diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index d19474fca..82a4a6768 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ module ApplicationHelper
 
   def aspect_links aspects, opts={}
     str = ""
-    aspects.each do |a|
-      str << aspect_li(a, opts)
+    aspects.each do |aspect|
+      str << '<li>'
+      str << link_for_aspect(aspect, :params => opts, 'data-guid' => aspect.id, :class => 'hard_aspect_link').html_safe
+      str << '</li>'
     end
     str.html_safe
   end
diff --git a/app/helpers/aspects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/aspects_helper.rb
index 747041a69..fb72819bc 100644
--- a/app/helpers/aspects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/aspects_helper.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 
 module AspectsHelper
   def link_for_aspect(aspect, opts={})
-    link_to aspect.name, aspects_path("a_ids[]" => aspect.id), opts
+    opts[:params] ||= {}
+    opts[:params] = opts[:params].merge("a_ids[]" => aspect.id)
+
+    link_to aspect.name, aspects_path( opts[:params] ), opts
   end
 
   def remove_link(aspect)
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
index 2de6b9879..ecc9667e3 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_publisher.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 
-#publisher{:class => ("closed" unless params[:op])}
+#publisher{:class => ("closed" unless params[:op] || params[:prefill])}
 
   #click_to_share
     = image_tag 'icons/doc_edit.png'
diff --git a/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js b/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
index f81861b99..afc549ce8 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/aspect-filters.js
@@ -111,8 +111,13 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
         // fill in publisher
         // (not cached because this element changes)
-        $("#publisher textarea").val(post);
 
+        var textarea = $("#publisher textarea");
+
+        if( textarea.val() == "" ) {
+          textarea.val(post);
+          textarea.focus();
+        }
         $('html, body').animate({scrollTop:0}, 'fast');
 
         // reinit listeners on stream