diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html b/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@
                             ${h.link_to(gr.name,url('repos_group_home',group_name=gr.group_name))}
                             </div>
                         </td>
-                        <td>${gr.group_description}</td>
+                        %if c.visual.stylify_metatags:
+                            <td>${h.desc_stylize(gr.group_description)}</td>
+                        %else:
+                            <td>${gr.group_description}</td>
+                        %endif
                         ## this is commented out since for multi nested repos can be HEAVY!
                         ## in number of executed queries during traversing uncomment at will
                         ##<td><b>${gr.repositories_recursive_count}</b></td>
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@
             </div>
             <div id='repos_list_wrap' class="yui-skin-sam">
             <%cnt=0%>
-            <%namespace name="dt" file="/_data_table/_dt_elements.html"/>
+            <%namespace name="dt" file="/data_table/_dt_elements.html"/>
 
             <table id="repos_list">
             <thead>
@@ -85,11 +89,15 @@
                     </td>
                     ##DESCRIPTION
                     <td><span class="tooltip" title="${h.tooltip(repo['description'])}">
+                       %if c.visual.stylify_metatags:
+                       ${h.urlify_text(h.desc_stylize(h.truncate(repo['description'],60)))}</span>
+                       %else:
                        ${h.truncate(repo['description'],60)}</span>
+                       %endif
                     </td>
                     ##LAST CHANGE DATE
                     <td>
-                      <span class="tooltip" title="${repo['last_change']}">${h.age(repo['last_change'])}</span>
+                      <span class="tooltip" date="${repo['last_change']}" title="${h.tooltip(h.fmt_date(repo['last_change']))}">${h.age(repo['last_change'])}</span>
                     </td>
                     ##LAST REVISION
                     <td>
@@ -119,11 +127,13 @@
         </div>
     </div>
     <script>
-      YUD.get('repo_count').innerHTML = ${cnt+1};
+      YUD.get('repo_count').innerHTML = ${cnt+1 if cnt else 0};
       var func = function(node){
           return node.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
       }
 
+      var sort_by = "name";
+      var sort_dir = "asc";
 
       // groups table sorting
       var myColumnDefs = [
@@ -184,7 +194,7 @@
 
       var myDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.DataTable("repos_list_wrap", myColumnDefs, myDataSource,
               {
-               sortedBy:{key:"name",dir:"asc"},
+               sortedBy:{key:sort_by,dir:sort_dir},
                MSG_SORTASC:"${_('Click to sort ascending')}",
                MSG_SORTDESC:"${_('Click to sort descending')}",
                MSG_EMPTY:"${_('No records found.')}",