diff --git a/app/controllers/admin_panel_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin_panel_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54473ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/admin_panel_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class AdminPanelController < ApplicationController
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/admin_panel_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin_panel_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d92c958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/admin_panel_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module AdminPanelHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/views/admin_panel/index.rhtml b/app/views/admin_panel/index.rhtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfc8d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/admin_panel/index.rhtml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<h1><%= _('Administrator Panel') %></h1>
+
+<p><%= _('You, as an virtual community administrator, has the following options:')%></p>
+
+<ul>
+  <li><%= link_to _('Enable/disable features'), :controller => 'features' %></li>
+  <li><%= link_to _('Manage Tags'), :controller => 'manage_tags' %></li>
+  <li><%= link_to _('Edit the Visual Design'), :controller => 'edit_template'%></li>
+</ul>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 57ad251..eb470fa 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   map.comatose_admin 'cms/:profile'
 
   # administrative tasks for a virtual community
+  map.connect 'admin', :controller => 'admin_panel', :action => 'index'
   map.connect 'admin/:controller/:action/:id'
 
 
diff --git a/test/functional/admin_panel_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/admin_panel_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98f001a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/admin_panel_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
+require 'admin_panel_controller'
+
+# Re-raise errors caught by the controller.
+class AdminPanelController; def rescue_action(e) raise e end; end
+
+class AdminPanelControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    @controller = AdminPanelController.new
+    @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
+    @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
+  end
+
+  # Replace this with your real tests.
+  def test_truth
+    assert true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/routing_test.rb b/test/integration/routing_test.rb
index 8da57f2..281720f 100644
--- a/test/integration/routing_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/routing_test.rb
@@ -34,11 +34,21 @@ class RoutingTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
 
   # virtual community administrative controllers (admin/*)
   ################################################################
+
+  def test_admin_panel_controller
+    assert_routing('/admin', :controller => 'admin_panel', :action => 'index')
+  end
+
   def test_features_controller
     assert_routing('/admin/features', :controller => 'features', :action => 'index')
+    assert_routing('/admin/features/update', :controller => 'features', :action => 'update')
+  end
+
+  def test_manage_tags_controller
+    assert_routing('/admin/manage_tags', :controller => 'manage_tags', :action => 'index')
   end
 
-  # platform administrative conttollers (metaadmin/*)
+  # platform administrative controllers (metaadmin/*)
   ################################################################
 
   # external public controllers
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