return backend status in sliceplus object
diff --git a/planetstack/core/xoslib/objects/plus.py b/planetstack/core/xoslib/objects/plus.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f183f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/planetstack/core/xoslib/objects/plus.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+""" PlusObjectMixin
+
+    Implements fields that are common to all OpenCloud objects. For example,
+    stuff related to backend icons.
+"""
+
+class PlusObjectMixin:
+    def getBackendIcon(self):
+        if (self.enacted is not None) and self.enacted >= self.updated:
+            return "/static/admin/img/icon_success.gif"
+        else:
+            if self.backend_status == "Provisioning in progress" or self.backend_status=="":
+                return "/static/admin/img/icon_clock.gif"
+            else:
+                return "/static/admin/img/icon_error.gif"
+
+    def getBackendHtml(self):
+        if (self.enacted is not None) and self.enacted >= self.updated:
+            return '<img src="%s">' % self.getBackendIcon()
+        else:
+            return '<div title="%s"><img src="%s"></div>' % (self.backend_status, self.getBackendIcon())
+
diff --git a/planetstack/core/xoslib/objects/sliceplus.py b/planetstack/core/xoslib/objects/sliceplus.py
index 2542fd7..a5d7a7e 100644
--- a/planetstack/core/xoslib/objects/sliceplus.py
+++ b/planetstack/core/xoslib/objects/sliceplus.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from core.models.slice import Slice
+from plus import PlusObjectMixin
 
-class SlicePlus(Slice):
+class SlicePlus(Slice, PlusObjectMixin):
     class Meta:
         proxy = True