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diff --git a/lib/Maypole/View/Base.pm b/lib/Maypole/View/Base.pm
index b577364..6c6b63c 100644
--- a/lib/Maypole/View/Base.pm
+++ b/lib/Maypole/View/Base.pm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use File::Spec;
 use UNIVERSAL::moniker;
 use strict;
 use Maypole::Constants;
+use Carp;
 
 sub new { bless {}, shift }    # By default, do nothing.
 
@@ -34,16 +35,17 @@ sub vars {
           # ...
     );
     if ($class) {
-        $args{classmetadata} = {
-            name              => $class,
-            table             => $class->table,
-            columns           => [ $class->display_columns ],
-            colnames          => { $class->column_names },
-            related_accessors => [ $class->related($r) ],
-            moniker           => $class->moniker,
-            plural            => $class->plural_moniker,
-            cgi               => { $class->to_cgi },
-        };
+        my $classmeta = $args{classmetadata} ||= {};
+        $classmeta->{name}              ||= $class;
+        $classmeta->{description}       ||= $class->description;
+        $classmeta->{table}             ||= $class->table;
+        $classmeta->{columns}           ||= [ $class->display_columns ];
+        $classmeta->{list_columns}      ||= [ $class->list_columns ];
+        $classmeta->{colnames}          ||= { $class->column_names };
+        $classmeta->{related_accessors} ||= [ $class->related($r) ];
+        $classmeta->{moniker}           ||= $class->moniker;
+        $classmeta->{plural}            ||= $class->plural_moniker;
+        $classmeta->{cgi}               ||= { $class->to_cgi };
 
         # User-friendliness facility for custom template writers.
         if ( @{ $r->objects || [] } > 1 ) {
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ sub vars {
     }
 
     # Overrides
+    local $r->{template_args} = $r->{template_args};
+    delete $r->{template_args}{classmetadata}; # already overrides
     %args = ( %args, %{ $r->{template_args} || {} } );
     %args;
 }
@@ -69,8 +73,9 @@ sub process {
 }
 
 sub error {
-    my ( $self, $r ) = @_;
-    warn $r->{error};
+    my ( $self, $r, $desc ) = @_;
+    $desc = $desc ? "$desc: " : "";
+    carp $desc . $r->{error};
     if ( $r->{error} =~ /not found$/ ) {
 
         # This is a rough test to see whether or not we're a template or
@@ -108,3 +113,53 @@ EOF
 sub template { die shift() . " didn't define a decent template method!" }
 
 1;
+
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Maypole::View::Base - Base cl
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is the base class for Maypole view classes. This is an abstract class
+meant to define the interface, and can't be used directly.
+
+=head2 process
+
+This is the engine of this module. It populates all the relevant variables
+and calls the requested action.
+
+Anyone subclassing this for a different database abstraction mechanism
+needs to provide the following methods:
+
+=head2 template 
+
+In this method you do the actual processing of your template. it should use L<paths> 
+to search for components, and provide the templates with easy access to the contents
+of L<vars>. It should put the result in $r->{output} and return OK if processing was
+sucessfull, or populate $r->{error} and return ERROR if it fails.
+
+=head1 Other overrides
+
+Additionally, individual derived model classes may want to override the
+
+=head2 new
+
+The default constructor does nothing. You can override this to perform actions
+during view initialization.
+
+=head2 paths
+
+Returns search paths for templates. the default method returns factory, custom and
+<tablename> under the configured template root.
+
+=head2 vars
+
+returns a hash of data the template should have access to. The default one populates
+classmetadata if there is a class, as well as setting the data objects by name if 
+there is one or more objects available.
+
+=head2 error
+
+
+=cut