diff --git a/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin/index.html b/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin/index.html
index 688a2d0..9687f6a 100644
--- a/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin/index.html
+++ b/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% extends "admin/base_site.html" %}
-{% load i18n admin_tools_dashboard_tags %}
+{% load i18n admin_static admin_tools_dashboard_tags %}
 
 {% block extrastyle %}
 {{ block.super }}
diff --git a/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin_tools/dashboard/css.html b/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin_tools/dashboard/css.html
index 8bbd313..4a5d038 100644
--- a/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin_tools/dashboard/css.html
+++ b/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin_tools/dashboard/css.html
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/css/jquery/jquery-ui.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/css/dashboard.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>
+{% load staticfiles %}
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "admin_tools/css/jquery/jquery-ui.css" %}" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "admin_tools/css/dashboard.css" %}" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>
 <!--[if lt IE 8]>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/css/dashboard-ie.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "admin_tools/css/dashboard-ie.css" %}" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>
 <![endif]-->
-{% for css in css_files %}
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ media_url }}/{{ css }}" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>{% endfor %}
+{% for media_type, files in css_files.items %}{% for css in files %}
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static css %}" type="text/css" media="{{ media_type  }}"/>{% endfor %}{% endfor %}
diff --git a/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin_tools/dashboard/dashboard.html b/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin_tools/dashboard/dashboard.html
index 88831ae..0bacdc2 100644
--- a/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin_tools/dashboard/dashboard.html
+++ b/admin_tools/dashboard/templates/admin_tools/dashboard/dashboard.html
@@ -1,38 +1,38 @@
-{% load i18n admin_tools_dashboard_tags %}
+{% load i18n staticfiles admin_tools_dashboard_tags %}
 
 {% block dashboard_scripts %}
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/utils.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static "admin_tools/js/utils.js" %}"></script>
 
 <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
     // Load js files syncronously and conditionally
 
     var js_files = [
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/jquery/jquery.min.js',
+            src : '{% static "admin_tools/js/jquery/jquery.min.js" %}',
             test: function() { return typeof(jQuery) == 'undefined'; }
         },
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/jquery/jquery-ui.min.js',
+            src : '{% static "admin_tools/js/jquery/jquery-ui.min.js" %}',
             test: function() { return typeof(jQuery.ui) == 'undefined'; }
         },
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/json.min.js',
+            src : '{% static "admin_tools/js/json.min.js" %}',
             test: function() { return typeof(JSON.stringify) == 'undefined'; }
         },
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/jquery/jquery.cookie.min.js',
+            src : '{% static "admin_tools/js/jquery/jquery.cookie.min.js" %}',
             test: function() { return typeof(jQuery.cookie) == 'undefined'; }
         },
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/jquery/jquery.dashboard.js',
+            src : '{% static "admin_tools/js/jquery/jquery.dashboard.js" %}',
             test: function() { return true; }
         },
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/dashboard.js',
+            src : '{% static "admin_tools/js/dashboard.js" %}',
             test: function() { return true; }
         }{% for js in dashboard.Media.js %},
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/{{ js }}',
+            src : '{% static js %}',
             test: function() { return true; }
         }{% endfor %}
     ];
diff --git a/admin_tools/dashboard/templatetags/admin_tools_dashboard_tags.py b/admin_tools/dashboard/templatetags/admin_tools_dashboard_tags.py
index 34a7646..b68b717 100644
--- a/admin_tools/dashboard/templatetags/admin_tools_dashboard_tags.py
+++ b/admin_tools/dashboard/templatetags/admin_tools_dashboard_tags.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from django import template
 from django.db import IntegrityError
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 
-from admin_tools.utils import get_media_url, get_admin_site_name
+from admin_tools.utils import get_admin_site_name
 from admin_tools.dashboard.utils import get_dashboard
 from admin_tools.dashboard.models import DashboardPreferences
 
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ def admin_tools_render_dashboard(context, location='index', dashboard=None):
         'dashboard': dashboard,
         'dashboard_preferences': preferences,
         'split_at': math.ceil(float(len(dashboard.children))/float(dashboard.columns)),
-        'media_url': get_media_url(),
         'has_disabled_modules': len([m for m in dashboard.children \
                                 if not m.enabled]) > 0,
         'admin_url': reverse('%s:index' % get_admin_site_name(context)),
@@ -108,7 +107,6 @@ def admin_tools_render_dashboard_css(context, location='index', dashboard=None):
     context.update({
         'template' : 'admin_tools/dashboard/css.html',
         'css_files': dashboard.Media.css,
-        'media_url': get_media_url(),
     })
     return context
 admin_tools_render_dashboard_css = tag_func(admin_tools_render_dashboard_css)
diff --git a/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin/base_site.html b/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin/base_site.html
index 652c9ea..5d0706f 100644
--- a/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin/base_site.html
+++ b/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin/base_site.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% extends "admin/base.html" %}
-{% load i18n admin_tools_menu_tags %}
+{% load admin_tools_menu_tags %}
 
-{% block title %}{{ title }} | {% trans 'Django site admin' %}{% endblock %}
+{% block title %}{{ title }} | {{ site_title|default:_('Django site admin') }}{% endblock %}
 
 {% block extrastyle %}
 {{ block.super }}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block branding %}
-<h1 id="site-name">{% trans 'Django administration' %}</h1>
+<h1 id="site-name"><a href="{% url 'admin:index' %}">{{ site_header|default:_('Django administration') }}</a></h1>
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block nav-global %}
diff --git a/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin_tools/menu/css.html b/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin_tools/menu/css.html
index 4bcf3a8..8b7696e 100644
--- a/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin_tools/menu/css.html
+++ b/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin_tools/menu/css.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/css/menu.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>
+{% load staticfiles %}
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "admin_tools/css/menu.css" %}" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>
 <!--[if lt IE 8]>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/css/menu-ie.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "admin_tools/css/menu-ie.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>
 <![endif]-->
-{% for css in css_files %}
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ media_url }}/{{ css }}" type="text/css" media="screen, projection"/>{% endfor %}
+{% for media_type, files in css_files.items %}{% for css in files %}
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static css %}" type="text/css" media="{{ media_type }}"/>{% endfor %}{% endfor %}
diff --git a/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin_tools/menu/menu.html b/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin_tools/menu/menu.html
index d63dd35..0b8d4e9 100644
--- a/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin_tools/menu/menu.html
+++ b/admin_tools/menu/templates/admin_tools/menu/menu.html
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
-{% load i18n admin_tools_menu_tags %}
+{% load i18n staticfiles admin_tools_menu_tags %}
 {% if menu.children %}
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/utils.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="{% static "admin_tools/js/utils.js" %}"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
 
     // Load js files syncronously and conditionally
     var js_files = [
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/jquery/jquery.min.js',
+            src : '{% static "admin_tools/js/jquery/jquery.min.js" %}',
             test: function() { return typeof(jQuery) == 'undefined'; }
         },
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/json.min.js',
+            src : '{% static "admin_tools/js/json.min.js" %}',
             test: function() { return typeof(JSON.stringify) == 'undefined'; }
         },
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/admin_tools/js/menu.js',
+            src : '{% static "admin_tools/js/menu.js" %}',
             test: function() { return true; }
         }{% for js in menu.Media.js %},
         {
-            src : '{{ media_url }}/{{ js }}',
+            src : '{% static js %}',
             test: function() { return true; }
         }{% endfor %}
     ];
diff --git a/admin_tools/menu/templatetags/admin_tools_menu_tags.py b/admin_tools/menu/templatetags/admin_tools_menu_tags.py
index d77e5d2..761377e 100644
--- a/admin_tools/menu/templatetags/admin_tools_menu_tags.py
+++ b/admin_tools/menu/templatetags/admin_tools_menu_tags.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ To load the menu tags in your templates: ``{% load admin_tools_menu_tags %}``.
 from django import template
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 
-from admin_tools.utils import get_media_url, get_admin_site_name
+from admin_tools.utils import get_admin_site_name
 from admin_tools.menu import items
 from admin_tools.menu.models import Bookmark
 from admin_tools.menu.utils import get_admin_menu
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ def admin_tools_render_menu(context, menu=None):
     context.update({
         'template': menu.template,
         'menu': menu,
-        'media_url': get_media_url(),
         'has_bookmark_item': has_bookmark_item,
         'bookmark': bookmark,
         'admin_url': reverse('%s:index' % get_admin_site_name(context)),
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ def admin_tools_render_menu_css(context, menu=None):
     context.update({
         'template': 'admin_tools/menu/css.html',
         'css_files': menu.Media.css,
-        'media_url': get_media_url(),
     })
     return context
 admin_tools_render_menu_css = tag_func(admin_tools_render_menu_css)
diff --git a/admin_tools/theming/templates/admin/base.html b/admin_tools/theming/templates/admin/base.html
index 65ae1c1..7a71bad 100644
--- a/admin_tools/theming/templates/admin/base.html
+++ b/admin_tools/theming/templates/admin/base.html
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-{% load theming_tags %}
-{% load firstof from future %}
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE }}" xml:lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE }}" {% if LANGUAGE_BIDI %}dir="rtl"{% endif %}>
+{% load admin_static theming_tags %}{% load firstof from future %}<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="{{ LANGUAGE_CODE|default:"en-us" }}" {% if LANGUAGE_BIDI %}dir="rtl"{% endif %}>
 <head>
 <title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}</title>
-<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet %}{% get_admin_media "css/base.css" %}{% endblock %}" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet %}{% static "admin/css/base.css" %}{% endblock %}" />
 {% block extrastyle %}{% endblock %}
-<!--[if lte IE 7]><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet_ie %}{% get_admin_media "css/ie.css" %}{% endblock %}" /><![endif]-->
-{% if LANGUAGE_BIDI %}<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet_rtl %}{% get_admin_media "css/rtl.css" %}{% endblock %}" />{% endif %}
+<!--[if lte IE 7]><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet_ie %}{% static "admin/css/ie.css" %}{% endblock %}" /><![endif]-->
+{% if LANGUAGE_BIDI %}<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet_rtl %}{% static "admin/css/rtl.css" %}{% endblock %}" />{% endif %}
 {% render_theming_css %}
-<script type="text/javascript">window.__admin_media_prefix__ = "{% filter escapejs %}{% get_admin_media %}{% endfilter %}";</script>
+<script type="text/javascript">window.__admin_media_prefix__ = "{% filter escapejs %}{% static "admin/" %}{% endfilter %}";</script>
+<script type="text/javascript">window.__admin_utc_offset__ = "{% filter escapejs %}{% now "Z" %}{% endfilter %}";</script>
 {% block extrahead %}{% endblock %}
 {% block blockbots %}<meta name="robots" content="NONE,NOARCHIVE" />{% endblock %}
 </head>
@@ -28,27 +27,19 @@
         </div>
         {% if user.is_active and user.is_staff %}
         <div id="user-tools">
-            {% trans 'Welcome,' %}
-            <strong>{% filter force_escape %}{% firstof user.get_short_name user.first_name user.get_username user.username %}{% endfilter %}</strong>.
+            {% block welcome-msg %}
+                {% trans 'Welcome,' %}
+                <strong>{% firstof user.get_short_name user.get_username %}</strong>.
+            {% endblock %}
             {% block userlinks %}
                 {% url 'django-admindocs-docroot' as docsroot %}
                 {% if docsroot %}
                     <a href="{{ docsroot }}">{% trans 'Documentation' %}</a> /
                 {% endif %}
-                {% url 'admin:password_change' as password_change_url %}
-                {% if password_change_url %}
-                    <a href="{{ password_change_url }}">
-                {% else %}
-                    <a href="{{ root_path }}password_change/">
+                {% if user.has_usable_password %}
+                <a href="{% url 'admin:password_change' %}">{% trans 'Change password' %}</a> /
                 {% endif %}
-                {% trans 'Change password' %}</a> /
-                {% url 'admin:logout' as logout_url %}
-                {% if logout_url %}
-                    <a href="{{ logout_url }}">
-                {% else %}
-                    <a href="{{ root_path }}logout/">
-                {% endif %}
-                {% trans 'Log out' %}</a>
+                <a href="{% url 'admin:logout' %}">{% trans 'Log out' %}</a>
             {% endblock %}
         </div>
         {% endif %}
@@ -66,8 +57,8 @@
     {% block messages %}
         {% if messages %}
         <ul class="messagelist">{% for message in messages %}
-          <li{% if message.tags %} class="{{ message.tags }}"{% endif %}>{{ message }}</li>
-	{% endfor %}</ul>
+          <li{% if message.tags %} class="{{ message.tags }}"{% endif %}>{{ message|capfirst }}</li>
+        {% endfor %}</ul>
         {% endif %}
     {% endblock messages %}
 
diff --git a/admin_tools/theming/templatetags/theming_tags.py b/admin_tools/theming/templatetags/theming_tags.py
index 17f7730..d21c49d 100644
--- a/admin_tools/theming/templatetags/theming_tags.py
+++ b/admin_tools/theming/templatetags/theming_tags.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ To load the theming tags just do: ``{% load theming_tags %}``.
 
 from django import template
 from django.conf import settings
-from admin_tools.utils import get_media_url
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
 
 register = template.Library()
 
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ def render_theming_css():
     Template tag that renders the needed css files for the theming app.
     """
     css = getattr(settings, 'ADMIN_TOOLS_THEMING_CSS', False)
-    if css:
-        css = '/'.join([get_media_url(), css])
-    else:
-        css = '/'.join([get_media_url(), 'admin_tools', 'css', 'theming.css'])
-    return '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="%s" />' % css
+    if not css:
+        css = '/'.join(['admin_tools', 'css', 'theming.css'])
+    return '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="%s" />' % staticfiles_storage.url(css)
 register.simple_tag(render_theming_css)
 
 
diff --git a/admin_tools/utils.py b/admin_tools/utils.py
index 676b4ea..8ff0412 100644
--- a/admin_tools/utils.py
+++ b/admin_tools/utils.py
@@ -154,14 +154,3 @@ class AppListElementMixin(object):
         return reverse('%s:%s_%s_add' % (get_admin_site_name(context),
                                          app_label,
                                          model.__name__.lower()))
-
-def get_media_url():
-    """
-    Returns the django admin tools media URL.
-    """
-    media_url = getattr(settings, 'ADMIN_TOOLS_MEDIA_URL', None)
-    if media_url is None:
-        media_url = getattr(settings, 'STATIC_URL', None)
-    if media_url is None:
-        media_url = getattr(settings, 'MEDIA_URL')
-    return media_url.rstrip('/')