diff --git a/addons/portal/portal_data.xml b/addons/portal/portal_data.xml
index bfd3476fe1b..c30dc3920e7 100644
--- a/addons/portal/portal_data.xml
+++ b/addons/portal/portal_data.xml
@@ -24,13 +24,17 @@
         <!-- Portal's menu structure -->
         <menuitem name="Portal" id="portal_menu"/>
 
-            <menuitem name="Our company" id="portal_company" parent="portal" sequence="20"/>
+            <menuitem name="Our company" id="portal_company" parent="portal_menu" sequence="10"/>
                 <menuitem name="News" id="portal_company_news" parent="portal_company" sequence="10" action="action_news"/>
 
-            <menuitem name="Orders" id="portal_orders" parent="portal" sequence="30"/>
-            <menuitem name="Invoices and Payments" id="portal_invoices_payements" parent="portal" sequence="40"/>
-            <menuitem name="Projects" id="portal_projects" parent="portal" sequence="50"/>
-            <menuitem name="After Sale Services" id="portal_after_sales" parent="portal" sequence="60"/>
+            <!--
+                Create menu items that we'll leave empty for now - they'll be
+                filled up by other portal modules.
+            -->
+            <menuitem name="Orders" id="portal_orders" parent="portal_menu" sequence="20"/>
+            <menuitem name="Invoices and Payments" id="portal_invoices_payements" parent="portal_menu" sequence="30"/>
+            <menuitem name="Projects" id="portal_projects" parent="portal_menu" sequence="40"/>
+            <menuitem name="After Sale Services" id="portal_after_sales" parent="portal_menu" sequence="50"/>
 
     </data>
 </openerp>
diff --git a/addons/portal/portal_demo.xml b/addons/portal/portal_demo.xml
index 9e6e034837c..a0fb515eea2 100644
--- a/addons/portal/portal_demo.xml
+++ b/addons/portal/portal_demo.xml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
             <field name="partner_id" eval="ref('base.res_partner_agrolait')"/>
         </record>
 
+        <!-- Add the demo user to the portal -->
         <record id="portal" model="res.portal">
-            <field name="name">My company's portal</field>
             <field name="users" eval="[(4,ref('portal_demo_user'))]"/>
         </record>