diff --git a/main/course_home/course_home.php b/main/course_home/course_home.php
index b7a2065070..4342863e8c 100755
--- a/main/course_home/course_home.php
+++ b/main/course_home/course_home.php
@@ -210,10 +210,6 @@ Display::display_introduction_section(TOOL_COURSE_HOMEPAGE, array(
 	the setting homepage_view is adjustable through
 	the platform administration section */
 
-//@todo add vertical_activity to the api_get_setting('homepage_view') variable
-//require 'vertical_activity.php'; 
-
-
 if (api_get_setting('homepage_view') == 'activity') {
 	require 'activity.php';
 } elseif (api_get_setting('homepage_view') == '2column') {
diff --git a/main/inc/lib/course_home.lib.php b/main/inc/lib/course_home.lib.php
index 3b8521ee51..9a5999c815 100644
--- a/main/inc/lib/course_home.lib.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/course_home.lib.php
@@ -574,17 +574,6 @@ class CourseHome {
 		return $all_tools_list;
 	}
 	
-	public static function order_tool_list($a, $b)	{
-	/*	echo $name_a = ($a['name']);
-		echo '--';
-		echo $name_b = ($b['name']);
-		echo '<br>';
-		
-	    if ($name_a == $name_b) {
-	        return 0;
-	    }
-	    return ($name_a < $name_b) ? -1 : 1;*/
-	}
 	/**
 	 * Displays the tools of a certain category.
 	 * @param array List of tools as returned by get_tools_category()
@@ -592,22 +581,23 @@ class CourseHome {
 	 */
 
 	public static function show_tools_category($all_tools_list, $theme = 'activity') {
-		//@todo order list
-		//var_dump($all_tools_list);
-		/* usort($all_tools_list, array( 'CourseHome' , 'order_tool_list' ));
 		
-		$order_tool_list = array();
-		foreach($all_tools_list as $new_tool) {
-			$order_tool_list []= $new_tool['name'];
-		}
-		natsort($order_tool_list);		
-		foreach($order_tool_list as $key=>$new_tool) {
-			$all_tools_list[]			
+		if ($theme == 'vertical_activity') {
+			//ordering by get_lang name
+			$order_tool_list = array();
+			foreach($all_tools_list as $key=>$new_tool) {
+				$tool_name = self::translate_tool_name($new_tool);
+				$order_tool_list [$key]= $tool_name;
+			}		
+			natsort($order_tool_list);		
+			$my_temp_tool_array = array();
+			foreach($order_tool_list as $key=>$new_tool) {
+				$my_temp_tool_array[] = $all_tools_list[$key];
+			}
+			$all_tools_list = $my_temp_tool_array;
 		}
-		var_dump($all_tools_list);		
-		var_dump($order_tool_list);
-		//var_dump($all_tools_list);
-		*/
+		
+		
 		global $_user;
 		$web_code_path = api_get_path(WEB_CODE_PATH);
 		$course_tool_table = Database::get_course_table(TABLE_TOOL_LIST);
@@ -658,7 +648,6 @@ class CourseHome {
 						$link['cmd'] = 'hide=yes';
 						$lnk[] = $link;
 					}
-
 					if ($tool['visibility'] == '0' && $tool['admin'] != '1') {
 						$link['name'] = Display::return_icon('invisible.gif', get_lang('Activate'), array('id' => 'linktool_'.$tool['id']));
 						$link['cmd'] = 'restore=yes';
diff --git a/main/install/db_main.sql b/main/install/db_main.sql
index a247848a9a..fc5473be41 100644
--- a/main/install/db_main.sql
+++ b/main/install/db_main.sql
@@ -800,6 +800,7 @@ VALUES
 ('homepage_view','activity','HomepageViewActivity'),
 ('homepage_view','2column','HomepageView2column'),
 ('homepage_view','3column','HomepageView3column'),
+('homepage_view','vertical_activity','HomepageViewVerticalActivity'),
 ('show_toolshortcuts','true','Yes'),
 ('show_toolshortcuts','false','No'),
 ('allow_group_categories','true','Yes'),
diff --git a/main/install/migrate-db-1.8.6.2-1.8.7-pre.sql b/main/install/migrate-db-1.8.6.2-1.8.7-pre.sql
index f52f3bc040..9e09341b1b 100755
--- a/main/install/migrate-db-1.8.6.2-1.8.7-pre.sql
+++ b/main/install/migrate-db-1.8.6.2-1.8.7-pre.sql
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ ALTER TABLE session_rel_user DROP PRIMARY KEY, ADD PRIMARY KEY (id_session, id_u
 
 INSERT INTO settings_current (variable, subkey, type, category, selected_value, title, comment, scope, subkeytext, access_url_changeable) VALUES ('course_create_active_tools','course_progress','checkbox','Tools','false','CourseCreateActiveToolsTitle','CourseCreateActiveToolsComment',NULL,'CourseProgress', 0);
 
+INSERT INTO settings_options(variable,value,display_text) VALUES ('homepage_view','vertical_activity','HomepageViewVerticalActivity');
+
 -- xxSTATSxx
 CREATE TABLE track_e_item_property(id int NOT NULL auto_increment PRIMARY KEY, course_id int NOT NULL, item_property_id int NOT NULL, title varchar(255), content text, progress int NOT NULL default 0, lastedit_date datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00', lastedit_user_id int  NOT NULL, session_id int NOT NULL default 0);
 ALTER TABLE track_e_item_property ADD INDEX (course_id, item_property_id, session_id);