diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/pages/post-viewer.js b/public/javascripts/app/pages/post-viewer.js
index 898262a2c..dd6fe8d7a 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/pages/post-viewer.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/pages/post-viewer.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ app.pages.PostViewer = app.views.Base.extend({
 
     this.postView = new app.views.Post({
       model : this.model,
-      className : "post loaded",
+      className : this.options.postTemplateName + " post loaded",
       templateName : "post-viewer/content/" + this.options.postTemplateName,
       attributes : {"data-template" : this.options.postTemplateName}
     });
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/activity-streams-photo.handlebars b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/activity-streams-photo.handlebars
index 3091970a0..30e543995 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/activity-streams-photo.handlebars
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/activity-streams-photo.handlebars
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-<div class="activity-streams-photo backdrop">
-  <div class="photoset">
-    <div class="img-bounding-box">
-      <a href="{{object_url}}" class="stream-photo-link">
-        <img src="{{image_url}}" data-small-photo="{{image_url}}" data-full-photo="{{image_url}}" class="stream-photo" />
-      </a>
-    </div>
+<div class="photoset">
+  <div class="img-bounding-box">
+    <a href="{{object_url}}" class="stream-photo-link">
+      <img src="{{image_url}}" data-small-photo="{{image_url}}" data-full-photo="{{image_url}}" class="stream-photo" />
+    </a>
   </div>
 </div>
-
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/multi-photo.handlebars b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/multi-photo.handlebars
index fc7b28e82..d33548782 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/multi-photo.handlebars
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/multi-photo.handlebars
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-<div class="multi-photo backdrop">
-  <h3>
-    {{{text}}}
-  </h3>
+<h3>
+  {{{text}}}
+</h3>
 
-  <div class="photoset">
-    {{#each photos}}
-      <div class="img-bounding-box">
-        <img src="{{sizes.large}}" />
-      </div>
-    {{/each}}
-  </div>
+<div class="photoset">
+  {{#each photos}}
+    <div class="img-bounding-box">
+      <img src="{{sizes.large}}" />
+    </div>
+  {{/each}}
 </div>
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/note.handlebars b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/note.handlebars
index b03c4b950..40f1369b4 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/note.handlebars
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/note.handlebars
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="note offset5">
+<div class="note-content">
   <h1>
     A HEADING
   </h1>
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/photo-backdrop.handlebars b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/photo-backdrop.handlebars
index e52f14735..eca34ca0b 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/photo-backdrop.handlebars
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/photo-backdrop.handlebars
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {{#each photos}}
-  <div class="status photo-backdrop" style="background-image: url({{sizes.large}})">
+  <div class="photo-fill" style="background-image: url({{sizes.large}})">
   </div>
 {{/each}}
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/rich-media.handlebars b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/rich-media.handlebars
index a85c8b956..5ffc618f2 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/rich-media.handlebars
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/rich-media.handlebars
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="backdrop rich-media">
+<div class="rich-media">
 
   {{{o_embed_cache.data.html}}}
 
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/status-with-photo-backdrop.handlebars b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/status-with-photo-backdrop.handlebars
index fc1175b58..5afce299c 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/status-with-photo-backdrop.handlebars
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/status-with-photo-backdrop.handlebars
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{#each photos}}
-  <div class="status photo-backdrop" style="background-image: url({{sizes.large}})">
+  <div class="photo-fill" style="background-image: url({{sizes.large}})">
     <div class="darken">
       <h1>
         {{{../text}}}
diff --git a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/status.handlebars b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/status.handlebars
index 992194ac6..8585a42c9 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/status.handlebars
+++ b/public/javascripts/app/templates/post-viewer/content/status.handlebars
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-<div class="status backdrop">
-  <h1>
-    {{{text}}}
-  </h1>
-</div>
+<h1>
+  {{{text}}}
+</h1>
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/new-templates.scss b/public/stylesheets/sass/new-templates.scss
index 31399ef6e..c732294dd 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/new-templates.scss
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/new-templates.scss
@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ $light-grey: #999;
 }
 
 /* styles */
-
-.bump-left { @include animation(bump-left) }
-.bump-right { @include animation(bump-right) }
-
 .multi-photo {
   .img-bounding-box {
     @include center(horizontal);
@@ -137,7 +133,7 @@ $light-grey: #999;
   width: 100%;
 }
 
-.note {
+.note-content {
   width: 550px;
   padding-bottom: 50px;
 
@@ -151,16 +147,19 @@ $light-grey: #999;
   }
 }
 
-.status {
+.status,
+.status-with-photo-backdrop
+{
   h1 {
     font-weight: bold;
     font-size: 40px;
   }
+}
 
-  &.photo-backdrop {
-    h1 {
-      font-size: 100px;
-    }
+.status-with-photo-backdrop {
+  h1 {
+    font-size: 100px;
+    color: #fff;
   }
 }
 
@@ -175,10 +174,8 @@ $light-grey: #999;
   background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
 }
 
-.backdrop,
-.photo-backdrop {
+.post {
   @include center();
-  @include background-cover();
 
   position: absolute;
 
@@ -189,6 +186,13 @@ $light-grey: #999;
   height: 100%;
 }
 
+.photo-fill {
+  @include background-cover();
+  position: absolute;
+  height: 100%;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
 .photo-backdrop {
   h1 {
     color: #fff;
@@ -516,7 +520,3 @@ $light-grey: #999;
     }
   }
 }
-
-#post-content {
-  padding-top: 50px;
-}