diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 03dc71cb5..b3c4558f5 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 * Made loading of the configuration environment independent of Rails.
 * Do not generate paths like `/a/b/c/config/boot.rb/../../Gemfile` to require and open things, create a proper path instead.
 * Remove the hack for loading the entire lib folder with a proper solution. [#3809](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/3750)
+* Update and refactor the default public view `public/default.html` [#3811](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/3811)
 
 
 ## Features
diff --git a/public/default.html b/public/default.html
index c38ea5c6c..e0c6151a7 100644
--- a/public/default.html
+++ b/public/default.html
@@ -1,169 +1,158 @@
-<head>
-    <style type="text/css">
-        body {
-            margin-top: 50px;
-            background-color: white;
-            background-image : none;
-        }
-
-        #header {
-            -webkit-box-shadow:none;
-            -moz-box-shadow:none;
-            box-shadow:none;
-            border:none;
-            background:none;
-        }
-
-        #steps {
-            text-align: center;
-        }
-
-        hr {
-            border: none;
-            border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
-        }
-
-        #banner {
-            border-bottom : 1px solid #ccc;
-            border-top : 1px solid #eee;
-            padding : 30px;
-            margin : 20px 0;
-
-            -webkit-box-shadow : 0 9px 15px -10px rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
-        }
-
-        #links {
-            margin: 0;
-            padding: 0;
-            text-align: center;
-        }
-
-        #links .section {
-            margin: 0;
-            padding: 0;
-            display: inline-block;
-            vertical-align: top;
-            width: 24%;
-            max-width: 24%;
-        }
-
-        #login-link {
-            float: right;
-        }
-
-        #change-page {
-            color: #999;
-            text-align: center;
-            font-style: italic;
-        }
-
-        footer .container {
-            margin-top: 15px;
-        }
-
-        .helpful {
-            cursor: help;
-        }
-
-        li {
-            list-style: none;
-        }
-
-    </style>
-</head>
-
-<body>
-<div id="page" class="container">
-    <div id="content">
-        <div class="row">
-            <div id="header" style="left: 0; padding: 15px 0;">
-                <a id="login-link" href="login" class="btn" style="margin-right: 15px;">Log In</a>
-                <img src='assets/branding/logo_caps.png'/ style="margin-left: 15px;">
-            </div>
-        </div>
-
-        <div id="getting-started">
-            <div class="row" style="text-align: center;">
-                <div id="banner">
-                <h1>Welcome, friend.</h1>
-
-                <h3>You're about to change the Internet. Let's get you set up, shall we?</h3>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-            <br>
-            <br>
-
-            <div id="steps" class="row">
-                <div class="span4">
-                    <h2>Configure your <abbr class="helpful" title="A Diaspora installation">pod</abbr></h2>
-                    <img src='assets/icons/cog.png'/>
-
-                    <p>Look at <code class="helpful"
-                                     title='General pod configuration (location to upload photos, SSL certs, etc.)'>config/application.yml.example</code>
-                        and <code class="helpful" title="mySQL username/password">config/database.yml.example</code> for
-                        help.</p>
-                </div>
-
-                <div class="span4">
-
-                    <h2>Try it out</h2>
-                    <img src='assets/icons/smiley_laughing.png'/>
-
-                    <p>Start by <a href="users/sign_up">creating an account</a>.</p>
-                </div>
-
-                <div class="span4">
-                    <h2>Make a contribution!</h2>
-                    <img src='assets/icons/pen_write.png'/>
-
-                    <p>Make Diaspora even better! Fork the project on <a href="http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/"
-                                                                         title="github">github</a>, make some changes,
-                        and submit a pull request.</p>
-                </div>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-
-    <br>
-    <br>
-
-    <hr>
-
-    <br>
-
-
-    <h3 style="text-align:center;">Useful Resources</h3>
-    <br/>
-    <ul id="links">
-        <ul class="section">
-            <li><strong><a href="http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/" title="Git repository">Codebase</a></strong></li>
-            <li><strong><a href="http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki"
-                           title="Wiki on github">Documentation</a></strong></li>
-            <br>
-            <li><a href="https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues" title="Bug tracker">Find & Report bugs</a></li>
-        </ul>
-        <ul class="section">
-            <li><a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=diaspora" title="#diaspora">IRC - General</a></li>
-            <li><a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=diaspora-dev" title="#diaspora-dev">IRC - Development</a>
-            </li>
-        </ul>
-        <ul class="section">
-            <li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/diaspora-discuss" title="General discussion mailing list">Discussion
-                - General</a></li>
-            <li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/diaspora-dev" title="Dev mailing list">Discussion -
-                Development</a></li>
-        </ul>
-        <ul class="section">
-            <li><a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/">Learn more about Ruby On Rails!</a></li>
-        </ul>
-    </ul>
-
-<br>
-<br>
-
-<hr style="border-color:#ddd;">
-
-<div id="change-page">
-    This page can be changed to a custom landing page by creating <code>app/views/home/_show.html.haml</code>
-</div>
-</div>
+	<style type="text/css">
+		body {
+			margin-top: 50px;
+			background-color: white;
+			background-image : none;
+		}
+
+		li {
+			list-style: none;
+		}
+
+		footer h3 {
+			margin-bottom: 25px;
+			text-align: center;
+		}
+
+		footer {
+			margin-bottom: 12px;
+			padding: 42px;
+			border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
+			border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
+		}
+
+		#header {
+			/* Hack to hide the header */
+			-webkit-box-shadow:none;
+			-moz-box-shadow:none;
+			box-shadow:none;
+			border:none;
+			background:none;
+
+			left: 0px;
+			padding: 15px 0px;
+		}
+
+		#header img {
+			margin-left: 15px;
+		}
+
+		#login-link {
+			float: right;
+			margin-right: 15px;
+		}
+
+		#steps {
+			text-align: center;
+		}
+
+		#banner {
+			border-bottom : 1px solid #ccc;
+			border-top : 1px solid #eee;
+			padding : 30px;
+			margin-top: 20px;
+			text-align: center;
+
+			-webkit-box-shadow : 0 9px 15px -10px rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
+			-moz-box-shadow : 0 9px 15px -10px rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
+			-khtml-box-shadow : 0 9px 15px -10px rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
+			-o-box-shadow : 0 9px 15px -10px rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
+			-ms-box-shadow : 0 9px 15px -10px rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
+			box-shadow : 0 9px 15px -10px rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
+		}
+
+		#links {
+			margin: 0;
+			padding: 0;
+			text-align: center;
+		}
+
+		#links .section {
+			margin: 0;
+			padding: 0;
+			display: inline-block;
+			vertical-align: top;
+			width: 24%;
+			max-width: 24%;
+		}
+
+		#change-page {
+			color: #999;
+			text-align: center;
+			font-style: italic;
+		}
+
+		.helpful {
+			cursor: help;
+		}
+
+		.row {
+			margin-bottom: 60px;
+		}
+	</style>
+
+	<div id="page" class="container">
+		<header id="header">
+			<a id="login-link" href="login" class="btn">Log In</a>
+			<img src="assets/branding/logo_caps.png" />
+		</header>
+
+		<div id="banner" class="row">
+			<h1>Welcome, friend.</h1>
+			<h3>You're about to change the Internet. Let's get you set up, shall we?</h3>
+		</div>
+
+		<div id="steps" class="row">
+			<div class="span4">
+				<h2>Configure your <abbr class="helpful" title="A Diaspora installation">pod</abbr></h2>
+				<img src="assets/icons/cog.png" />
+
+				<p>Look at
+				<code class="helpful" title='General pod configuration (location to upload photos, SSL certs, etc.)'>
+				config/diaspora.yml.example</code> and <code class="helpful" title="mySQL username/password">
+				config/database.yml.example</code> for help.</p>
+			</div>
+
+			<div class="span4">
+				<h2>Try it out</h2>
+				<img src="assets/icons/smiley_laughing.png" />
+
+				<p>Start by <a href="users/sign_up">creating an account</a>.</p>
+			</div>
+
+			<div class="span4">
+				<h2>Make a contribution!</h2>
+				<img src="assets/icons/pen_write.png" />
+
+				<p>Make Diaspora even better! Fork the project on
+					<a href="http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/" title="github">github</a>,
+					make some changes, and submit a pull request.</p>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+
+		<footer>
+			<h3>Useful Resources</h3>
+			<ul id="links">
+				<ul class="section">
+					<li><a href="http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/" title="Git repository">Codebase</a></li>
+					<li><a href="http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki" title="Wiki on github">Documentation</a></li>
+				</ul>
+				<ul class="section">
+					<li><a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=diaspora" title="#diaspora">IRC - General</a></li>
+					<li><a href="http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=diaspora-dev" title="#diaspora-dev">IRC - Development</a></li>
+				</ul>
+				<ul class="section">
+					<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/diaspora-discuss" title="General discussion mailing list">Discussion - General</a></li>
+					<li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/diaspora-dev" title="Dev mailing list">Discussion - Development</a></li>
+				</ul>
+				<ul class="section">
+					<li><a href="https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues" title="Bug tracker">Find & Report bugs</a></li>
+					<li><a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/">Learn more about Ruby On Rails!</a></li>
+				</ul>
+			</ul>
+		</footer>
+
+		<div id="change-page">
+			This page can be changed to a custom landing page by creating <code>app/views/home/_show.html.haml</code>
+		</div>
+	</div>
