diff --git a/admin.tpl b/admin.tpl
index 29245cf..ee7a5d0 100644
--- a/admin.tpl
+++ b/admin.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{include file=cpheader.tpl}
+{include file="cpheader.tpl"}
 	<div id="cpmain">
 		<div class="entry">
 		<ul id="admin-small-nav">
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 		{/page}
     	</div>
 </div>
-{include file=footer.tpl}
\ No newline at end of file
+{include file="footer.tpl"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/comments.tpl b/comments.tpl
index f103e85..79006ca 100644
--- a/comments.tpl
+++ b/comments.tpl
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{include file=header.tpl}
+{include file="header.tpl"}
 	<div id="main">
 		{entry_block}
     		{entry}
-        		{include file=entry-default.tpl}
+        		{include file="entry-default.tpl"}
         		{comment_block}
                		<ol id="comments">
             		{comment}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             					{$url|notempty:"<a href=\"$url\" title=\"Permalink to $name's comment\">$name"|default:$name}</a>
             				</strong>
 
-							{include file=shared:commentadminctrls.tpl} {* this shows edit/delete links*}
+							{include file="shared:commentadminctrls.tpl"} {* this shows edit/delete links*}
 							
             				<div class="date">
                                {$date|date_format:"%B %d, %Y - %H:%M"}
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 			     {nextpage}{prevpage}
             </div>
         {/entry_block}
-    {include file="shared:comments.tpl"}
+    {include file=""shared:comments.tpl""}
 	</div>
-{include file=widgets.tpl}
+{include file="widgets.tpl"}
 <hr />
-{include file=footer.tpl}
+{include file="footer.tpl"}
diff --git a/default.tpl b/default.tpl
index d0807d5..a0caf27 100644
--- a/default.tpl
+++ b/default.tpl
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-{include file=header.tpl}
+{include file="header.tpl"}
 	<div id="main">
 		<div class="entry">
     		{page}
 			    <h3 class="title">{$subject}</h3>
                 <div class="body">
                     {if $rawcontent} {$content}
-				    {else}	{include file=$content}{/if}
+				    {else}	{include file="$content}{/if}
 			    </div>
 			{/page}
 		</div>
   	</div>
 
-{include file=widgets.tpl}
-{include file=footer.tpl}
\ No newline at end of file
+{include file="widgets.tpl"}
+{include file="footer.tpl"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/entry-default.tpl b/entry-default.tpl
index cac5ed1..bf6ecc5 100644
--- a/entry-default.tpl
+++ b/entry-default.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div id="{$id}" class="entry">
     <h3 class="entrytitle"> <a href="{$id|link:post_link}">{$subject|tag:the_title}</a></h3>
     {$date|date_format:'<h2 class="date">%B %d, %Y @ %H:%M</h2>'}
-    {include file=shared:entryadminctrls.tpl}
+    {include file="shared:entryadminctrls.tpl"}
 
     {$content|tag:the_content}
 
diff --git a/index.tpl b/index.tpl
index b389e7f..f5eb314 100644
--- a/index.tpl
+++ b/index.tpl
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{include file=header.tpl}
-{include file=widgets.tpl}
+{include file="header.tpl"}
+{include file="widgets.tpl"}
 	<div id="main">
 		{entry_block}
 			{entry}
-      			{include file='entry-default.tpl'}
+      			{include file="entry-default.tpl"}
 			{/entry}
 			<div class="navigation">
 				{nextpage}{prevpage}
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 		{/entry_block}
 	</div>
 
-{include file=footer.tpl}
\ No newline at end of file
+{include file="footer.tpl"}
diff --git a/res/common.css b/res/common.css
index 7a68f05..83c358e 100644
--- a/res/common.css
+++ b/res/common.css
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ body {
 	color: #CCCCCC;
 	padding: 0;
 	text-align: center;
-	/*background: #315A94;*/
         background-image: url("../imgs/background.jpg");
 	background-size: cover;
 	background-position: bottom center;
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ body {
 	background-size:cover; 
 	background-attachment:fixed;
   	background-color: #222;
-
+	text-shadow: 1px 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
 }
 
 hr { display: none }
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ blockquote {
 	width: 90%;
 	margin: 1em 1em;
 	padding: 0 10px;
-	/*border-left: 10px solid white;*/
 	border-left: 10px solid #daaa55;
 	background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0,0,0,0.2), rgba(0,0,0,0.1));
 }
@@ -47,10 +45,7 @@ pre, code {
 }
 
 pre {
-
 	border: 1px solid #555;
-	/*background-color: #444444;*/
-	
 	background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
 	color: #CCCCCC;
 	overflow: auto;
@@ -64,7 +59,7 @@ pre {
 :not(pre) > code {
 	background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
 	border-radius: 3px;
-	padding: 0px 3px;
+	padding: 3px 4px;
 }
 
 ul, li, ol { margin: 0; padding: 0 }
@@ -113,14 +108,12 @@ textarea {
 
 /* ===== LINKS GENERAL ===== */
 a:link, a:visited {
-	/*color: #0066ff;*/
 	color: #e69138;
 	font-weight: bold;
 	text-decoration: none
 }
 
 a:hover {
-	/*color: #1100FF;*/
 	color: #f6b26b;
 	text-decoration: underline
 }
@@ -139,17 +132,17 @@ h6 { font-size: 0.9em }
 	text-align: left;
 	width: 72% !important;
 	width: 72%; /* fix for I.E. */
-	margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
+	margin: 0 auto 20px auto;
 	padding: 5px;
-/*	background-color: #2D2D2D;*/
+
 	background-color: rgba(45, 45, 45, 0.8);
+	box-shadow: 3px 3px 15px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
   	overflow: hidden;
 	border-radius: 15px;
 }
 
 /* ===== HEAD ===== */
 #head {
-  	/*background: url("../imgs/logo.jpg") no-repeat;*/
   	width: 680px; !important;
 	width: 680px;
 	height: 128px;
@@ -157,7 +150,6 @@ h6 { font-size: 0.9em }
 	float: center;
 }
 #head-bubble {
-/*        background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);*/
         background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0,0,0,0.2), rgba(0,0,0,0.1));
 	border-radius: 15px;
   	width: 100% !important;
@@ -176,7 +168,6 @@ h6 { font-size: 0.9em }
 
 }
 #logo-img {
-	/*background: url("../imgs/Mandrake-Tux_redraw.png");*/
 	max-height: 120px;
 	max-width: 90px;
 }
@@ -241,9 +232,7 @@ ol li, ul li { padding-bottom: 0.9em }
 #comments li {
 	margin: 0 0 1.5em 0;
 	padding: 5px;
-	/*border-top: 2px solid #6699FF;
-	border-bottom: 2px solid #6699FF;*/
-  border-top: 2px solid #f6b26b;
+  	border-top: 2px solid #f6b26b;
 	border-bottom: 2px solid #f6b26b;
 	background: #2D2D2D;
 }
@@ -255,9 +244,7 @@ ol li, ul li { padding-bottom: 0.9em }
 #comments li.comment-admin strong.comment-name { font-size:160% }
 
 #comments li.comment-admin {
-	/*background-color: #DAAA55;*/
-  background-color: #393939;
-	/*color: black;*/
+	  background-color: #393939;
 	padding: 1em;
 }
 
@@ -266,7 +253,7 @@ ol li, ul li { padding-bottom: 0.9em }
 	font-size: 11px;
 	margin: 3px 0 3px 0;
 	padding-bottom: 2px;
-    font-weight: normal;
+    	font-weight: normal;
    	border-bottom: 2px solid #333333;
 }
 
@@ -280,8 +267,6 @@ ol li, ul li { padding-bottom: 0.9em }
 .entry p { font-size: 16px }
 
 .entry-title {
-	/*color: #26a269;*/
-	/* ubuntu color background term color: #380c2a; */
 	color: #daaa55;
 }
 
@@ -294,12 +279,12 @@ ol li, ul li { padding-bottom: 0.9em }
 .entry-footer a:hover { color: #4B4B4B }
 
 .entry-footer {
-    text-align: right;
+	text-align: right;
 	font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
-    font-size: 0.9em;
-    margin: 2em 0 .5em 0;
-    margin-left: 58%;
-    border-top: 2px solid #333333;
+	font-size: 0.9em;
+	margin: 2em 0 .5em 0;
+	margin-left: 58%;
+	border-top: 2px solid #333333;
 }
 
 .admincontrols { /* [edit] and [delete] */
@@ -323,8 +308,6 @@ ol li, ul li { padding-bottom: 0.9em }
 /* ===== FOOTER ===== */
 #footer {
 	text-align: center;
-/*	background: #2D2D2D;*/
-/*        background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);*/
 	background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(0,0,0,0.0), rgba(0,0,0,0.2));
 	border-top-right-radius: 5px;
 	border-top-left-radius: 5px;
@@ -334,6 +317,4 @@ ol li, ul li { padding-bottom: 0.9em }
 	font-size: 80%;
 	padding: 8px;
 	margin: 0px 5px 5px 5px; 
-	/*border-top: #315A94 2px solid*/
-	/*border-top: #393939 2px solid*/
 }
diff --git a/static.tpl b/static.tpl
index fe69df7..4e84ed3 100644
--- a/static.tpl
+++ b/static.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{include file=header.tpl}
+{include file="header.tpl"}
 	<div id="main">
 		{static_block}
     		{static}
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
         {/static_block}
 	</div>
 
-{include file=widgets.tpl}
-{include file=footer.tpl}
+{include file="widgets.tpl"}
+{include file="footer.tpl"}