diff --git a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
index 1f01180dcfdae4e3c1f429fa9ae5a6876f3c930b..d4b2384fc1b29f8f3a5e1e1a8badcb348a50f323 100644
--- a/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/requests_controller.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class RequestsController < ApplicationController
   end
   
   def create
-    url = relationship_flow(params[:request][:destination_url]).values.first
+    url = relationship_flow(params[:request][:destination_url])[:friend]
+
     @request = current_user.send_friend_request_to(url) unless url.include?('@')|| url == ''
     if @request
       flash[:notice] = "a friend request was sent to #{@request.destination_url}"
diff --git a/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb b/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb
index 96e1872a9ab5f94fd9a52e36e67b8289f5af95d4..617cafd1bb533079b8ac114bc54c9c0fdf930728 100644
--- a/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/requests_helper.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module RequestsHelper
 
   def relationship_flow(identifier)
     unless identifier.include?( '@')
-      return identifier
+      return {:friend => identifier}
     end
 
     f = Redfinger.finger(identifier)
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 6ddbfe23bed0f63119c83f4acb07e0c0fae0f660..85ca17c53142cdb78ad97dc2e6f916cdb1d3685c 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
         #session_action
           - if user_signed_in?
-            = current_user.real_name
+            = link_to_person current_user
             |
             = link_to "requests (#{@request_count})", requests_path, :class => new_request(@request_count)
             |
diff --git a/app/views/photos/_photo.haml b/app/views/photos/_photo.haml
index 8ee7948bf17622ce842bbff4b5300e038122e443..fb70081220383b9002727bfa4a311233410c224e 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/_photo.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/_photo.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 
   %span.from
     = link_to_person post.person
-    %b posted a new photo
+    %b
+      posted a new photo to
+      = link_to post.album.name, object_path(post.album)
+
     %br
   = link_to (image_tag post.image.url(:thumb_medium)), object_path(post)
     
diff --git a/app/views/requests/_form.haml b/app/views/requests/_form.haml
index 319265e29287641d3d7b354d0a04ac6e8ca64998..de088d363405211f9837655dd8bfe69875c0b4c2 100644
--- a/app/views/requests/_form.haml
+++ b/app/views/requests/_form.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-= form_for @request  do |f|
+= form_for @request do |f|
   = f.error_messages
 
-  %p
-    = f.label :destination_url
+  .field_with_submit
     = f.text_field :destination_url
-
-  %p
     = f.submit
diff --git a/app/views/requests/_new_request.haml b/app/views/requests/_new_request.haml
index d44bdcea05700924eb8a925672149aa8dec1420d..da924b05e273401fe6a4263200913f338a57d406 100644
--- a/app/views/requests/_new_request.haml
+++ b/app/views/requests/_new_request.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 = form_for @request  do |f|
   = f.error_messages
 
-  %p
-    enter a diaspora url, diaspora username, or random email address:  
-    = f.label :destination_url
+  enter a diaspora url, diaspora username, or random email address:  
+  .field_with_submit
     = f.text_field :destination_url
-  %p
     = f.submit
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index bd1de6ff045cfe903b08adeca1719ba1771690db..e046187a0ca2f0994234a9e38bb35dd791dba93d 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -344,3 +344,7 @@ ul#publisher_content_pickers li {
     border-radius: 3px;
     -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
     -moz-border-radius: 3px; }
+
+.field_with_submit input[type='text'] {
+  width: 85%;
+  display: inline; }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 9472299828e7dcc93d4aa32ffa0215e32409bd34..eb19e529725b76ce1038efc26610086de4cf75e7 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -416,3 +416,8 @@ ul#publisher_content_pickers li
       :-webkit-border-radius 3px
       :-moz-border-radius 3px
 
+.field_with_submit
+  input[type='text']
+    :width 85%
+    :display inline 
+