diff --git a/plugins/unl_theme/css/planetred.css b/plugins/unl_theme/css/planetred.css
index 6e7c02a23408370c8f7673667bf84d266cd2d227..5743ddcfde5c7dcb33bb892695314d96de2255d0 100644
--- a/plugins/unl_theme/css/planetred.css
+++ b/plugins/unl_theme/css/planetred.css
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ ul.elgg-list.elgg-list-river {
     list-style-type: none;
     border-top: 5px solid #5b5b5a;
     background-color: #eceae3;
-    /* padding: 1em; */
+    padding: 1em;
     border-radius: 6px;
 }
 
@@ -626,52 +626,6 @@ ul.elgg-menu.elgg-menu-hover li {
     background-color:#D00000;
 }
 
-.elgg-item-object-messages > .elgg-image-block > .elgg-body {
-    width: calc(100% - 51px);
-}
-
-.messages-owner {
-    font-size: 1.25em;
-	font-family: "Gotham SSm A","Gotham SSm B",Verdana,"Verdana Ref",Geneva,Tahoma,"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Sans","DejaVu Sans","Bitstream Vera Sans","Liberation Sans",sans-serif;
-}
-
-.messages-delete {
-	position:absolute;
-	top:2.75em;
-	right:1em;
-}
-
-.pr-message-checkbox {
-	position:absolute;
-	top:2.75em;
-	left: 1.25em;
-}
-
-.messages-timestamp {
-	font-size:.75em;
-	font-family: "Gotham SSm A","Gotham SSm B",Verdana,"Verdana Ref",Geneva,Tahoma,"Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Sans","DejaVu Sans","Bitstream Vera Sans","Liberation Sans",sans-serif;
-}
-
-.elgg-item-object-messages {
-	padding:0;
-}
-
-.pr-wire-from form fieldset {
-    border: 0;
-    margin: 0 0 2em 0;
-    padding: 0;
-}
-
-.pr-wire-from {
-	padding: 1em;
-	border-bottom: none;
-    box-shadow: 0px 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
-    margin-bottom: 1em;
-    list-style-type: none;
-    background-color: #eceae3;
-    border-radius: 6px;
-}
-
 @media (max-width: 1600px) {
 	.groups-profile-fields b {
 		display: block;
diff --git a/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/messages/css.php b/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/messages/css.php
index b16b2bb8e3788d630b01f7e54f83b9e1afd41b6a..23431cfbe894d9701db3bb5ad7a7ea741ae070bf 100755
--- a/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/messages/css.php
+++ b/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/messages/css.php
@@ -28,7 +28,25 @@
     }
 
     /*** message metadata ***/
-
+    .messages-owner {
+        float: left;
+        width: 20%;
+        margin-right: 2%;
+    }
+    .messages-subject {
+        float: left;
+        width: 55%;
+        margin-right: 2%;
+    }
+    .messages-timestamp {
+        float: left;
+        width: 14%;
+        margin-right: 2%;
+    }
+    .messages-delete {
+        float: left;
+        width: 5%;
+    }
     /*** topbar icon ***/
     .messages-new {
         color: #FFF;
diff --git a/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/object/messages.php b/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/object/messages.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 03d3a3d1ab47d38fa1b17425a63ca062dd10ac98..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/object/messages.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * File renderer.
- *
- * @package ElggFile
- */
-
-$full = elgg_extract('full_view', $vars, false);
-$message = elgg_extract('entity', $vars, false);
-$bulk_actions = (bool) elgg_extract('bulk_actions', $vars, false);
-
-if (!$message) {
-	return true;
-}
-
-if ($message->toId == elgg_get_page_owner_guid()) {
-	// received
-	$user = get_user($message->fromId);
-	if ($user) {
-		$icon = elgg_view_entity_icon($user, 'medium');
-		$user_link = elgg_view('output/url', array(
-			'href' => "messages/compose?send_to=$user->guid",
-			'text' => $user->name,
-			'is_trusted' => true,
-		));
-	} else {
-		$icon = '';
-		$user_link = elgg_echo('messages:deleted_sender');
-	}
-
-	if ($message->readYet) {
-		$class = 'message read';
-	} else {
-		$class = 'message unread';
-	}
-
-} else {
-	// sent
-	$user = get_user($message->toId);
-
-	if ($user) {
-		$icon = elgg_view_entity_icon($user, 'medium');
-		$user_link = elgg_view('output/url', array(
-			'href' => "messages/compose?send_to=$user->guid",
-			'text' => elgg_echo('messages:to_user', array($user->name)),
-			'is_trusted' => true,
-		));
-	} else {
-		$icon = '';
-		$user_link = elgg_echo('messages:deleted_sender');
-	}
-
-	$class = 'message read';
-}
-
-$timestamp = elgg_view_friendly_time($message->time_created);
-
-$subject_info = elgg_view('output/url', array(
-	'href' => $message->getURL(),
-	'text' => $message->title,
-	'is_trusted' => true,
-));
-
-$delete_link = elgg_view("output/url", array(
-						'href' => "action/messages/delete?guid=" . $message->getGUID() . "&full=$full",
-						'text' => elgg_view_icon('delete', 'float-alt'),
-						'confirm' => elgg_echo('deleteconfirm'),
-						'encode_text' => false,
-					));
-
-$body = <<<HTML
-<div class="messages-owner">$user_link</div>
-<div class="messages-subject">$subject_info</div>
-<div class="messages-timestamp">$timestamp</div>
-<div class="messages-delete">$delete_link</div>
-HTML;
-
-if ($full) {
-	echo elgg_view_image_block($icon, $body, array('class' => $class));
-	echo elgg_view('output/longtext', array('value' => $message->description));
-} else {
-	
-	$body .= elgg_view("output/longtext", array("value" => elgg_get_excerpt($message->description), "class" => "elgg-subtext clearfloat"));
-	
-	if ($bulk_actions) {
-		$checkbox = elgg_view('input/checkbox', array(
-			'name' => 'message_id[]',
-			'value' => $message->guid,
-			'default' => false,
-			'class' => 'pr-message-checkbox'
-		));
-	
-		$entity_listing = elgg_view_image_block($icon, $body, array('class' => $class));
-		
-		echo $checkbox;
-		echo elgg_view_image_block($entity_listing);
-	} else {
-		echo elgg_view_image_block($icon, $body, array('class' => $class));
-	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/resources/river.php b/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/resources/river.php
index e892248472fadc689ce7782ad09085bc6acf6ea6..3295a7bca02721b76fc9b2fa1201303e45341acb 100644
--- a/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/resources/river.php
+++ b/plugins/unl_theme/views/default/resources/river.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ switch ($page_type) {
 		$options['relationship'] = 'friend';
 		break;
 	default:
-		$title = elgg_echo("Welcome to Planet Red!");
+		$title = elgg_echo('river:all');
 		$page_filter = 'all';
 		break;
 }
@@ -58,23 +58,13 @@ if (!$activity) {
 	$activity = elgg_echo('river:none');
 }
 
-
-$thewireform = "";
-if (elgg_is_logged_in()) {
-	$thewireform .= "<div class='pr-wire-from'>What's on your mind?";
-	$form_vars = array('class' => 'thewire-form');
-	$thewireform .= elgg_view_form('thewire/add', $form_vars);
-	$thewireform .= elgg_view('input/urlshortener');
-	$thewireform .= "</div>";
-}
-
 $content = elgg_view('core/river/filter', array('selector' => $selector));
 
 $sidebar = elgg_view('core/river/sidebar');
 
 $params = array(
 	'title' => $title,
-	'content' => $thewireform . $content . $activity,
+	'content' =>  $content . $activity,
 	'sidebar' => $sidebar,
 	'filter_context' => $page_filter,
 	'class' => 'elgg-river-layout',