a></li>
-                    </ul>
-                </div>
+                {% include "snippets/status_view_buttons.html" %}
                 {% endblock %}
                 <!-- block view_buttons ends -->
 
                 <!-- block action_buttons starts -->
                 {% block action_buttons %}
-                    <div class="pull-left" id="action_buttons" >
-
-                        <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Recheck - Execute selected checks immediately" data-loading-text='<img src="{% url "media" path="external/select2/spinner.gif" %}"> <span id="reschedule_text"> {% trans "Running..." %}</span>' id="reschedule_button" onclick="adagios.status.reschedule();">
-                            <i class="glyph-refresh" > </i> <span class="hide visible-desktop" id="reschedule_text">{% trans "Recheck" %}</span>
-                        </button>
-                        <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Acknowledge - selected items will be hidden from unhandled and notifications will no longer be sent out" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#acknowledge_modal" id="acknowledge_button" data-loading-text='<img src="{% url "media" path="external/select2/spinner.gif" %}"> <span id="acknowledge_text"> {% trans "Running..." %}</span>'>
-                            <i class="glyph-check" > </i><span  class="hide visible-desktop" id="acknowledge_text"> {% trans "Acknowledge" %}</span>
-                        </button>
-                        <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Downtime - Selected items will be hidden from unhandled and notifications will not be sent until downtime is over" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#downtime_modal" id="downtime_button" data-loading-text='<img src="{% url "media" path="external/select2/spinner.gif" %}"> <span id="downtime_text"> {% trans "Running..." %}</span>'>
-                            <i class="glyph-clock" > </i> <span  class="hide visible-desktop">{% trans "Downtime" %}</span>
-                        </button>
-                        <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Send out mail for selected items" id="mail_button" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#mail_modal">
-                            <i class="glyph-envelope" > </i>
-                        </button>
-
-                        <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Copy {{ my_object.object_type }}" onclick="copy_selected_objects();">
-                            <i class="icon-copy"> </i>
-                        </button>
-                        <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Edit {{ my_object.object_type }}" id="configure_button" onclick="edit_selected_objects();">
-                            <i class="glyph-edit" > </i>
-                        </button>
-                        <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Delete {{ my_object.object_type }}" id="delete_button" onclick="delete_selected_objects();" >
-                            <i class="glyph-bin" > </i>
-                        </button>
-
-                    </div>
-
-                    <div class="btn-group pull-left hidden-phone" id="action_buttons_more">
-                        <a class="btn btn-small dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" id="status_toolbar_more_button">
-                            More <span class="caret"></span>
-                        </a>
-
-                        <ul class="dropdown-menu">
-                            <li>
-                                <a class="enable_on_select" title="Add to businesgroup" id="add_to_businessprocess_button" onclick="adagios.bi.add_to_business_process();">
-                                    {% trans "Add to business process" %}
-                                </a>
-                            </li>
-                            <li>
-                                <a class="enable_on_select" title="Add to contactgroup" onclick="add_to_group('contactgroup');">
-                                    {% trans "Add to contactgroup" %}
-                                </a>
-                            </li>
-                            <li>
-                                <a class="enable_on_select" title="Add to servicegroup" onclick="add_to_group('servicegroup');">
-                                    {% trans "Add to servicegroup" %}
-                                </a>
-                            </li>
-                            <li>
-                                <a class="enable_on_select" title="Remove acknowledgement" onclick="adagios.status.remove_acknowledgements();">
-                                    {% trans "Remove Acknowledgement" %}
-                                </a>
-                            </li>
-                            <li>
-                                <a class="enable_on_select" title="Remove Active Downtimes" onclick="adagios.status.remove_active_downtimes();">
-                                    {% trans "Remove active downtimes" %}
-                                </a>
-                            </li>
-                        </ul>
-
-                </div>
-
-
+                {% include "snippets/status_action_buttons.html" %}
                 {% endblock %}
                 <!-- block action_buttons ends -->
 
@@ -129,225 +56,7 @@
 {% block footer %}
     {{ block.super }}
     <div id="modals">
-
-        <!-- Acknowledge modal -->
-        <div class="modal hide fade" id="acknowledge_modal">
-            <form class="form-horizontal" onsubmit='$("#acknowledge_modal").modal("hide");  adagios.status.acknowledge(); return false;' >
-                <div class="modal-header">
-                    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
-                    <h3>{% trans "Acknowledge problem" %}</h3>
-                </div>
-                <div class="modal-body">
-                    <p>{% trans "Acknowledge means that someone is handling this problem. It will no longer be marked as unhandled and Nagios will stop sending notifications about it until it goes back to OK status." %}</p>
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_acknowledgement_author">
-                            {% trans "Author" %}
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="author_field">
-                            <input id="id_acknowledgement_author" type="text" class="required" disabled=disabled value="{{ remote_user }}" name="author" />
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_comment">
-                            Comment
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="host_name_field">
-                            <input id="id_comment" type="text" class="required" placeholder="Write some comment" name="comment" />
-                            <label class="help-block">{% trans "Other people looking at this service will see this comment" %}.</label>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-                <div class="modal-footer">
-                    <a href="#" class="btn" onclick='$("#acknowledge_modal").modal("hide");'>{% trans "Cancel" %}</a>
-                    <button type="submit" id="acknowledge_submit_button" class="btn btn-primary">{% trans "Acknowledge Problem" %}</button>
-                </div>
-            </form>
-        </div>
-        <!-- Acknowledge modal ends -->
-
-        <!-- downtime modal -->
-        <div class="modal hide fade" id="downtime_modal">
-            <form name="downtime" class="form-horizontal">
-                <div class="modal-header">
-                    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
-                    <h3>{% trans "Schedule Downtime" %}</h3>
-                </div>
-                <div class="modal-body">
-                    <p>{% trans "Putting hosts and services into scheduled downtime means they are expected to fail during that period. Nagios will not send out any notifications during scheduled downtime and problems will not show up as unhandled problems." %}</p>
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_downtime_author">
-                            {% trans "Author" %}
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="downtime_author_field">
-                            <input id="id_downtime_author" type="text" class="required" disabled=disabled value="{{ remote_user }}" name="author" />
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_downtime_start_time">
-                            {% trans "Start Time" %}
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="downtime_start_time_field">
-                            <div id="datepicker_start_time" class="date pull-left">
-                                <label class="hide" for="id_start_time_picker"></label>
-                                <input id="id_start_time_picker" name="start_time_picker" style="width: 70px" type="text">
-                            </div>
-                            <div class="control-group pull-left">
-                                <label class="hide" for="id_input_start_hours"></label>
-                                <input id="id_input_start_hours" name="start_hours" style="width: 40px" type="text">&nbsp;
-                            </div>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_downtime_end_time">
-                            {% trans "End Time" %}
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="id_downtime_end_time_field">
-                            <div id="datepicker_end_time" class="date pull-left">
-                                <label class="hide" for="id_end_time_picker"></label>
-                                <input id="id_end_time_picker" name="end_time_picker" style="width: 70px" type="text">
-                            </div>
-                            <div class="control-group pull-left">
-                                <label class="hide" for="id_end_hours"></label>
-                                <input id="id_end_hours" name="end_hours" style="width: 40px" type="text">&nbsp;
-                            </div>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_downtime_comment">
-                            {% trans "Comment" %}
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="downtime_comment_field">
-                            <input id="id_downtime_comment" type="text" class="required" placeholder="{% trans "Write some comment" %}" name="comment" />
-                            <label class="help-block">{% trans "Other people looking at this service will see this comment." %}</label>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_downtime_recursive">
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="id_downtime_recursive_field">
-                            <input type="checkbox" name="recursive" id="id_downtime_recursive" />
-                            {% trans "Apply to selected hosts and all their services" %}
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-
-                </div>
-
-                <div class="modal-footer">
-                    <a href="#" class="btn" onclick='$("#downtime_modal").modal("hide");'>{% trans "Cancel" %}</a>
-                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">{% trans "Schedule Downtime" %}</button>
-                </div>
-            </form>
-        </div>
-        <!-- Downtime modal ends -->
-
-        <!-- Mail modal -->
-        <div class="modal hide fade" id="mail_modal">
-                <div class="modal-header">
-                    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
-                    <h3>{% trans "Mail" %}</h3>
-                </div>
-                <div class="modal-body">
-                    <p>{% trans "You can send manual e-mail notification to a specified email address." %}</p>
-
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_mail_to">
-                            {% trans "To:" %}
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="mail_to_field">
-                            <input id="id_mail_to" type="text" class="required" value="" name="to" style="width: 100%" />
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-
-
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_mail_message">
-                            {% trans "Message" %}
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="id_mail_message_field">
-                            <textarea id="id_mail_message"
-                            class="required" placeholder="{% trans "Hey everyone, please check the link and services below." %}" name="message" ></textarea>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_add_myself_to_cc">
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="id_add_myself_to_cc_field">
-                            <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="add_myself_to_cc" value="on" id="id_add_myself_to_cc" />
-                            {% trans "Add myself to CC" %}
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-
-
-                    <div class="control-group">
-                        <label class="control-label" for="id_acknowledge_all_problems">
-                        </label>
-                        <div class="controls" id="id_acknowledge_all_problems_field">
-                            <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="acknowledge_all_problems" value="on" id="id_acknowledge_all_problems" />
-                            {% trans "Acknowledge Unhandled Problems" %}
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-
-
-                </div>
-                <div class="modal-footer">
-                    <a href="#" class="btn" onclick='$("#mail_modal").modal("hide");'>{% trans "Cancel" %}</a>
-                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" onclick='$("#mail_modal").modal("hide"); adagios.status.send_mail();'>{% trans "Send" %}</button>
-                </div>
-        </div>
-        <!-- Mail modal ends -->
-
-        <!-- Misc - General purpose modal modal, originally destined to show error messages -->
-        <div class="modal hide fade" id="misc_modal">
-            <form class="form-horizontal" action="https://opensource.ok.is/cgi-bin/wish.cgi" >
-                <div class="modal-header">
-                    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
-                </div>
-                <div class="modal-body">
-                    <div id="misc_modal_body">
-
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-
-                <div class="modal-footer">
-                    <a href="#" class="btn" onclick='$("#misc_modal").modal("hide");'>{% trans "Close" %}</a>
-                </div>
-            </form>
-        </div>
-        <!-- Misc modal ends -->
-
-        <!-- Wish modal -->
-        <div class="modal hide fade" id="wish_modal">
-            <form class="form-horizontal" action="https://opensource.ok.is/cgi-bin/wish.cgi" >
-                <div class="modal-header">
-                    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
-                    <h3>{% trans "Make a wish" %}</h3>
-                </div>
-                <div class="modal-body">
-                    <p>{% trans "Anything cool you think Adagios could be doing for you?" %}
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                    {% trans "Sweet! Ask for it here, and we'll see what we can do." %}
-                    </p>
-                    <p>
-                            {% trans "We'd love to hear from you, but we cannot guarantee that your wish will come true." %}
-                    </p>
-                    <label class="hide" for="wish_textarea"></label>
-                    <textarea  id="wish_textarea" style="width:100%;" cols="200" rows="10" name="wish" placeholder="{% trans "I wish this page could..." %}"></textarea>
-                    <hr>
-                    <input name="bribes" id="id_bribes" class="pull-left" type="checkbox"  />
-                    <label class="pull-left" for="id_bribes">{% trans "I'll back it up with bribes." %}</label>
-                </div>
-
-                <div class="modal-footer">
-                    <a href="#" class="btn" onclick='$("#wish_modal").modal("hide");'>{% trans "Cancel" %}</a>
-                    <button type="submit" id="wish_submit_button" class="btn">{% trans "Make a wish" %}</button>
-                </div>
-            </form>
-        </div>
-        <!-- Wish modal ends -->
-
-    </div>
+    {% include "snippets/status_modals.html" %}
 
     <script type="text/javascript" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/html">
 
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_edit.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_edit.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1dd493ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_edit.html
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block title %}{% if viewname %}{% trans "Edit view" %}: {{ viewname }}{% else %}New view{% endif %}{% endblock %}
+{% block smallheader %}{% endblock %}
+{% block largeheader %}{% if viewname %}{% trans "Edit view" %}: {{ viewname }}{% else %}New view{% endif %}{% endblock %}
+{% block toolbar %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<style>
+tbody::before{
+   content: '';
+   display: block;
+   height: 15px;
+}
+
+tbody:nth-child(even){
+   background-color: #efefef;
+}
+tbody:nth-child(odd){
+   background-color: #FFF;
+}
+</style>
+<br />
+
+<form id="custom_view_form" action="#" method="post" class="form-horizontal">{% csrf_token %}
+  <div class="tabbable"> <!-- Only required for left/right tabs -->
+    <ul class="nav nav-tabs">
+      {% for cat in categories %}
+        <li><a{% if cat.errors %} style="color:#b94a48;"{% endif %} href="#tab_{{ cat.id }}" data-toggle="tab">{{ cat.name }}</a></li>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+    <div class="tab-content">
+      {% for cat in categories %}
+      {{ cat.forms.management_form }}
+      <div class="tab-pane {% if forloop.first %} active{% endif %}" id="tab_{{ cat.id }}">
+        <table id="table_{{ cat.id }}">
+        {% for form in cat.forms %}
+          <tbody id="{{ cat.id }}_{{ forloop.counter0 }}" style="border-bottom: 1px solid d0d0d0;">
+            {% include "snippets/status_customview_formset_snippet.html" with cat=cat form=form counter0=forloop.counter0 %}
+          </tbody>
+        {% endfor %}
+        </table>
+        <br />
+        {% if cat.add_button %}
+          <button type="button" class="btn" onclick="add_field('{{ cat.id }}')">{% trans "Add field" %}</button>
+        {% endif %}
+      </div>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="form-actions">
+    <button class="btn btn-success" type="submit">{% trans "Save" %}</button>
+    <a href="javascript:$('#areyousure').toggle('400');" class="btn">{% trans "Delete view" %}</a>
+    <div id="areyousure" class="alert alert-error hide">
+      {% blocktrans %}
+        Are you sure you want to delete the view {{ viewname }}?
+      {% endblocktrans %}
+      <a href="{% url "status.views.custom_delete" viewname %}" class="btn btn-danger">{% trans "Yes" %}</a>
+      <a href="javascript:$('#areyousure').toggle('400');" class="btn btn-success">{% trans "No" %}</a>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</form>
+<!-- forms store, it's like AppStore but free -->
+<div id="form_store" style="display: none;">
+  <table>
+    {% for cat in categories %}
+      <tbody id="form_store_{{ cat.id }}">
+        {% include "snippets/status_customview_formset_snippet.html" with cat=cat form=cat.forms.empty_form counter0=forloop.counter0 %}
+      </tbody>
+    {% endfor %}
+  </table>
+</div>
+
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block footer %}
+{{ block.super }}
+
+<style type="text/css">
+/* work-around for a bug when cloning select2 components */
+.sortable-placeholder {
+     border: 1px dashed grey;
+     z-index: 10000;
+     height: 100px; /* XXX */
+     display: block;
+}
+.select2-container {
+    display: block;
+    max-width: 30em;
+}
+
+</style>
+
+<script src="{% url "media" path="external/jquery-ui/ui/minified/jquery-ui.custom.min.js" %}"></script>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+
+ $(function() {
+   /*
+     activates the drag-and-drop sort for each element
+   */
+   {% for cat in categories %}
+     $("#table_{{ cat.id }}").sortable({axis: "y",
+                                     //containment: "parent",
+                                     cursor: "move",
+                                     handle: ".move-button",
+                                     opacity: 0.5,
+                                     placeholder: "sortable-placeholder",
+                                     scroll: true,
+                                     update: function(event, ui) {rename_nums("#table_{{ cat.id }}", "{{ cat.id }}")}});
+     //$("#table_{{ cat.id }}").disableSelection();
+   {% endfor %}
+ });
+
+
+ function bind_filters_submit() {
+   /*
+     Reloads the form when a filter is selected (because filter forms
+     are generated server side).
+   */
+   $('select[id*="id_filters-"]').bind('click change', function() {
+     $('#custom_view_form').submit();
+   });
+ }
+ 
+ function rename_nums(val, elem_id) {
+   /*
+     Renames the attributes of elements of a list (val), changing the 
+     numbers following an iteration.
+     elem_id being e.g. 'column', all the numbers in *column-NUMBER* and
+     *column_NUMBER* will be updated.
+   */
+   var field = $(val);
+   $.each(field.children(), function(index, value) {
+     patt = new RegExp(elem_id + "([-_])\\d+");
+     repl = elem_id + "$1" + index;
+     // replaces 'column-0-foo' by 'column-1-foo', same with '_'
+     this.id = elem_id + '_' + index;
+     $(this).find("*").each(function() {
+       $.each(this.attributes, function() {
+         if(this.specified) {
+           if(this.name == "id" || this.name == "name" || this.name == "onclick") {
+             this.value = this.value.replace(patt, repl);
+           }
+         }
+       });
+     });
+   });
+ }
+
+ function add_field(elem_id) {
+   /*
+     Clones the last field and adds it to the list.
+     It first disables select2 and re-enables it afterwards,
+     otherwise select2 not happy.
+     Also increments django's form counter.
+   */
+   // the container
+   var field = $("#table_" + elem_id);
+   // element which is going to be cloned
+   var clone_me = $("#form_store #form_store_" + elem_id);
+   // first, we deactivate select2
+   clone_me.find("select").select2("destroy");
+   // we clone and add the new element to the container
+   var new_child = clone_me.clone();
+   new_child.appendTo(field);
+   // we remove the djangenerated __prefix__
+   new_child.find("*").each(function() {
+       $.each(this.attributes, function() {
+           console.log(this.value);
+           this.value = this.value.replace('__prefix__', '0');
+       });
+     });
+   // we update the attributes to have correct numbers
+   rename_nums(new_child.parent(), elem_id);
+   var sel = $("#id_" + elem_id + "-TOTAL_FORMS")[0];
+   sel.value = parseInt(sel.value) + 1;
+   
+   // we delete values of input fields
+   //new_child.find("select, input, textarea").each(function() {this.value = ""});
+   // and re-activate select2
+   field.find("select").select2();
+   bind_filters_submit();
+ }
+ 
+ function del_field(elem, elem_id) {
+   /*
+     Deletes a field with id_elem, if it's not the only one in the list.
+     Also renames the numbers in the attributes, hence the need for
+     elem_id (e.g. 'columns').
+   */
+   var elem = $("#" + elem);
+   console.log(elem);
+   if(elem.parent().children().length > 0) { // replace by 1 if you wanna save the last field
+     parent = elem.parent();
+     elem.remove();
+     rename_nums(parent, elem_id);
+     var sel = $("#id_" + elem_id + "-TOTAL_FORMS")[0];
+     sel.value = parseInt(sel.value) - 1;
+   }
+ }
+
+bind_filters_submit();
+</script>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/base_view.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/base_view.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b8d6076e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/base_view.html
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block title %}{% trans "Custom view" %}: {{ viewname }}{% endblock %}
+{% block smallheader %}{% endblock %}
+{% block largeheader %}{% trans "Custom view" %}: {{ viewname }}{% endblock %}
+{% block toolbar %}{% endblock %}
+
+
+
+{% block action_buttons %}
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+
+<style type="text/css">
+ #template_content { min-height: 600px; }
+</style>
+
+{% block data %}
+
+{% endblock data %}
+
+{% endblock content %}
+
+{% block footer %}
+{{ block.super }}
+
+{% if view.metadata.0.reload_interval %}
+  <script type="text/javascript" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/html">
+   $(document).ready(function() {
+     // Set a reload
+     adagios.misc.timed_reload({{ view.metadata.0.reload_interval }});
+   });
+  </script>
+{% endif %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/base_view_fullscreen.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/base_view_fullscreen.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbbb1e506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/base_view_fullscreen.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{% load static %}
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <title>Adagios</title>
+    <link href="{% url "media" path=user_data.theme_path %}" rel="stylesheet">
+    <script src="{% url "media" path="external/jquery/jquery-1.9.1.min.js" %}"></script>
+    <style type="text/css">
+      html, body, #template_content { height: 100%; width: 100%; padding: 0; margin: 0; }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    {% block data %}
+    {% endblock data %}
+    
+    {% block footer %}
+    {% endblock footer %}
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/templates/pie_chart.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/templates/pie_chart.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30fe868d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/templates/pie_chart.html
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{% extends view.metadata.0.fullscreen|yesno:'custom_views/base_view_fullscreen.html,custom_views/base_view.html' %}
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block data %}
+
+<div id="template_content">
+  <div id="chart1" style="width: 300px;">
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+
+{% block footer %}
+{{ block.super }}
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% url "media" path="external/jqplot/jquery.jqplot.min.js" %}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% url "media" path="external/jqplot/plugins/jqplot.pieRenderer.min.js" %}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript">
+$(document).ready(function(){
+  var labels = [{% for s in view.stats %}'{{ s.column }}={{ s.value }}', {% endfor %}];
+  var values = [{% for s in data %}{{ s}}, {% endfor %}];
+  var data = [];
+  for(i=0; i<labels.length; i++) {
+     data.push([labels[i], values[i]]);
+  }
+   
+  var plot1 = jQuery.jqplot ('chart1', [data], 
+    { 
+      seriesDefaults: {
+        // Make this a pie chart.
+        renderer: jQuery.jqplot.PieRenderer, 
+        rendererOptions: {
+          // Put data labels on the pie slices.
+          // By default, labels show the percentage of the slice.
+          showDataLabels: true
+        }
+      }, 
+      legend: { show:true, location: 'e' }
+    }
+  );
+});
+</script>
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/templates/table.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/templates/table.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1243df340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/templates/table.html
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+{% extends view.metadata.0.fullscreen|yesno:'custom_views/base_view_fullscreen.html,custom_views/base_view.html' %}
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block data %}
+<style type="text/css">
+table {
+  background-color: #f1f1ff;
+}
+
+th {
+  padding-right: 30px;
+  padding-top: 10px;
+  padding-bottom: 10px;
+  background-color: LOLblue;
+}
+
+tr {
+  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
+}
+
+td {
+  padding-top: 2px;
+  padding-bottom: 2px;
+}
+
+#table_data .row_selected {
+  background-color: #ADD8E6;
+}
+</style>
+
+<div id="template_content">
+  {#% include "snippets/status_view_buttons.html" %#}
+  {% if action_buttons %}
+    {% include "snippets/status_action_buttons.html" %}
+  {% endif %}
+
+  <div class=" pull-right" id="search_box">
+    <input name="filter_results"  type="text" id="filter_field" class="input-large search-query" placeholder="filter results" />
+  </div>
+  <br><br>
+
+  <div class="table-responsive" id="table_data">
+    <table class="table-striped table-hover" id="data-results">
+      <thead>
+        <tr>
+          {% if action_buttons %}
+            <td style="width: 2em;"></td>
+          {% endif %}
+
+          {% for col in view.columns %}
+          {% include settings.CUSTOM_WIDGETS_PATH|add:col.widget with title=col.name|title|replace:"_, " %}
+          {% endfor %}
+        </tr>
+      </thead>
+      <tbody>
+        {% for line in data %}
+        <tr>
+          {% if action_buttons %}
+          <td class="selectable">
+            <input type="checkbox" name="service"
+                   value="{{ service.host_name }}/{{ service.description }}"
+                   class="checkbox_select chkbox"
+                   data-host_name="{{ line.host_name }}"
+                   data-service_description="{{ line.description }}"
+                   data-object_type="{{ view.metadata.0.data_source }}">
+          </td>
+          {% endif %}
+
+          {% for col in view.columns %}
+          {% include settings.CUSTOM_WIDGETS_PATH|add:col.widget with col_name=col.name line=line %}
+          {% endfor %}
+        </tr>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </tbody>
+    </table>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+{% endblock %}
+
+
+{% block footer %}
+{{ block.super }}
+
+{% include "snippets/status_modals.html" %}
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+ /*
+   Updates the table whenever the filter input field is changed.
+ */
+ $("#filter_field").bind('input', function() {
+   var to_filter = $("#table_data tbody tr");
+   to_filter.show();
+   to_filter.filter(function (index) {
+     return $(this)[0].innerHTML.indexOf($("#filter_field")[0].value) < 0;
+   }).hide();
+ });
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% url "media" path="external/datatable/js/datatable.js" %}"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript">
+ $('#data-results').datatable({
+   tableClass: "JustARandomNameDifferentThanDatatable",
+   sort: "*",
+   pageSize: 10000,
+ });
+
+ $(".checkbox_select").each(function() {
+    $( this ).parent().addClass( "selectable" );
+ });
+</script>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+/*
+  Binds checkboxes
+  Must be done after Datatable, bug otherwise.
+*/
+$(".checkbox_select").change(function() {
+  if($(this).is(":checked")) {
+    $(this).parent().parent().children().addClass("row_selected");
+  }
+  else {
+    $(this).parent().parent().children().removeClass("row_selected");
+  }
+  adagios.status.count_selected_objects();
+});
+</script>
+
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/default.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/default.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a2f75192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/default.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% if title %}
+  <th>{{ title }}</th>
+{% else %}
+  <td>{{ line|hash:col_name }}</td>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/default_small.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/default_small.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24a3e88ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/default_small.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% if title %}
+  <th>{{ title }}</th>
+{% else %}
+  {# we don't use <small> because bootstrap overrides it #}
+  <td><span style="font-size: smaller;">{{ line|hash:col_name }}</span></td>
+{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/duration.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/duration.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56d324fea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/duration.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% if title %}
+  <th>{{ title }}</th>
+{% else %}
+  {# this allows correct sorting via datatable #}
+  <td>
+    <span style="display: none;">{{ line|hash:col_name }}</span>
+    <span style="font-size: smaller;">
+      {% if line == 0 %}--
+      {% else %}{{ line|hash:col_name|timestamp|timesince }}
+      {% endif %}
+    </span>
+  </td>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/link_host.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/link_host.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50eda000e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/link_host.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% if title %}
+  <th>{{ title }}</th>
+{% else %}
+  <td>
+    <a href="{% url "status.views.detail" %}?host_name={{ value }}&backend={{ line.backend }}">{{ line|hash:col_name }}</a>
+  </td>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/link_service.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/link_service.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d428e8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/link_service.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% if title %}
+  <th>{{ title }}</th>
+{% else %}
+  <td>
+  {% if line.name or line.host_name %}
+    <a href="{% url "status.views.detail" %}?service_description={{ line|hash:col_name }}&host_name={{ line.name|default:line.host_name }}&backend={{ line.backend }}">{{ line|hash:col_name }}</a>
+  {% else %}
+    {{ line|hash:col_name }}
+  {% endif %}
+  </td>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/no_display.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/no_display.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b2e1aa83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/no_display.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{# smallest file award! #}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/state.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/state.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebd7f7dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/state.html
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% if title %}
+  <th>{{ title }}</th>
+{% else %}
+  <td><div class="circle state_{{ line|hash:col_name }}{% if view.metadata.0.data_source == "services" and col_name == "state" and line.acknowledged == 0 %}unhandled{% endif %}{% if col_name == "host_state" or col_name == "state" and view.metadata.0.datasource == "hosts" %} host{% endif %}"></div></td>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/state_weather.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/state_weather.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..065ed138d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/state_weather.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% if title %}
+  <th>{{ title }}</th>
+{% else %}
+  <td>
+  <span style="font-size: x-large;">
+    {% if line|hash:col_name == 0 %}
+      <span style="color: green;">&#9728;</span>
+    {% else %}
+      {% if line|hash:col_name == 1 %}
+        <span style="color: orange;">&#9730;</span>
+      {% else %}
+        {% if line|hash:col_name == 2 %}
+          <span style="color: red;">&#9760;</span>
+        {% else %}
+          {% if line|hash:col_name == 3 %}
+            <span style="color: black;">&#9748;</span>
+          {% endif %}
+        {% endif %}
+      {% endif %}
+    {% endif %}
+  </span>
+  </td>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/tooltip.html b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/tooltip.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7cc4ca0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/custom_views/widgets/tooltip.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% load adagiostags %}
+{% if title %}
+  <th>{{ title }}</th>
+{% else %}
+  <td>
+    <i class="glyph-chat glyph-grey" rel="tooltip" title="{{ col_name }}" data-content="<div class='alert alert-info'>{{ line|hash:col_name }}</div>"></i>
+  </td>
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_action_buttons.html b/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_action_buttons.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd6e0b727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_action_buttons.html
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load static %}
+
+<div class="pull-left" id="action_buttons" >
+
+    <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Recheck - Execute selected checks immediately" data-loading-text='<img src="{% url "media" path="external/select2/spinner.gif" %}"> <span id="reschedule_text"> {% trans "Running..." %}</span>' id="reschedule_button" onclick="adagios.status.reschedule();">
+        <i class="glyph-refresh" > </i> <span class="hide visible-desktop" id="reschedule_text">{% trans "Recheck" %}</span>
+    </button>
+    <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Acknowledge - selected items will be hidden from unhandled and notifications will no longer be sent out" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#acknowledge_modal" id="acknowledge_button" data-loading-text='<img src="{% url "media" path="external/select2/spinner.gif" %}"> <span id="acknowledge_text"> {% trans "Running..." %}</span>'>
+        <i class="glyph-check" > </i><span  class="hide visible-desktop" id="acknowledge_text"> {% trans "Acknowledge" %}</span>
+    </button>
+    <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Downtime - Selected items will be hidden from unhandled and notifications will not be sent until downtime is over" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#downtime_modal" id="downtime_button" data-loading-text='<img src="{% url "media" path="external/select2/spinner.gif" %}"> <span id="downtime_text"> {% trans "Running..." %}</span>'>
+        <i class="glyph-clock" > </i> <span  class="hide visible-desktop">{% trans "Downtime" %}</span>
+    </button>
+    <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Send out mail for selected items" id="mail_button" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#mail_modal">
+        <i class="glyph-envelope" > </i>
+    </button>
+
+    <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Copy {{ my_object.object_type }}" onclick="copy_selected_objects();">
+        <i class="icon-copy"> </i>
+    </button>
+    <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Edit {{ my_object.object_type }}" id="configure_button" onclick="edit_selected_objects();">
+        <i class="glyph-edit" > </i>
+    </button>
+    <button class="btn btn-small adagios_service_multi" title="Delete {{ my_object.object_type }}" id="delete_button" onclick="delete_selected_objects();" >
+        <i class="glyph-bin" > </i>
+    </button>
+
+</div>
+
+<div class="btn-group pull-left hidden-phone" id="action_buttons_more">
+    <a class="btn btn-small dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" id="status_toolbar_more_button">
+        More <span class="caret"></span>
+    </a>
+
+    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
+        <li>
+            <a class="enable_on_select" title="Add to businesgroup" id="add_to_businessprocess_button" onclick="adagios.bi.add_to_business_process();">
+                {% trans "Add to business process" %}
+            </a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <a class="enable_on_select" title="Add to contactgroup" onclick="add_to_group('contactgroup');">
+                {% trans "Add to contactgroup" %}
+            </a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <a class="enable_on_select" title="Add to servicegroup" onclick="add_to_group('servicegroup');">
+                {% trans "Add to servicegroup" %}
+            </a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <a class="enable_on_select" title="Remove acknowledgement" onclick="adagios.status.remove_acknowledgements();">
+                {% trans "Remove Acknowledgement" %}
+            </a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <a class="enable_on_select" title="Remove Active Downtimes" onclick="adagios.status.remove_active_downtimes();">
+                {% trans "Remove active downtimes" %}
+            </a>
+        </li>
+    </ul>
+
+</div>
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_customview_formset_snippet.html b/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_customview_formset_snippet.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dec516eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_customview_formset_snippet.html
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{% for field in form %}
+    <tr class="control-group{% if field.errors %} error{% endif %}{% if field.required %} required{% endif %}">
+      {% if forloop.first %}
+        <td rowspan="{{ form.fields|length }}">
+          {% if cat.delete_button %}
+            <i class="glyph-black glyph-bin"
+               onclick="del_field('{{ cat.id }}_{{ counter0 }}', '{{ cat.id }}')"></i>
+          {% endif %}
+          {% if cat.move_button %}
+            <i class="glyph-black glyph-move move-button"></i>
+          {% endif %}
+        </td>
+      {% endif %}
+      <td>
+        <label class="control-label" style="padding-right: 10px;" for="{{ field.name }}">
+          {{ field.label }}
+        </label>
+      </td>
+      <td style="min-width: 200px;">
+        <div class="controls" style="padding: 0; margin: 0;">
+          {{ field }}
+        </div>
+      </td>
+      <td>
+        {% for err in field.errors %}
+          <p class="help-inline error">{{ err }}</p>
+        {% endfor %}
+        {% if field.help_text %}
+          <label class="help-inline">{{ field.help_text }}</label>
+        {% endif %}
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+  {% endfor %}
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_modals.html b/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_modals.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89ab30360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_modals.html
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+{% load static %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+<div id="modals">
+<!-- Acknowledge modal -->
+<div class="modal hide fade" id="acknowledge_modal">
+    <form class="form-horizontal" onsubmit='$("#acknowledge_modal").modal("hide");  adagios.status.acknowledge(); return false;' >
+        <div class="modal-header">
+            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
+            <h3>{% trans "Acknowledge problem" %}</h3>
+        </div>
+        <div class="modal-body">
+            <p>{% trans "Acknowledge means that someone is handling this problem. It will no longer be marked as unhandled and Nagios will stop sending notifications about it until it goes back to OK status." %}</p>
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_acknowledgement_author">
+                    {% trans "Author" %}
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="author_field">
+                    <input id="id_acknowledgement_author" type="text" class="required" disabled=disabled value="{{ remote_user }}" name="author" />
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_comment">
+                    Comment
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="host_name_field">
+                    <input id="id_comment" type="text" class="required" placeholder="Write some comment" name="comment" />
+                    <label class="help-block">{% trans "Other people looking at this service will see this comment" %}.</label>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="modal-footer">
+            <a href="#" class="btn" onclick='$("#acknowledge_modal").modal("hide");'>{% trans "Cancel" %}</a>
+            <button type="submit" id="acknowledge_submit_button" class="btn btn-primary">{% trans "Acknowledge Problem" %}</button>
+        </div>
+    </form>
+</div>
+<!-- Acknowledge modal ends -->
+
+<!-- downtime modal -->
+<div class="modal hide fade" id="downtime_modal">
+    <form name="downtime" class="form-horizontal">
+        <div class="modal-header">
+            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
+            <h3>{% trans "Schedule Downtime" %}</h3>
+        </div>
+        <div class="modal-body">
+            <p>{% trans "Putting hosts and services into scheduled downtime means they are expected to fail during that period. Nagios will not send out any notifications during scheduled downtime and problems will not show up as unhandled problems." %}</p>
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_downtime_author">
+                    {% trans "Author" %}
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="downtime_author_field">
+                    <input id="id_downtime_author" type="text" class="required" disabled=disabled value="{{ remote_user }}" name="author" />
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_downtime_start_time">
+                    {% trans "Start Time" %}
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="downtime_start_time_field">
+                    <div id="datepicker_start_time" class="date pull-left">
+                        <label class="hide" for="id_start_time_picker"></label>
+                        <input id="id_start_time_picker" name="start_time_picker" style="width: 70px" type="text">
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="control-group pull-left">
+                        <label class="hide" for="id_input_start_hours"></label>
+                        <input id="id_input_start_hours" name="start_hours" style="width: 40px" type="text">&nbsp;
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_downtime_end_time">
+                    {% trans "End Time" %}
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="id_downtime_end_time_field">
+                    <div id="datepicker_end_time" class="date pull-left">
+                        <label class="hide" for="id_end_time_picker"></label>
+                        <input id="id_end_time_picker" name="end_time_picker" style="width: 70px" type="text">
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="control-group pull-left">
+                        <label class="hide" for="id_end_hours"></label>
+                        <input id="id_end_hours" name="end_hours" style="width: 40px" type="text">&nbsp;
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_downtime_comment">
+                    {% trans "Comment" %}
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="downtime_comment_field">
+                    <input id="id_downtime_comment" type="text" class="required" placeholder="{% trans "Write some comment" %}" name="comment" />
+                    <label class="help-block">{% trans "Other people looking at this service will see this comment." %}</label>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_downtime_recursive">
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="id_downtime_recursive_field">
+                    <input type="checkbox" name="recursive" id="id_downtime_recursive" />
+                    {% trans "Apply to selected hosts and all their services" %}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="modal-footer">
+            <a href="#" class="btn" onclick='$("#downtime_modal").modal("hide");'>{% trans "Cancel" %}</a>
+            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">{% trans "Schedule Downtime" %}</button>
+        </div>
+    </form>
+</div>
+<!-- Downtime modal ends -->
+
+<!-- Mail modal -->
+<div class="modal hide fade" id="mail_modal">
+        <div class="modal-header">
+            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
+            <h3>{% trans "Mail" %}</h3>
+        </div>
+        <div class="modal-body">
+            <p>{% trans "You can send manual e-mail notification to a specified email address." %}</p>
+
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_mail_to">
+                    {% trans "To:" %}
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="mail_to_field">
+                    <input id="id_mail_to" type="text" class="required" value="" name="to" style="width: 100%" />
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_mail_message">
+                    {% trans "Message" %}
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="id_mail_message_field">
+                    <textarea id="id_mail_message"
+                    class="required" placeholder="{% trans "Hey everyone, please check the link and services below." %}" name="message" ></textarea>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_add_myself_to_cc">
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="id_add_myself_to_cc_field">
+                    <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="add_myself_to_cc" value="on" id="id_add_myself_to_cc" />
+                    {% trans "Add myself to CC" %}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="control-group">
+                <label class="control-label" for="id_acknowledge_all_problems">
+                </label>
+                <div class="controls" id="id_acknowledge_all_problems_field">
+                    <input type="checkbox" checked="checked" name="acknowledge_all_problems" value="on" id="id_acknowledge_all_problems" />
+                    {% trans "Acknowledge Unhandled Problems" %}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+
+
+        </div>
+        <div class="modal-footer">
+            <a href="#" class="btn" onclick='$("#mail_modal").modal("hide");'>{% trans "Cancel" %}</a>
+            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" onclick='$("#mail_modal").modal("hide"); adagios.status.send_mail();'>{% trans "Send" %}</button>
+        </div>
+</div>
+<!-- Mail modal ends -->
+
+<!-- Misc - General purpose modal modal, originally destined to show error messages -->
+<div class="modal hide fade" id="misc_modal">
+    <form class="form-horizontal" action="https://opensource.ok.is/cgi-bin/wish.cgi" >
+        <div class="modal-header">
+            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
+        </div>
+        <div class="modal-body">
+            <div id="misc_modal_body">
+
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="modal-footer">
+            <a href="#" class="btn" onclick='$("#misc_modal").modal("hide");'>{% trans "Close" %}</a>
+        </div>
+    </form>
+</div>
+<!-- Misc modal ends -->
+
+<!-- Wish modal -->
+<div class="modal hide fade" id="wish_modal">
+    <form class="form-horizontal" action="https://opensource.ok.is/cgi-bin/wish.cgi" >
+        <div class="modal-header">
+            <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
+            <h3>{% trans "Make a wish" %}</h3>
+        </div>
+        <div class="modal-body">
+            <p>{% trans "Anything cool you think Adagios could be doing for you?" %}
+            </p>
+            <p>
+            {% trans "Sweet! Ask for it here, and we'll see what we can do." %}
+            </p>
+            <p>
+                    {% trans "We'd love to hear from you, but we cannot guarantee that your wish will come true." %}
+            </p>
+            <label class="hide" for="wish_textarea"></label>
+            <textarea  id="wish_textarea" style="width:100%;" cols="200" rows="10" name="wish" placeholder="{% trans "I wish this page could..." %}"></textarea>
+            <hr>
+            <input name="bribes" id="id_bribes" class="pull-left" type="checkbox"  />
+            <label class="pull-left" for="id_bribes">{% trans "I'll back it up with bribes." %}</label>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="modal-footer">
+            <a href="#" class="btn" onclick='$("#wish_modal").modal("hide");'>{% trans "Cancel" %}</a>
+            <button type="submit" id="wish_submit_button" class="btn">{% trans "Make a wish" %}</button>
+        </div>
+    </form>
+</div>
+<!-- Wish modal ends -->
+        </div>
diff --git a/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_view_buttons.html b/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_view_buttons.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..277397b78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adagios/status/templates/snippets/status_view_buttons.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{% load i18n %}
+{% load static %}
+
+<div class="btn-group pull-left" id="view_buttons">
+    <a class="btn btn-small dropdown-toggle " data-toggle="dropdown" href="#">
+        <i class="glyph-eye-open" title="View"> </i> <span class="caret"></span></a>
+    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
+        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}&unhandled"> {% trans "Open Problems" %}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}&state__isnot=0"> {% trans "All Problems" %}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}&acknowledged=1"> {% trans "All Acknowledged" %}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}&scheduled_downtime_depth__isnot=0"> {% trans "All in Downtime" %}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}&state=0"> {% trans "All OK" %}</a></li>
+        <li><a href="?q={{ request.GET.q }}"> {% trans "Everything" %}</a></li>
+    </ul>
+</div
diff --git a/adagios/status/templatetags/adagiostags.py b/adagios/status/templatetags/adagiostags.py
index e308baec1..e61b1563b 100644
--- a/adagios/status/templatetags/adagiostags.py
+++ b/adagios/status/templatetags/adagiostags.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from django import template
 from django.utils.timesince import timesince
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.template.defaultfilters import stringfilter
 
 register = template.Library()
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 def timestamp(value):
     try:
         return datetime.fromtimestamp(value)
-    except AttributeError:
+    except (AttributeError, TypeError):
         return ''
 
 @register.filter("duration")
@@ -36,10 +37,24 @@ def duration(value):
     'value' must be in seconds.
     """
     zero = datetime.min
-    return timesince(zero, zero + timedelta(0, value))
+    try:
+        return timesince(zero, zero + timedelta(0, value))
+    except Exception:
+        return value
 
 @register.filter("hash")
 def hash(h, key):
-    return h[key]
-
+    try:
+        return h[key]
+    except KeyError as e:
+        return ''
 
+@register.filter("replace")
+@stringfilter
+def replace(value, args):
+    """ args must be a comma-separated string: "pattern, replacement" """
+    try:
+        pattern, replacement = args.split(',')
+    except Exception as e:
+        return value
+    return value.replace(pattern, replacement)
diff --git a/adagios/status/tests.py b/adagios/status/tests.py
index 7239fa042..7624101ec 100644
--- a/adagios/status/tests.py
+++ b/adagios/status/tests.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def testPageLoad(self):
         self.loadPage('/status/servicegroups')
         self.loadPage('/status/map')
         self.loadPage('/status/dashboard')
+        self.loadPage('/status/custom/edit?datasource=hosts')
 
     def test_status_detail(self):
         """ Tests for /status/detail """
diff --git a/adagios/status/urls.py b/adagios/status/urls.py
index d10a334b4..18a87869d 100644
--- a/adagios/status/urls.py
+++ b/adagios/status/urls.py
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@
                         url(r'^/services/?$', 'status.views.services'),
                         url(r'^/state_history/?$', 'status.views.state_history'),
                         url(r'^/backends/?$', 'status.views.backends'),
-
+                        url(r'^/custom/edit/(?P<viewname>.+)/?$', 'status.views.custom_edit'),
+                        url(r'^/custom/edit/?$', 'status.views.custom_edit'),
+                        url(r'^/custom/view/(?P<viewname>.+)/?$', 'status.views.custom_view'),
+                        url(r'^/custom/delete/(?P<viewname>.+)/?$', 'status.views.custom_delete'),
 
 
                         # Misc snippets
diff --git a/adagios/status/views.py b/adagios/status/views.py
index 1166693ca..688247300 100644
--- a/adagios/status/views.py
+++ b/adagios/status/views.py
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 import json
 import traceback
+import functools
 
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, redirect
+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, redirect, Http404
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
 from django.core.context_processors import csrf
@@ -43,7 +44,11 @@
 from adagios.status import utils
 import adagios.status.rest
 import adagios.status.forms
+from adagios.status import custom_forms
+from adagios.status import custom_filters
+from adagios.status import custom_utils
 import adagios.businessprocess
+from adagios import userdata
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from adagios.status import graphite
 
@@ -1216,3 +1221,163 @@ def backends(request):
     for i, v in backends.items():
         v.test(raise_error=False)
     return render_to_response('status_backends.html', locals(), context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+
+@adagios_decorator
+def custom_view(request, viewname):
+    c = {}
+    c['messages'] = []
+    c['errors'] = []
+
+
+    # View management
+    user = userdata.User(request)
+    c['viewname'] = viewname
+    if not user.views:
+        user.views = {}
+        user.save()
+        raise Http404(_("You don't have any view defined."))
+    if viewname not in user.views.keys():
+        raise Http404(_("This view doesn't exist."))
+    view = user.views[viewname]
+
+    # Data pre-processing
+    livestatus = utils.livestatus(request)
+    livestatus_query = custom_utils.data_to_query(view)
+
+    # Query execution
+    try:
+        # the split is a workaround for pynag and the 'Stats:' clause
+        c['data'] = livestatus.query(*livestatus_query.split('\n'))
+    except Exception as e:
+        # Any exception in livestatus query here is a critical error
+        error = _('Error in LiveStatus query')
+        c['errors'].append(error)
+        c['errors'].append(e.message)
+        return error_page(request, c)
+
+    # Data post-processing
+    # sorting
+    c['data'] = sorted(c['data'],
+                       key=functools.partial(custom_utils.sort_data,
+                                             sorts=view['sorts']))
+
+    # Moaaaar data for our templates
+    c['view'] = view
+
+    # For the template 'table.html' (and whynot others), determine if displaying
+    # action_buttons is relevant, i.e. if we have results with at least
+    # host_name and service_description.
+    columns = set()
+    for col in view['columns']: # no set comprehension in 2.6 :(
+        columns.add(col['name'])
+
+    if 'host_name' in columns and 'description' in columns:
+        c['action_buttons'] = True
+    else:
+        c['action_buttons'] = False
+
+    template = view['metadata'][0].get('template', 'table.html')
+
+    return render_to_response(adagios.settings.CUSTOM_TEMPLATES_DIR + template, c,
+                              context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+
+@adagios_decorator
+def custom_edit(request, viewname=None):
+    user = userdata.User(request)
+    if not user.views:
+        user.views = {}
+
+    c = {}
+    c['viewname'] = viewname
+
+    # first, we need to figure out the datasource, because the forms depend on it
+    try:
+        datasource = (request.GET.get('datasource', False)
+                      or request.POST.get('metadata-0-data_source', False)
+                      or user.views[viewname]['metadata'][0]['data_source'])
+    except Exception as e:
+        raise Exception(_('No datasource found.'))
+
+    # class attributes which will get passed to our forms classes
+    form_attrs = {'datasource': datasource}
+
+    c['categories'] = custom_forms.get_categories(form_attrs)
+
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        for el in c['categories']:
+            # we add the form(s) to our category
+            el['forms'] = el['form_class'](
+                request.POST,
+                prefix=el['id'])
+
+            # if there is an error somewhere, we mark the form as errored
+            el['errors'] = any([x.errors for x in el['forms']])
+
+        if all([x['forms'].is_valid() for x in c['categories']]):
+            # all forms are valid
+            new_viewname = c['categories'][0]['forms'].cleaned_data[0]['view_name']
+
+            if viewname != new_viewname:
+                if viewname is not None:
+                    # the user has renamed the view
+                    del user.views[viewname]
+                # let's make sure the new name doesn't exist, and add underscores if yes
+                while new_viewname in user.views:
+                    new_viewname += '_'
+
+            viewname = new_viewname
+
+            user.views[viewname] = {}
+            for el in c['categories']:
+                user.views[viewname][el['id']] = el['forms'].cleaned_data
+            # and let's update the view name, in the case it has changed
+            # done here because request.POST is immutable
+            user.views[viewname]['metadata'][0]['view_name'] = viewname
+
+            user.save()
+            return redirect(custom_edit, viewname=viewname)
+
+    elif request.method == 'GET':
+        if viewname:
+            try:
+                initial = user.views[viewname]
+            except KeyError:
+                raise Http404(_("This view doesn't exist."))
+        else:
+            initial = {'metadata': [],
+                       'columns': [],
+                       'filters': [],
+                       'sorts': [],
+                       'stats': [],
+                       }
+            # If you want an empty field at form creation, just replace
+            # [] by [None].
+            # The [None] hack is a workaround to make Django create
+            # formsets with one form, thus permitting to keep extra=0
+            # in formset_factory. As of Django 1.7, it will be better
+            # to use min_num=1.
+
+        for el in c['categories']:
+            el['forms'] = el['form_class'](
+                initial=initial[el['id']],
+                prefix=el['id'])
+
+        c['categories'][0]['forms'][0].fields['data_source'].initial = datasource
+
+    c['datasource'] = datasource
+    return render_to_response('custom_edit.html', c,
+                              context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+
+@adagios_decorator
+def custom_delete(request, viewname):
+    user = userdata.User(request)
+    c = {}
+    try:
+        del user.views[viewname]
+    except Exception:
+        # the user tried to delete a view which he created but didn't save
+        pass
+
+    user.save()
+    return redirect(status_index)
+
diff --git a/adagios/templates/base.html b/adagios/templates/base.html
index 319303446..b31dd359b 100644
--- a/adagios/templates/base.html
+++ b/adagios/templates/base.html
@@ -102,6 +102,25 @@
         <li{% if urlname == 'adagios.status.views.perfdata2' %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="{% url "status.views.perfdata2" %}">{% trans "Performance Data 2" %}</a></li>
         <li{% if urlname == 'adagios.bi.views.index' %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="{% url "bi.views.index" %}">{% trans "Business Intelligence" %}</a></li>
         <li{% if urlname == 'adagios.status.views.dashboard' %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="{% url "status.views.dashboard" %}">{% trans "Dashboard" %}</a></li>
+
+        <li class="nav-header">{% trans "Experimental views" %}</li>
+        <li{% if request.path_info == '/status/custom/edit' %} class="active"{% endif %}>
+          <a href="#" id="toggle_select_new_view">{% trans "+New view" %}</a>
+          <div id="div_new_view" style="display: none;">
+          <select id="select_new_view">
+            <option value="None" selected="selected">{% trans "Datasource" %}</option>
+            {% for datasource in livestatus_datasources %}
+              <option value="{{ datasource }}">{{ datasource }}</option>
+            {% endfor %}
+          </select>
+          </div>
+        </li>
+        <hr />
+        {% for view in user_data.views %}
+          <li{% if '/status/custom/edit/'|add:view == request.path_info or '/status/custom/view/'|add:view == request.path_info %} class="active"{% endif %}>
+            <a href="{% url "status.views.custom_view" view %}" class="custom-view-link">{{ view }}</a><a href="{% url "status.views.custom_edit" view %}" class="pull-right custom-view-edit"><i class="glyph-grey glyph-edit"></i></a>
+          </li>
+        {% endfor %}
       </ul>
     </div>
     {% endblock left_sidebar %}
@@ -216,6 +235,18 @@ <h3 class="nowrap">
 
 <script src="{% url "media" path="external/datepicker/js/bootstrap-datepicker.js" %}"></script>
 
+<script type="text/javascript">
+/* Toggles the select field when the user clicks on 'Add view' */
+$("#toggle_select_new_view").click(function() {
+  $("#div_new_view").toggle(400);
+  });
+/* Loads the 'new view' page when the user selects a datasource in the select menu. */
+$("#select_new_view").bind('click change', function() {
+   if($(this).val() != 'None') {
+     document.location.href = "{% url "status.views.custom_edit" %}?datasource=" + $(this).val();
+   }
+ });
+</script>