diff --git a/browser/loops/loops_layout.css b/browser/loops/loops_layout.css
index f18c4bc..4cc4ab1 100644
--- a/browser/loops/loops_layout.css
+++ b/browser/loops/loops_layout.css
@@ -489,15 +489,26 @@ div.row div.label {
     clear: both;
 }
 
-div.row span.error {
-    background: red;
+div.error {
+    background: #ff80a0;
     color: white;
+    font-weight: bold;
     padding: 0.1em 0.5em 0.1em 0.5em; /* Same as .itemViews */
     border: 1px solid red; /* Same as .itemViews */
     margin: 0;
     float: left;
     clear: both;
 }
+
+div.summary {
+    background: #c8c4ff;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    padding: 0.1em 0.5em 0.1em 0.5em; /* Same as .itemViews */
+    border: 1px solid #6478b0; /* Same as .itemViews */
+    margin: 0;
+    margin-top: 1em;
+}
+
 /*
 div.row div.error:before {
     content: "\2190  "; /* Left pointing arrow */
diff --git a/reporter/README.txt b/reporter/README.txt
index 4ded08c..b07ec57 100644
--- a/reporter/README.txt
+++ b/reporter/README.txt
@@ -12,15 +12,47 @@ TO DO...
 A Basic API for Reports and Listings
 ====================================
 
+Batching
+--------
+
+We'll use a fairly simple Iterable:
+
+  >>> it = xrange(14)
+
+  >>> from cybertools.reporter.batch import Batch
+  >>> b = Batch(it, size=5, overlap=1, orphan=2)
+  >>> b.items
+  [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
+  >>> b.getIndexRelative(1)
+  1
+  >>> b.getIndexAbsolute(-1)
+  2
+
+  >>> b = Batch(it, 2, size=5, overlap=1, orphan=2)
+  >>> b.items
+  [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
+
+We are now ready to use the corresponding browser view:
+
+  >>> from zope.publisher.browser import TestRequest
+  >>> form = dict(b_page=1, b_size=4)
+  >>> request = TestRequest(form=form)
+  >>> from cybertools.reporter.browser.batch import BatchView
+  >>> bview = BatchView(it, request)
+
+The real reporting stuff
+------------------------
+
   >>> from cybertools.reporter.data import DataSource
   >>> from cybertools.reporter.interfaces import IResultSet
 
+  >>> from cybertools.reporter.example.interfaces import IContactsDataSource
+  >>> from cybertools.reporter.example.contact import Contacts
+
 Let's start with the Person class from the example package - we will
 then provide a listing of persons...
 
   >>> from cybertools.organize.party import Person
-  >>> from cybertools.reporter.example.interfaces import IContactsDataSource
-  >>> from cybertools.reporter.example.contact import Contacts
 
   >>> from datetime import date
   >>> pdata = ((u'John', u'Smith', '1956-08-01'),
@@ -47,6 +79,4 @@ result set and splitting a result into batches.
 Sorting
 -------
 
-Batching
---------
 
diff --git a/reporter/batch.py b/reporter/batch.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11d0615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reporter/batch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2006 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+Batching implementation.
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+import itertools
+from zope.interface import implements
+from interfaces import IBatch
+
+
+class Batch(object):
+
+    lastPage = False
+
+    def __init__(self, iterable, pageIndex=0, size=20, overlap=0, orphan=0):
+        self.iterable = list(iterable)
+        self.pageIndex = pageIndex
+        self.start = pageIndex * (size - overlap)
+        self.size = self.actualSize = size
+        self.overlap = overlap
+        self.orphan = orphan
+        length = len(self.iterable)
+        self.pages = range(0, length, size-overlap)
+        lastPage = self.pages[-1]
+        lastLen = length - lastPage
+        if lastLen <= orphan + overlap:
+            del self.pages[-1]
+            if pageIndex == len(self.pages) - 1: #we're on the last page
+                self.actualSize = size + lastLen  #take over the orphans
+        if pageIndex >= len(self.pages) or pageIndex < 0:
+            self.items = []
+        else:
+            self.items = self.iterable[self.start:self.start+self.actualSize]
+
+    def __getitem__(self, idx):
+        return self.items[idx]
+
+    def next(self):
+        for item in self.items:
+            yield item
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.items)
+
+    def getIndexRelative(self, ridx=1):
+        idx = self.pageIndex + ridx
+        if idx < 0:
+            return 0
+        if idx >= len(self.pages):
+            return len(self.pages) - 1
+        return idx
+        
+    def getIndexAbsolute(self, idx=0):
+        if idx < 0:
+            idx = len(self.pages) + idx
+        if idx < 0 or idx >= len(self.pages):
+            return None
+        return idx
+
diff --git a/reporter/browser/batch.py b/reporter/browser/batch.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3998c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reporter/browser/batch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2006 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+A browser view class for batching to be used by a macro or some other
+HTML providing template.
+
+$Id$
+"""
+
+from cybertools.reporter.batch import Batch
+
+
+class BatchView(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, context, request):
+        self.context = context
+        self.request = request
+        form = request.form
+        page = int(form.get('b_page', 1))
+        size = int(form.get('b_size', 20))
+        overlap = int(form.get('b_overlap', 0))
+        orphan = int(form.get('b_orphan', 0))
+        self.batch = Batch(context, page-1, size, overlap, orphan)
+
+    def items(self):
+        return setupUrlParams(self.batch.items)
+
+    def first(self):
+        return setupUrlParams(self.batch.getIndexAbsolute(0))
+
+    def last(self):
+        return setupUrlParams(self.batch.getIndexAbsolute(-1))
+
+    def previous(self):
+        return setupUrlParams(self.batch.getIndexRelative(1))
+
+    def next(self):
+        return setupUrlParams(self.batch.getIndexRelative(-1))
+
+    def setupUrlParams(self, page):
+        return ('?b_page=%i&b_size=%i&b_overlap=%i&b_orphan=%i'
+                    % (page, self.size, self.overlap, self.orphan) )
+
+    
diff --git a/reporter/interfaces.py b/reporter/interfaces.py
index a16bd20..8ff7523 100644
--- a/reporter/interfaces.py
+++ b/reporter/interfaces.py
@@ -26,7 +26,47 @@ import zope
 from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
 
 
-# result set
+# iterable stuff for batching, sorting, filtering of results
+
+
+class IBatch(Interface):
+    """ Represents a part (sort of a slice) of an iterable.
+    """
+
+    iterable = Attribute(u'The iterable this batch belongs to')
+
+    start = Attribute(u'The current start index of the batch in the parent iterable')
+    
+    def __getitem__(idx):
+        """ Return the item at index idx.
+        """
+
+    def next():
+        """ Return the next item in the batch. Raise StopIteration if
+            the end of the batch is reached.
+        """
+
+    def __len__():
+        """ Return the number of items in the batch.
+        """
+
+    def getIndexRelative(relativePageNumber):
+        """ Return the absolute page index based on the current page of
+            the batch object.
+            Using +1 or -1 retrieves the next or previous batch.
+            If a page before the first one is addressed return 0,
+            if a page after the last one is addressed return the index
+            of the last page.
+        """
+
+    def getIndexAbsolute(pageNumber):
+        """ Return the absolute page index.
+            0 addresses the first batch page, -1 the last.
+            Return None if the corresponding page does not exist.
+        """
+
+
+# result sets, rows, cells...
 
 class IResultSet(Interface):
     """A sequence of rows provided by a data source, report or
diff --git a/reporter/tests.py b/reporter/tests.py
index 77abd1f..72aa389 100755
--- a/reporter/tests.py
+++ b/reporter/tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # $Id$
 
-import unittest
+import unittest, doctest
 from zope.testing.doctestunit import DocFileSuite
 from zope.app.testing import ztapi
 from zope.interface.verify import verifyClass
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ class TestReporter(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 def test_suite():
+    flags = doctest.NORMALIZE_WHITESPACE | doctest.ELLIPSIS
     return unittest.TestSuite((
                 unittest.makeSuite(TestReporter),
-                DocFileSuite('README.txt'),
+                DocFileSuite('README.txt', optionflags=flags),
             ))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':