diff --git a/compound/blog/configure.zcml b/compound/blog/configure.zcml
index 6c8673c..b74ccec 100644
--- a/compound/blog/configure.zcml
+++ b/compound/blog/configure.zcml
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@
    xmlns:browser="http://namespaces.zope.org/browser"
    i18n_domain="zope">
 
+  <zope:adapter
+        factory="loops.compound.blog.post.SimpleBlogPost"
+        provides="loops.compound.blog.interfaces.ISimpleBlogPost"
+        trusted="True" />
+  <zope:class class="loops.compound.blog.post.SimpleBlogPost">
+    <require permission="zope.View"
+        interface="loops.compound.blog.interfaces.ISimpleBlogPost" />
+    <require permission="zope.View"
+        attributes="context" />
+    <require permission="zope.ManageContent"
+        set_schema="loops.compound.blog.interfaces.ISimpleBlogPost" />
+  </zope:class>
+
   <zope:adapter
         factory="loops.compound.blog.post.BlogPost"
         provides="loops.compound.blog.interfaces.IBlogPost"
diff --git a/compound/blog/interfaces.py b/compound/blog/interfaces.py
index df605fe..7248478 100644
--- a/compound/blog/interfaces.py
+++ b/compound/blog/interfaces.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2008 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#  Copyright (c) 2013 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
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 """
 Blogs (weblogs) and blog posts.
-
-$Id$
 """
 
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -27,9 +25,32 @@ from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
 from zope import interface, component, schema
 
 from loops.compound.interfaces import ICompound
+from loops.interfaces import HtmlText
 from loops.util import _
 
 
+class ISimpleBlogPost(ICompound):
+    """ An item on a blog, sort of a diary item, minimal version.
+    """
+
+    date = schema.Datetime(
+                title=_(u'Date/Time'),
+                description=_(u'The date and time the information '
+                        'was posted.'),
+                required=True,)
+    date.default_method = datetime.now
+    creator = schema.ASCIILine(
+                title=_(u'Creator'),
+                description=_(u'The principal id of the user that created '
+                        'the blog post.'),
+                readonly=True,
+                required=False,)
+    text = HtmlText(
+                title=_(u'Text'),
+                description=_(u'The text of your blog entry'),
+                required=False)
+
+
 class IBlogPost(ICompound):
     """ An item on a blog, sort of a diary item.
     """
diff --git a/compound/blog/post.py b/compound/blog/post.py
index b43e956..805e5fa 100644
--- a/compound/blog/post.py
+++ b/compound/blog/post.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2008 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#  Copyright (c) 2013 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
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 """
 Blogs and blog posts.
-
-$Id$
 """
 
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
@@ -32,14 +30,31 @@ from zope.traversing.api import getName
 
 from loops.common import adapted
 from loops.compound.base import Compound
-from loops.compound.blog.interfaces import IBlogPost
+from loops.compound.blog.interfaces import ISimpleBlogPost, IBlogPost
 from loops.resource import Resource
 from loops.security.common import restrictView
 from loops.setup import addAndConfigureObject
 from loops.type import TypeInterfaceSourceList
 
 
-TypeInterfaceSourceList.typeInterfaces += (IBlogPost,)
+TypeInterfaceSourceList.typeInterfaces += (ISimpleBlogPost, IBlogPost,)
+
+
+class SimpleBlogPost(Compound):
+
+    implements(IBlogPost)
+
+    textContentType = 'text/html'
+
+    _adapterAttributes = Compound._adapterAttributes + ('creator',)
+    _contextAttributes = list(ISimpleBlogPost)
+    _noexportAttributes = _adapterAttributes
+    _textIndexAttributes = ('text',)
+
+    @property
+    def creator(self):
+        cr = IZopeDublinCore(self.context).creators
+        return cr and cr[0] or None
 
 
 class BlogPost(Compound):
diff --git a/compound/blog/view_macros.pt b/compound/blog/view_macros.pt
index c663914..6172e3b 100755
--- a/compound/blog/view_macros.pt
+++ b/compound/blog/view_macros.pt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <a tal:omit-tag="not:url"
        tal:content="data/creator"
        tal:attributes="href url">Will Smith</a>
-    <span tal:condition="item/adapted/private">
+    <span tal:condition="item/adapted/private|nothing">
       (<span i18n:translate="">Private</span>)
     </span>
   </div>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   <div class="text"
        tal:content="structure item/render">Here comes the text...</div>
   <div class="comment"
-       tal:define="comment data/privateComment"
+       tal:define="comment data/privateComment|nothing"
        tal:condition="comment">
     <h4 i18n:translate="" class="headline">Private Comment</h4>
     <div tal:content="structure python: