diff --git a/app/models/commit.rb b/app/models/commit.rb
index 01fac4a8..902ffbc6 100644
--- a/app/models/commit.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Commit
     @head = head
   end
 
-  def safe_message
+  def safe_message()
     message
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_project_side.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_project_side.html.haml
index 022425f7..b51d2b31 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_project_side.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_project_side.html.haml
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@
           Issues
         = link_to wall_project_path(@project), :class => current_page?(:controller => "projects", :action => "wall", :id => @project) ? "current" : nil do
           Wall
+          - if @project.common_notes.today.count > 0
+            %span.label= @project.common_notes.today.count
         = link_to project_merge_requests_path(@project), :class => (controller.controller_name == "merge_requests") ? "current" : nil do
           Requests
diff --git a/app/views/merge_requests/_form.html.haml b/app/views/merge_requests/_form.html.haml
index d771661b..cab517dc 100644
--- a/app/views/merge_requests/_form.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/merge_requests/_form.html.haml
@@ -1,46 +1,35 @@
 = form_for [@project, @merge_request] do |f|
-  %div
-    %span.entity-info
-      - if @merge_request.new_record?
-        = link_to project_merge_requests_path(@project) do 
-          .entity-button
-            Merge Requests
-            %i
-      - else    
-        = link_to project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request) do 
-          .entity-button
-            Show Merge Request
-            %i
+  -if @merge_request.errors.any?
+    .alert-message.block-message.error
+      %ul
+        - @merge_request.errors.full_messages.each do |msg|
+          %li= msg
 
-    %h2= @merge_request.new_record? ? "New Merge Request" : "Edit Merge Request ##{@merge_request.id}"
+  .clearfix
+    = f.label :source_branch, "From"
+    .input= f.select(:source_branch, @project.heads.map(&:name), { :include_blank => "Select branch" }, :style => "width:250px")
+  .clearfix
+    = f.label :target_branch, "To"
+    .input= f.select(:target_branch, @project.heads.map(&:name), { :include_blank => "Select branch" }, :style => "width:250px")
+  .clearfix
+    = f.label :assignee_id, "Assign to"
+    .input= f.select(:assignee_id, @project.users.all.collect {|p| [ p.name, p.id ] }, { :include_blank => "Select user" }, :style => "width:250px")
 
-    %hr
-  %table.no-borders
-    -if @merge_request.errors.any?
-      %tr 
-        %td{:colspan => 2}
-          #error_explanation
-            - @merge_request.errors.full_messages.each do |msg|
-              %span= msg
-              %br
-    %tr
-      %td= f.label :source_branch, "From"
-      %td= f.select(:source_branch, @project.heads.map(&:name), { :include_blank => "Select branch" }, :style => "width:250px")
-    %tr
-      %td= f.label :target_branch, "To"
-      %td= f.select(:target_branch, @project.heads.map(&:name), { :include_blank => "Select branch" }, :style => "width:250px")
-    %tr
-      %td= f.label :assignee_id, "Assign to"
-      %td= f.select(:assignee_id, @project.users.all.collect {|p| [ p.name, p.id ] }, { :include_blank => "Select user" }, :style => "width:250px")
-  = f.text_area :title, :style => "width:718px; height:100px", :maxlength => 255
-  %br
-  %br
-  .merge-tabs
-    = f.submit 'Save', :class => "positive-button"
+  .clearfix
+    = f.label :title
+    .input= f.text_area :title, :class => "xlarge", :maxlength => 255, :rows => 5
+  .actions
+    = f.submit 'Save', :class => "primary btn"
+    - if @merge_request.new_record?
+      = link_to project_merge_requests_path(@project), :class => "btn" do 
+        Cancel
+    - else    
+      = link_to project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request), :class => "btn" do 
+        Cancel
      
     - unless @merge_request.new_record?
       .right
-        = link_to 'Remove', [@project, @merge_request], :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :class => "red-button"
+        = link_to 'Remove', [@project, @merge_request], :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete, :class => "btn danger"
 
 
 
diff --git a/app/views/merge_requests/edit.html.haml b/app/views/merge_requests/edit.html.haml
index bcc58327..9e4f9327 100644
--- a/app/views/merge_requests/edit.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/merge_requests/edit.html.haml
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+%h3
+  = "Edit merge request #{@merge_request.id}"
+%hr
 = render 'form'
diff --git a/app/views/merge_requests/new.html.haml b/app/views/merge_requests/new.html.haml
index bcc58327..efafa45d 100644
--- a/app/views/merge_requests/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/merge_requests/new.html.haml
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+%h3 New Merge Request
+%hr
 = render 'form'
diff --git a/app/views/merge_requests/show.html.haml b/app/views/merge_requests/show.html.haml
index 5de44518..ead867f1 100644
--- a/app/views/merge_requests/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/merge_requests/show.html.haml
@@ -6,28 +6,40 @@
   %span.label= @merge_request.target_branch
 
   %span.right
+    - if can?(current_user, :admin_project, @project) || @merge_request.author == current_user
+      - if @merge_request.closed
+        = link_to 'Reopen', project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request, :merge_request => {:closed => false }, :status_only => true), :method => :put,  :class => "btn"
+      - else
+        = link_to 'Close', project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request, :merge_request => {:closed => true }, :status_only => true), :method => :put, :class => "btn", :title => "Close merge request"
     - if can?(current_user, :admin_project, @project) || @merge_request.author == current_user
       = link_to edit_project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request), :class => "btn small" do 
-        Edit Merge Request
-%hr
+        Edit
 
-%div
-  %span.entity-info
-  = image_tag gravatar_icon(@merge_request.author_email), :class => "left", :width => 40, :style => "padding-right:5px;"
-  %span.commit-title
-    %strong
-      %span.commit-author
-    %strong
-      = link_to project_team_member_path(@project, @project.team_member_by_id(@merge_request.author.id)) do 
-        %span.author= @merge_request.author_name
-      →
-      = link_to project_team_member_path(@project, @project.team_member_by_id(@merge_request.assignee.id)) do 
-        %span.author= @merge_request.assignee_name
-    %br
-    = @merge_request.created_at.stamp("Aug 21, 2011 9:23pm")
 %hr
-.clearfix
-%div.well= simple_format @merge_request.title
+- if @merge_request.closed
+  .alert-message.error Closed
+- else 
+  .alert-message.success Open
+
+
+%div.well
+  %div
+    %span.entity-info
+    = image_tag gravatar_icon(@merge_request.author_email), :class => "left", :width => 40, :style => "padding-right:5px;"
+    %span.commit-title
+      %strong
+        %span.commit-author
+      %strong
+        = link_to project_team_member_path(@project, @project.team_member_by_id(@merge_request.author.id)) do 
+          %span.author= @merge_request.author_name
+        →
+        = link_to project_team_member_path(@project, @project.team_member_by_id(@merge_request.assignee.id)) do 
+          %span.author= @merge_request.assignee_name
+      %br
+      .cgray= @merge_request.created_at.stamp("Aug 21, 2011 9:23pm")
+    
+
+  %div= simple_format @merge_request.title
 
 
 .tabs
@@ -41,12 +53,6 @@
     = link_to "#diffs", "data-url" => diffs_project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request), :class => "merge-diffs-tab tab" do
       Diff
 
-  - if can?(current_user, :admin_project, @project) || @merge_request.author == current_user
-    .right
-      - if @merge_request.closed
-        = link_to 'Reopen', project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request, :merge_request => {:closed => false }, :status_only => true), :method => :put,  :class => "btn"
-      - else
-        = link_to 'Close', project_merge_request_path(@project, @merge_request, :merge_request => {:closed => true }, :status_only => true), :method => :put, :class => "btn", :title => "Close merge request"
   %img{:src => "/assets/ajax-loader-facebook.gif", :class => "dashboard-loader"}
 
 .merge-request-notes