diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index 0a53ebf6a192218a3b524fa93a69035bb2584147..43cd06bcb693665795cd1bd763351429a14b87c9 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -1438,6 +1438,14 @@ function install_finished(&$install_state) {
     $output .= '<p>' . st('For more information on configuring Drupal, refer to the <a href="@help">help section</a>.', array('@help' => url('admin/help'))) . '</p>';
   }
 
+  // Rebuild the module and theme data, in case any newly-installed modules
+  // need to modify it via hook_system_info_alter(). We need to clear the
+  // theme static cache first, to make sure that the theme data is actually
+  // rebuilt.
+  drupal_static_reset('_system_get_theme_data');
+  system_get_module_data();
+  system_get_theme_data();
+
   // Rebuild menu and registry to get content type links registered by the
   // profile, and possibly any other menu items created through the tasks.
   menu_rebuild();
diff --git a/modules/block/block.module b/modules/block/block.module
index b1674f152f76580f1d9f4db90476d135f69d611e..5e0de24d079cfa06cb1217ba6b949c505b910796 100644
--- a/modules/block/block.module
+++ b/modules/block/block.module
@@ -243,20 +243,34 @@ function block_page_build(&$page) {
  *   The requested region.
  */
 function block_get_blocks_by_region($region) {
-  $weight = 0;
   $build = array();
   if ($list = block_list($region)) {
-    foreach ($list as $key => $block) {
-      $build[$key] = $block->content;
-      unset($block->content);
-      $build[$key] += array(
-        '#block' => $block,
-        '#weight' => ++$weight,
-      );
-      $build[$key]['#theme_wrappers'][] ='block';
-    }
-    $build['#sorted'] = TRUE;
+    $build = _block_get_renderable_array($list);
+  }
+  return $build;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get an array of blocks suitable for drupal_render().
+ *
+ * @param $list
+ *   A list of blocks such as that returned by block_list().
+ * @return
+ *   A renderable array.
+ */
+function _block_get_renderable_array($list = array()) {
+  $weight = 0;
+  $build = array();
+  foreach ($list as $key => $block) {
+    $build[$key] = $block->content;
+    unset($block->content);
+    $build[$key] += array(
+      '#block' => $block,
+      '#weight' => ++$weight,
+    );
+    $build[$key]['#theme_wrappers'][] ='block';
   }
+  $build['#sorted'] = TRUE;
   return $build;
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/dashboard/dashboard.css b/modules/dashboard/dashboard.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..208909e586a8cf78203188a66f53c12082f0b66e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/dashboard/dashboard.css
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/* $Id$ */
+
+#dashboard div.dashboard-region {
+  float: left;
+  min-height: 1px;
+}
+
+#dashboard div#dashboard_main {
+  width: 65%;
+}
+
+#dashboard div#dashboard_sidebar {
+  width: 35%;
+}
+
+#dashboard div.block {
+  margin-bottom: 20px;
+}
+
+#dashboard .dashboard-region .block {
+  clear: both;
+}
+
+#dashboard div.block h2 {
+  background-color:#e2e1dc;
+  padding: 3px 5px;
+}
+
+#dashboard div.block div.content {
+  padding: 10px 5px 5px 5px;
+}
+
+#dashboard div.block div.content ul.menu {
+  margin-left:20px;
+}
+
+#dashboard #disabled-blocks .block, #dashboard .block-placeholder {
+  background: #e2e1dc;
+  padding: 6px 4px;
+  margin: 3px 3px 3px 0;
+  float: left;
+  -moz-border-radius: 4px;
+}
+
+#dashboard .ui-sortable {
+  border: 3px dashed #ccc;
+  padding: 10px;
+}
+
+#dashboard .canvas-content {
+  background-color: #4d4d4d;
+  padding: 10px;
+  color: #fff;
+}
+
+#dashboard .canvas-content a {
+  color: #fff;
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+#dashboard #disabled-blocks .ui-sortable {
+  padding: 0;
+  background-color: #4d4d4d;
+  border: 0;
+}
+
+#dashboard .canvas-content input {
+  float: right;
+	margin: 0 0 0 10px;
+}
+
+#dashboard .region {
+  margin: 5px;
+}
+
+#dashboard #disabled-blocks .section {
+  margin: 0 7em 0 0;
+  height: 100px;
+  overflow: auto;
+}
+#dashboard #disabled-blocks {
+  padding: 5px 0;
+}
+
+#dashboard div.dragging {
+  width: 30%;
+}
+
+#dashboard #disabled-blocks h2 {
+  display: inline;
+  font-weight: normal;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  color: #000;
+}
+
+#dashboard #disabled-blocks .block .content, #dashboard .ui-sortable-helper .content {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+#dashboard .ui-sortable .block {
+  cursor: move;
+}
+
+#dashboard .dashboard-region .block-placeholder {
+  margin: 0 0 20px 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  display: block;
+  height: 1.6em;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+#dashboard #disabled-blocks .block-placeholder {
+  width: 30px;
+  height: 1.6em;
+}
diff --git a/modules/dashboard/dashboard.info b/modules/dashboard/dashboard.info
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c49d445f619161d3e8afcea4f61784656d9c19d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/dashboard/dashboard.info
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+; $Id$
+name = Dashboard
+description = A module that provides a dashboard interface for organizing and tracking various information within your site.
+core = 7.x
+package = Core
+version = VERSION
+files[] = dashboard.module
+dependencies[] = block
diff --git a/modules/dashboard/dashboard.js b/modules/dashboard/dashboard.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f6065b06fb7a7dd28508df4ad3a6df57697e52b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/dashboard/dashboard.js
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+// $Id$
+(function ($) {
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of Drupal.behaviors for dashboard.
+ */
+Drupal.behaviors.dashboard = {
+  attach: function () {
+    $('#dashboard').prepend('<div class="customize"><ul class="action-links"><a href="#">' + Drupal.t('Customize') + '</a></ul><div class="canvas"></div></div>');
+    $('#dashboard .customize .action-links a').click(Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.enterCustomizeMode);
+    if ($('#dashboard .region .block').length == 0) {
+      Drupal.settings.dashboard.launchCustomize = true;
+    }
+    Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.addPlaceholders();
+    if (Drupal.settings.dashboard.launchCustomize) {
+      Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.enterCustomizeMode();
+    }
+  },
+
+  addPlaceholders: function() {
+    $('#dashboard .dashboard-region .region').each(function () {
+      var empty_text = "";
+      if ($('.block', this).length == 0) {
+        // We need a placeholder.
+        if ($('#dashboard').hasClass('customize_mode')) {
+          empty_text = Drupal.settings.dashboard.emptyRegionTextActive;
+        } else {
+          empty_text = Drupal.settings.dashboard.emptyRegionTextInactive;
+        }
+        
+        if ($('.placeholder', this).length == 0) {
+          $(this).append('<div class="placeholder"></div>');
+        }
+        $('.placeholder', this).html(empty_text);
+      }
+      else {
+        $('.placeholder', this).remove();
+      }
+    });
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Enter "customize" mode by displaying disabled blocks.
+   */
+  enterCustomizeMode: function () {
+    $('#dashboard').addClass('customize_mode');
+    Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.addPlaceholders();
+    $('#dashboard .customize .action-links').hide();
+    $('div.customize .canvas').load(Drupal.settings.dashboard.drawer, Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.setupDrawer);
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Exit "customize" mode by simply forcing a page refresh.
+   */
+  exitCustomizeMode: function () {
+    $('#dashboard').removeClass('customize_mode');
+    Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.addPlaceholders();
+    location.href = Drupal.settings.dashboard.dashboard;
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Helper for enterCustomizeMode; sets up drag-and-drop and close button.
+   */
+  setupDrawer: function () {
+    $('div.customize .canvas-content').prepend('<input type="button" class="form-submit" value="' + Drupal.t('Done') + '"></input>');
+    $('div.customize .canvas-content input').click(Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.exitCustomizeMode);
+
+    // Initialize drag-and-drop.
+    var regions = $('#dashboard div.region');
+    regions.sortable({
+      connectWith: regions,
+      cursor: 'move',
+      cursorAt: {top:0},
+      dropOnEmpty: true,
+      items: '>div.block, div.disabled-block',
+      opacity: 0.8,
+      helper: 'block-dragging',
+      placeholder: 'block-placeholder clearfix',
+      start: Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.start,
+      update: Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.update
+    });
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * While dragging, make the block appear as a disabled block
+   *
+   * This function is called on the jQuery UI Sortable "start" event.
+   *
+   * @param event
+   *  The event that triggered this callback.
+   * @param ui
+   *  An object containing information about the item that is being dragged.
+   */
+  start: function (event, ui) {
+    var item = $(ui.item);
+
+    // If the block is already in disabled state, don't do anything.
+    if (!item.hasClass('disabled-block')) {
+      item.css({height: 'auto'});
+    }
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Send block order to the server, and expand previously disabled blocks.
+   *
+   * This function is called on the jQuery UI Sortable "update" event.
+   *
+   * @param event
+   *   The event that triggered this callback.
+   * @param ui
+   *   An object containing information about the item that was just dropped.
+   */
+  update: function (event, ui) {
+    var item = $(ui.item);
+
+    // If the user dragged a disabled block, load the block contents.
+    if (item.hasClass('disabled-block')) {
+      var module, delta, itemClass;
+      itemClass = item.attr('class');
+      // Determine the block module and delta.
+      module = itemClass.match(/\bmodule-(\S+)\b/)[1];
+      delta = itemClass.match(/\bdelta-(\S+)\b/)[1];
+
+      // Load the newly enabled block's content.
+      $.get(Drupal.settings.dashboard.blockContent + '/' + module + '/' + delta, {},
+        function (block) {
+          var blockContent = "";
+          if (block) {
+            blockContent = $("div.content", $(block));
+          }
+          
+          if (!blockContent) {
+            blockContent = $('<div class="content">' + Drupal.settings.dashboard.emptyBlockText + '</div>');
+          }
+          
+          $("div.content", item).after(blockContent).remove();
+        },
+        'html'
+      );
+      // Remove the "disabled-block" class, so we don't reload its content the
+      // next time it's dragged.
+      item.removeClass("disabled-block");
+    }
+
+    Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.addPlaceholders();
+
+    // Let the server know what the new block order is.
+    $.post(Drupal.settings.dashboard.updatePath, {
+        'form_token': Drupal.settings.dashboard.formToken,
+        'regions': Drupal.behaviors.dashboard.getOrder
+      }
+    );
+  },
+
+  /**
+   * Return the current order of the blocks in each of the sortable regions,
+   * in query string format.
+   */
+  getOrder: function () {
+    var order = [];
+    $('#dashboard div.region').each(function () {
+      var region = $(this).parent().attr('id').replace(/-/g, '_');
+      var blocks = $(this).sortable('toArray');
+      var i;
+      for (i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {
+        order.push(region + '[]=' + blocks[i]);
+      }
+    });
+    order = order.join('&');
+    return order;
+  }
+};
+
+})(jQuery);
diff --git a/modules/dashboard/dashboard.module b/modules/dashboard/dashboard.module
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bc903d676a1c49dc14341c13111cff058de84cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/dashboard/dashboard.module
@@ -0,0 +1,425 @@
+<?php
+// $Id$
+
+/**
+ * Implement hook_menu().
+ */
+function dashboard_menu() {
+  $items['admin/dashboard'] = array(
+    'title' => 'Dashboard',
+    'page callback' => 'dashboard_admin',
+    'access arguments' => array('access dashboard'),
+    // Make this appear first, so for example, in admin menus, it shows up on
+    // the top corner of the window as a convinient "home link".
+    'weight' => -100,
+  );
+  $items['admin/dashboard/customize'] = array(
+    'title' => 'Dashboard',
+    'page callback' => 'dashboard_admin',
+    'page arguments' => array(TRUE),
+    'access arguments' => array('access dashboard'),
+    'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
+  );
+  $items['admin/dashboard/drawer'] = array(
+    'page callback' => 'dashboard_show_disabled',
+    'access arguments' => array('administer blocks'),
+    'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
+  );
+  $items['admin/dashboard/block-content/%/%'] = array(
+    'page callback' => 'dashboard_show_block_content',
+    'page arguments' => array(3, 4),
+    'access arguments' => array('administer blocks'),
+    'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
+  );
+  $items['admin/dashboard/update'] = array(
+    'page callback' => 'dashboard_update',
+    'access arguments' => array('administer blocks'),
+    'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
+  );
+  return $items;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implement hook_block_info_alter().
+ *
+ * Skip rendering dashboard blocks when not on the dashboard page itself. This
+ * prevents expensive dashboard blocks from causing performance issues on pages
+ * where they will never be displayed.
+ */
+function dashboard_block_info_alter(&$blocks) {
+  if (!dashboard_is_visible()) {
+    foreach ($blocks as $key => $block) {
+      if (in_array($block->region, dashboard_regions())) {
+        unset($blocks[$key]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implement hook_page_alter().
+ *
+ * Display dashboard blocks in the main content region.
+ */
+function dashboard_page_alter(&$page) {
+  global $theme_key;
+
+  if (dashboard_is_visible()) {
+    $block_info = array();
+    
+    // Create a wrapper for the dashboard itself, then insert each dashboard
+    // region into it.
+    $page['content']['dashboard'] = array('#theme_wrappers' => array('dashboard'));
+    foreach (dashboard_regions() as $region) {
+      // Insert regions even when they are empty, so that they will be
+      // displayed when the dashboard is being configured.
+      $page['content']['dashboard'][$region] = !empty($page[$region]) ? $page[$region] : array();
+      $page['content']['dashboard'][$region]['#dashboard_region'] = $region;
+      // Allow each dashboard region to be themed differently, or fall back on
+      // the generic theme wrapper function for dashboard regions.
+      $page['content']['dashboard'][$region]['#theme_wrappers'][] = array($region, 'dashboard_region');
+      unset($page[$region]);
+      $blocks_found = array();
+      foreach ($page['content']['dashboard'][$region] as $item) {
+        if (isset($item['#theme_wrappers']) && is_array($item['#theme_wrappers']) && in_array('block', $item['#theme_wrappers'])) {
+          // If this item is a block, ensure it has a subject.
+          if (empty($item['#block']->subject)) {
+            // Locally cache info data for the object for all blocks, in case
+            // we find a block similarly missing title from the same module.
+            if (!isset($block_info[$item['#block']->module])) {
+              $block_info[$item['#block']->module] = module_invoke($item['#block']->module, 'block_info');
+            }
+            $item['#block']->subject = $block_info[$item['#block']->module][$item['#block']->delta]['info'];
+          }
+          $blocks_found[$item['#block']->module . '_' . $item['#block']->delta] = TRUE;
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Find blocks which were not yet displayed on the page (were empty), and
+      // add placeholder items in their place for rendering.
+      $block_list = db_select('block')
+        ->condition('theme', $theme_key)
+        ->condition('status', 1)
+        ->condition('region', $region)
+        ->fields('block')
+        ->execute();
+      foreach ($block_list as $block) {
+        if (!isset($blocks_found[$block->module . '_' . $block->delta])) {
+          $block->enabled = $block->page_match = TRUE;
+          $block->content = array('#markup' => '<div class="dashboard-block-empty">(empty)</div>');
+          if (!isset($block_info[$block->module])) {
+            $block_info[$block->module] = module_invoke($block->module, 'block_info');
+          }
+          $block->subject = t('@title', array('@title' => $block_info[$block->module][$block->delta]['info']));
+          $block_render = array($block->module . '_' . $block->delta => $block);
+          $build = _block_get_renderable_array($block_render);
+          $page['content']['dashboard'][$block->region][] = $build;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implement hook_permission().
+ */
+function dashboard_permission() {
+  return array(
+    'access dashboard' => array(
+      'title' => t('View the administrative dashboard'),
+      'description' => t('Access the site-wide dashboard. Modifying the dashboard requires the "Administer blocks" permission.'),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implement hook_system_info_alter().
+ *
+ * Add regions to each theme to store the dashboard blocks.
+ */
+function dashboard_system_info_alter(&$info, $file, $type) {
+  if ($type == 'theme') {
+    $info['regions'] += dashboard_region_descriptions();
+    if (module_exists('overlay')) {
+      $info['overlay_regions'] = !empty($info['overlay_regions']) ? array_merge($info['overlay_regions'], dashboard_regions()) : dashboard_regions();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implement hook_theme().
+ */
+function dashboard_theme() {
+  return array(
+    'dashboard' => array(
+      'arguments' => array('element' => NULL),
+    ),
+    'dashboard_region' => array(
+      'arguments' => array('element' => NULL),
+    ),
+    'dashboard_disabled_blocks' => array(
+      'arguments' => array('blocks' => NULL),
+    ),
+    'dashboard_disabled_block' => array(
+      'arguments' => array('block' => NULL),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dashboard page callback.
+ *
+ * @param $launch_customize
+ *   Whether to launch in customization mode right away. TRUE or FALSE.
+ */
+function dashboard_admin($launch_customize = FALSE) {
+  $output = '';
+  if (user_access('administer blocks')) {
+    $output .= '<div class="customize-dashboard js-hide">' . t('To customize the dashboard page, move blocks to the dashboard regions on !block-admin, or enable JavaScript on this page to use the drag-and-drop interface.', array('!block-admin' => l('the block administration page', 'admin/structure/block'))) . '</div>';
+    drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('module', 'dashboard') . '/dashboard.js');
+    $settings = array(
+      'dashboard' => array(
+        'drawer' => url('admin/dashboard/drawer'),
+        'blockContent' => url('admin/dashboard/block-content'),
+        'updatePath' => url('admin/dashboard/update'),
+        'formToken' => drupal_get_token('dashboard-update'),
+        'launchCustomize' => $launch_customize,
+        'dashboard' => url('admin/dashboard'),
+        'emptyBlockText' => _dashboard_get_default_string('dashboard_empty_block_text'),
+        'emptyRegionTextInactive' => _dashboard_get_default_string('dashboard_empty_region_text_inactive'),
+        'emptyRegionTextActive' => _dashboard_get_default_string('dashboard_empty_region_text_active'),
+      ),
+    );
+    drupal_add_js($settings, array('type' => 'setting'));
+    drupal_add_library('system', 'ui.sortable');
+  }
+  // We do not return any main page content, because the content of the page
+  // will be populated via the dashboard regions in dashboard_page_alter().
+  return $output;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns TRUE if the user is currently viewing the dashboard.
+ */
+function dashboard_is_visible() {
+  $menu_item = menu_get_item();
+  return isset($menu_item['page_callback']) && $menu_item['page_callback'] == 'dashboard_admin';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return an array of dashboard region descriptions, keyed by region name.
+ */
+function dashboard_region_descriptions() {
+  $default_regions = array(
+    'dashboard_main' =>  'Dashboard main',
+    'dashboard_sidebar' => 'Dashboard sidebar',
+  );
+  return variable_get('dashboard_region_descriptions', $default_regions);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return an array of dashboard region names.
+ */
+function dashboard_regions() {
+  return array_keys(dashboard_region_descriptions());
+}
+
+/**
+ * AJAX callback to show disabled blocks in the dashboard customization mode.
+ */
+function dashboard_show_disabled() {
+  global $theme_key;
+
+  // Blocks are not necessarily initialized at this point.
+  $blocks = _block_rehash();
+
+  // Limit the list to disabled blocks for the current theme.
+  foreach ($blocks as $key => $block) {
+    if ($block['theme'] != $theme_key || (!empty($block['status']) && !empty($block['region']))) {
+      unset($blocks[$key]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Theme the output and end the page request.
+  print theme('dashboard_disabled_blocks', array('blocks' => $blocks));
+  exit();
+}
+
+/**
+ * AJAX callback to display the rendered contents of a specific block.
+ * 
+ * @param $module
+ *   The block's module name.
+ * @param $delta 
+ *   The block's delta.
+ */
+function dashboard_show_block_content($module, $delta) {
+  drupal_theme_initialize();
+  global $theme_key;
+
+  $blocks = array();
+  $block_object = db_query("SELECT * FROM {block} WHERE theme = :theme AND module = :module AND delta = :delta", array(
+    ":theme" => $theme_key,
+    ":module" => $module,
+    ":delta" => $delta,
+    ))
+    ->fetchObject();
+  $block_object->enabled = $block_object->page_match = TRUE;
+  $blocks[$module . "_" . $delta] = $block_object;
+  $block_content = _block_render_blocks($blocks);
+  $build = _block_get_renderable_array($block_content);
+  $rendered_block = drupal_render($build);
+  print $rendered_block;
+  exit;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Set the new weight of each region according to the drag-and-drop order.
+ */
+function dashboard_update() {
+  drupal_theme_initialize();
+  global $theme_key;
+  // Check the form token to make sure we have a valid request.
+  if (!empty($_REQUEST['form_token']) && drupal_valid_token($_REQUEST['form_token'], 'dashboard-update')) {
+    parse_str($_REQUEST['regions'], $regions);
+    foreach ($regions as $region_name => $blocks) {
+      if ($region_name == 'disabled_blocks') {
+        $region_name = '';
+      }
+      foreach ($blocks as $weight => $block_string) {
+        // Parse the query string to determine the block's module and delta.
+        preg_match('/block-([^-]+)-(.+)/', $block_string, $matches);
+        $block = new stdClass;
+        $block->module = $matches[1];
+        $block->delta = $matches[2];
+
+        $block->region = $region_name;
+        $block->weight = $weight;
+        if (empty($region_name)) {
+          $block->status = 0;
+        }
+        else {
+          $block->status = 1;
+        }
+
+        db_merge('block')
+          ->key(array(
+            'module' => $block->module,
+            'delta' => $block->delta,
+            'theme' => $theme_key,
+          ))
+          ->fields(array(
+            'status' => $block->status,
+            'weight' => $block->weight,
+            'region' => $block->region,
+            'pages' => '',
+          ))
+          ->execute();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  exit;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Theme the entire dashboard.
+ *
+ * @param $variables
+ *   - element: An associative array containing the properties of the dashboard region
+ *              element. Properties used: #dashboard_region, #children
+ * @return
+ *   A string representing the themed dashboard.
+ *
+ * @ingroup themeable
+ */
+function theme_dashboard($variables) {
+  extract($variables);
+  drupal_add_css(drupal_get_path('module', 'dashboard') . '/dashboard.css');
+  return '<div id="dashboard">' . $element['#children'] . '</div>';
+}
+
+/**
+ * Theme a generic dashboard region.
+ *
+ * @param $variables
+ *   - element: An associative array containing the properties of the dashboard region
+ *              element. Properties used: #dashboard_region, #children
+ * @return
+ *   A string representing the themed dashboard region.
+ *
+ * @ingroup themeable
+ */
+function theme_dashboard_region($variables) {
+  extract($variables);
+  $output = '<div id="' . $element['#dashboard_region'] . '" class="dashboard-region">';
+  $output .= $element['#children'];
+  if (!$element['#children']) {
+    $output .= "<div class='region'></div>";
+  }
+
+  $output .= '</div>';
+  return $output;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Theme a set of disabled blocks, for display in dashboard customization mode.
+ *
+ * @param $variables
+ *   - blocks: An array of block objects from _block_rehash().
+ * @return
+ *   A string representing the disabled blocks region of the dashboard
+ *   customization page.
+ *
+ * @ingroup themeable
+ */
+function theme_dashboard_disabled_blocks($variables) {
+  extract($variables);
+  $output = '<div class="canvas-content"><p>' . t('Drag and drop dashboard blocks to their place. Changes are automatically saved. You can also <a href="@add-block">add a custom block</a>.', array('@add-block' => url('admin/structure/block/add', array('query' => array('destination' => 'admin/dashboard/customize'))))) . '</p>';
+  $output .= '<div id="disabled-blocks"><div class="section region disabled-blocks clearfix">';
+  foreach ($blocks as $block) {
+    $output .= theme('dashboard_disabled_block', array('block' => $block));
+  }
+  $output .= '</div></div></div>';
+  return $output;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Theme a disabled block, for display in dashboard customization mode.
+ *
+ * @param $variables
+ *   - block: A block object from _block_rehash().
+ * @return
+ *   A string representing the disabled block.
+ *
+ * @ingroup themeable
+ */
+function theme_dashboard_disabled_block($variables) {
+  extract($variables);
+  $output = "";
+  if (isset($block)) {
+    $output .= '<div id="block-' . $block['module'] . '-' . $block['delta']
+    . '" class="disabled-block block block-' . $block['module'] . '-' . $block['delta']
+    . ' module-'.$block['module'].' delta-'.$block['delta'].'">'
+    . '<h2>'.(!empty($block['title']) ? $block['title'] : $block['info']).'</h2>'
+    . '<div class="content"></div>'
+    . '</div>';
+  }
+  return $output;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Central storage for strings.
+ *
+ * @param <type> $key
+ * @return string
+ */
+function _dashboard_get_default_string($key) {
+  $defaults = array(
+    'dashboard_empty_region_text_inactive' => 'This dashboard region is empty, click customize to add blocks to it.',
+    'dashboard_empty_block_text' => '(empty)',
+    'dashboard_empty_region_text_active' => 'DRAG HERE',
+  );
+  return t(variable_get($key, $defaults[$key]));
+
+}
+
diff --git a/modules/simpletest/tests/system_test.module b/modules/simpletest/tests/system_test.module
index 192e3f4f003ca71513cec2b1c35a9eb0415b43c5..6926dfe5fb7e3e500047fb10b18cba262f7b321b 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/tests/system_test.module
+++ b/modules/simpletest/tests/system_test.module
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function system_test_exit() {
 /**
  * Implement hook_system_info_alter().
  */
-function system_test_system_info_alter(&$info, $file) {
+function system_test_system_info_alter(&$info, $file, $type) {
   // We need a static otherwise the last test will fail to alter common_test.
   static $test;
   if (($dependencies = variable_get('dependencies', array())) || $test) {
diff --git a/modules/toolbar/toolbar.install b/modules/toolbar/toolbar.install
index e2539d785240571c7cceac5f9311fe44b1d8a5cd..d0de14381faa138a79bbfb8511045e549dca9288 100644
--- a/modules/toolbar/toolbar.install
+++ b/modules/toolbar/toolbar.install
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function toolbar_install() {
   $items = array(
     'node/add' => 'Add content',
     'admin/content' => 'Find content',
-    'admin' => 'Dashboard',
+    'admin/dashboard' => 'Dashboard',
   );
   $weight = -20;
   foreach ($items as $path => $title) {
diff --git a/profiles/default/default.info b/profiles/default/default.info
index 2b77db2b2c872a5780fda0dac6631fca6dfa2fa2..f379c7f136cdff4b464cc4f1728906cdb73ff7c1 100644
--- a/profiles/default/default.info
+++ b/profiles/default/default.info
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ core = 7.x
 dependencies[] = block
 dependencies[] = color
 dependencies[] = comment
+dependencies[] = dashboard
 dependencies[] = help
 dependencies[] = image 
 dependencies[] = menu
diff --git a/profiles/default/default.install b/profiles/default/default.install
index 04a3496b001f575b34c6332ea2210d2b090d85d1..07d9332cd12ff2aa8cd17ff824f7e942e1e43f6a 100644
--- a/profiles/default/default.install
+++ b/profiles/default/default.install
@@ -110,6 +110,26 @@ function default_install() {
       'pages' => '',
       'cache' => -1,
     ),
+    array(
+      'module' => 'system',
+      'delta' => 'management',
+      'theme' => 'seven',
+      'status' => 1,
+      'weight' => 0,
+      'region' => 'dashboard_main',
+      'pages' => '',
+      'cache' => -1,
+    ),
+    array(
+      'module' => 'user',
+      'delta' => 'new',
+      'theme' => 'seven',
+      'status' => 1,
+      'weight' => 0,
+      'region' => 'dashboard_sidebar',
+      'pages' => '',
+      'cache' => -1,
+    ),
   );
   $query = db_insert('block')->fields(array('module', 'delta', 'theme', 'status', 'weight', 'region', 'pages', 'cache'));
   foreach ($values as $record) {