diff --git a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/portlets/myspaces.get.html.ftl b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/portlets/myspaces.get.html.ftl
index e83e5e54ba..34b29db840 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/portlets/myspaces.get.html.ftl
+++ b/config/alfresco/templates/webscripts/org/alfresco/portlets/myspaces.get.html.ftl
@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@
    <div id="spacePanel">
       <#-- populated via an AJAX call to 'myspacespanel' webscript -->
       <#-- resolved path, filter and home.noderef required as arguments -->
-      <script>MySpaces.ServiceContext="${url.serviceContext}";MySpaces.ScriptUrlEncoder=eval("MySpaces.ScriptUrlEncoder=" + unescape("${url.getClientUrlFunction("encUrl")}"));MySpaces.Path="${path?replace("\"","\\\"")}";MySpaces.Filter="${filter}";MySpaces.Home="${home.nodeRef}";</script>
+      <script>
+         MySpaces.ServiceContext="${url.serviceContext}";
+         MySpaces.ScriptUrlEncoder=eval("MySpaces.ScriptUrlEncoder=" + unescape("${url.getClientUrlFunction("encUrl")}"));
+         MySpaces.Path="${path?replace("\"","\\\"")}";
+         MySpaces.Filter="${filter}";
+         MySpaces.Home="${home.nodeRef}";
+      </script>
    </div>
    <div class="spaceFooter">
       <#-- the count value is retrieved and set dynamically from the AJAX webscript output above -->
@@ -402,7 +408,6 @@ a.spaceBreadcrumbLink:link, a.spaceBreadcrumbLink:visited, a.spaceBreadcrumbLink
    padding: 8px;
    margin: 8px;
    display: none;
-   left: 8px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
 }
 
@@ -416,7 +421,6 @@ a.spaceBreadcrumbLink:link, a.spaceBreadcrumbLink:visited, a.spaceBreadcrumbLink
    padding: 8px;
    margin: 8px;
    display: none;
-   left: 8px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/scripts/portlet/WebScriptPortlet.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/scripts/portlet/WebScriptPortlet.java
index bc5dea8a86..14ff1eea05 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/scripts/portlet/WebScriptPortlet.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/scripts/portlet/WebScriptPortlet.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 package org.alfresco.web.scripts.portlet;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.portlet.ActionRequest;
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ import javax.portlet.RenderRequest;
 import javax.portlet.RenderResponse;
 import javax.portlet.WindowState;
 
+import org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException;
 import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.security.AuthorityService;
 import org.alfresco.web.scripts.DeclarativeWebScriptRegistry;
@@ -154,7 +157,7 @@ public class WebScriptPortlet implements Portlet
         if (scriptUrl != null)
         {
             // build web script url from render request
-            String scriptUrlArgs = "";
+            StringBuilder scriptUrlArgs = new StringBuilder(128);
             Map<String, String[]> params = req.getParameterMap();
             for (Map.Entry<String, String[]> param : params.entrySet())
             {
@@ -164,12 +167,22 @@ public class WebScriptPortlet implements Portlet
                     String argName = name.substring("arg.".length());
                     for (String argValue : param.getValue())
                     {
-                        scriptUrlArgs += (scriptUrlArgs.length() == 0) ? "" : "&";
-                        scriptUrlArgs += argName + "=" + argValue;
+                        scriptUrlArgs.append((scriptUrlArgs.length() == 0) ? "" : "&");
+                        // decode url arg (as it would be if this was a servlet)
+                        try
+                        {
+                            scriptUrlArgs.append(argName).append("=")
+                                         .append(URLDecoder.decode(argValue, "UTF-8"));
+                        }
+                        catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
+                        {
+                           throw new AlfrescoRuntimeException("Unable to decode UTF-8 url!", e);
+                        }
+                       
                     }
                 }
             }
-            scriptUrl += "?" + scriptUrlArgs;
+            scriptUrl += (scriptUrlArgs.length() != 0 ? ("?" + scriptUrlArgs.toString()) : "");
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/scripts/portlet/WebScriptPortletResponse.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/scripts/portlet/WebScriptPortletResponse.java
index da00f1d147..3af33a5f12 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/web/scripts/portlet/WebScriptPortletResponse.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/web/scripts/portlet/WebScriptPortletResponse.java
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class WebScriptPortletResponse implements WebScriptResponse
             "    var args = url.substring(argsIndex + 1).split(\"&\");" + 
             "    for (var i=0; i<args.length; i++)" + 
             "    {" + 
-            "       out += \"arg.\" + args[i];" + 
+            "       out += \"&arg.\" + args[i];" + 
             "    }" + 
             " }" + 
             " return out; } }"; 
diff --git a/source/web/WEB-INF/portlet.xml b/source/web/WEB-INF/portlet.xml
index 3d5743e5b6..4a09c85d74 100644
--- a/source/web/WEB-INF/portlet.xml
+++ b/source/web/WEB-INF/portlet.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         
         <init-param>
            <name>scriptUrl</name>
-           <value>/alfresco/wcservice/mytasks</value>
+           <value>/alfresco/168service/mytasks</value>
         </init-param>
 
         <supports>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         
         <init-param>
            <name>scriptUrl</name>
-           <value>/alfresco/wcservice/doclist</value>
+           <value>/alfresco/168service/doclist</value>
         </init-param>
 
         <supports>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         
         <init-param>
            <name>scriptUrl</name>
-           <value>/alfresco/wcservice/myspaces</value>
+           <value>/alfresco/168service/myspaces</value>
         </init-param>
 
         <supports>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         
         <init-param>
            <name>scriptUrl</name>
-           <value>/alfresco/wcservice/mywebforms</value>
+           <value>/alfresco/168service/mywebforms</value>
         </init-param>
 
         <supports>
diff --git a/source/web/WEB-INF/web.xml b/source/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 0e9c5db9b7..37b3140a1c 100644
--- a/source/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/source/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@
          <param-value>webscripts.authenticator.webclient</param-value>
       </init-param>
    </servlet>
+   
+   <servlet>
+      <servlet-name>portalapiServlet</servlet-name>
+      <servlet-class>org.alfresco.web.scripts.WebScriptServlet</servlet-class>
+   </servlet>
 
    <servlet>
       <servlet-name>proxyServlet</servlet-name>
@@ -399,6 +404,16 @@
       <servlet-name>wcapiServlet</servlet-name>
       <url-pattern>/wcs/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
+   
+   <servlet-mapping>
+      <servlet-name>portalapiServlet</servlet-name>
+      <url-pattern>/168service/*</url-pattern>
+   </servlet-mapping>
+   
+   <servlet-mapping>
+      <servlet-name>portalapiServlet</servlet-name>
+      <url-pattern>/168s/*</url-pattern>
+   </servlet-mapping>
 
    <servlet-mapping>
       <servlet-name>proxyServlet</servlet-name>
diff --git a/source/web/scripts/ajax/myspaces.js b/source/web/scripts/ajax/myspaces.js
index ca3968d517..e3629c1c10 100644
--- a/source/web/scripts/ajax/myspaces.js
+++ b/source/web/scripts/ajax/myspaces.js
@@ -473,6 +473,10 @@ var MySpaces = {
       var panel = $E(".spaceCreateSpacePanel", $(actionEl).getParent());
       panel.setStyle("opacity", 0);
       panel.setStyle("display", "inline");
+      Alfresco.Dom.smartAlignElement(panel, panel.getParent());
+      // make into a dragable panel
+      new Drag.Move(panel);
+      
       var anim = new Fx.Styles(
          panel,
          {
@@ -544,6 +548,9 @@ var MySpaces = {
       var panel = $E(".spaceUploadPanel", $(actionEl).getParent());
       panel.setStyle("opacity", 0);
       panel.setStyle("display", "inline");
+      Alfresco.Dom.smartAlignElement(panel, panel.getParent());
+      // make into a dragable panel
+      new Drag.Move(panel);
       
       // Generate a file upload element
       // To perform the actual upload, the element is moved to a hidden iframe