diff --git a/src/main/resources/web/css/bootstrap.css b/src/main/resources/web/css/bootstrap.css
index 495188af7faca02cfd553ebb7c809ee469cf1a8b..98f31f3f08260b9a4528278ba6f65b5494f6e50a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/web/css/bootstrap.css
+++ b/src/main/resources/web/css/bootstrap.css
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ body {
   font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
   font-size: 13px;
   line-height: 18px;
-  color: #333333;
-  background-color: #ffffff;
+  color: #0c028; /* #333333 */
+  background-color: white; /*  #ffffff; */
 }
 a {
   color: #0088cc;
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ a:hover {
 }
 .row {
   margin-left: -20px;
+  margin-top: 5px;
   *zoom: 1;
 }
 .row:before,
@@ -358,21 +359,21 @@ h6 small {
   color: #999999;
 }
 h1 {
-  font-size: 30px;
-  line-height: 36px;
+  font-size: 23px;
+  line-height: 25px;
 }
 h1 small {
   font-size: 18px;
 }
 h2 {
-  font-size: 24px;
-  line-height: 36px;
+  font-size: 18px;
+  line-height: 22px;
 }
 h2 small {
   font-size: 18px;
 }
 h3 {
-  line-height: 27px;
+  line-height: 18px;
   font-size: 18px;
 }
 h3 small {
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ h3 small {
 h4,
 h5,
 h6 {
-  line-height: 18px;
+  line-height: 16px;
 }
 h4 {
   font-size: 14px;
@@ -2489,7 +2490,7 @@ input[type="submit"].btn.btn-mini {
   font-size: 11px;
   font-weight: bold;
   line-height: 18px;
-  color: #999999;
+  color: white;
   text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
   text-transform: uppercase;
 }
@@ -2782,8 +2783,9 @@ input[type="submit"].btn.btn-mini {
 .navbar-inner {
   padding-left: 20px;
   padding-right: 20px;
-  background-color: #2c2c2c;
-  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #333333, #222222);
+  background-color: white;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid #221e50;
+/*  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #333333, #222222);
   background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #333333, #222222);
   background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, from(#333333), to(#222222));
   background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #333333, #222222);
@@ -2796,7 +2798,7 @@ input[type="submit"].btn.btn-mini {
   border-radius: 4px;
   -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
   -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
-  box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+  box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);*/
 }
 .navbar .container {
   width: auto;
@@ -2919,7 +2921,7 @@ input[type="submit"].btn.btn-mini {
 .navbar-search {
   position: relative;
   float: left;
-  margin-top: 6px;
+  margin-top: 17px;
   margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 .navbar-search .search-query {
@@ -2989,40 +2991,42 @@ input[type="submit"].btn.btn-mini {
   left: 0;
   display: block;
   float: left;
-  margin: 0 10px 0 0;
+  margin: 0 10px 0px 0;
 }
 .navbar .nav.pull-right {
   float: right;
 }
 .navbar .nav > li {
   display: block;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  font-size: 130%;
   float: left;
 }
 .navbar .nav > li > a {
   float: none;
   padding: 10px 10px 11px;
-  line-height: 19px;
-  color: #999999;
+  line-height: 25px;
+  color: #221e50;
   text-decoration: none;
   text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
 }
 .navbar .nav > li > a:hover {
   background-color: transparent;
-  color: #ffffff;
-  text-decoration: none;
+  color: #221e50;
+  text-decoration: underline;
 }
 .navbar .nav .active > a,
 .navbar .nav .active > a:hover {
-  color: #ffffff;
-  text-decoration: none;
-  background-color: #222222;
+  color: #221e50;
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  background-color: white;
 }
 .navbar .divider-vertical {
   height: 40px;
   width: 1px;
   margin: 0 9px;
   overflow: hidden;
-  background-color: #222222;
+  background-color: white;
   border-right: 1px solid #333333;
 }
 .navbar .nav.pull-right {
@@ -3988,3 +3992,9 @@ a.thumbnail:hover {
 .invisible {
   visibility: hidden;
 }
+
+td.status-head {
+  font-weight:bold;
+  width:150px;
+  padding:7px;
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/resources/web/img/floodlight.png b/src/main/resources/web/img/floodlight.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..98d047798ecd496ae12a2dfc8025ebfb3423417a
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/main/resources/web/img/floodlight.png differ
diff --git a/src/main/resources/web/index.html b/src/main/resources/web/index.html
index 78118293f292f0f437c528553db23ba74acf6445..1812037aed3ce286cdcd31ace15edd21f4a16e9c 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/web/index.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/web/index.html
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@
 <div class="header"></div>
 
 <!-- FIXME closing these alerts returns to the dashboard; why? -->
+
+
 <div class="container">
+
+<!--
 <div class="row">
 <div class="span12">
 <div class="alert alert-info">
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ This Web interface is <strong>incomplete and buggy</strong>! Don't be surprised
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
+-->
 
 <div id="content"></div>
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/web/js/main.js b/src/main/resources/web/js/main.js
index 00f0b9feb408e3158be2d82187f3a16a5dd431a7..cde561b7f24f525ee74023242b6194a498b92e6f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/web/js/main.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/web/js/main.js
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ tpl.loadTemplates(['home', 'status', 'topology', 'header', 'switch', 'switch-lis
         
         $(document).ready(function () {
             // trigger Backbone routing when clicking on links, thanks to Atinux and pbnv
+	    app.navigate("", true);
 
-        	window.document.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
+                window.document.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
         	    e = e || window.event
         	    var target = e.target || e.srcElement
         	    if ( target.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'a' ) {
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ tpl.loadTemplates(['home', 'status', 'topology', 'header', 'switch', 'switch-lis
         	window.addEventListener('popstate', function(e) {
         	    app.navigate(location.pathname.substr(1), true);
         	});
+	    
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/web/js/views/topology.js b/src/main/resources/web/js/views/topology.js
index b79694895827d2581620c0985c3d91d72eb4e3c4..dee1461f68ec84c1f5675fe319354744c7beec29 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/web/js/views/topology.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/web/js/views/topology.js
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ window.TopologyView = Backbone.View.extend({
     render:function (eventName) {
         $(this.el).html(this.template());
         // code from D3 force-directed graph example since there's no other docs
-        var width = 940,
-          height = 940; // might as well make it square
+        var width = 500,
+          height = 400; // might as well make it square
         var color = d3.scale.category20();
         var force = d3.layout.force()
             .charge(-120)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/web/tpl/header.html b/src/main/resources/web/tpl/header.html
index ca69b473dfbb1a81328494c4ed46c77638da7937..ae4545bab75917dea2a1783b4f38146140c153a6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/web/tpl/header.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/web/tpl/header.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 <div class="navbar navbar-fixed-top">
     <div class="navbar-inner">
         <div class="container">
@@ -7,8 +8,7 @@
                 <span class="icon-bar"></span>
             </a>
             <!-- TODO we could use a better version of the OF logo without the drop shadow -->
-            <img src="img/openflow-logo-40px.png" style="float:left;">
-            <a class="brand" href="/">Floodlight</a>
+	    <img src="img/floodlight.png" style="float:left;">
 
             <div class="nav-collapse">
                 <ul class="nav">
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@
             <!--/.nav-collapse -->
         </div>
     </div>
-</div>
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+</div>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/web/tpl/status.html b/src/main/resources/web/tpl/status.html
index a5da864c5bf57988c902fafccbfd9ceb91116710..86b77bf396f5a30cfb946bf7a6f13c06bd69395a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/web/tpl/status.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/web/tpl/status.html
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 <div class="page-header">
 	<h1>Controller Status</h1>
 </div>
-Hostname: <%= host %>:<%= ofport %><br>
-Healthy: <%= healthy %><br>
-Uptime: <%= uptime %><br>
-JVM memory bloat: <%= free %> free out of <%= total %><br>
-Modules loaded: <%= moduleText %>
+<table class="status-table">
+  <tr><td class="status-head">Hostname:<td><%= host %>:<%= ofport %></td></tr>
+  <tr><td class="status-head">Healthy:<td><%= healthy %></td>
+  <tr><td class="status-head">Uptime:<td><%= uptime %><td>
+  <tr><td class="status-head">JVM memory bloat:<td><%= free %> free out of <%= total %></td>
+  <Tr><td class="status-head">Modules loaded:<td><%= moduleText %></td>
 </div>
 </div>