diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss
index 418a6e82..e60dc701 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss
@@ -660,3 +660,16 @@ tbody tr:nth-child(2n) td, tbody tr.even td {
 .right { 
   float:right;
 }
+
+.width-50p{
+  width:50%;
+}
+.width-49p{
+  width:49%;
+}
+.width-30p{
+  width:30%;
+}
+.width-65p{
+  width:65%;
+}
diff --git a/app/views/issues/show.html.haml b/app/views/issues/show.html.haml
index c6105283..371a8033 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/issues/show.html.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 %h2
   = "Issue ##{@issue.id} - #{html_escape(@issue.title)}"
-.span-15
+.left.width-65p
   -#= simple_format html_escape(@issue.content)
   .issue_notes= render "notes/notes"
-.span-8.right
+.right.width-30p
   .span-8
     - if @issue.closed
       %center.success Closed
diff --git a/app/views/projects/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/show.html.haml
index 56621785..ff352437 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/show.html.haml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
         = label_tag "week_view","Week"
   .clear
   %hr
-.span-11
+.left.width-49p
   %h3 Commits
   =render "projects/recent_commits"
 
-.span-11.right
+.right.width-49p
   %h3 Talk
   =render "projects/recent_messages"