diff --git a/delta.module b/delta.module
index 13bb990c402e41fc1232a92361bde3761cd4b861..f6a0aed049a68d0013f0001f99082127e3bef77e 100644
--- a/delta.module
+++ b/delta.module
@@ -1,2 +1,33 @@
 <?php
 // $Id$
+/**
+ * Implements hook_theme().
+ *
+ * @todo figure out WTF with template suggestions inside omega_theme()
+ * 
+ * For now, implementing what is a truly hacky situation IMHO
+ * Creating a theme hook for each zone, as well as for the location of the zone
+ * and finally a default zone tpl
+ * 
+ * This was forced to be moved to 
+ */
+function delta_theme() {
+	$hooks = array();
+	$variables = array(
+    'zid' => NULL, 
+    'type' => NULL, 
+    'enabled' => NULL, 
+    'wrapper' => NULL, 
+    'zone_type' => NULL, 
+    'container_width' => NULL, 
+    'regions' => NULL
+  );
+  $template_path = drupal_get_path('module', 'delta') .'/theme';
+  $preprocess_functions = array('template_preprocess', 'template_preprocess_zone');
+  $process_functions = array('template_preprocess', 'template_preprocess_zone');
+  $hooks['zone'] = array(
+    'variables' => $variables,
+    'pattern' => 'zone__'
+  );
+	return $hooks;
+}
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diff --git a/theme/zone.tpl.php b/theme/zone.tpl.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..47ee900ec3cca16008b9723418865aa370b7bfcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theme/zone.tpl.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+// $Id$
+drupal_set_message('zone.tpl.php (delta)');
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Default theme implementation to display a region.
+ *
+ * Available variables:
+ * - $regions: Renderable array of regions associated with this zone
+ * - $enabled: Flag to detect if the zone was enabled/disabled via theme settings
+ * - $wrapper: Flag set to display a full browser width wrapper around the 
+ *      container zone allowing items/backgrounds to be themed outside the 
+ *      960pixel container size.
+ * - $zid: the zone id of the zone being rendered. This is a text value.
+ * - $container_width: the container width (12, 16, 24) of the zone
+ * - $attributes: a string containing the relevant class & id data for a container
+ * 
+ * Helper Variables
+ * - $attributes_array: an array of attributes for the container zone
+ * 
+ * @see template_preprocess()
+ * @see template_preprocess_zone()
+ * @see template_process()
+ * @see template_process_zone()
+ */
+?>
+
+<?php if($enabled): ?>
+	<?php if($wrapper): ?><div id="<?php print $zid;?>-outer-wrapper"><?php endif; ?>  
+	  <div <?php print $attributes;?>>
+	    <?php print render($regions); ?>
+	  </div>
+	<?php if($wrapper): ?></div><?php endif; ?>
+<?php endif; ?>
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