diff --git a/e107_admin/newspost.php b/e107_admin/newspost.php
index 25be9666d..c86587381 100644
--- a/e107_admin/newspost.php
+++ b/e107_admin/newspost.php
@@ -1098,9 +1098,21 @@ class news_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 			$sefbaseDiz = str_replace(array("[br]","[","]"), array("<br />","<a href='".e_ADMIN_ABS."eurl.php'>","</a>"), NWSLAN_128 );
 			$pingOpt = array('placeholder'=>LAN_NEWS_87);
 			$pingVal = (!empty($pref['news_ping_services'])) ? implode("\n",$pref['news_ping_services']) : '';
-			$newsTemplates = array('default'=>LAN_DEFAULT, 'list'=>LAN_LIST); //TODO  'category'=>'Categories'? research 'Use non-standard template for news layout' and integrate here.
 
+			$newsTemplates = array();
 
+			if($newInfo = e107::getTemplateInfo('news', 'news'))  //TODO  'category'=>'Categories'? research 'Use non-standard template for news layout' and integrate here.
+			{
+				foreach($newInfo as $k=>$val)
+				{
+					$newsTemplates[$k] = $val['title'];
+				}
+
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$newsTemplates = array('default'=>LAN_DEFAULT, 'list'=>LAN_LIST);
+			}
 
 			$text = "
 			<form method='post' action='".e_REQUEST_URI."' id='core-newspost-settings-form'>";
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/news.php b/e107_plugins/news/news.php
index 2ac1337b6..a04c6bb35 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/news.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/news.php
@@ -1161,8 +1161,6 @@ class news_front
 		$tp = e107::getParser();
 		$sql = e107::getDb();
 
-
-
 		$interval = $this->pref['newsposts'];
 
 		global $NEWSSTYLE;
@@ -1500,7 +1498,18 @@ class news_front
 			else // v2.x
 			{
 				$layout = e107::getTemplate('news', 'news');
-				$tmpl = $layout['default']; // default - we show the full items, except for the 'extended' part..
+				if(!empty($layout[$this->defaultTemplate]))
+				{
+					$tmpl = $layout[$this->defaultTemplate];
+					$this->addDebug('Template key',$this->defaultTemplate);
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					$tmpl = $layout['default'] ;
+					$this->addDebug('Template key','default');
+				}
+			//	$tmpl = !empty($layout[$this->defaultTemplate]) ? $layout[$this->defaultTemplate] : $layout['default'] ; // default - we show the full items, except for the 'extended' part..
+
 				$template = $tmpl['item'];
 			//	unset($tmp);
 			}
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php b/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php
index 2a3cc76d0..f65b0dbb5 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/templates/news_template.php
@@ -14,10 +14,21 @@ global $sc_style;
 //$NEWS_MENU_TEMPLATE['list']['start']       = '<ul class="nav nav-list news-menu-months">';
 //$NEWS_MENU_TEMPLATE['list']['end']         = '</ul>';
 
+
+$NEWS_TEMPLATE = array();
+
+
 $NEWS_MENU_TEMPLATE['list']['start']       = '<div class="thumbnails">';
 $NEWS_MENU_TEMPLATE['list']['end']         = '</div>';
 
 
+$NEWS_INFO = array(
+	'default' 	=> array('title' => LAN_DEFAULT, 	'description' => 'unused'),
+	'list' 	    => array('title' => LAN_LIST, 		'description' => 'unused'),
+//	'2-column'  => array('title' => "2 Column",     'description' => 'unused'), //@todo more default listing options.
+);
+
+
 // XXX The ListStyle template offers a listed summary of items with a minimum of 10 items per page. 
 // As displayed by news.php?cat.1 OR news.php?all 
 // {NEWSBODY} should not appear in the LISTSTYLE as it is NOT the same as what would appear on news.php (no query) 
@@ -121,8 +132,19 @@ $NEWS_TEMPLATE['default']['end']	= '';
 $NEWS_TEMPLATE['category']          = $NEWS_TEMPLATE['default'];
 $NEWS_TEMPLATE['category']['start']	= '<!-- Category News Template -->';
 
-
-
+/**
+ * @todo
+ */
+$NEWS_TEMPLATE['2-column']['caption']	= '';
+$NEWS_TEMPLATE['2-column']['start']    = '<div class="row">';
+$NEWS_TEMPLATE['2-column']['item']     = '<div class="item col-md-6">
+											{SETIMAGE: w=400&h=400&crop=1}
+											{NEWSTHUMBNAIL=placeholder}
+	                                            <h3>{NEWS_TITLE}</h3>
+	                                            <p>{NEWS_SUMMARY}</p>
+	                                         	<p class="text-right"><a class="btn btn-primary btn-othernews" href="{NEWSURL}">' . LAN_READ_MORE . '</a></p>
+            							  </div>';
+$NEWS_TEMPLATE['2-column']['end']      = '</div>';
 
 
 ###### Default view item (temporary)  ######