diff --git a/core/helpers/core_block.php b/core/helpers/core_block.php
index ca28c690..7f0bb50a 100644
--- a/core/helpers/core_block.php
+++ b/core/helpers/core_block.php
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ class core_block_Core {
     $block->id = "gStats";
     $block->title = _("Gallery Stats");
     $block->content = new View("admin_block_stats.html");
-    return $block;
+    $blocks[] = $block;
+
+    $block = new Block();
+    $block->id = "gPlatform";
+    $block->title = _("Platform Information");
+    $block->content = new View("admin_block_platform.html");
+    $blocks[] = $block;
+
+    $block = new Block();
+    $block->id = "gProjectNews";
+    $block->title = _("Gallery Project News");
+    $block->content = new View("admin_block_news.html");
+    $blocks[] = $block;
+
+    return implode("\n", $blocks);
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/views/admin_block_news.html.php b/core/views/admin_block_news.html.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..963a8cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/views/admin_block_news.html.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<? defined("SYSPATH") or die("No direct script access."); ?>
+<ul>
+  <li>10-Apr <a href="#">Gallery 3.1 released!</a></li>
+  <li>26-Feb <a href="#">New theme tutorials now available</a></li>
+  <li>4-Feb <a href="#">Gallery 3.0 released!</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
diff --git a/core/views/admin_block_platform.html.php b/core/views/admin_block_platform.html.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f08b9d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/views/admin_block_platform.html.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<? defined("SYSPATH") or die("No direct script access."); ?>
+<ul>
+  <li>
+    Platform
+    <ul>
+      <li>
+        Apache 2.0.24
+        <ul>
+          <li>mod_rewrite: active</li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        PHP 5.2.8
+        <ul>
+          <li>Memory: 32MB</li>
+          <li></li>
+          <li></li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        MySQL 5.0.1
+      </li>
+      <li>
+        Graphics Toolkits
+        <ul>
+          <li>ImageMagick 1.6</li>
+          <li>GD</li>
+          <li>FFMPEG</li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+  </li>
+</ul>
+<p class="gWarning">^ Display as a tree widget</p>
diff --git a/themes/admin_default/views/admin.html.php b/themes/admin_default/views/admin.html.php
index a393546a..6aa5c3c9 100644
--- a/themes/admin_default/views/admin.html.php
+++ b/themes/admin_default/views/admin.html.php
@@ -60,46 +60,6 @@
 
           <?= $theme->sidebar_blocks() ?>
 
-          <div id="gPlatform" class="gBlock">
-            <h2>Platform Information</h2>
-            <ul class="gBlockContent">
-              <li>Platform
-                <ul>
-                  <li>Apache 2.0.24
-                    <ul>
-                      <li>mod_rewrite: active</li>
-                    </ul>
-                  </li>
-                  <li>PHP 5.2.8
-                    <ul>
-                      <li>Memory: 32MB</li>
-                      <li></li>
-                      <li></li>
-                    </ul>
-                  </li>
-                  <li>MySQL 5.0.1</li>
-                  <li>Graphics Toolkits
-                    <ul>
-                      <li>ImageMagick 1.6</li>
-                      <li>GD</li>
-                      <li>FFMPEG</li>
-                    </ul>
-                  </li>
-                </ul>
-              </li>
-            </ul>
-            <p class="gWarning">^ Display as a tree widget</p>
-          </div>
-
-          <div id="gProjectNews" class="gBlock">
-            <h2>Gallery Project News</h2>
-            <ul class="gBlockContent">
-              <li>10-Apr <a href="#">Gallery 3.1 released!</a></li>
-              <li>26-Feb <a href="#">New theme tutorials now available</a></li>
-              <li>4-Feb <a href="#">Gallery 3.0 released!</a></li>
-            </ul>
-          </div>
-
         </div>
       </div>
       <div id="ft">