diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/module-div-template.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/module-div-template.js
index ec9a76f..99609a8 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/module-div-template.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/module-div-template.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     // invoked only the first time the view is loaded
     //  - used to initialize the view contents
-    function preload(view, ctx, flags) {
+    function init(view, ctx, flags) {
         // NOTE: view.$div is a D3 selection of the view's div
         list = view.$div.append('ul');
         // ... further code to initialize the SVG view ...
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     // load and resize events would look like this:
 
     onos.ui.addView('myDivViewId', {
-        preload: preload,
+        init: init,
         load: load,
         resize: resize
     });
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     // The complete gamut of callbacks would look like this:
     //
     //  onos.ui.addView('myViewId', {
-    //      preload: preload,
+    //      init: init,
     //      reset: reset,
     //      load: load,
     //      unload: unload,
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/module-svg-template.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/module-svg-template.js
index ff7ace4..1f475a9 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/module-svg-template.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/module-svg-template.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     // invoked only the first time the view is loaded
     //  - used to initialize the view contents
-    function preload(view, ctx, flags) {
+    function init(view, ctx, flags) {
         svg = view.$div.append('svg');
         resize(view);
         // ... further code to initialize the SVG view ...
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     // load and resize events would look like this:
 
     onos.ui.addView('mySvgViewId', {
-        preload: preload,
+        init: init,
         load: load,
         resize: resize
     });
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     // The complete gamut of callbacks would look like this:
     //
     //  onos.ui.addView('myViewId', {
-    //      preload: preload,
+    //      init: init,
     //      reset: reset,
     //      load: load,
     //      unload: unload,
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.js
index 5dfcad1..4186827 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.js
@@ -331,10 +331,10 @@
             current.ctx = t.ctx || '';
             current.flags = t.flags || {};
 
-            // preload is called only once, after the view is in the DOM
-            if (!view.preloaded) {
-                view.preload(current.ctx, current.flags);
-                view.preloaded = true;
+            // init is called only once, after the view is in the DOM
+            if (!view.inited) {
+                view.init(current.ctx, current.flags);
+                view.inited = true;
             }
 
             // clear the view of stale data
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
         // Constructor
         //      vid : view id
         //      nid : id of associated nav-item (optional)
-        //      cb  : callbacks (preload, reset, load, unload, resize, error)
+        //      cb  : callbacks (init, reset, load, unload, resize, theme, error)
         function View(vid) {
             var av = 'addView(): ',
                 args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments),
@@ -630,12 +630,12 @@
 
             // == Life-cycle functions
             // TODO: factor common code out of life-cycle
-            preload: function (ctx, flags) {
+            init: function (ctx, flags) {
                 var c = ctx || '',
-                    fn = isF(this.cb.preload);
-                traceFn('View.preload', this.vid + ', ' + c);
+                    fn = isF(this.cb.init);
+                traceFn('View.init', this.vid + ', ' + c);
                 if (fn) {
-                    trace('PRELOAD cb for ' + this.vid);
+                    trace('INIT cb for ' + this.vid);
                     fn(this.token(), c, flags);
                 }
             },
@@ -771,7 +771,6 @@
         var fpConfig = {
             TR: {
                 side: 'right'
-
             },
             TL: {
                 side: 'left'
@@ -891,7 +890,7 @@
              * the framework can infer it.
              * <p>
              * <i>cb</i> is a plain object containing callback functions:
-             * "preload", "reset", "load", "unload", "resize", "error".
+             * "init", "reset", "load", "unload", "resize", "theme", "error".
              * <pre>
              *     function myLoad(view, ctx) { ... }
              *     ...
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/sample.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/sample.js
index 6b4329f..aeb0704 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/sample.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/sample.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     }
 
     // gets invoked only the first time the view is loaded
-    function preload(view, ctx) {
+    function init(view, ctx, flags) {
         // prepare our SVG layer...
         svg = view.$div.append('svg');
         sizeSvg(view);
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     }
 
     // gets invoked just before our view is loaded
-    function reset(view) {
+    function reset(view, ctx, flags) {
         // clear dot group and reset circle data
         dotG.html('');
         circleData = [];
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
             .remove();
     }
 
-    function load(view, ctx) {
+    function load(view, ctx, flags) {
         var ctxText = ctx ? 'Context is "' + ctx + '"' : '';
 
         // display our view context
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
         doCircles(view);
     }
 
-    function resize(view, ctx) {
+    function resize(view, ctx, flags) {
         sizeSvg(view);
         updateCirclePositions(view);
 
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
     // == register our view here, with links to lifecycle callbacks
 
     onos.ui.addView('sample', {
-        preload: preload,
+        init: init,
         reset: reset,
         load: load,
         resize: resize
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo.js
index 704ade1..ce1fceb 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo.js
@@ -2862,7 +2862,7 @@
     // ==============================
     // View life-cycle callbacks
 
-    function preload(view, ctx, flags) {
+    function init(view, ctx, flags) {
         var w = view.width(),
             h = view.height(),
             fcfg = config.force;
@@ -3161,7 +3161,7 @@
     // View registration
 
     onos.ui.addView('topo', {
-        preload: preload,
+        init: init,
         load: load,
         unload: unload,
         resize: resize,