diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js
index 4dd6aca79..150f9258b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/app.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 //= require_tree ./pages
 //= require_tree ./collections
 //= require_tree ./views
-//= require ./forms
 //= require_tree ./forms
 
 var app = {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a9f3fe105..000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-app.forms.Base = app.views.Base.extend({
-  formSelector : "form",
-
-  initialize : function() {
-    this.setupFormEvents()
-  },
-
-  setupFormEvents : function(){
-    this.events = {}
-    this.events['submit ' + this.formSelector] =  'setModelAttributes';
-    this.delegateEvents();
-  },
-
-})
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms/picture_form.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms/picture_form.js
index f8aaf64fd..0cfe74ad3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms/picture_form.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms/picture_form.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-app.forms.Picture = app.forms.Base.extend({
+app.forms.Picture = app.views.Base.extend({
   templateName : "picture-form",
 
   events : {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms/post_form.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms/post_form.js
index 1af088fe4..c21137691 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms/post_form.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/forms/post_form.js
@@ -1,48 +1,13 @@
-app.forms.Post = app.forms.Base.extend({
+app.forms.Post = app.views.Base.extend({
   templateName : "post-form",
-  formSelector : ".new-post",
+  className : "post-form",
 
   subviews : {
-    ".aspect_selector" : "aspectsDropdown",
-    ".service_selector" : "servicesSelector",
     ".new_picture" : "pictureForm"
    },
 
-  formAttrs : {
-//    "textarea#text_with_markup" : "text",  //fix mentions
-    "textarea.text" : "text",
-    "input.aspect_ids" : "aspect_ids",
-    "input.service:checked" : "services"
-  },
-
   initialize : function() {
-    this.aspectsDropdown = new app.views.AspectsDropdown();
-    this.servicesSelector = new app.views.ServicesSelector();
     this.pictureForm = new app.forms.Picture();
-
-    this.setupFormEvents();
-  },
-
-  setModelAttributes : function(evt){
-    if(evt){ evt.preventDefault(); }
-    var form = this.$(this.formSelector);
-
-    this.model.set(_.inject(this.formAttrs, setValueFromField, {}))
-    //pass collections across
-    this.model.photos = this.pictureForm.photos
-    this.model.set({"photos": this.model.photos.toJSON() })
-
-    function setValueFromField(memo, attribute, selector){
-      var selectors = form.find(selector);
-      if(selectors.length > 1) {
-        memo[attribute] = _.map(selectors, function(selector){
-          return $(selector).val()
-        })
-      } else {
-        memo[attribute] = selectors.val();
-      }
-      return memo
-    }
   },
 
   postRenderTemplate : function() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/composer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/composer.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe5f947e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/composer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+app.pages.Composer = app.views.Base.extend({
+  templateName : "flow",
+
+  subviews : {
+    ".flow-content" : "postForm",
+    ".flow-controls .controls" : "composerControls"
+  },
+
+  events : {
+    "click button.next" : "navigateNext"
+  },
+
+  formAttrs : {
+//    "textarea#text_with_markup" : "text",  //fix mentions
+    "textarea.text" : "text",
+    "input.aspect_ids" : "aspect_ids",
+    "input.service:checked" : "services"
+  },
+
+
+  initialize : function(){
+    app.frame = this.model = new app.models.StatusMessage();
+    this.postForm = new app.forms.Post({model : this.model});
+    this.composerControls = new app.views.ComposerControls({model : this.model});
+  },
+
+  navigateNext : function(){
+    this.setModelAttributes();
+    app.router.navigate("framer", true);
+  },
+
+  setModelAttributes : function(evt){
+    if(evt){ evt.preventDefault(); }
+
+    var form = this.$el;
+
+    this.model.set(_.inject(this.formAttrs, setValueFromField, {}))
+    this.model.photos = this.postForm.pictureForm.photos
+    this.model.set({"photos": this.model.photos.toJSON() })
+
+    function setValueFromField(memo, attribute, selector){
+      var selectors = form.find(selector);
+      if(selectors.length > 1) {
+        memo[attribute] = _.map(selectors, function(selector){
+          return this.$(selector).val()
+        })
+      } else {
+        memo[attribute] = selectors.val();
+      }
+      return memo
+    }
+  }
+});
+
+app.views.ComposerControls = app.views.Base.extend({
+  templateName : 'composer-controls',
+
+  subviews : {
+    ".aspect-selector" : "aspectsDropdown",
+    ".service-selector" : "servicesSelector",
+  },
+
+  initialize : function() {
+    this.aspectsDropdown = new app.views.AspectsDropdown();
+    this.servicesSelector = new app.views.ServicesSelector();
+  }
+})
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/framer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/framer.js
index 90828fe71..c36551e42 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/framer.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/framer.js
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 app.pages.Framer = app.views.Base.extend({
-  templateName : "framer",
+  templateName : "flow",
 
   id : "post-content",
 
-  events : {
-    "click button.done" : "saveFrame"
-  },
-
   subviews : {
-    ".post-view" : "postView",
-    ".template-picker" : "templatePicker"
+    ".flow-content" : "postView",
+    ".flow-controls .controls" : "framerControls"
   },
 
   initialize : function(){
@@ -18,7 +14,8 @@ app.pages.Framer = app.views.Base.extend({
 
     this.model.bind("change", this.render, this)
     this.model.bind("sync", this.navigateToShow, this)
-    this.templatePicker = new app.views.TemplatePicker({ model: this.model })
+
+    this.framerControls = new app.views.framerControls({model : this.model})
   },
 
   postView : function(){
@@ -27,9 +24,25 @@ app.pages.Framer = app.views.Base.extend({
 
   navigateToShow : function(){
     app.router.navigate(this.model.url(), {trigger: true, replace: true})
+  }
+})
+
+app.views.framerControls = app.views.Base.extend({
+  templateName : 'framer-controls',
+
+  events : {
+    "click button.done" : "saveFrame"
+  },
+
+  subviews : {
+    ".template-picker" : 'templatePicker'
+  },
+
+  initialize : function(){
+    this.templatePicker = new app.views.TemplatePicker({ model: this.model })
   },
 
   saveFrame : function(){
     this.model.save()
   }
-})
+})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/post-new.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/post-new.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ab8ed72a1..000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/post-new.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-app.pages.PostNew = app.views.Base.extend({
-  templateName : "post-new",
-
-  subviews : { "#new-post" : "postForm"},
-
-  events : {
-    "click button.next" : "navigateNext"
-  },
-
-  initialize : function(){
-    this.model = new app.models.StatusMessage()
-    this.postForm = new app.forms.Post({model : this.model})
-  },
-
-  navigateNext : function(){
-    this.postForm.setModelAttributes()
-    app.frame = this.model;
-    app.router.navigate("framer", true)
-  }
-});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
index 8a56a353b..a030d8ce7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     "followed_tags": "stream",
     "tags/:name": "stream",
 
-    "posts/new" : "newPost",
+    "posts/new" : "composer",
     "posts/:id": "singlePost",
     "p/:id": "singlePost",
     "framer": "framer"
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     $("#main_stream").html(app.page.render().el);
   },
 
-  newPost : function(){
-    var page = new app.pages.PostNew();
+  composer : function(){
+    var page = new app.pages.Composer();
     $("#container").html(page.render().el)
   },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/login.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/login.css.scss
index d5e8d19bf..b4cd1c859 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/login.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/login.css.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 //   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
-@import "_mixins.css.scss";
+@import "mixins";
 
 #login {
   width: 400px;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
index b5c97d471..373600785 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
@@ -304,7 +304,27 @@ article { //mood posts
 
 $bring-dark-accent-forward-color: #DDD;
 
-.framer-controls {
+
+
+div[data-template=flow] {
+  display : table;
+  width : 100%;
+  height : 100%;
+  position : absolute;
+}
+
+.flow-content {
+  display : table;
+  width : 100%;
+  height : 100%;
+}
+
+.post-form {
+  display : table-cell;
+  vertical-align : middle;
+}
+
+.flow-controls {
   @include info-container-base();
   z-index: 999;
 
@@ -312,8 +332,14 @@ $bring-dark-accent-forward-color: #DDD;
   width: 100%;
   bottom: 0;
 
+  padding: 20px 0;
+  max-height: 68px;
+
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
+
   .controls {
-    margin: 20px auto;
+    margin: 0 auto;
     max-width: 960px;
 
     text-align: center;
@@ -323,6 +349,33 @@ $bring-dark-accent-forward-color: #DDD;
     }
   }
 
+  .aspect-selector {
+    float: left;
+
+    i {
+      display: none;
+    }
+
+    .selected i {
+      display: inline-block;
+    }
+
+    a {
+      display : inline-block;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .service-selector {
+    float: left;
+    margin-left: 100px;
+  }
+
+  .dropdown-menu {
+    bottom : 0;
+    top: auto;
+    text-align: left;
+  }
+
   a.mood {
     @include border-radius();
     margin-right: 20px;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_composer.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_composer.scss
index febec2c47..6c3a859d3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_composer.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_composer.scss
@@ -1,27 +1,5 @@
-.aspects_dropdown {
-  i {
-    display: none;
-  }
-
-  .selected i {
-    display: inline-block;
-  }
-
-  a {
-    display : inline-block;
-  }
-}
-
 .new_photo .photo{
   display: inline;
   max-width: 200px;
   max-height: 200px;
 }
-
-.new-post-section {
-  margin-top: 100px;
-}
-
-.aspect_selector {
-  float: right;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/composer-controls.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/composer-controls.jst.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2eaa1673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/templates/composer-controls.jst.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<button class="done btn-primary next">Next</button>
+<div class="aspect-selector"/>
+<div class="service-selector"/>
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/flow.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/flow.jst.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcafc4e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/templates/flow.jst.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div class="flow-content"/>
+
+<div class="flow-controls">
+    <div class="controls"/>
+</div>
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/framer-controls.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/framer-controls.jst.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2178be79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/templates/framer-controls.jst.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<button class="done btn-primary">done</button>
+<div class='template-picker'></div>
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/framer.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/framer.jst.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 69c5ee642..000000000
--- a/app/assets/templates/framer.jst.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<div class="framer-controls">
-    <div class="controls">
-        <button class="done btn-primary">done</button>
-        <div class='template-picker'></div>
-    </div>
-</div>
-<div class="post-view"></div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/post-form.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/post-form.jst.hbs
index 5fd9b6df8..bcbb86ace 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/post-form.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/post-form.jst.hbs
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-<div class='row'>
-    <div class='span8 offset2 new-post-section'>
-        <div class="new_picture"/>
+<div class="container">
+    <div id="new-post" class="row">
+        <div class='span8 offset2 new-post-section'>
+            <form class="new-post">
+                <fieldset>
+                    <legend>
+                        New Post
+                    </legend>
+                    <label>
+                        text
+                        <textarea class="text span8"/>
+                    </label>
+                    <textarea id="text_with_markup" style="display:none;"/>
+                </fieldset>
+            </form>
 
-        <form class="new-post">
-            <fieldset>
-              <legend>
-                New Post
-              </legend>
-              <label>
-                text
-                <textarea class="text span8"/>
-              </label>
-              <textarea id="text_with_markup" style="display:none;"/>
-
-              <div class="aspect_selector"></div>
-              <div class="service_selector"></div>
-            </fieldset>
-        </form>
+            <div class="new_picture"/>
+        </div>
     </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/post-new.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/post-new.jst.hbs
index 38b9c3209..ec69969dd 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/post-new.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/post-new.jst.hbs
@@ -3,7 +3,3 @@
         <button class="btn-primary next">Next</button>
     </div>
 </div>
-
-<div class="container">
-  <div id="new-post"></div>
-</div>
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/trumpeter_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/trumpeter_steps.rb
index 73b2e5d51..273b0c782 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/trumpeter_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/trumpeter_steps.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Then /I mention "([^"]*)"$/ do |text|
 end
 
 When /^I select "([^"]*)" in my aspects dropdown$/ do |title|
-  within ".aspect_selector" do
+  within ".aspect-selector" do
     select_from_dropdown(title, aspects_dropdown)
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/forms/post_form_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/forms/post_form_spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b23653783..000000000
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/forms/post_form_spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-describe("app.forms.Post", function(){
-  beforeEach(function(){
-    this.post = new app.models.Post();
-    this.view = new app.forms.Post({model : this.post})
-  })
-
-  describe("rendering", function(){
-    beforeEach(function(){
-      this.view.render()
-    })
-
-
-    describe("submitting a valid form", function(){
-      beforeEach(function(){
-        this.view.$("form .text").val("Oh My")
-        this.view.$("form .aspect_ids").val("public")
-
-        /* appending checkboxes */
-        this.view.$(".new-post").append($("<input/>", {
-          value : "fakeBook",
-          checked : "checked",
-          "class" : "service",
-          "type" : "checkbox"
-        }))
-
-        this.view.$(".new-post").append($("<input/>", {
-          value : "twitter",
-          checked : "checked",
-          "class" : "service",
-          "type" : "checkbox"
-        }))
-      })
-
-      it("instantiates a post on form submit", function(){
-        this.view.$(".new-post").submit()
-        expect(this.view.model.get("text")).toBe("Oh My")
-        expect(this.view.model.get("aspect_ids")).toBe("public")
-        expect(this.view.model.get("services").length).toBe(2)
-      })
-    })
-  })
-})
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/models/photo_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/models/photo_spec.js
index d1ccd8703..1953181e1 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/models/photo_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/models/photo_spec.js
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@ describe("app.models.Photo", function() {
       expect(this.photo.createdAt()).toEqual(+date);
     });
   });
-
 });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/composer_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/composer_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e50ac9e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/composer_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+describe("app.pages.Composer", function(){
+  beforeEach(function(){
+    this.page = new app.pages.Composer()
+  })
+
+  it("stores a reference to the form as app.composer" , function(){
+    expect(this.page.model).toBeDefined()
+    expect(app.frame).toBe(this.page.model)
+  });
+
+  describe("rendering", function(){
+    beforeEach(function(){
+      this.page.render();
+    })
+
+    describe("clicking next", function(){
+      beforeEach(function(){
+        spyOn(app.router, "navigate")
+      })
+
+      it("navigates to the framer", function(){
+        this.page.$("button.next").click()
+        expect(app.router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith("framer", true)
+      });
+
+      describe(" setting the model's attributes from the various form fields", function(){
+        beforeEach(function(){
+          this.page.$("form .text").val("Oh My")
+          this.page.$("input.aspect_ids").val("public")
+
+          /* appending checkboxes */
+          this.page.$(".service-selector").append($("<input/>", {
+            value : "fakeBook",
+            checked : "checked",
+            "class" : "service",
+            "type" : "checkbox"
+          }))
+
+          this.page.$(".service-selector").append($("<input/>", {
+            value : "twitter",
+            checked : "checked",
+            "class" : "service",
+            "type" : "checkbox"
+          }))
+        })
+
+        it("instantiates a post on form submit", function(){
+          this.page.$("button.next").click()
+          expect(this.page.model.get("text")).toBe("Oh My")
+          expect(this.page.model.get("aspect_ids")).toBe("public")
+          expect(this.page.model.get("services").length).toBe(2)
+        })
+      });
+    })
+  })
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/framer_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/framer_spec.js
index 519679a9a..865fe6c2a 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/framer_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/framer_spec.js
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ describe("app.pages.Framer", function(){
     this.page = new app.pages.Framer();
   });
 
-  it("passes the model down to the template picker", function(){
-    expect(this.page.templatePicker.model).toBe(app.frame)
-  });
-
   it("passes the model down to the post view", function(){
     expect(this.page.postView().model).toBe(app.frame)
   });
@@ -29,5 +25,12 @@ describe("app.pages.Framer", function(){
       this.page.model.trigger("sync")
       expect(app.router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalled()
     })
+
+    it("makes and renders a new post view when the template is changed", function(){
+      expect(app.frame.get("frame_name")).not.toBe("Night") //pre conditions, yo
+      this.page.$("a.mood[data-mood=Night]").click()
+      expect(app.frame.get("frame_name")).toBe("Night")
+      expect(this.page.$("article")).toHaveClass("night")
+    })
   });
 });
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/post_new_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/pages/post_new_spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c701e51f..000000000
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/pages/post_new_spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-describe("app.pages.PostNew", function(){
-  beforeEach(function(){
-    this.page = new app.pages.PostNew()
-  })
-
-  describe("rendering", function(){
-    beforeEach(function(){
-      this.page.render();
-    })
-
-    describe("clicking next", function(){
-      beforeEach(function(){
-        spyOn(app.router, "navigate")
-        spyOn(this.page.postForm, "setModelAttributes")
-        this.page.$("button.next").click()
-      })
-
-      it("calls tells the form to set the models attributes", function(){
-        expect(this.page.postForm.setModelAttributes).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      });
-
-      it("stores a reference to the form as app.composer" , function(){
-        expect(this.page.model).toBeDefined()
-        expect(app.frame).toBe(this.page.model)
-      });
-
-      it("navigates to the framer", function(){
-        expect(app.router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith("framer", true)
-      });
-    })
-  })
-});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/helpers/SpecHelper.js b/spec/javascripts/helpers/SpecHelper.js
index 67b513933..109ce6b3a 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/helpers/SpecHelper.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/helpers/SpecHelper.js
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 
 beforeEach(function() {
   $('#jasmine_content').html(spec.readFixture("underscore_templates"));
-
-  // NOTE Commented (as well as in afterEach) to keep the listeners from rails.js alive.
-  //spec.clearLiveEventBindings();
   jasmine.Clock.useMock();