diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php b/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
index 4eb28a44b0..968f721c06 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-page-form.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 <div class="wrap">
-<h2><?php _e('New Page'); ?></h2>
+<h2><?php _e('Write Page'); ?></h2>
 <?php
 if (0 == $post_ID) {
 	$form_action = 'post';
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
index e6e9d613b0..fe52d756b5 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
@@ -54,23 +54,9 @@ $class = ('alternate' == $class) ? '' : 'alternate';
 <?php
 } // end if ($posts)
 ?> 
-
+<p><?php _e('Pages are like posts except they live outside of the normal blog chronology. You can use pages to organize and manage any amount of content.'); ?></p>
+<h3><a href="page-new.php"><?php _e('Create New Page'); ?> &raquo;</a></h3>
 </div> 
 
-<?php
-if ($user_level > 0) {
-	$action = 'post';
-	get_currentuserinfo();
-	//set defaults
-	$post_status = 'static';
-	$comment_status = get_settings('default_comment_status');
-	$ping_status = get_settings('default_ping_status');
-	$post_pingback = get_settings('default_pingback_flag');
-	$post_parent = 0;
-	$page_template = 'default';
-
-	include('edit-page-form.php');
-}
-?>
 
 <?php include('admin-footer.php'); ?> 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wp-admin/menu.php b/wp-admin/menu.php
index b03bf86b0b..93b13b0172 100644
--- a/wp-admin/menu.php
+++ b/wp-admin/menu.php
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ $menu[40] = array(__('Presentation'), 8, 'themes.php');
 $menu[45] = array(__('Upload'), get_settings('fileupload_minlevel'), 'upload.php');
 ksort($menu); // So other files can plugin
 
+$submenu['post.php'][5] = array('Write Post', 1, 'post.php');
+$submenu['post.php'][10] = array('Write Page', 5, 'page-new.php');
+
 $submenu['edit.php'][5] = array(__('Posts'), 1, 'edit.php');
 $submenu['edit.php'][10] = array(__('Pages'), 5, 'edit-pages.php');
 $submenu['edit.php'][15] = array(__('Categories'), 1, 'categories.php');
diff --git a/wp-admin/page-new.php b/wp-admin/page-new.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..770f8e2f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-admin/page-new.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+require_once('admin.php');
+$title = __('New Page');
+$parent_file = 'post.php';
+require_once('admin-header.php');
+
+get_currentuserinfo();
+?>
+
+<?php if ( isset($_GET['saved']) ) : ?>
+<div class="updated"><p><strong><?php _e('Page saved.') ?> <a href="edit-pages.php"><?php _e('Manage pages'); ?> &raquo;</a></strong></p></div>
+<?php endif; ?>
+
+<?php
+if ($user_level > 0) {
+	$action = 'post';
+	get_currentuserinfo();
+	//set defaults
+	$post_status = 'static';
+	$comment_status = get_settings('default_comment_status');
+	$ping_status = get_settings('default_ping_status');
+	$post_pingback = get_settings('default_pingback_flag');
+	$post_parent = 0;
+	$page_template = 'default';
+
+	include('edit-page-form.php');
+}
+?>
+
+<?php include('admin-footer.php'); ?> 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wp-admin/post.php b/wp-admin/post.php
index d188652121..188d6a4a97 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 require_once('admin.php');
 
-$wpvarstoreset = array('action', 'safe_mode', 'withcomments', 'posts', 'poststart', 'postend', 'content', 'edited_post_title', 'comment_error', 'profile', 'trackback_url', 'excerpt', 'showcomments', 'commentstart', 'commentend', 'commentorder', 'enclosure_url' );
+$wpvarstoreset = array('action', 'safe_mode', 'withcomments', 'posts', 'poststart', 'postend', 'content', 'edited_post_title', 'comment_error', 'profile', 'trackback_url', 'excerpt', 'showcomments', 'commentstart', 'commentend', 'commentorder' );
 
 for ($i=0; $i<count($wpvarstoreset); $i += 1) {
 	$wpvar = $wpvarstoreset[$i];
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ for ($i=0; $i<count($wpvarstoreset); $i += 1) {
 switch($action) {
 case 'post':
 
-	if (!user_can_create_draft($user_ID)) {
+	if ( !user_can_create_draft($user_ID) )
 		die('You are not allowed to create posts or drafts on this blog.');
-	}
 
 	$post_pingback = intval($_POST['post_pingback']);
 	$content = apply_filters('content_save_pre', $_POST['content']);
@@ -114,12 +113,12 @@ case 'post':
 		$location = 'post.php?posted=true';
 	}
 
+	if ( 'static' == $_POST['post_status'] )
+		$location = "page-new.php?saved=true";
+
 	if ( '' != $_POST['advanced'] || isset($_POST['save']) )
 		$location = "post.php?action=edit&post=$post_ID";
 
-	if ( '' != $_POST['savepage'] )
-		$location = "post.php?action=createpage";
-
 	header("Location: $location"); // Send user on their way while we keep working
 
 	// Insert categories