diff --git a/doc/source/_static/tweaks.css b/doc/source/_static/tweaks.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16cd6e76e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/_static/tweaks.css
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+ul.todo_list {
+    list-style-type: none;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+
+ul.todo_list li {
+    display: block;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 7px 0;
+    border-top: 1px solid #eee;
+}
+
+ul.todo_list li p {
+    display: inline;
+}
+
+ul.todo_list li p.link {
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+ul.todo_list li p.details {
+    font-style: italic;
+}
+
+ul.todo_list li {
+}
+
+div.admonition {
+    border: 1px solid #8F1000;
+}
+
+div.admonition p.admonition-title {
+    background-color: #8F1000;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #8E8E8E;
+}
+
+a {
+	color: #CF2F19;
+}
+
+div.related ul li a {
+	color: #CF2F19;
+}
+
+div.sphinxsidebar h4 {
+	background-color:#8E8E8E;
+	border:1px solid #255E6E;
+	color:white;
+	font-size:1em;
+	margin:1em 0 0.5em;
+	padding:0.1em 0 0.1em 0.5em;
+}
+
+em {
+    font-style: normal;
+}
+
+table.docutils {
+	font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+a tt {
+	color:#CF2F19;
+}
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diff --git a/doc/source/_theme/layout.html b/doc/source/_theme/layout.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed1cab0a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/_theme/layout.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{% extends "sphinxdoc/layout.html" %}
+{% set css_files = css_files + ['_static/tweaks.css'] %}
diff --git a/doc/source/_theme/theme.conf b/doc/source/_theme/theme.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e039fe01f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/_theme/theme.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[theme]
+inherit = sphinxdoc
+stylesheet = sphinxdoc.css
+pygments_style = friendly
+
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 78b662c8a3..74dfce9947 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ modindex_common_prefix = ['swift.']
 
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  Major themes that come with
 # Sphinx are currently 'default' and 'sphinxdoc'.
-html_theme = 'default'
+# html_theme = 'default'
+html_theme_path = ["."]
+html_theme = '_theme'
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the
diff --git a/doc/source/index.rst b/doc/source/index.rst
index 854aa4c64d..9b20293921 100644
--- a/doc/source/index.rst
+++ b/doc/source/index.rst
@@ -1,20 +1,38 @@
-.. Swift documentation master file, created by
-   sphinx-quickstart on Tue May 18 13:50:15 2010.
-   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
-   contain the root `toctree` directive.
+..
+      Copyright 2010 OpenStack LLC 
+      All Rights Reserved.
 
+      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+      not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+      a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+      Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+      distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+      WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+      License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+      under the License.
+      
 Welcome to Swift's documentation!
 =================================
 
 Swift is a highly available, distributed, eventually consistent object/blob 
-store.
+store. Organizations can use Swift to store lots of data efficiently, safely, and cheaply.
+
+This documentation is generated by the Sphinx toolkit and lives in the source
+tree.  Additional documentation on Swift and other components of OpenStack can
+be found on the `OpenStack wiki`_.  
+
+.. _`OpenStack wiki`: http://wiki.openstack.org
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
     
     getting_started
 
-Overview:
+Overview and Concepts
+=====================
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
@@ -27,7 +45,8 @@ Overview:
     overview_stats
     ratelimit
 
-Development:
+Developer Documentation
+=======================
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
@@ -36,7 +55,8 @@ Development:
     development_saio
     development_auth
 
-Deployment:
+Administrator Documentation
+===========================
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
@@ -46,14 +66,16 @@ Deployment:
     admin_guide
     debian_package_guide
 
-End User Guides:
+End User Guides
+===============
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 1
 
     howto_cyberduck
 
-Source:
+Source Documentation
+====================
 
 .. toctree::
     :maxdepth: 2