--- a/doc/book/en/devweb/views/startup.rst	Thu Sep 29 15:28:41 2011 +0200
+++ b/doc/book/en/devweb/views/startup.rst	Fri Sep 30 11:15:40 2011 +0200
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 Startup views
 -------------
 
-(:mod:`cubicweb.web.views.startup`)
+Startup views are views requiring no context, from which you usually start
+browsing (for instance the index page). The usual selectors are
+:class:`~cubicweb.selectors.none_rset` or :class:`~cubicweb.selectors.yes`.
 
-The usual selectors are no_rset or yes. These views don't apply to a
-result set.
+You'll find here a description of startup views provided by the framework.
 
-*index*
-    This view defines the home page of your application. It does not require
-    a result set to apply to.
+.. automodule:: cubicweb.web.views.startup
+
+
+Other startup views:
 
 *schema*
     A view dedicated to the display of the schema of the instance
 
+.. XXX to be continued
\ No newline at end of file

--- a/web/uicfg.py	Thu Sep 29 15:28:41 2011 +0200
+++ b/web/uicfg.py	Fri Sep 30 11:15:40 2011 +0200
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@
       * ``schema``
       * ``subobject`` (not displayed by default)
 
+   By default only entities on the ``application`` category are shown.
+
+.. sourcecode:: python
+
+    from cubicweb.web import uicfg
+    # force hiding
+    uicfg.indexview_etype_section['HideMe'] = 'subobject'
+    # force display
+    uicfg.indexview_etype_section['ShowMe'] = 'application'
+
 
 Actions box configuration
 `````````````````````````

--- a/web/views/startup.py	Thu Sep 29 15:28:41 2011 +0200
+++ b/web/views/startup.py	Fri Sep 30 11:15:40 2011 +0200
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
 # with CubicWeb.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-"""Set of HTML startup views. A startup view is global, e.g. doesn't apply to a
-result set.
+"""This module contains the default index page and management view.
+
+.. autoclass:: IndexView
+.. autoclass:: ManageView
 """
 
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
@@ -32,6 +34,19 @@
 from cubicweb.web import ajax_replace_url, uicfg, httpcache
 
 class ManageView(StartupView):
+    """:__regid__: *manage*
+
+    The manage view, display some information about what's contained by your
+    site and provides access to administration stuff such as user and groups
+    management.
+
+    Regarding the section displaying link to entity type, notice by default it
+    won't display entity types which are related to another one using a
+    mandatory (cardinality == 1) composite relation.
+
+    You can still configure that behaviour manually using the
+    `indexview_etype_section` as explained in :mod:`cubicweb.web.uicfg`.
+    """
     __regid__ = 'manage'
     title = _('manage')
     http_cache_manager = httpcache.EtagHTTPCacheManager
@@ -149,6 +164,13 @@
 
 
 class IndexView(ManageView):
+    """:__regid__: *index*
+
+    The default index view, that you'll get when accessing your site's root url.
+    It's by default indentical to the
+    :class:`~cubicweb.web.views.startup.ManageView`, but you'll usually want to
+    customize this one.
+    """
     __regid__ = 'index'
     title = _('view_index')