diff --git a/apps/advanced/composer.json b/apps/advanced/composer.json
index a5ff565..db97efd 100644
--- a/apps/advanced/composer.json
+++ b/apps/advanced/composer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-	"name": "yiisoft/yii2-app-basic",
-	"description": "Yii 2 Basic Application Template",
-	"keywords": ["yii", "framework", "basic", "application template"],
+	"name": "yiisoft/yii2-app-advanced",
+	"description": "Yii 2 Advanced Application Template",
+	"keywords": ["yii", "framework", "advanced", "application template"],
 	"homepage": "http://www.yiiframework.com/",
 	"type": "project",
 	"license": "BSD-3-Clause",
diff --git a/apps/basic/README.md b/apps/basic/README.md
index 47e5ca6..5300448 100644
--- a/apps/basic/README.md
+++ b/apps/basic/README.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ You can then install the Bootstrap Application using the following command:
 php composer.phar create-project --stability=dev yiisoft/yii2-app-basic yii-basic
 ~~~
 
-Now you should be able to access the Bootstrap Application using the URL `http://localhost/yii-basic/www/`,
+Now you should be able to access the application using the URL `http://localhost/yii-basic/www/`,
 assuming `yii-basic` is directly under the document root of your Web server.
 
 
diff --git a/apps/basic/assets/.gitignore b/apps/basic/assets/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/basic/assets/.gitignore
rename to apps/basic/assets/.gitkeep
diff --git a/apps/basic/config/console.php b/apps/basic/config/console.php
index df96023..bfb3ed7 100644
--- a/apps/basic/config/console.php
+++ b/apps/basic/config/console.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-
+$params = require(__DIR__ . '/params.php');
 return array(
 	'id' => 'bootstrap-console',
 	'basePath' => dirname(__DIR__),
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ return array(
 			),
 		),
 	),
-	'params' => require(__DIR__ . '/params.php'),
+	'params' => $params,
 );
diff --git a/apps/basic/config/main.php b/apps/basic/config/main.php
index b5980da..9adfba6 100644
--- a/apps/basic/config/main.php
+++ b/apps/basic/config/main.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-
+$params = require(__DIR__ . '/params.php');
 return array(
 	'id' => 'bootstrap',
 	'basePath' => dirname(__DIR__),
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ return array(
 			),
 		),
 	),
-	'params' => require(__DIR__ . '/params.php'),
+	'params' => $params,
 );
diff --git a/apps/basic/runtime/.gitignore b/apps/basic/runtime/.gitignore
index 72e8ffc..c96a04f 100644
--- a/apps/basic/runtime/.gitignore
+++ b/apps/basic/runtime/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/basic/vendor/.gitignore b/apps/basic/vendor/.gitignore
index 72e8ffc..c96a04f 100644
--- a/apps/basic/vendor/.gitignore
+++ b/apps/basic/vendor/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/basic/www/assets/.gitignore b/apps/basic/www/assets/.gitignore
index 72e8ffc..c96a04f 100644
--- a/apps/basic/www/assets/.gitignore
+++ b/apps/basic/www/assets/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 *
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/guide/bootstrap.md b/docs/guide/bootstrap.md
index 47e3b8f..26a6bde 100644
--- a/docs/guide/bootstrap.md
+++ b/docs/guide/bootstrap.md
@@ -1,15 +1,30 @@
 Bootstrap with Yii
 ==================
 
-A ready-to-use Web application is distributed together with Yii. You may find
-its source code under the `app` folder after you expand the Yii release file.
-If you have installed Yii under a Web-accessible folder, you should be able to
-access this application through the following URL:
+Yii provides a few read-to-use application templates. Based on your needs, you may
+choose one of them to bootstrap your project.
+
+In following, we describe how to get started with the "Yii 2 Basic Application Template".
+
+
+### Install via Composer
+
+If you do not have [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/), you may download it from
+[http://getcomposer.org/](http://getcomposer.org/) or run the following command on Linux/Unix/MacOS:
 
 ~~~
-http://localhost/yii/apps/bootstrap/index.php
+curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php
 ~~~
 
+You can then install the Bootstrap Application using the following command:
+
+~~~
+php composer.phar create-project --stability=dev yiisoft/yii2-app-basic yii-basic
+~~~
+
+Now you should be able to access the Bootstrap Application using the URL `http://localhost/yii-basic/www/`,
+assuming `yii-basic` is directly under the document root of your Web server.
+
 
 As you can see, the application has four pages: the homepage, the about page,
 the contact page and the login page. The contact page displays a contact
@@ -20,42 +35,34 @@ and the login page allows users to be authenticated before accessing privileged
 The following diagram shows the directory structure of this application.
 
 ~~~
-app/
-   index.php                 Web application entry script file
-   index-test.php            entry script file for the functional tests
-   assets/                   containing published resource files
-   css/                      containing CSS files
-   img/                      containing image files
-   themes/                   containing application themes
-   protected/                containing protected application files
-      yii                    yii command line script for Unix/Linux
-      yii.bat                yii command line script for Windows
-      commands/              containing customized yii console commands
-      components/            containing reusable user components
-      config/                containing configuration files
-         console.php         the console application configuration
-         main.php            the Web application configuration
-      controllers/           containing controller class files
-         SiteController.php  the default controller class
-      data/                  containing the sample database
-         schema.mysql.sql    the DB schema for the sample MySQL database
-         schema.sqlite.sql   the DB schema for the sample SQLite database
-         bootstrap.db        the sample SQLite database file
-      vendor/                containing third-party extensions and libraries
-      messages/              containing translated messages
-      models/                containing model class files
-         User.php            the User model
-         LoginForm.php       the form model for 'login' action
-         ContactForm.php     the form model for 'contact' action
-      runtime/               containing temporarily generated files
-      views/                 containing controller view and layout files
-         layouts/            containing layout view files
-            main.php         the base layout shared by all pages
-         site/               containing view files for the 'site' controller
-            about.php        the view for the 'about' action
-            contact.php      the view for the 'contact' action
-            index.php        the view for the 'index' action
-            login.php        the view for the 'login' action
+yii-basic/
+   yii                    yii command line script for Unix/Linux
+   yii.bat                yii command line script for Windows
+   requirements.php       the requirement checker script
+   commands/              containing customized yii console commands
+   config/                containing configuration files
+      console.php         the console application configuration
+      main.php            the Web application configuration
+   controllers/           containing controller class files
+      SiteController.php  the default controller class
+   vendor/                containing third-party extensions and libraries
+   models/                containing model class files
+      User.php            the User model
+      LoginForm.php       the form model for 'login' action
+      ContactForm.php     the form model for 'contact' action
+   runtime/               containing temporarily generated files
+   views/                 containing controller view and layout files
+      layouts/            containing layout view files
+         main.php         the base layout shared by all pages
+      site/               containing view files for the 'site' controller
+         about.php        the view for the 'about' action
+         contact.php      the view for the 'contact' action
+         index.php        the view for the 'index' action
+         login.php        the view for the 'login' action
+   www/                   containing Web-accessible resources
+     index.php            Web application entry script file
+     assets/              containing published resource files
+     css/                 containing CSS files
 ~~~
 
 
diff --git a/framework/yii/widgets/Menu.php b/framework/yii/widgets/Menu.php
index d63f202..08088d3 100644
--- a/framework/yii/widgets/Menu.php
+++ b/framework/yii/widgets/Menu.php
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class Menu extends Widget
 	 * - template: string, optional, the template used to render the content of this menu item.
 	 *   The token `{url}` will be replaced by the URL associated with this menu item,
 	 *   and the token `{label}` will be replaced by the label of the menu item.
-	 *   If this option is not set, [[linkTemplate]] or [[labelTemplate]] will be used instead. 
+	 *   If this option is not set, [[linkTemplate]] or [[labelTemplate]] will be used instead.
+	 * - options: array, optional, the HTML attributes for the menu container tag.
 	 */
 	public $items = array();
 	/**
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ class Menu extends Widget
 		$n = count($items);
 		$lines = array();
 		foreach ($items as $i => $item) {
-			$options = isset($item['itemOptions']) ? $item['itemOptions'] : array();
+			$options = isset($item['options']) ? $item['options'] : array();
 			$class = array();
 			if ($item['active']) {
 				$class[] = $this->activeCssClass;