diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/conf/css-files.xml b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/conf/css-files.xml
index f67c89d5f..4a43e9c32 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/conf/css-files.xml
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/conf/css-files.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <css-files>
+    <application name="navigation">
+        <css-file>public.css</css-file>
+    </application>
+    <default>
+        <css-file>public.css</css-file>
+</default>
 </css-files>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/global-vars.xsl b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/global-vars.xsl
index c7ed6158a..c815a6c33 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/global-vars.xsl
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/global-vars.xsl
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ processor, some are read from the configuration files of Foundry and some are de
         </foundry:doc-desc>
     </foundry:doc>
     <xsl:variable name="supported-languages"
-                  select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/global.xml'))/foundry:configuration/supported-languages"/>
+                  select="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/global.xml'))/foundry:configuration/supported-languages"/>
     
     <foundry:doc section="devel">
         <foundry:doc-desc>
diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-parser.xsl b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-parser.xsl
index 7bc25cebb..efd5f10d8 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-parser.xsl
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-parser.xsl
@@ -199,14 +199,14 @@
         
         <xsl:choose>
             <xsl:when test="$internal = true()">
-                <xsl:apply-templates select="document(concat($theme-prefix, 
-                                                             'foundry/templates/', 
-                                                             normalize-space($template-file)))"/>
+                <xsl:apply-templates select="document(foundry:gen-path(
+                                                         concat('foundry/templates/', 
+                                                                normalize-space($template-file))))"/>
             </xsl:when>
             <xsl:otherwise>
-                <xsl:apply-templates select="document(concat($theme-prefix, 
-                                                             '/templates/', 
-                                                             normalize-space($template-file)))"/>
+                <xsl:apply-templates select="document(foundry:gen-path(
+                                                          concat('/templates/', 
+                                                          normalize-space($template-file))))"/>
             </xsl:otherwise>
         </xsl:choose>
     </xsl:template>
diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/content-items.xsl b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/content-items.xsl
index b6b12a33a..5bc837ffc 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/content-items.xsl
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/content-items.xsl
@@ -133,10 +133,10 @@
             <xsl:variable name="template-map">
                 <xsl:choose>
                     <xsl:when test="$mode = 'list'">
-                        <xsl:copy-of select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/templates.xml'))/templates/content-items/list/*"/>
+                        <xsl:copy-of select="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/templates.xml'))/templates/content-items/list/*"/>
                     </xsl:when>
                     <xsl:otherwise>
-                        <xsl:copy-of select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/templates.xml'))/templates/content-items/detail/*"/>
+                        <xsl:copy-of select="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/templates.xml'))/templates/content-items/detail/*"/>
                     </xsl:otherwise>
                 </xsl:choose>
             </xsl:variable> 
@@ -283,18 +283,18 @@
         
         <xsl:choose>
             <xsl:when test="$internal = true()">
-                <xsl:apply-templates select="document(concat($theme-prefix,
-                                                             'foundry/templates/',
-                                                             normalize-space($template-file)))">
+                <xsl:apply-templates select="document(foundry:gen-path(
+                                                          concat('foundry/templates/',
+                                                                 normalize-space($template-file))))">
                     <xsl:with-param name="contentitem-tree" 
                                     tunnel="yes"
                                     select="$contentitem-tree"/>
                 </xsl:apply-templates>
             </xsl:when>
             <xsl:otherwise>
-                <xsl:apply-templates select="document(concat($theme-prefix,
-                                                      '/templates/',
-                                                      normalize-space($template-file)))">
+                <xsl:apply-templates select="document(foundry:gen-path(
+                                                         concat('/templates/',
+                                                                normalize-space($template-file))))">
                     <xsl:with-param name="contentitem-tree" 
                                     tunnel="yes"
                                     select="$contentitem-tree"/>
diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/foundry-doc-tags.xsl b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/foundry-doc-tags.xsl
index 7690b6a81..a40eb4801 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/foundry-doc-tags.xsl
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/foundry-doc-tags.xsl
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
                 </xsl:choose>
             </xsl:when>
             <xsl:when test="$section-generate != ''">
-                <xsl:apply-templates select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/foundry/main.xsl'))" 
+                <xsl:apply-templates select="document(foundry:gen-path('foundry/main.xsl'))" 
                                      mode="doc">
                     <xsl:with-param name="section-generate" 
                                     tunnel="yes" 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     </xsl:template>
     
     <xsl:template match="foundry:doc[@type='function']" mode="doc">
-        <xsl:apply-templates select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/foundry/templates/doc/function-layout.xml'))">
+        <xsl:apply-templates select="document(foundry:gen-path('foundry/templates/doc/function-layout.xml'))">
             <xsl:with-param name="function-name" 
                             tunnel="yes"
                             select="./following::xsl:function[1]/@name"/>
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
     </xsl:template>
     
     <xsl:template match="foundry:doc[@type='template-tag']" mode="doc">
-        <xsl:apply-templates select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/foundry/templates/doc/template-tag-layout.xml'))">
+        <xsl:apply-templates select="document(foundry:gen-path('foundry/templates/doc/template-tag-layout.xml'))">
             <xsl:with-param name="matches" 
                             tunnel="yes" 
                             select="./following::xsl:template[1]/@match"/>
diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/html-tags.xsl b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/html-tags.xsl
index 548e4d613..9cd742592 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/html-tags.xsl
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/html-tags.xsl
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
                             <xsl:value-of select="./@href-static"/>
                         </xsl:when>
                         <xsl:otherwise>
-                            <xsl:value-of select="concat($theme-prefix, ./@href-static)"/>
+                            <xsl:value-of select="foundry:gen-path(./@href-static)"/>
                         </xsl:otherwise>
                     </xsl:choose>
                 </xsl:attribute>
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@
                             <xsl:value-of select="./@src"/>
                         </xsl:when>
                         <xsl:otherwise>
-                            <xsl:value-of select="concat($theme-prefix, ./@src)"/>
+                            <xsl:value-of select="foundry:gen-path(./@src)"/>
                         </xsl:otherwise>
                     </xsl:choose>
                    
diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/loaders.xsl b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/loaders.xsl
index 712c6f682..88c3194e8 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/loaders.xsl
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/template-tags/loaders.xsl
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
         </xsl:variable>
         
         <xsl:choose>
-            <xsl:when test="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/application[@name=$application]">
-                <xsl:for-each select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/application[@name=$application]/css-file">
+            <xsl:when test="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/application[@name = $application]">
+                <xsl:for-each select="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/application[@name = $application]/css-file">
                     <xsl:call-template name="foundry:load-css-file">
                         <xsl:with-param name="filename" select="."/>
                         <xsl:with-param name="media" select="./@media"/>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                 </xsl:for-each>
             </xsl:when>
             <xsl:otherwise>
-                <xsl:for-each select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/default/css-file">
+                <xsl:for-each select="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/default/css-file">
                     <xsl:call-template name="foundry:load-css-file">
                         <xsl:with-param name="filename" select="."/>
                         <xsl:with-param name="media" select="./@media"/>
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
         conditional comments in the other CSS files instead? -->
         <xsl:if test="$msie_version >= '5' and $msie_version &lt; '7'">
             <xsl:choose>
-                <xsl:when test="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/application[@name=$application]">
-                    <xsl:for-each select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/application[@name=$application]/iehacks">
+                <xsl:when test="document(foundry:gen-path('/conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/application[@name=$application]">
+                    <xsl:for-each select="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/application[@name=$application]/iehacks">
                         <xsl:call-template name="foundry:load-css-file">
                             <xsl:with-param name="filename" select="."/>
                             <xsl:with-param name="media" select="./@media"/>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
                     </xsl:for-each>
                 </xsl:when>
                 <xsl:otherwise>
-                    <xsl:for-each select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/default/iehacks">
+                    <xsl:for-each select="document(foundry:gen-path('/conf/css-files.xml'))/css-files/default/iehacks">
                         <xsl:call-template name="foundry:load-css-file">
                             <xsl:with-param name="filename" select="."/>
                             <xsl:with-param name="media" select="./@media"/>
@@ -114,18 +114,25 @@
     <xsl:template name="foundry:load-css-file">
         <xsl:param name="filename"/>
         <xsl:param name="media" select="''"/>
-    
+        
         <xsl:choose>
             <xsl:when test="string-length($media) &gt; 0">
+                <!--<link rel="stylesheet" 
+                type="text/css" 
+                href="{$theme-prefix}/styles/{$media}/{$filename}" 
+                media="{$media}" />-->
                 <link rel="stylesheet" 
                       type="text/css" 
-                      href="{$theme-prefix}/css/{$media}/{$filename}" 
+                      href="{foundry:gen-path(concat('styles/', $media, '/', $filename))}" 
                       media="{$media}" />
             </xsl:when>
             <xsl:otherwise>
+                <!--<link rel="stylesheet" 
+                type="text/css" 
+                href="{$theme-prefix}/styles/{$filename}" />-->
                 <link rel="stylesheet" 
                       type="text/css" 
-                      href="{$theme-prefix}/css/{$filename}" />
+                      href="{foundry:gen-path(concat('styles/', $filename))}" />
             </xsl:otherwise>
         </xsl:choose>
     </xsl:template>
diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/utils.xsl b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/utils.xsl
index 4d62f14dd..119341b63 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/utils.xsl
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/lib/utils.xsl
@@ -126,9 +126,53 @@ XSLT 2.0 functions.
                 <xsl:sequence select="false()"/>
             </xsl:otherwise>
         </xsl:choose>
-
     </xsl:function>
     
+    <foundry:doc section="devel" type="function">
+        <foundry:doc-desc>
+            <p>
+                Helper function for generating paths to theme resources like CSS files etc. Use this
+                function instead of concatenating paths yourself. For example, instead of 
+            </p>
+            <pre>
+                document(concat($theme-prefix, 'path/to/resource/file')
+            </pre>
+            <p>
+                use <code>foundry:gen-path</code>:
+            </p>
+            <pre>
+                document(foundry:gen-path('path/to/resource/file'))
+            </pre>
+            <p>
+                <code>path/to/resource/file</code> is meant as a placeholder here. A real world
+                example is a settings file, for example <code>conf/global.xml</code>. For this file
+                a usage of the <code>foundry:gen-path</code> function would look like this
+            </p>
+            <pre>
+                document(foundry:gen-path('conf/global.xml')
+            </pre>
+            <p>
+                The advantage of this function is the encapsulation of the path generation process.
+                <code>foundry:gen-path</code>. 
+            </p>
+        </foundry:doc-desc>
+        <foundry:doc-parameters>
+            <foundry:doc-parameter name="path" mandatory="yes" type="string">
+                The path of the file to generate to path to, relative to the theme directory.
+            </foundry:doc-parameter>
+        </foundry:doc-parameters>
+        <foundry:doc-result type="string">
+            <p>
+                The absolute path for the file.
+            </p>
+        </foundry:doc-result>
+    </foundry:doc>
+    <xsl:function name="foundry:gen-path" as="xs:string">
+        <xsl:param name="path" as="xs:string"/>
+        
+        <xsl:sequence select="concat($theme-prefix, '/', $path)"/>
+     </xsl:function>
+    
     <foundry:doc section="devel" type="function">
         <foundry:doc-params>
             <foundry:doc-param name="level"
@@ -472,10 +516,10 @@ XSLT 2.0 functions.
                 <xsl:sequence select="$node"/>
             </xsl:when>
             <xsl:when test="$module = ''">
-                <xsl:sequence select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/global.xml'))/foundry:configuration/setting[@id=$setting]"/>
+                <xsl:sequence select="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/global.xml'))/foundry:configuration/setting[@id=$setting]"/>
             </xsl:when>
-            <xsl:when test="not($module = '') and document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/', $module, '.xml'))/foundry:configuration/setting[@id=$setting]">
-                <xsl:sequence select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/', $module, '.xml'))/foundry:configuration/setting[@id=$setting]"/>
+            <xsl:when test="not($module = '') and document(foundry:gen-path(concat('conf/', $module, '.xml')))/foundry:configuration/setting[@id=$setting]">
+                <xsl:sequence select="document(foundry:gen-path(concat('conf/', $module, '.xml')))/foundry:configuration/setting[@id=$setting]"/>
             </xsl:when>
             <xsl:otherwise>
                 <xsl:message>
@@ -556,23 +600,23 @@ XSLT 2.0 functions.
         <xsl:param name="html" as="xs:boolean"/>
         <xsl:param name="lang" as="xs:string"/>
         
-        <xsl:message>
+        <!--<xsl:message>
             <xsl:value-of select="foundry:message-info('get-static-text(string, string, boolean, string) called')"/>
         </xsl:message>
         <xsl:message>
             <xsl:value-of select="foundry:message-info(concat('Trying to get ', $theme-prefix, '/texts/', $module ,'.xml/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=', $id, ']/translation[@lang = ', $lang, ']'))"/>
-        </xsl:message>
+        </xsl:message>-->
         
         
         <xsl:choose>
-            <xsl:when test="$module = '' and document(concat($theme-prefix, '/texts/global.xml'))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]">
+            <xsl:when test="$module = '' and document(foundry:gen-path('texts/global.xml'))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]">
                 <xsl:message>
                     <xsl:value-of select="'using global.xml for texts...'"/>
                 </xsl:message>
-                <xsl:sequence select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/texts/global.xml'))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]"/>
+                <xsl:sequence select="document(foundry:gen-path('texts/global.xml'))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]"/>
             </xsl:when>
-            <xsl:when test="not($module = '') and document(concat($theme-prefix, '/texts/', $module, '.xml'))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]">
-                <xsl:sequence select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/texts/', $module, '.xml'))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]"/>
+            <xsl:when test="not($module = '') and document(foundry:gen-path(concat('texts/', $module, '.xml')))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]">
+                <xsl:sequence select="document(foundry:gen-path(concat('texts/', $module, '.xml')))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]"/>
             </xsl:when>
             <xsl:otherwise>
                 <xsl:message>
@@ -592,10 +636,10 @@ XSLT 2.0 functions.
                                     <span class="foundry-missing-translation-path">
                                         <xsl:choose>
                                             <xsl:when test="$module = ''">
-                                                <xsl:value-of select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/texts/global.xml'))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]"/>
+                                                <xsl:value-of select="document(foundry:gen-path('texts/global.xml'))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]"/>
                                             </xsl:when>
                                             <xsl:otherwise>
-                                                <xsl:value-of select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/texts/', $module, '.xml'))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]"/>
+                                                <xsl:value-of select="document(foundry:gen-path(concat('texts/', $module, '.xml')))/foundry:static-texts/text[@id=$id]/translation[@lang=$lang]"/>
                                             </xsl:otherwise>
                                         </xsl:choose>
                                     </span>
diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/main.xsl b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/main.xsl
index c9a74e715..a6673838f 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/main.xsl
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/foundry/main.xsl
@@ -50,22 +50,22 @@
         <xsl:variable name="class" select="@class" />
         
         <xsl:choose>
-            <xsl:when test="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/application[@name=$application and @class=$class]">
+            <xsl:when test="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/application[@name=$application and @class=$class]">
                 <xsl:message>
                     <xsl:value-of select="foundry:message-info('Using application template')"/>
                 </xsl:message>
                 <xsl:call-template name="foundry:process-template">
                     <xsl:with-param name="template-file"
-                                    select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/application[@name=$application and @class=$class]"/>
+                                    select="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/application[@name=$application and @class=$class]"/>
                 </xsl:call-template>
             </xsl:when>
-            <xsl:when test="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/application[@name=$application and not(@class)]">
+            <xsl:when test="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/application[@name=$application and not(@class)]">
                 <xsl:message>
                     <xsl:value-of select="foundry:message-info('Using application template')"/>
                 </xsl:message>
                 <xsl:call-template name="foundry:process-template">
                     <xsl:with-param name="template-file"
-                                    select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/application[@name=$application and not(@class)]"/>
+                                    select="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/application[@name=$application and not(@class)]"/>
                 </xsl:call-template>
             </xsl:when>
             <xsl:otherwise>
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@
                     <xsl:value-of select="foundry:message-info('Using default layout')"/>
                 </xsl:message>
                 <xsl:choose>
-                    <xsl:when test="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/default">
+                    <xsl:when test="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/default">
                         <xsl:call-template name="foundry:process-template">
                             <xsl:with-param name="template-file"
-                                            select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/default"/>
+                                            select="document(foundry:gen-path('conf/templates.xml'))/templates/applications/default"/>
                         </xsl:call-template>
                     </xsl:when>
                     <xsl:otherwise>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         </foundry:doc-desc>
     </foundry:doc>-->
     <xsl:template match="/foundry:documentation">
-        <xsl:apply-templates select="document(concat($theme-prefix, '/foundry/templates/doc/foundry-documentation.xml'))"/>
+        <xsl:apply-templates select="document(foundry:gen-path('foundry/templates/doc/foundry-documentation.xml'))"/>
     </xsl:template>
 
 </xsl:stylesheet>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/styles/public.css b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/styles/public.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb60c5497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/foundry/styles/public.css
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/*
+
+Public CSS file
+
+*/
\ No newline at end of file