diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..761567942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Place all the behaviors and hooks related to the matching controller here.
+# All this logic will automatically be available in application.js.
+# You can use CoffeeScript in this file: http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..272e14eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/admin_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class AdminController < ApplicationController
+  def index
+    authorize! :manage, :all
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html # index.html.haml
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/admin_helper.rb b/app/helpers/admin_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5c6d3555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/admin_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module AdminHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index cc403b32c..4be2e10a5 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -78,32 +78,16 @@ class Ability
       cannot :destroy, OrderItem, :order => { :member_id => member.id, :completed_at => nil }
 
       if member.has_role? :admin
-        # admin user roles (for authorization)
-        can :read, Role
-        can :manage, Role
 
-        # for now, only admins can create/edit forums
-        can :manage, Forum
+        can :read, :all
+        can :manage, :all
 
-        # admins can manage products
-        can :manage, Product
-
-        # admins can read other people's orders...
-        can :read, Order
-        can :read, OrderItem
-
-        # but they can't do anything to them, because orders are *history*
+        # can't change order history, because it's *history*
         cannot :create, Order
         cannot :complete, Order
         cannot :destroy, Order
         cannot :manage, OrderItem
 
-        # admins can read and manage members' account details (paid acct
-        # status, etc)
-        can :read, Account
-        can :manage, Account
-        can :read, AccountType
-        can :manage, AccountType
       end
 
     end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/index.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef7530bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/admin/index.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-content_for :title, 'Admin'
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 3df532b51..aeea090df 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -89,11 +89,17 @@ Growstuff::Application.routes.draw do
   # match ':controller(/:action(/:id))(.:format)'
 
   match '/policy/:action' => 'policy#:action'
+
   match '/support' => 'support#index'
   match '/support/:action' => 'support#:action'
+
   match '/about' => 'about#index'
   match '/about/:action' => 'about#:action'
+
   match '/shop' => 'shop#index'
   match '/shop/:action' => 'shop#:action'
 
+  match '/admin' => 'admin#index'
+  match '/admin/:action' => 'admin#:action'
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admin_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admin_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..587324b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/admin_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe AdminController do
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/admin_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/admin_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3870aa933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/admin_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+# Specs in this file have access to a helper object that includes
+# the AdminHelper. For example:
+#
+# describe AdminHelper do
+#   describe "string concat" do
+#     it "concats two strings with spaces" do
+#       helper.concat_strings("this","that").should == "this that"
+#     end
+#   end
+# end
+describe AdminHelper do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/ability_spec.rb b/spec/models/ability_spec.rb
index 3d0cd04e3..527eaf908 100644
--- a/spec/models/ability_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ability_spec.rb
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ describe Ability do
       end
 
       it "cannot delete orders" do
-        @admin_ability.should_not be_able_to(:delete, @order)
+        @admin_ability.should_not be_able_to(:destroy, @order)
       end
 
     end