diff --git a/addons/website/views/views.xml b/addons/website/views/views.xml
index c8237224369..8a5dd323d26 100644
--- a/addons/website/views/views.xml
+++ b/addons/website/views/views.xml
@@ -3,19 +3,6 @@
 -->
 <openerp>
     <data>
-        <template id="header">
-            <div class="container">
-                <a href='/page/website.homepage' class='brand'>
-                    <em>Open</em><b>ERP</b>
-                    <!--<img t-att-alt="res_company.name" src='/web/binary/company_logo'/></a>-->
-                </a>
-                <ul class="nav pull-right" id="top_menu">
-                    <li><a href="/page/website.contactus">Contact us</a></li>
-                    <li><a href="/admin">Sign in</a></li>
-                </ul>
-            </div>
-        </template>
-
         <!--
             Files used in the generic theme, mostly bootstrap and a few OpenERP tags
         -->
@@ -31,62 +18,6 @@
             </xpath>
         </template>
 
-        <template id="footer" name="Footer">
-                <div class="container" id="footer_container">
-                    <div class="row">
-                        <div class="span3" name="product">
-                            <h5>Our products</h5>
-                            <ul class='unstyled' name="products">
-                                <li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
-                            </ul>
-                        </div>
-                        <div class="span3" name="info">
-                            <h5 name="info_title">Connect with us</h5>
-                            <ul class='unstyled'>
-                                <li><a href="/page/website.aboutus">About us</a></li>
-                                <li><a href="/page/website.contactus">Contact us</a></li>
-                            </ul>
-                            <ul class='unstyled'>
-                                <li><i class="icon-phone"></i> <span t-field="res_company.phone"/></li>
-                                <li><i class="icon-envelope"></i> <span t-field="res_company.email"></span></li>
-                            </ul>
-                        </div>
-                        <div class="span5 offset1" name="about_us">
-                            <h5 t-field="res_company.name">About us</h5>
-                            <p>
-                                We are a team of passionated people whose goal
-                                is to improve everyone's life through
-                                disruptive products. We build great products to
-                                solve your business problems.
-                            </p><p>
-                                Our products are designed for small to medium
-                                companies willing to optimize their
-                                performance.
-                            </p>
-                            <h1 style="padding: 12px 24px">
-                                <a href="http://twitter.com/openerp"><i class="icon-twitter-sign"></i></a>
-                                <a href="http://facebook.com/OpenERP"><i class="icon-facebook-sign"></i></a>
-                                <a href="https://plus.google.com/+openerp/posts"><i class="icon-google-plus-sign"></i></a>
-                            </h1>
-                        </div>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-                <div class="container mt16">
-                    <div class="pull-right" t-ignore="1">
-                        Create a <a href="http://openerp.com/apps/website">free website</a> with <a class="label label-important" href="https://openerp.com/apps/website">OpenERP</a>
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pull-left muted">
-                        Copyright &amp;copy; <span t-field="res_company.name">Company name</span> - <a href="/sitemap">Sitemap</a>
-                    </div>
-                </div>
-        </template>
-
-        <template id="footer_custom" inherit_option_id="website.footer" name="Custom Footer">
-            <xpath expr="//div[@id='footer_container']" position="attributes">
-                <attribute name="style">display: none</attribute>
-            </xpath>
-        </template>
-
         <template id="layout">
                 &lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
                 <html>
@@ -115,7 +46,16 @@
                     <body>
                         <header class='navbar navbar-static-top'>
                             <div class='navbar-inner'>
-                                <t t-call="website.header"/>
+                                <div class="container">
+                                    <a href='/page/website.homepage' class='brand'>
+                                        <em>Open</em><b>ERP</b>
+                                        <!--<img t-att-alt="res_company.name" src='/web/binary/company_logo'/></a>-->
+                                    </a>
+                                    <ul class="nav pull-right" id="top_menu">
+                                        <li><a href="/page/website.contactus">Contact us</a></li>
+                                        <li><a href="/admin">Sign in</a></li>
+                                    </ul>
+                                </div>
                             </div>
                         </header>
                         <div t-raw="0" id="wrap">
@@ -124,7 +64,53 @@
                             </div>
                         </div>
                         <footer>
-                            <t t-call="website.footer"/>
+                            <div class="container" id="footer_container">
+                                <div class="row">
+                                    <div class="span3" name="product">
+                                        <h5>Our products</h5>
+                                        <ul class='unstyled' name="products">
+                                            <li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="span3" name="info">
+                                        <h5 name="info_title">Connect with us</h5>
+                                        <ul class='unstyled'>
+                                            <li><a href="/page/website.aboutus">About us</a></li>
+                                            <li><a href="/page/website.contactus">Contact us</a></li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                        <ul class='unstyled'>
+                                            <li><i class="icon-phone"></i> <span t-field="res_company.phone"/></li>
+                                            <li><i class="icon-envelope"></i> <span t-field="res_company.email"></span></li>
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="span5 offset1" name="about_us">
+                                        <h5 t-field="res_company.name">About us</h5>
+                                        <p>
+                                            We are a team of passionated people whose goal
+                                            is to improve everyone's life through
+                                            disruptive products. We build great products to
+                                            solve your business problems.
+                                        </p><p>
+                                            Our products are designed for small to medium
+                                            companies willing to optimize their
+                                            performance.
+                                        </p>
+                                        <h1 style="padding: 12px 24px">
+                                            <a href="http://twitter.com/openerp"><i class="icon-twitter-sign"></i></a>
+                                            <a href="http://facebook.com/OpenERP"><i class="icon-facebook-sign"></i></a>
+                                            <a href="https://plus.google.com/+openerp/posts"><i class="icon-google-plus-sign"></i></a>
+                                        </h1>
+                                    </div>
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="container mt16">
+                                <div class="pull-right" t-ignore="1">
+                                    Create a <a href="http://openerp.com/apps/website">free website</a> with <a class="label label-important" href="https://openerp.com/apps/website">OpenERP</a>
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="pull-left muted">
+                                    Copyright &amp;copy; <span t-field="res_company.name">Company name</span> - <a href="/sitemap">Sitemap</a>
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
                         </footer>
 
                         <div class='oe_snippet_editor' style="display: none;">
@@ -232,6 +218,12 @@
                 </html>
         </template>
 
+        <template id="footer_custom" inherit_option_id="website.layout" name="Custom Footer">
+            <xpath expr="body/footer//div[@id='footer_container']" position="attributes">
+                <attribute name="style">display: none</attribute>
+            </xpath>
+        </template>
+
         <template id="homepage">
             <t t-call="website.layout">
 
diff --git a/addons/website_event/views/website_event.xml b/addons/website_event/views/website_event.xml
index 6be733743d5..6c6811aff0b 100644
--- a/addons/website_event/views/website_event.xml
+++ b/addons/website_event/views/website_event.xml
@@ -4,28 +4,14 @@
 
     <!-- Layout add nav and footer -->
 
-    <record id="header_website_event" model="ir.ui.view">
-        <field name="name">header_website_event</field>
-        <field name="inherit_id" ref="website.header"/>
-        <field name="arch" type="xml">
-            <data>
-                <xpath expr="//ul[@id='top_menu']/li" position="after">
-                    <li><a href="/event">Events</a></li>
-                </xpath>
-           </data>
-        </field>
-    </record>
-    <record id="footer_website_event" model="ir.ui.view">
-        <field name="name">footer_website_event</field>
-        <field name="inherit_id" ref="website.footer"/>
-        <field name="arch" type="xml">
-            <data>
-                <xpath expr="//a[@href='/page/website.contactus']" position="after">
-                    <li><a href="/event">Events</a></li>
-                </xpath>
-           </data>
-        </field>
-    </record>
+    <template id="footer_custom" inherit_id="website.layout" name="Custom Footer">
+        <xpath expr="//body/header//ul[@id='top_menu']/li[last()]" position="before">
+            <li><a href="/event">Events</a></li>
+        </xpath>
+        <xpath expr="//body/footer//a[@href='/page/website.contactus']" position="after">
+            <li><a href="/event">Events</a></li>
+        </xpath>
+    </template>
 
     <!-- Page --> 
  
diff --git a/addons/website_hr/views/website_hr.xml b/addons/website_hr/views/website_hr.xml
index 98bebacff8e..153dfb73cc8 100644
--- a/addons/website_hr/views/website_hr.xml
+++ b/addons/website_hr/views/website_hr.xml
@@ -12,17 +12,11 @@
 
     <!-- Layout add nav and footer -->
 
-    <record id="footer_website_hr" model="ir.ui.view">
-        <field name="name">footer_website_hr</field>
-        <field name="inherit_id" ref="website.footer"/>
-        <field name="arch" type="xml">
-            <data>
-                <xpath expr="//a[@href='/page/website.aboutus']" position="after">
-                    <li><a href="/blog/%(website_hr.website_mail_job)d/">Jobs</a></li>
-                </xpath>
-           </data>
-        </field>
-    </record>
+    <template id="footer_custom" inherit_id="website.layout" name="Custom Footer">
+        <xpath expr="//body/footer//a[@href='/page/website.aboutus']" position="after">
+            <li><a href="/blog/%(website_hr.website_mail_job)d/">Jobs</a></li>
+        </xpath>
+    </template>
 
     <!-- Page --> 
 
diff --git a/addons/website_mail/views/website_mail.xml b/addons/website_mail/views/website_mail.xml
index 9a852007b85..6621e2c473d 100644
--- a/addons/website_mail/views/website_mail.xml
+++ b/addons/website_mail/views/website_mail.xml
@@ -12,30 +12,16 @@
 
     <!-- Layout add nav and footer -->
 
-    <record id="header_website_mail" model="ir.ui.view">
-        <field name="name">header_website_mail</field>
-        <field name="inherit_id" ref="website.header"/>
-        <field name="arch" type="xml">
-            <data>
-                <xpath expr="//ul[@id='top_menu']/li" position="after">
-                    <li><a href="/blog/%(website_mail.website_mail_blog)d/">News</a></li>
-                </xpath>
-            </data>
-        </field>
-    </record>
-    <record id="footer_website_mail" model="ir.ui.view">
-        <field name="name">footer_website_mail</field>
-        <field name="inherit_id" ref="website.footer"/>
-        <field name="arch" type="xml">
-            <data>
-                <xpath expr="//h5[@name='info_title']" position="after">
-                    <ul class='unstyled'>
-                        <li><a href="/blog/%(website_mail.website_mail_blog)d/">News</a></li>
-                    </ul>
-                </xpath>
-           </data>
-        </field>
-    </record>
+    <template id="footer_custom" inherit_id="website.layout" name="Custom Footer">
+        <xpath expr="//body/header//ul[@id='top_menu']/li[last()]" position="before">
+            <li><a href="/blog/%(website_mail.website_mail_blog)d/">News</a></li>
+        </xpath>
+        <xpath expr="//body/footer//h5[@name='info_title']" position="after">
+            <ul class='unstyled'>
+                <li><a href="/blog/%(website_mail.website_mail_blog)d/">News</a></li>
+            </ul>
+        </xpath>
+    </template>
 
     <!-- Page --> 
 
diff --git a/addons/website_sale/views/website_sale.xml b/addons/website_sale/views/website_sale.xml
index 29d18218058..3f97e0e97b0 100644
--- a/addons/website_sale/views/website_sale.xml
+++ b/addons/website_sale/views/website_sale.xml
@@ -15,27 +15,19 @@
     
     <!-- Layout add nav and footer -->
 
-    <record id="header_ecommerce" model="ir.ui.view">
-        <field name="name">header_ecommerce</field>
-        <field name="inherit_id" ref="website.header"/>
-        <field name="arch" type="xml">
-            <data>
-                <xpath expr="//ul[@id='top_menu']/li" position="before">
-                    <li>
-                        <a href="/shop/">Shop</a>
-                    </li>
-                    <li>
-                        <a href="/shop/mycart/">
-                            <i class="icon-shopping-cart"></i>
-                            My cart
-                            <!-- FIXME: logic to obtain the shopping cart numer of items shall not be in the template. Move it in models or in controllers -->
-                            <!-- <span class="badge badge-success" t-if="order.order_line" t-esc="int(sum([l.product_uom_qty for l in order.order_line]))"/> -->
-                        </a>
-                    </li>
-                </xpath>
-           </data>
-        </field>
-    </record>
+    <template id="footer_custom" inherit_id="website.layout" name="Custom Footer">
+        <xpath expr="//body/header//ul[@id='top_menu']/li" position="before">
+            <li><a href="/shop/">Shop</a></li>
+            <li>
+                <a href="/shop/mycart/">
+                    <i class="icon-shopping-cart"></i>
+                    My cart
+                    <!-- FIXME: logic to obtain the shopping cart numer of items shall not be in the template. Move it in models or in controllers -->
+                    <!-- <span class="badge badge-success" t-if="order.order_line" t-esc="int(sum([l.product_uom_qty for l in order.order_line]))"/> -->
+                </a>
+            </li>
+        </xpath>
+    </template>
 
     <record id="product_normal_form_view" model="ir.ui.view">
         <field name="name">product.normal.form.inherit</field>