All Page to be passed in a :body attribute

This :body attribute will then be used when creating the default body PagePart

app/models/extensions/page/parts.rb

@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ module Models
         extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
         included do
-
+          before_validation do |p|
-          before_create { |p| p.parts << PagePart.build_body_part if p.parts.empty? }
+            if p.parts.empty?
-
+              p.parts << PagePart.build_body_part(p.try(:body))
+            end
+          end
         end
 
         module InstanceMethods

app/models/page_part.rb

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ class PagePart
     "{% capture content_for_#{self.slug} %}#{self.value}{% endcapture %}"
   end
 
-  def self.build_body_part
+  def self.build_body_part(body_content = nil)
     self.new({
       :name => I18n.t('attributes.defaults.page_parts.name'),
-      :value => I18n.t('attributes.defaults.pages.other.body'),
+      :value => body_content || I18n.t('attributes.defaults.pages.other.body'),
       :slug => 'layout'
     })
   end

spec/models/page_spec.rb

@@ -334,6 +334,32 @@ describe Page do
 
   end
 
+
+  describe "creating a new page" do
+
+    context "with a body" do
+      before do
+        @site = Factory(:site, :subdomain => "somethingweird")
+        @page = Page.create({
+          :slug => "some_slug",
+          :title => "Page Title",
+          :body => "Page Body",
+          :published => true,
+          :site => @site
+        })
+      end
+
+      it "should be valid" do
+        @page.should be_valid
+      end
+
+      it "should render the passed in body attribute of the page" do
+        @page.render(Liquid::Context.new).should == "PageBody"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+
   describe 'templatized extension' do
 
     before(:each) do