Index: /home/asiri/projects/xwiki-dev/trunk-users/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/xmlrpc/ConfluenceRpcHandler.java
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--- /home/asiri/projects/xwiki-dev/trunk-users/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/xmlrpc/ConfluenceRpcHandler.java	(revision 4735)
+++ /home/asiri/projects/xwiki-dev/trunk-users/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-core/src/main/java/com/xpn/xwiki/xmlrpc/ConfluenceRpcHandler.java	(working copy)
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@
         XWiki xwiki = context.getWiki();
         context.setAction("save");
         checkToken(token, context);
-
         Space space = new Space(revert(spaceMap, Space.FIELD_TYPES));
         String spaceKey = space.getKey();
         String fullName = spaceKey + "." + "WebHome";
@@ -283,6 +282,8 @@
             doc.setAuthor(context.getUser());
             if (space.getName() != null) {
                 doc.setTitle(space.getName());
+            } if (space.getDescription() != null) {
+            	doc.setContent(space.getDescription());
             }
             xwiki.saveDocument(doc, context);
             String url = doc.getURL("view", context);
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@
             xwiki.saveDocument(doc, context);
             String url = doc.getURL("view", context);
             String name = doc.getTitle();
-            Space resultSpace = factory.createSpace(spaceKey, name, url, "", fullName);
+            Space resultSpace = factory.createSpace(spaceKey, name, url, space.getDescription(), fullName);            
             return convert(resultSpace);
         } else {
             throw exception("The space '" + spaceKey + "' already exists.");