diff --git a/ckan/controllers/package.py b/ckan/controllers/package.py
index c4f788336aa..d19dffed11a 100644
--- a/ckan/controllers/package.py
+++ b/ckan/controllers/package.py
@@ -455,12 +455,12 @@ def new(self, data=None, errors=None, error_summary=None):
             return self._save_new(context)
 
         data = data or clean_dict(unflatten(tuplize_dict(parse_params(
-            request.POST, ignore_keys=CACHE_PARAMETERS))))
+            request.params, ignore_keys=CACHE_PARAMETERS))))
         c.resources_json = json.dumps(data.get('resources', []))
         # convert tags if not supplied in data
         if data and not data.get('tag_string'):
             data['tag_string'] = ', '.join(
-                h.dict_list_reduce(data['tags'], 'name'))
+                h.dict_list_reduce(data.get('tags', {}), 'name'))
 
         errors = errors or {}
         error_summary = error_summary or {}
diff --git a/doc/_themes/sphinx-theme-okfn b/doc/_themes/sphinx-theme-okfn
index e2722286d64..3c912d26ad8 160000
--- a/doc/_themes/sphinx-theme-okfn
+++ b/doc/_themes/sphinx-theme-okfn
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e2722286d647df9e79c723aa469198cace34e36d
+Subproject commit 3c912d26ad863a9cdadf89a47f63aef41d6c095b