diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index 985fb68a9..71927046c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
   def index
     @posts = current_user.visible_posts(:by_members_of => :all).paginate :page => params[:page], :per_page => 15, :order => 'created_at DESC'
     @aspect = :all
+    
+    if current_user.getting_started == true
+      redirect_to getting_started_path(1)
+    end
   end
 
   def create
diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 9e1f9dd91..faa40e425 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -20,14 +20,23 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
 
   def update
     @user = current_user
-    params[:user].delete(:password) if params[:user][:password].blank?
-    params[:user].delete(:password_confirmation) if params[:user][:password].blank? and params[:user][:password_confirmation].blank?
 
-    if params[:user][:password] && params[:user][:password_confirmation]
-      if @user.update_attributes(:password => params[:user][:password], :password_confirmation => params[:user][:password_confirmation])
-        flash[:notice] = "Password Changed"
-      else
-        flash[:error] = "Password Change Failed"
+    if params[:user][:getting_started]
+      puts "here"
+      boolean = params[:user][:getting_started] == "true"
+      @user.update_attributes( :getting_started => boolean )
+      redirect_to root_path
+
+    else
+      params[:user].delete(:password) if params[:user][:password].blank?
+      params[:user].delete(:password_confirmation) if params[:user][:password].blank? and params[:user][:password_confirmation].blank?
+
+      if params[:user][:password] && params[:user][:password_confirmation]
+        if @user.update_attributes(:password => params[:user][:password], :password_confirmation => params[:user][:password_confirmation])
+          flash[:notice] = "Password Changed"
+        else
+          flash[:error] = "Password Change Failed"
+        end
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index accedb2d3..fa245c290 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class User
 
   key :invite_messages, Hash
 
-  key :getting_started, Boolean, :default => false
+  key :getting_started, Boolean, :default => true
 
   before_validation :strip_username, :on => :create
   validates_presence_of :username
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index f0c74cc50..ddbdc9377 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -69,5 +69,3 @@
       .span-24.last
         = render "posts/debug"
 
-      #getting_started_button
-        = link_to "Getting started", getting_started_path(1)
diff --git a/app/views/users/getting_started/1.html.haml b/app/views/users/getting_started/1.html.haml
index 395845ec1..8cfb0e747 100644
--- a/app/views/users/getting_started/1.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/getting_started/1.html.haml
@@ -71,3 +71,5 @@
       .submit_block
         = person.submit "Save and continue →"
 
+.bottom_notification
+  = link_to "skip getting started →", '#', :id => "getting_started_skip"
diff --git a/app/views/users/getting_started/2.html.haml b/app/views/users/getting_started/2.html.haml
index 0516cdd9f..479523d3d 100644
--- a/app/views/users/getting_started/2.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/getting_started/2.html.haml
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@
     .submit_block
       = link_to "Back", getting_started_path(1), :class => "button"
       = link_to "Save and continue →", getting_started_path(3), :class => "button"
+
+
+.bottom_notification
+  = link_to "skip getting started →", '#'
diff --git a/app/views/users/getting_started/3.html.haml b/app/views/users/getting_started/3.html.haml
index e2271d545..0ce946d7f 100644
--- a/app/views/users/getting_started/3.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/getting_started/3.html.haml
@@ -39,3 +39,6 @@
     .submit_block
       = link_to "Back", getting_started_path(2), :class => "button"
       = link_to "Save and continue →", getting_started_path(4), :class => "button"
+
+.bottom_notification
+  = link_to "skip getting started →", '#'
diff --git a/app/views/users/getting_started/4.html.haml b/app/views/users/getting_started/4.html.haml
index c90de31cd..d635bf9c2 100644
--- a/app/views/users/getting_started/4.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/getting_started/4.html.haml
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 
+- content_for :head do
+  - if current_user.getting_started == true
+    :javascript
+      $.ajax({
+        type: "PUT",
+        url: "/users/#{current_user.id}",
+        data: {"user":{"getting_started":'false'}}
+      })
 
 .span-8.append-1.last
   %h1{:style => "text-align:right;"}
@@ -31,7 +39,6 @@
     %br
     %br
 
-
     %h3
       = link_to "Continue on to your everyone page, an overview of all of your aspects.", root_path
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 734a6190c..14829f35c 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -1246,23 +1246,6 @@ ul#breadcrumb
       &:after
         :content ''
 
-#getting_started_button
-  :position fixed
-  :bottom 4px 
-  :margin 
-    :left 680px
-
-  a
-    :padding 10px
-    :background #333
-    :color #eee
-
-    :-webkit-border-radius 5px 5px 0 0
-    :-moz-border-radius 5px 5px 0 0
-    :border-radius 5px 5px 0 0
-
-    :-webkit-box-shadow 0 0 2px #666
-
 ul.aspects
   :margin 0
   :padding 0
@@ -1328,10 +1311,22 @@ ul.aspects
   :text
     :align center
   :font
-    :size 16px
+    :size 14px
     :weight bold
   :color #fff
-  :padding 21px
+  :padding 12px
+    :bottom 10px
+  
+  a
+    :color #fafafa
+    :background
+      :color rgb(16,127,201)
+    :padding 8px
+    :border-radius 10px
+
+    &:hover
+      :background
+        :color #22AAE0
 
 
 .inline_aspect_listing