diff --git a/lib/MT/App/CMS.pm b/lib/MT/App/CMS.pm
index 70b90810b..e2d8c63ef 100644
--- a/lib/MT/App/CMS.pm
+++ b/lib/MT/App/CMS.pm
@@ -647,7 +647,36 @@ sub core_list_actions {
                 permission => 'edit_templates',
                 order      => 100,
             },
-
+            publish_manual => {
+                label => 'Publish Manually',
+                order =>  105,
+                code  =>  'MT::CMS::Template::itemset_man',
+                condition => sub { defined $app->blog; }
+            },
+            publish_static => {
+                label =>  'Publish Statically',
+                order =>  106,
+                code  =>  'MT::CMS::Template::itemset_stc',
+                condition => sub { defined $app->blog; }
+            },
+            publish_pubqueue => {
+                label =>  'Publish via Publish Queue',
+                order =>  107,
+                code  =>  'MT::CMS::Template::itemset_vpq',
+                condition => sub { defined $app->blog; }
+            },
+            publish_dynamic => {
+                label =>  'Publish Dynamically',
+                order =>  108,
+                code  =>  'MT::CMS::Template::itemset_dyn',
+                condition => sub { defined $app->blog; }
+            },
+            publish_disable => {
+                label =>  'Disable Publishing',
+                order =>  109,
+                code  =>  'MT::CMS::Template::itemset_dis',
+                condition => sub { defined $app->blog; }
+            },
             # Now a button!
             # publish_index_templates => {
             #     label => "Publish Template(s)",
diff --git a/lib/MT/CMS/Template.pm b/lib/MT/CMS/Template.pm
index 3cb0dbc78..54098feb1 100644
--- a/lib/MT/CMS/Template.pm
+++ b/lib/MT/CMS/Template.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,32 @@ package MT::CMS::Template;
 
 use strict;
 
+
+###This is put here to accommodate bug fix 256 which is
+###a merge with Byrne Reese's Batch Template Options plugin
+use MT::PublishOption;
+
+sub itemset_handler {
+   my ($app,$type) = @_;
+   $app->validate_magic or return;
+   require MT::Template;
+   my @tmpls = $app->param('id');
+   for my $tmpl_id (@tmpls) {
+       my $tmpl = MT::Template->load($tmpl_id) or next;
+       $tmpl->build_type($type);
+       $tmpl->save();
+   }
+   $app->add_return_arg( pub_changed => 1 );
+   $app->call_return;
+}
+
+sub itemset_vpq { return itemset_handler(@_, MT::PublishOption::ASYNC()); }
+sub itemset_stc { return itemset_handler(@_, MT::PublishOption::ONDEMAND()); }
+sub itemset_dyn { return itemset_handler(@_, MT::PublishOption::DYNAMIC()); }
+sub itemset_dis { return itemset_handler(@_, MT::PublishOption::DISABLED()); }
+sub itemset_man { return itemset_handler(@_, MT::PublishOption::MANUALLY()); }
+
+
 sub edit {
     my $cb = shift;
     my ($app, $id, $obj, $param) = @_;