diff --git a/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml b/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
index b0d5a2a1a..4864a53a1 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/index.html.haml
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
       = link_to "Edit Profile", edit_person_path(current_user.person)
       |
       = link_to "Edit Account", edit_user_path(current_user)
-      |
-      = link_to "Logout", destroy_user_session_path
 
 .span-15.last
   = render 'aspects/no_contacts_message', :aspect => @aspect, :contact_count => @contacts.count
diff --git a/app/views/people/_profile_sidebar.html.haml b/app/views/people/_profile_sidebar.html.haml
index 55276ccad..882c64d4b 100644
--- a/app/views/people/_profile_sidebar.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/_profile_sidebar.html.haml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   = action_link(person, is_contact)
 
   %ul
-    - if @posts.first
-      %li
-        %i= t(".last_seen",:how_long_ago => how_long_ago(@posts.first))
+    /- if @posts.first
+    /%li
+    /%i= t(".last_seen",:how_long_ago => how_long_ago(@posts.first))
     - if is_contact
       %li
         %ul#aspects_for_person
@@ -23,16 +23,17 @@
   -if is_contact || person == current_user.person
     %ul#profile_information
       %li  
-        %b #{t('.bio')}
-        %br
+        %h3 #{t('.bio')}
         = person.profile.bio
       %li
-        %b #{t('.gender')}
-        %br
-        = person.profile.gender
-      %li
-        %b #{t('.born')}
-        %br
-        = "#{time_ago_in_words(person.profile.birthday)} #{t('ago')}" if @person.profile.birthday
-
+        .span-4.last
+          %h3 #{t('.gender')}
+          = person.profile.gender
+        .span-4.last
+          %h3 #{t('.born')}
+          = "#{time_ago_in_words(person.profile.birthday)} #{t('ago')}" if @person.profile.birthday
+  %br
+  %br
+  %br
+  %br
   %b.small= person.diaspora_handle
diff --git a/app/views/people/show.html.haml b/app/views/people/show.html.haml
index dffd23bf2..53cfe10ab 100644
--- a/app/views/people/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/people/show.html.haml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 .span-24.last
   = render 'shared/author_info', :person => @person, :profile => true
+
 .span-8.append-1.last
   = render :partial => 'people/profile_sidebar', :locals => {:person => @person, :is_contact => @is_contact}
 
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@
       = will_paginate @posts
 
     - else
-      %h3= t('.no_posts')
+      %ul#stream
+        %li
+          %h3= t('.no_posts')
 
   - else
     .floating
diff --git a/app/views/photos/_index.html.haml b/app/views/photos/_index.html.haml
index 56d7c736d..050679910 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/_index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/_index.html.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       });
     });
 
-.span-20.last
+.span-18.last
   #thumbnails
     - for photo in photos
       .image_thumb
diff --git a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
index e36021b4b..c7705fecc 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/show.html.haml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     = link_to t('.delete_photo'), @photo, :confirm => t('are_you_sure'), :method => :delete, :class => 'button'
 
 .span-9.last
+  %h4{:style=>"margin-bottom:5px;"} Comments
   %div{id => 'photo_stream', :class => 'stream show'}
     %li.message{:data=>{:guid=>@photo.id}}
       = render "comments/comments", :post => @photo
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_aspect_contacts.haml b/app/views/shared/_aspect_contacts.haml
index f7104ddef..f4c005670 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_aspect_contacts.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_aspect_contacts.haml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 -#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
-- if @request_count > 0
-  #left_pane{:class => "everyone"}
-    %h4
-      = "#{@request_count} new requests!"
-
-  %br
-  %br
+- if (aspect == :all) && @request_count > 0
+  #new_request_pane{:class => "everyone"}
+    %h1.new_request
+      - if @request_count > 1
+        = link_to "#{@request_count} new requests!", aspects_manage_path
+      - else
+        = link_to "#{@request_count} new request!", aspects_manage_path
 
 #left_pane{:class => ("everyone" if aspect == :all)}
   %h2{:style=>"position:relative;"}
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_author_info.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_author_info.html.haml
index d348697ab..af6601c4a 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_author_info.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_author_info.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#author_info
+#author_info{:class=>("profile" if defined?(profile))}
   = person_image_link(person) unless defined?(profile)
   .from
     %h2
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
             - else
               - for aspect in current_user.aspects_with_post( post.id )
                 %li= link_to aspect.name, aspect
-    .right{:style=>"margin-right:315px;top:10px;"}
-      #person_nav_links
-        = link_to t('.view_profile'), person_path(person)
-        = link_to t('_photos'), person_photos_path(person)
-        = link_to t('.status_messages'), person_status_messages_path(person)
+    #person_nav_links
+      = link_to t('.view_profile'), person_path(person)
+      = link_to t('_photos'), person_photos_path(person)
+      = link_to t('.status_messages'), person_status_messages_path(person)
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
index c7d009807..bdccd7ead 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
               - for service in current_user.services      
                 = image_tag("social_media_logos/#{service.provider}-16x16.png")
 
-
           = link_to '(?)', "#question_mark_pane", :class => 'question_mark', :style=>"display:none;"
 
           .fancybox_content
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@
               = render 'shared/public_explain'
 
 
-  #publisher_photo_upload
-    = t('or')
-    = render 'photos/new_photo', :aspect_id => (aspect == :all ? aspect : aspect.id)
+  /#publisher_photo_upload
+  /= t('or')
+  /= render 'photos/new_photo', :aspect_id => (aspect == :all ? aspect : aspect.id)
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 8d4e14fbc..3637fd008 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ header
   > li
     :list-style none
     :padding 12px
+    :min-height 50px
     :border
       :bottom 1px solid #eee
 
@@ -275,6 +276,10 @@ header
     :padding 12px
       :top 0
 
+  &.profile
+    .from
+      :padding 0
+
   h2
     :display inline
     :margin
@@ -571,6 +576,9 @@ ul.comments
     :width 300px
 
 #profile
+  h3
+    :margin
+      :bottom 0
   ul
     :list-style-type none
     :margin 0
@@ -581,7 +589,7 @@ ul.comments
       :top 1em
     > li
       :margin
-        :bottom 1em
+        :bottom 2em
   
 
 .stream, #profile,
@@ -633,11 +641,12 @@ li.message .from .right
       :margin-right 1em
 
 #show_photo
+  :display inline-block
   :background
     :color #fff
   
   :padding 10px
-    :bottom 20px
+    :bottom 30px
 
   :-webkit-box-shadow 0 2px 4px #333
   :-moz-box-shadow 0 2px 4px #333
@@ -660,7 +669,7 @@ li.message .from .right
       :size 16px
     :font
       :family 'marker felt', 'comic sans ms', 'comic sans', sans-serif
-    :color #555
+    :color #333
 
 #debug_info
   :margin-top 20px
@@ -1813,3 +1822,18 @@ h3,h4
   h4
     :margin
       :bottom 0
+
+#new_request_pane
+  :background
+    :color red
+
+  :border-radius 4px
+
+  :-webkit-box-shadow 0 1px 2px #666
+  :-moz-box-shadow 0 1px 2px #666
+
+  h1
+    a
+      :color #fff
+      :font
+        :weight bold