diff --git a/customindex/index.php b/customindex/index.php
index 09046cf6187885be8e3209b06f85ece84aabd27a..6cab03ab178ac2db1949628bc822e0a7cc0d620c 100644
--- a/customindex/index.php
+++ b/customindex/index.php
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 	$body = elgg_view_layout('one_column', $area1);
 
 	// Draw page
-	echo page_draw(elgg_echo('this will be the page title'), $body);
+	echo page_draw(elgg_echo(' Huskers Around The World'), $body);
 
 ?>
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diff --git a/customindex/views/default/customindex/content.php b/customindex/views/default/customindex/content.php
index c741d174cdbf44ab500bbae26685c7bb0513f3e5..3455c4ad449143565189c5ddc46c337badb4808a 100644
--- a/customindex/views/default/customindex/content.php
+++ b/customindex/views/default/customindex/content.php
@@ -18,25 +18,36 @@
 
 <!-- begin splash code from ucommcoleman/workspace/wdntempaltes/splash.shtml -->
 
-<div class="four_col">  
+<div id="splashwrapper">  
     <div id="splash">
 		<div id="headlines">
 			<div id="headline1" class="activepanel">	
 				<div class="splash_headline">		
 					<h4>Huskers Around the World</h4>
 					<p>
-					Alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are doing fantastic stuff around the world. Check out these Huskers:
+					UNL community members are doing fantastic stuff around the world. Check out these members:
 					</p>
 					<p>
 					<img  onclick="window.openHerbie(window.herbieLabel);return false;" src="http://ucommjuhl.unl.edu/UNL_Elgg/elgg/mod/profile/icondirect.php?lastcache=1245432975&username=demouser&size=tiny" />
 					</p>
+					<p>
+					<?php
+					$users = get_entities('user', '', 0, '', 6, 0, false, 0, null);
+	                if($users){
+	                    foreach($users as $user){
+	                    	echo "<img src=\"http://ucommjuhl.unl.edu/UNL_Elgg/elgg/mod/profile/icondirect.php?username=demouser&size=tiny\" />";
+	                        //  echo "<div class=\"member_icon\">" . elgg_view("profile/icon",array('entity' => $user, 'size' => 'small')) . "</div>";  	                          
+	                    }
+	                }
+	                ?>
+                	</p>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 			<div id="headline2">
 				<div class="splash_headline">		
 					<h4>Put Yourself On The Map</h4>
 					<p>
-					Join UNL's new social network and join other alumni and supporters of UNL.  Click here to get started!
+					All University of Nebraska-Lincoln community members are encouraged to become part of the conversation.  It's Huskers like you that are the <strong>Power of Red</strong>.
 					</p>
 				</div>
 			</div>
@@ -52,6 +63,7 @@
 		<div id="posters">
 			<div id="poster1">
 				<div id="globeInner" style="opacity:1 !important; display: block !important;width:640px;height:480px;background-color:#000;"></div>
+				<div style="width:71px; height:77px; background:black; z-index:99999; position:absolute; bottom:0; right:0;"></div>
 			</div>
 			<div id="poster2">
 				<p>Beginning May 11, several of the artist's large ceramic pieces will be placed in Sheldon's Great Hall. On June 19, his paintings and works on paper will open in three second-floor galleries. The exhibition will be on view through Oct. 11. <a href="http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/2009/04/29/Paintings%2C+objects+of+Jun+Kaneko+opens+May+11+at+Sheldon+Museum+of+Art">Read the full news release.</a></p>
@@ -65,3 +77,64 @@
 	</div>
 </div>
 <!-- end moded splash code  -->
+
+<br  style="clear:both" /><br />
+
+
+
+<?php
+     if (!isloggedin()) {
+?>
+<div class="col left">
+	<div id="login-box">
+	<h2>Students, Faculty, Staff</h2>
+	<?php 
+		$form_body = "<p class=\"login-box\"><span>Have a my.UNL username and password?</span><br />";
+		$form_body .= elgg_view('input/submit', array('value' => elgg_echo('UNL Login'))) . "</p>";
+		$form_body .= "<p><a href=\"". $vars['url'] ."?loginwith=UNLlogin\">" . elgg_echo('register') . "</a> | <a href=\"https://login.unl.edu/faq/account-resetpw.shtml\">" . elgg_echo('user:password:lost') . "</a></p>";
+		echo elgg_view('input/form', array('body' => $form_body, 'action' => "". $vars['url'] ."?loginwith=UNLlogin"));
+	?>
+	</div>
+	<div id="login-box">
+	<h2>Friends of UNL</h2>
+	<?php 
+		$form_body = "<p class=\"login-box\"><label>" . elgg_echo('username') . "<br />" . elgg_view('input/text', array('internalname' => 'username', 'class' => 'login-textarea')) . "</label><br />";
+		$form_body .= "<label>" . elgg_echo('password') . "<br />" . elgg_view('input/password', array('internalname' => 'password', 'class' => 'login-textarea')) . "</label><br />";
+		$form_body .= elgg_view('input/submit', array('value' => elgg_echo('login'))) . "</p>";
+		$form_body .= "<p><a href=\"". $vars['url'] ."account/register.php\">" . elgg_echo('register') . "</a> | <a href=\"". $vars['url'] ."account/forgotten_password.php\">" . elgg_echo('user:password:lost') . "</a></p>";
+		echo elgg_view('input/form', array('body' => $form_body, 'action' => "". $vars['url'] ."action/login"));
+	?>
+	</div>
+</div>
+<?php
+     }
+?>
+
+
+
+
+
+<div class="<?php if (isloggedin()) { echo('four');}else { echo('three');} ?>_col right">
+	<h2 id="indexheading">The Latest Happenings</h2>
+	<div class="col left">
+		<h3 class="sec_main">New Groups</h3>
+				<?php 
+				$groups = get_entities('group', '', 0, '', 6, 0, false, 0, null);
+                if($groups){
+                    foreach($groups as $group){
+                          echo "<div class=\"index_item\">";
+                          echo "<div class=\"index_item_icon\">" . elgg_view("profile/icon",array('entity' => $group, 'size' => 'small')) . "</div>";  
+                          echo "<div class=\"index_item_name\"><a href=\"" . $group->getUrl() . "\">" . $group->name . "</a><br /><span class=\"membercount\">" . get_group_members($group->guid, 10, 0, 0, true) . " members</span></div>";
+                          echo "</div>";
+                    }
+                }
+        		?>
+	</div>
+	<div class="<?php if (isloggedin()) { echo('two_');} ?>col middle">
+		<h3 class="sec_main">Discussions</h3>
+		
+	</div>
+	<div class="col right">
+		<h3 class="sec_main">Spotlight Huskers</h3>
+	</div>
+</div>
diff --git a/customindex/views/default/customindex/css.php b/customindex/views/default/customindex/css.php
index c22f673b54597e7e8965d66bc0c132607b976d2b..2f69e7e2de6cdcf70f724d6d6223166bbc61203d 100644
--- a/customindex/views/default/customindex/css.php
+++ b/customindex/views/default/customindex/css.php
@@ -13,18 +13,21 @@
 
 	//Put some extra CSS below if needed
 ?>
-
+/************************************************/
+/* this is the elgg wrapper - we reset it here to cancel it out */
 	#one_column {
 		-moz-border-radius: 0px;
 		background:transparent;
 		padding:0;
 		margin:0;
 	}
-	
-	div.four_col {
+/************************************************/	
+/* splash rotation */	
+	#splashwrapper {
 		border-top:1px solid #ddd;
 		border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;
 		padding:1px 0;
+		margin:10px 0 0 0;
 	}
 	#splash * {
 		margin:0;
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@
 		border-top:1px solid #660000;
 	}
 	#headlines div.splash_headline {
-		background:#efefef;
+		background:#f5f5f5;
 		height:135px;
 		border-top:1px solid #ccc;
 		color:#666;
@@ -86,7 +89,6 @@
 		width:640px;
 		height:480px;
 		position:absolute;
-		top:0;left:0;
 		background:#d2d2d2;
 	}
 	#poster1 {
@@ -98,4 +100,54 @@
 
 	
 	#FE_InfoWindow { z-index: 9999; }
-	
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+	
+/************************************************/
+/* the stuff below the splash headlines,posters */
+	
+	#maincontent #indexheading {
+		border-bottom: 1px solid #e6e6e6;
+		margin-bottom:20px;
+		padding-bottom:0;
+		font-size:2.1em;
+	}
+/*login*/
+	#myunlsignin {
+		-moz-border-radius:4px;
+		background:#6cbd45;
+		color:#fff;
+		font-weight:bold;
+		font-size:14px;
+	}
+	#login-box {
+		width:220px;
+	}
+	#login-box form {
+		width: 180px;
+	}
+	#login-box .login-textarea {
+		width:140px;
+	}
+	#maincontent #login-box p.login-box {
+		margin:0;
+		padding:10px 0 0 0;
+	}
+	#maincontent #login-box p.login-box span {
+		color:gray;
+		font-size:1.1em;
+	}
+/* dynamically generated lists */
+	div.index_item {
+		margin-bottom:12px;
+	}
+	div.index_item_icon {
+		float:left;
+	}
+	div.index_item_name {
+		margin-left:50px;
+		min-height:40px;
+	}
+	div.index_item_name span.membercount {
+		margin-left:10px;
+		font-style: italic;
+		font-size:0.9em;
+	}
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