diff --git a/browser/configure.zcml b/browser/configure.zcml
index 729893d..69aebe9 100644
--- a/browser/configure.zcml
+++ b/browser/configure.zcml
@@ -565,6 +565,35 @@
 
   </pages>
 
+  <!-- layout nodes -->
+
+  <page
+      name="index.html"
+      for="loops.interfaces.ILayoutNode"
+      class="cybertools.composer.layout.browser.view.Page"
+      permission="zope.View"
+      />
+
+  <addform
+      label="Add Layout Node"
+      name="AddLoopsLayoutNode.html"
+      content_factory="loops.layout.base.LayoutNode"
+      schema="loops.interfaces.ILayoutNode"
+      fields="title description nodeType viewName body"
+      template="add.pt"
+      permission="zope.ManageContent">
+    <widget field="description" height="2" />
+    <widget field="body" height="8" />
+  </addform>
+
+  <addMenuItem
+      class="loops.layout.base.LayoutNode"
+      title="Layout Node"
+      description="A layout node controls the presentation of objects"
+      permission="zope.ManageContent"
+      view="AddLoopsLayoutNode.html"
+      />
+
   <!-- dialogs/forms (end-user views) -->
 
   <page
diff --git a/browser/layout/configure.zcml b/browser/layout/configure.zcml
deleted file mode 100644
index 342aee8..0000000
--- a/browser/layout/configure.zcml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<!-- $Id$ -->
-
-<configure
-   xmlns:zope="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
-   xmlns:browser="http://namespaces.zope.org/browser"
-   i18n_domain="loops">
-
-  <!-- views -->
-
-  <zope:adapter
-      name="layout"
-      factory="loops.browser.layout.node.NodeLayoutProvider"
-      permission="zope.View"
-      />
-
-  <zope:adapter
-      factory="loops.browser.layout.node.NodeLayout"
-      permission="zope.View"
-      />
-
-</configure>
diff --git a/configure.zcml b/configure.zcml
index a778f5c..79ca278 100644
--- a/configure.zcml
+++ b/configure.zcml
@@ -184,6 +184,20 @@
         interface="zope.app.container.interfaces.IReadContainer" />-->
   </class>
 
+  <class class=".layout.base.LayoutNode">
+    <implements interface="zope.annotation.interfaces.IAttributeAnnotatable" />
+    <factory id="loops.LayoutNode" description="Layout Node" />
+    <require
+        permission="zope.View"
+        interface=".interfaces.ILayoutNode" />
+    <require
+        permission="zope.ManageContent"
+        set_schema=".interfaces.ILayoutNode" />
+    <!--<require
+        permission="zope.View"
+        interface="zope.app.container.interfaces.IReadContainer" />-->
+  </class>
+
   <!-- record manager -->
 
   <interface interface="loops.interfaces.IRecordManager"
@@ -426,7 +440,6 @@
 
 
   <include package=".browser" />
-  <include package=".browser.layout" />
   <include package=".classifier" />
   <include package=".compound.blog" />
   <include package=".config" />
@@ -435,6 +448,7 @@
   <include package=".i18n" />
   <include package=".integrator" />
   <include package=".knowledge" />
+  <include package=".layout" />
   <include package=".organize" />
   <include package=".rest" />
   <include package=".search" />
diff --git a/interfaces.py b/interfaces.py
index 24eb26a..bfb67c4 100644
--- a/interfaces.py
+++ b/interfaces.py
@@ -511,6 +511,23 @@ class INodeContained(Interface):
     containers(INode, IViewManager)
 
 
+# layout views/nodes
+
+class ILayoutView(INodeSchema):
+    """ Base interface for view nodes that use the cybertools.composer.layout
+        presentation mechanism.
+    """
+
+
+class ILayoutNode(ILayoutView, IBaseNode):
+
+    contains(ILayoutView)
+
+
+class ILayoutNodeContained(Interface):
+    containers(ILayoutNode, IViewManager)
+
+
 # record manager interfaces
 
 class IRecordManager(ILoopsObject):
diff --git a/browser/layout/__init__.py b/layout/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from browser/layout/__init__.py
rename to layout/__init__.py
diff --git a/browser/layout/node.py b/layout/base.py
similarity index 62%
rename from browser/layout/node.py
rename to layout/base.py
index a0e04bd..72ea308 100644
--- a/browser/layout/node.py
+++ b/layout/base.py
@@ -17,33 +17,18 @@
 #
 
 """
-Layout management and controlling via view space nodes.
+Layout stuff
 
 $Id$
 """
 
-from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
-from zope.component import adapts
 from zope.interface import implements
 
-from cybertools.composer.layout.interfaces import ILayout
-from loops.interfaces import INode
-from loops.view import nodeTypes, NodeAdapter
+from loops.interfaces import ILayoutNode, ILayoutNodeContained
+from loops.view import Node
 
 
-nodeTypes.append(('layout', 'Layout'))
+class LayoutNode(Node):
 
-
-class NodeLayoutProvider(NodeAdapter):
-
-    pass
-
-
-class NodeLayout(object):
-
-    implements(ILayout)
-    adapts(INode)
-
-    def __init__(self, context):
-        self.context = context
+    implements(ILayoutNode, ILayoutNodeContained)
 
diff --git a/layout/configure.zcml b/layout/configure.zcml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..458624a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layout/configure.zcml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<!-- $Id$ -->
+
+<configure
+   xmlns:zope="http://namespaces.zope.org/zope"
+   xmlns:browser="http://namespaces.zope.org/browser"
+   i18n_domain="zope">
+
+  <zope:utility
+        factory="cybertools.composer.layout.base.LayoutManager" />
+
+  <!-- layouts -->
+
+  <zope:utility
+        factory="cybertools.composer.layout.browser.liquid.default.BodyLayout"
+        provides="cybertools.composer.layout.interfaces.ILayout"
+        name="body.liquid" />
+
+  <zope:utility
+        component="cybertools.composer.layout.browser.default.footer"
+        provides="cybertools.composer.layout.interfaces.ILayout"
+        name="footer.default" />
+
+</configure>
diff --git a/tests/setup.py b/tests/setup.py
index d056dcb..d119d48 100644
--- a/tests/setup.py
+++ b/tests/setup.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ from loops.concept import IndexAttributes as ConceptIndexAttributes
 from loops.config.base import GlobalOptions, LoopsOptions
 from loops.interfaces import ILoopsObject, IIndexAttributes
 from loops.interfaces import IDocument, IFile, ITextDocument
+from loops.layout.base import LayoutNode
 from loops.organize.memberinfo import MemberInfoProvider
 from loops.organize.stateful.base import StatefulResourceIndexInfo, handleTransition
 from loops.predicate import Predicate   #, MappingAttributeRelation
diff --git a/view.py b/view.py
index f0a9e36..8cd750e 100644
--- a/view.py
+++ b/view.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from zope.security.proxy import removeSecurityProxy
 from zope.traversing.api import getName, getParent
 from persistent import Persistent
 
+from cybertools.composer.layout.base import LayoutManager
 from cybertools.relation import DyadicRelation
 from cybertools.relation.registry import getRelations
 from cybertools.relation.interfaces import IRelationRegistry, IRelatable
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ from loops.base import ParentInfo
 from loops.common import AdapterBase
 from loops.interfaces import IView, INode, INodeSchema, INodeAdapter
 from loops.interfaces import IViewManager, INodeContained
+from loops.interfaces import ILayoutNode, ILayoutNodeContained
 from loops.interfaces import ILoopsContained
 from loops.interfaces import ITargetRelation
 from loops.interfaces import IConcept
@@ -176,6 +178,11 @@ class Node(View, OrderedContainer):
         return self.nodeType in ('page', 'menu')
 
 
+class LayoutNode(Node, LayoutManager):
+
+    implements(ILayoutNode, ILayoutNodeContained)
+
+
 class ViewManager(OrderedContainer):
 
     implements(IViewManager, ILoopsContained)