diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/framer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/framer.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a9782759a3049bbb128519ff7f5c82296d93436..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/framer.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-//= require ../views/post/small_frame
-
-app.pages.Framer = app.views.Base.extend({
-  templateName : "flow",
-
-  id : "post-content",
-
-  subviews : {
-    ".flow-content" : "framerContent",
-    ".flow-controls .controls" : "framerControls"
-  },
-
-  initialize : function(){
-    this.model = app.frame
-    if(!this.model.get("frame_name")) this.model.setFrameName()
-
-    this.model.authorIsCurrentUser = function(){ return true }
-    this.model.bind("sync", this.navigateNext, this)
-
-    this.framerContent = new app.views.framerContent({model : this.model})
-    this.framerControls = new app.views.framerControls({model : this.model})
-  },
-
-  unbind : function(){
-    this.model.off()
-  },
-
-  navigateNext : function(){
-    if(parent.location.pathname == '/new_bookmarklet') {
-      this.bookmarkletNavigation()
-    } else {
-      this.defaultNavigation()
-    }
-  },
-
-  bookmarkletNavigation : function() {
-    parent.close()
-  },
-
-  defaultNavigation : function() {
-    var url = app.currentUser.expProfileUrl()
-    app.router.navigate(url, {trigger: true, replace: true})
-  }
-});
-
-app.views.framerContent = app.views.Base.extend({
-  templateName : "framer-content",
-
-  events : {
-    "change input" : "setFormAttrs"
-  },
-
-  subviews : {
-    ".preview" : "smallFrameView",
-    ".template-picker" : 'templatePicker'
-  },
-
-  formAttrs : {
-    "input.mood:checked" : "frame_name"
-  },
-
-  initialize : function(){
-    this.model.bind("change:frame_name", this.render, this)
-  },
-
-  smallFrameView : function() {
-    return new app.views.Post.EditableSmallFrame({model : this.model})
-  },
-
-  presenter : function() {
-    var selectedFrame = this.model.get("frame_name")
-      , templates = this.model.applicableTemplates();  //new app.models.Post.TemplatePicker(this.model).frameMoods;
-
-    return _.extend(this.defaultPresenter(), {
-      templates : _.map(templates, function(template) {
-        return {
-          name : template,
-          checked : selectedFrame === template
-        }
-      })
-    })
-  }
-});
-
-app.views.Post.EditableSmallFrame = app.views.Post.SmallFrame.extend({
-  className : "canvas-frame editable",
-
-  events : {
-    "keyup [contentEditable]" : "setFormAttrs"
-  },
-
-  formAttrs : {
-    ".text-content p" : "text"
-  },
-
-  postRenderTemplate : function(){
-    this.$(".text-content p").attr("contentEditable", true)
-  }
-});
-
-app.views.framerControls = app.views.Base.extend({
-  templateName : 'framer-controls',
-
-  events : {
-    "click input.done" : "saveFrame",
-    "click input.back" : "editFrame",
-    "change input" : "setFormAttrs"
-  },
-
-  subviews:{
-    ".aspect-selector" : "aspectsDropdown",
-    ".service-selector" : "servicesSelector"
-  },
-
-  formAttrs : {
-    "input.aspect_ids" : "aspect_ids[]",
-    "input.services" : "services[]"
-  },
-
-  initialize : function(){
-    this.aspectsDropdown = new app.views.AspectsDropdown({model:this.model});
-    this.servicesSelector = new app.views.ServicesSelector({model:this.model});
-  },
-
-  saveFrame : function(){
-    this.setFormAttrs()
-    if(this.inValidFrame()) {
-      return false;
-    } 
-    this.$('input').prop('disabled', 'disabled')
-    this.model.save()
-
-    this.trackPost()
-  },
-
-  trackPost : function() {
-    var model = this.model
-
-    app.instrument("track", "Posted", {
-      text : model.hasText(),
-      photos : model.hasPhotos(),
-      template : model.get("frame_name")
-    })
-  },
-
-  inValidFrame : function(){
-    return (this.model.get('text').trim().length == 0)  && (this.model.get('photos').length == 0)
-  },
-
-  editFrame : function(){
-    app.router.renderPage(function(){return new app.pages.Composer({model : app.frame})})
-    app.router.navigate("/posts/new")
-  }
-});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/profile.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/profile.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a9ec994af5ca2ee253a8b3361dadf19dd891f7b4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/profile.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-//= require ../views/profile_info_view
-
-app.pages.Profile = app.views.Base.extend({
-  templateName : "profile",
-  id : "profile",
-
-  subviews : {
-    "#profile-info" : "profileInfo",
-    "#canvas" : "canvasView",
-    "#wallpaper-upload" : "wallpaperForm",
-    "#composer" : "composerView"
-  },
-
-  events : {
-    "click #edit-mode-toggle" : "toggleEdit",
-    "click #logout-button" : "logOutConfirm",
-    "click #composer-button" : "showComposer"
-  },
-
-  tooltipSelector : "*[rel=tooltip]",
-
-  personGUID : null,
-  editMode : false,
-  composeMode : false,
-
-  initialize : function(options) {
-    this.personGUID = options.personId
-
-    this.model = this.model || app.models.Profile.preloadOrFetch(this.personGUID)
-    this.stream = options && options.stream || new app.models.Stream()
-    this.stream.preloadOrFetch()
-
-    this.initViews()
-
-    /* binds */
-    this.stream.items.bind("remove", this.pulsateNewPostControl, this)
-    $(window).on("keydown", _.bind(this.closeComposer, this))
-  },
-
-  initViews : function(){
-    this.canvasView = new app.views.Canvas({ model : this.stream })
-    this.wallpaperForm = new app.forms.Wallpaper()
-    this.profileInfo = new app.views.ProfileInfo({ model : this.model })
-    this.composerView = new app.pages.Composer();
-  },
-
-  render :function () {
-    var self = this;
-    this.model.deferred
-      .done(function () {
-        self.setPageTitleAndBackground()
-        app.views.Base.prototype.render.call(self)
-      })
-      .done(function () {
-        self.stream.deferred.done(_.bind(self.pulsateNewPostControl, self));
-      })
-
-    return self
-  },
-
-  presenter : function(){
-    var bio =  this.model.get("bio") || ''
-
-    return _.extend(this.defaultPresenter(),
-      {text : this.model && app.helpers.textFormatter(bio, this.model) })
-  },
-
-  pulsateNewPostControl : function() {
-    this.$("#composer-button")[
-      this.stream.items.length == 0
-        ? 'addClass'
-        : 'removeClass'
-      ]("pulse")
-  },
-
-  setPageTitleAndBackground : function() {
-    console.log(this.model.attributes)
-    if(this.model.get("name")) {
-      document.title = this.model.get("name")
-      this.$el.css("background-image", "url(" + this.model.get("wallpaper") + ")")
-    }
-  },
-
-  toggleEdit : function(evt) {
-    if(evt) { evt.preventDefault() }
-    this.editMode = !this.editMode
-    this.$el.toggleClass("edit-mode")
-  },
-
-  showComposer : function(evt) {
-    if(evt) { evt.preventDefault() }
-
-    this.toggleComposer()
-    this.$("#post_text").focus()
-
-    app.router.navigate("/posts/new")
-  },
-
-  closeComposer : function(evt) {
-    if(!evt) { return }
-
-    if(this.composeMode && evt.keyCode == 27) {
-      this.toggleComposer()
-      evt.preventDefault()
-
-      // we should check for text and fire a warning prompt before exiting & clear the form
-      app.router.navigate(app.currentUser.expProfileUrl(), {replace : true})
-    }
-  },
-
-  toggleComposer : function(){
-    this.composeMode = !this.composeMode
-    $("body").toggleClass("lock")
-
-    if(!this.composeMode) {
-      this.$("#composer").toggleClass("zoom-out")
-      setTimeout('this.$("#composer").toggleClass("hidden").toggleClass("zoom-out")', 200)
-    } else {
-      this.$("#composer").toggleClass("hidden")
-    }
-    this.$("#composer").toggleClass("zoom-in")
-  },
-
-  logOutConfirm : function(evt) {
-    if(!confirm("Are you sure you want to log out?"))
-      evt.preventDefault();
-  },
-});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/stream.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/stream.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d51078a3818b52f3deca0e4e0ea05656ac61a1a8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/stream.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-app.pages.Stream = app.views.Base.extend({
-  templateName : "stream",
-
-  events : {
-    'activate .stream-frame-wrapper' : 'triggerInteractionLoad'
-  },
-
-  subviews : {
-    "#stream-content" : "streamView",
-    "#stream-interactions" : "interactionsView"
-  },
-
-  initialize : function(){
-    this.stream = this.model = new app.models.Stream()
-    this.stream.preloadOrFetch()
-
-    this.streamView = new app.pages.Stream.InfiniteScrollView({ model : this.stream })
-    this.interactionsView = new app.views.StreamInteractions()
-
-    this.streamView.on('loadMore', this.updateUrlState, this);
-    this.stream.on("fetched", this.refreshScrollSpy, this)
-    this.stream.on("frame:interacted", this.selectFrame, this)
-  },
-
-  postRenderTemplate : function() {
-    this.$("#header").css("background-image", "url(" + app.currentUser.get("wallpaper") + ")")
-   _.defer(function(){$('body').scrollspy({target : '.stream-frame-wrapper', offset : 205})})
-  },
-
-  selectFrame : function(post){
-    if(this.selectedPost == post) { return }
-    this.selectedPost = post
-    
-    this.$(".stream-frame-wrapper").removeClass("selected-frame")
-    this.$(".stream-frame-wrapper[data-id=" + this.selectedPost.id +"]").addClass("selected-frame")
-    this.interactionsView.setInteractions(this.selectedPost)
-  },
-
-  updateUrlState : function(){
-    var post = this.stream.items.last();
-    if(post){
-      this.navigateToPost(post)
-    }
-  },
-
-  navigateToPost : function(post){
-    app.router.navigate(location.pathname + "?ex=true&max_time=" + post.createdAt(), {replace: true})
-  },
-
-  triggerInteractionLoad : function(evt){
-    this._throttledInteractions = this._throttledInteractions || _.bind(_.throttle(function(id){
-      this.selectFrame(this.stream.items.get(id))
-    }, 500), this)
-
-    this._throttledInteractions($(evt.target).data("id"))
-  },
-
-  refreshScrollSpy : function(){
-    _.defer($('body').scrollspy('refresh'))
-  }
-},
-
-//static methods
-{
-  InfiniteScrollView : app.views.InfScroll.extend({
-    initialize: function(){
-      this.stream = this.model
-      this.collection = this.stream.items
-      this.postClass = app.views.Post.StreamFrame
-      this.setupInfiniteScroll()
-    }
-  })
-});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/canvas_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/canvas_view.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8320f009ccae7aebb28a82b491d0c6d5ef7925c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/canvas_view.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-app.views.Canvas = app.views.InfScroll.extend({
-  initialize: function(){
-    this.stream = this.model
-    this.collection = this.stream.items
-    this.postClass = app.views.Post.CanvasFrame
-    this.postViews = []
-    this.setupInfiniteScroll()
-    this.stream.bind("reLayout", this.reLayout, this)
-    this.stream.bind("fetched", this.triggerRelayoutAfterImagesLoaded, this)
-  },
-
-  renderTemplate : function() {
-    this.stream.deferred.done(_.bind(function(){
-      if(this.stream.items.isEmpty()){
-        var message
-          , person = app.page.model
-        if(person.get("is_own_profile")){
-          message = "Make something to start the magic."
-        } else {
-          var name = person.get("name") || ""
-          message = name + " hasn't posted anything yet."
-        }
-
-        this.$el.html("<p class='no-post-message'>" + message + "</p>")
-      } else {
-        this.renderInitialPosts()
-      }
-
-      //needs to be deferred so it happens after html rendering finishes
-      _.defer(_.bind(this.mason, this))
-    }, this))
-  },
-
-  addPostView : function(post) {
-    _.defer(_.bind(function(){ this.$el.isotope("insert", this.createPostView(post).render().$el) }, this))
-  },
-
-  mason : function() {
-    var el = this.$el;
-
-    /* make two calls to isotope
-       1) on dom ready
-       2) on images ready
-     */
-    triggerIsotope(el) && el.imagesLoaded(_.bind(function(){
-      this.reLayout()
-    },this))
-
-    function triggerIsotope(element) {
-      return element.isotope({
-        itemSelector : '.canvas-frame',
-        visibleStyle : {scale : 1},
-        hiddenStyle : {scale : 0.001},
-        containerStyle : {position : "relative"},
-        masonry : {
-          columnWidth : 292.5
-        }
-      })
-    }
-  },
-
-  triggerRelayoutAfterImagesLoaded : function(){
-    //event apparently only fires once
-    this.$el.imagesLoaded(_.bind(this.reLayout, this))
-  },
-
-  reLayout : function(){
-    this.$el.isotope("reLayout")
-  }
-});
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new-templates.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new-templates.css.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 385b4b02114d0e552ba1e052d8bcdef3fbd04e56..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new-templates.css.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-@import 'mixins';
-@import 'new_styles/new_mixins';
-@import 'new_styles/variables';
-
-/* core */
-@import 'new_styles/flash_messages';
-
-/* custom animations */
-@import 'new_styles/animations';
-
-/* mainly for the post viewer & composer */
-@import 'new_styles/base';
-@import 'new_styles/composer';
-@import 'new_styles/interactions';
-@import 'new_styles/viewer_nav';
-
-/* profile */
-@import 'new_styles/canvas';
-@import 'new_styles/spinner';
-@import 'new_styles/profile';
-
-/* font overrides */
-@import 'new_styles/typography';
-
-/* isotope */
-@import 'new_styles/isotope_transitions';
-
-/* login */
-@import 'new_styles/login';
-@import 'new_styles/registration';
-@import 'new_styles/landing';
-
-@import 'new_styles/forms';
-
-
-@include video-overlay();
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_animations.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_animations.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 761ec331e585f1d001ea57a6032c5adfd39f9f0a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_animations.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-@-webkit-keyframes opacity-pulse {
-	0%   { @include opacity(0.3); }
-	65%  { @include opacity(0.9); }
-	100% { @include opacity(0.3); }
-}
-@-moz-keyframes opacity-pulse {
-	0%   { @include opacity(0.3); }
-	65%  { @include opacity(0.9); }
-	100% { @include opacity(0.3); }
-}
-@-ms-keyframes opacity-pulse {
-	0%   { @include opacity(0.3); }
-	65%  { @include opacity(0.9); }
-	100% { @include opacity(0.3); }
-}
-
-
-@-webkit-keyframes ease-over {
-	0%   { @include opacity(0); -webkit-transform : scale(1.3); }
-	100% { @include opacity(1); -webkit-transform : scale(1); }
-}
-@-moz-keyframes ease-over {
-	0%   { @include opacity(0); -moz-transform : scale(1.3); }
-	100% { @include opacity(1); -moz-transform : scale(1); }
-}
-@-ms-keyframes ease-over {
-	0%   { @include opacity(0); -ms-transform : scale(1.3); }
-	100% { @include opacity(1); -ms-transform : scale(1); }
-}
-
-@-webkit-keyframes ease-out {
-	0%     { @include opacity(1); -webkit-transform : scale(1); }
-	100%   { @include opacity(0); -webkit-transform : scale(1.3); }
-}
-@-moz-keyframes ease-out {
-	0%     { @include opacity(1); -moz-transform : scale(1); }
-	100%   { @include opacity(0); -moz-transform : scale(1.3); }
-}
-@-ms-keyframes ease-out {
-	0%     { @include opacity(1); -ms-transform : scale(1); }
-	100%   { @include opacity(0); -ms-transform : scale(1.3); }
-}
-
-/* flash message animations */
-@-webkit-keyframes expose {
-        0%   { top : -100px; }
-        15%  { top : 0; }
-        85%  { top : 0; }
-        100% { top : -100px; }
-}
-@-moz-keyframes expose {
-        0%   { top : -100px; }
-        15%  { top : 0; }
-        85%  { top : 0; }
-        100% { top : -100px; }
-}
-@-ms-keyframes expose {
-        0%   { top : -100px; }
-        15%  { top : 0; }
-        85%  { top : 0; }
-        100% { top : -100px; }
-}
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dc3432a883b5a9be763c294b54261b682a8a573..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_base.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,327 +0,0 @@
-html,
-body {
-  /* hack to ensure fixed elements at height: 100%; are in relation to the window */
-  max-height : 100%;
-}
-
-body {
-  background-image : image_url("texture/light-bg.png");
-  padding : none;
-
-  &.lock {
-    overflow: hidden;
-  }
-}
-
-/* new link color */
-$link-blue : rgb(42,156,235);
-a { color : $link-blue  }
-
-/* bootstrap extentions */
-.icon-red   { background-image: image_url("img/glyphicons-halflings-red.png");   }
-.icon-blue  { background-image: image_url("img/glyphicons-halflings-blue.png");  }
-
-.avatar {
-  &.micro {
-    height: 20px;
-    width: 20px;
-  }
-
-  &.small {
-    height: 35px;
-    width: 35px;
-  }
-}
-
-.author-name {
-  font-family : Roboto;
-  color: inherit;
-}
-
-#author-info {
-  position : absolute;
-  z-index : 300;
-
-  .author-name {
-    color: #555;
-  }
-
-  .bd {
-    margin-top : 5px;
-    display: inline-block;
-  }
-
-  .post-time,
-  .icon-retweet {
-    color: #555;
-    @include opacity(0.5);
-  }
-}
-
-#post-author {
-  margin : 0;
-  padding : 10px;
-
-  &.status-with-photo-backdrop,
-  &.Wallpaper {
-    .author-name {
-      color : #fff;
-    }
-
-    .post-time,
-    .icon-retweet {
-      color: #fff;
-      @include opacity(0.5);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-.post-view {
-  display: table;
-  height: 100%;
-  width: 100%;
-}
-
-#post-content {
-  display: table;
-  position: absolute;
-
-  height: 100%;
-  width: 100%;
-
-  img,
-  iframe {
-    @include photo-shadow();
-  }
-
-  iframe {
-    width: 857px;
-    height: 480px;
-    max-width: 100%;
-  }
-}
-
-article { //mood posts
-  //default frame show styles
-  $big-text-size : 2.5em;
-  $medium-text-size : 1.5em;
-  $small-text-size: 1em;
-  width: 960px;
-  margin: 0 auto;
-
-  img {
-    max-height: 70%;
-    border : 10px solid #fff;
-  }
-
-  .photo_viewer {
-    margin-bottom : 20px;
-  }
-
-  @include centered-frame();
-  .container {
-    padding: 70px 0;
-    max-width: 85%;
-  }
-
-  header {
-    padding : 0 100px;
-  }
-
-  header, header p{
-  //big text
-    @include media-text();
-    font-size: $big-text-size;
-    line-height: 1.5em;
-  }
-
-  section.body{
-    p { font-size: $small-text-size; }
-
-    &.short_body{
-      p{
-        font-size: $medium-text-size;
-        margin-top: .5em;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  &.night{
-    background-color : $night-background-color;
-    color : $night-text-color;
-
-    #author-info {
-      color : $night-text-color;
-    }
-  }
-
-  &.newspaper {
-    @include newspaper-type();
-
-    text-align: left;
-
-    .container {
-      max-width: 600px;
-    }
-
-    .photo_viewer {
-      float: right;
-      margin-left: 20px;
-      max-width: 320px;
-    }
-
-    header {
-      margin-bottom: 1em;
-      line-height: 1.2em;
-    }
-
-    .body p {
-      @include newspaper-type();
-      font-size: 1.2em;
-      line-height: 1.7em;
-      margin-bottom: 1.2em;
-    }
-  }
-
-  &.wallpaper{
-    color : #fff;
-  }
-
-  .img-bounding-box {
-    margin : 10px;
-    display : inline-block;
-    text-align : left;
-  }
-
-  img {
-    max-height: 400px;
-    max-width: 400px;
-  }
-}
-
-.status-with-photo-backdrop {
-  p {
-    color: #fff;
-
-    a {
-      @include transition(background-color, 0.3s);
-
-      color: #000;
-      background-color: #fff;
-      background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.7);
-      padding: 0 5px;
-
-      &:hover {
-        text-decoration: none;
-        background-color: #fff;
-        background-color: rgba(255,255,255,1);
-      }
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index f83d2387e83059dc9e3cf6e89c1377425b0a688d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_composer.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_composer.scss
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index c6d13e3d62930b7693911f519a27f598237906d0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_composer.scss
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_flash_messages.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_flash_messages.scss
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index 8665c03b30f936c9ab45911c3c1eeadbe2078442..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_flash_messages.scss
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-
-@import '../_flash_messages';
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_forms.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_forms.scss
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--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_forms.scss
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-    margin-bottom : 1em;
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_interactions.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_interactions.scss
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index 93b97a0315be8e91e3f2005090c7051dbd87a009..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_interactions.scss
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-@import '../mixins';
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-  position: fixed;
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-  bottom: 0;
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-  height: 80%;
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-    text-align: left;
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-.post-comment {
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-  position : fixed;
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-.permalink-wrapper {
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_isotope_transitions.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_isotope_transitions.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index fca0ef8b6eff8cc57798f576534aa5f4d3074afd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_isotope_transitions.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/* Start: Recommended Isotope styles */
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-/**** Isotope Filtering ****/
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-.isotope-item {
-  z-index: 2;
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-.isotope-hidden.isotope-item {
-  pointer-events: none;
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-/**** Isotope CSS3 transitions ****/
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-.isotope,
-.isotope .isotope-item {
-  -webkit-transition-duration: 0.4s;
-  -moz-transition-duration: 0.4s;
-  -ms-transition-duration: 0.4s;
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-  transition-duration: 0.4s;
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-.isotope {
-  -webkit-transition-property: height, width;
-  -moz-transition-property: height, width;
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-  -o-transition-property: height, width;
-  transition-property: height, width;
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-
-.isotope .isotope-item {
-  -webkit-transition-property: -webkit-transform, opacity;
-  -moz-transition-property:    -moz-transform, opacity;
-  -ms-transition-property:     -ms-transform, opacity;
-  -o-transition-property:         top, left, opacity;
-  transition-property:         transform, opacity;
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-/**** disabling Isotope CSS3 transitions ****/
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-.isotope.no-transition,
-.isotope.no-transition .isotope-item,
-.isotope .isotope-item.no-transition {
-  -webkit-transition-duration: 0s;
-  -moz-transition-duration: 0s;
-  -ms-transition-duration: 0s;
-  -o-transition-duration: 0s;
-  transition-duration: 0s;
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-
-/* End: Recommended Isotope styles */
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-
-/* disable CSS transitions for containers with infinite scrolling*/
-.isotope.infinite-scrolling {
-  -webkit-transition: none;
-  -moz-transition: none;
-  -ms-transition: none;
-  -o-transition: none;
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_landing.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_landing.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 551460a0015dc7ccb8030b6a6f3bece0b9519396..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_landing.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-/* le declarations */
-#landing {
-  overflow : hidden;
-  position : absolute;
-  min-height : 100%;
-  width : 100%;
-  top : 0;
-  left : 0;
-
-  background : {
-    color : #fff;
-  }
-
-  #sign_up {
-    text-align:center;
-    position : relative;
-    z-index : 20;
-
-    border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
-    padding-bottom:50px;
-
-    form {
-      label.control-label { width : 80px !important; text-align:right; }
-      .controls { margin-left : 100px; }
-
-      input[type='submit'] {
-        @include transition(background);
-        @include box-shadow(0,0,0,0);
-
-        font-size:1.2em;
-        background : #99CC00;
-        color : #fff;
-        text-shadow : 0 -1px 0 #669900;
-        border : 1px solid #999;
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-        &:hover {
-          background : desaturate(#99CC00, 15%);
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-
-        &:active {
-          @include box-shadow(0,0,0,0);
-          background : darken(rgb(255, 77, 54), 2%);
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-      }
-    }
-  }
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-  #invites {
-    margin : 20px 0;
-  }
-
-  #footer {
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-    bottom : 0;
-    left : 0;
-    width : 100%;
-    padding : 10px 0;
-    color : #333;
-    text-align : center;
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-
-  #landing_banner {
-    .container {
-      position:relative;
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-
-    text-align:center;
-    padding:50px;
-    margin-bottom:50px;
-    color:#ccc;
-    background:#222;
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-    h2 {
-      font-weight:100;
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-    .landing-logo {
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-      height:60px;
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-    .landing-banner-right {
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-      a {
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-        font-weight:100;
-        padding:5px 10px;
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-
-    .login-button {
-      @include border-radius(3px);
-      border:1px solid #666;
-      background:#111;
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-      &:hover {
-        background:#222;
-        border:1px solid #999;
-        text-decoration:none;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  #steps {
-    text-align: center;
-    p {
-      color:#666;
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-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_login.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_login.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index afe9d543dda775907baa8c8d380f967696db51a5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_login.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#login {
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-  top : 0;
-  left : 0;
-  padding-top : 200px;
-  min-width : 100%;
-
-  //color : #fff;
-  text-align : center;
-
-  input[type=text],
-  input[type=password] {
-    width : 120px;
-  }
-
-  #huge-text {
-    font-family : Roboto-Light;
-    font-size : 200px;
-    color : #ddd;
-    text-shadow : 0 1px 0 #fff;
-  }
-
-  #forgot_password_link {
-    margin : 40px;
-    color : #999;
-    clear : all;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_new_mixins.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_new_mixins.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index f2bc78db9adb615c025759f19698b1687dac1a1e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_new_mixins.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-$light-grey: #999;
-$pane-width: 420px;
-$night-background-color : #333;
-$night-text-color : #999;
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-/* mixins */
-@mixin center($orient:vertical) {
-  display: -webkit-box;
-  -webkit-box-orient: $orient;
-  -webkit-box-pack: center;
-  -webkit-box-align: center;
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-  display: -moz-box;
-  -moz-box-orient: $orient;
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-  display: box;
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-  box-pack: center;
-  box-align: center;
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-
-@mixin pane-width() {
-  width: $pane-width;
-  max-width: 100%;
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-
-@mixin background-cover() {
-  background: no-repeat center center fixed;
-  -webkit-background-size: cover;
-  -moz-background-size: cover;
-  -o-background-size: cover;
-  background-size: cover;
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-
-@mixin info-container-base() {
-  @include box-shadow(0, 6px, 20px, #000);
-  @include dark-hatched-bg();
-
-  border-top: 1px solid #555;
-  color: #ddd;
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-
-@mixin info-container() {
-  @include info-container-base();
-  @include border-radius(3px, 0px);
-  @include pane-width();
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-  display: inline-block;
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-  border-right: 1px solid #444;
-  border-left: 1px solid #444;
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-@mixin dark-hatched-bg() {
-  background-color: #444;
-  background-image: image-url("texture/hatched-dark.png");
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-
-@mixin photo-shadow() {
-  @include box-shadow(0, 3px, 15px, rgba(0,0,0,0.7));
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-@mixin media-text() {
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-@mixin newspaper-type() {
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-@mixin centered-frame(){
-  display: table-cell;
-  vertical-align: middle;
-  text-align: center;
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diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_other.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_other.scss
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index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_profile.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_profile.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 3193e07513ff7984f9c51d974f45eaf02f9899a7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_profile.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,245 +0,0 @@
-#profile {
-  min-height : 100%;
-
-  color : #fff;
-  background : {
-    color : #333;
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-    /* The background-image property will be user-generated and set in `app.pages.Profile` (app/assets/javascripts/app/pages/profile.js)
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-       Optimal imagemagick manipulation settings for uploaded image (via trial & error):
-
-       `mogrify -brightness-contrast -40x-50`
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-       NOTE: I noticed that just turning the brightness down had an adverse affect on contrast,
-       thus the "washing out" at -50 contrast.  For more info on this specific command, read the documentation
-       on it here: http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#brightness-contrast */
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-    size : cover;
-    attachment : fixed;
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-}
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-/* getting started pulse animation */
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-#profile-header {
- text-align : center;
- padding : 50px;
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-.profile-image-container {
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-  border : 3px solid #fff;
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-  background-size: cover;
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-  height : 140px;
-  width : 140px;
-  background : {
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-  display : inline-block;
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-  margin-bottom : 5px;
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-    border : 2px solid #fff;
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-  &.smaller {
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-    width : 34px;
-    border : 2px solid #ccc;
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-
-  &.micro {
-    height : 24px;
-    width : 24px;
-    border : 2px solid #fff;
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-#profile-controls {
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-  .control {
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-    font-family : Roboto-Bold;
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-    position : relative;
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-    padding : 10px;
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-    &#edit-mode-toggle {
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-    img {
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-    &:hover {
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-    &:active {
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-
-#profile-stats {
-  i {
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-  a:hover {
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-    width : 11px;
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-    margin-right : 2px;
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-    &.services {
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-        img {
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-          height : 14px;
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-        & > img:hover {
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-        }
-
-        &:hover {
-          text-decoration : none;
-        }
-
-        &:last-child {
-          margin-right : 0;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-#profile-bio {
-  display : none;
-
-  margin-top : 20px;
-  text-align : center;
-
-  p {
-    color : #777;
-    display : inline-block;
-    width : $two-column-width + px;
-    text-align : center;
-  }
-}
-
-/* responsive */
-@media (max-width: 767px) {
-  #profile {
-    background-size : 767px;
-  }
-
-  .profile-image-container {
-    height : 100px;
-    width : 100px;
-    border-width : 2px;
-  }
-
-  #profile-controls {
-    display : none;
-  }
-
-  #profile-header {
-    padding : 20px;
-  }
-
-  #wallpaper-upload,
-  .edit-control {
-    display : none;
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_registration.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_registration.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f15fbd74071a342b5191cbd5f28e9773426b00a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_registration.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#registration {
-  position : absolute;
-  top : 0;
-  left : 0;
-  background-color : #afc652;
-  min-height : 100%;
-  min-width : 100%;
-
-  color : #fff;
-
-  .container {
-    margin-top : 100px;
-  }
-
-  #create-something-text {
-    font-family : Roboto-Light;
-    font-size : 100px;
-    line-height : 100px;
-    white-space : nowrap;
-  }
-
-  #diaspora-hearts {
-    font-family : Roboto-Light;
-    font-size : 24px;
-    margin-top : 0.2em;
-    margin-bottom : 1em;
-    white-space : nowrap;
-  }
-
-  #sign-up-text {
-    font-family : Roboto-Bold;
-    color : #7f9448;
-    margin-bottom : 0.5em;
-  }
-
-  #collage {
-    width : 344px;
-    height : auto;
-
-    max-width : 95%;
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_spinner.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_spinner.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index ff0ee7161cf6d4f5a1711597a63c66484d86b396..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_spinner.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-@-webkit-keyframes fade-in {
-  0%   { opacity: 0; }
-  100% { opacity: 1; }
-}
-
-@-webkit-keyframes spin {
-  0%   { -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg); }
-  100% { -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg); }
-}
-
-@-moz-keyframes fade-in {
-  0%   { opacity: 0; }
-  100% { opacity: 1; }
-}
-
-@-moz-keyframes spin {
-  0%   { -moz-transform: rotate(0deg); }
-  100% { -moz-transform: rotate(360deg); }
-}
-
-#paginate, #infscr-loading {
-  margin-top: 10px;
-  padding: 8px 0;
-  text-align: center;
-  width: 100%;
-  display: block;
-  clear: both;
-}
-
-.loaded {
-  -webkit-animation: fade-in 0.16s linear;
-  -moz-animation: fade-in 0.16s linear;
-}
-
-.loader {
-  -webkit-mask-image: image-url('static-loader.png');
-  -webkit-animation: spin 1s infinite ease-in-out,
-  fade-in 0.2s ease-in;
-  -moz-animation: spin 1s infinite ease-in-out,
-  fade-in 0.2s ease-in;
-
-  background-image : image-url("static-loader.png");
-
-  display: inline-block;
-  width : 14px;
-  height: 14px;
-
-  &.hidden{
-    display : none;
-  }
-}
-
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_typography.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_typography.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index af01b9bb4b5a1a6075c963b41f48f1129077cb12..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_typography.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/* Roboto */
-@font-face {
-  font-family : Roboto;
-  src : image-url('fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf');
-  weight : normal;
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family : Roboto-Bold;
-  src : image-url('fonts/Roboto-Bold.ttf');
-  weight : normal;
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family : Roboto-Light;
-  src : image-url('fonts/Roboto-Light.ttf');
-  weight : normal;
-}
-
-body, p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, textarea, input, * {
-  font-family : Roboto, Helvetica, sans-serif;
-  font-weight : normal;
-}
-
-a {
-  font-family : inherit;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_variables.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_variables.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 3948566d695e5c9abd0f1985d5cb3bdfa4acfb63..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_variables.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-$container-width : 1170;
-
-$margin-between-columns : 30;
-$column-width : 295 - $margin-between-columns;
-$raw-two-column-width : ($column-width * 2) + ($margin-between-columns * 2) ;
-$two-column-width : $raw-two-column-width - 30;  //simply subtract an arbitrary ammount :)
-
-$margin-between-rows : 20;
-
-$row-height : $column-width;
-$two-row-height : $raw-two-column-width - 20;
-
-/* colors : http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/2134203/Awezome_in_argyle */
-$cyan : rgb(8,204,249);
-$yellow : rgb(242,244,9);
-$green : rgb(29,235,134);
-$purple : rgb(220,23,166);
-$lime-green : rgb(143, 199,10);
-$orange : rgb(237, 165, 13);
-$red : rgb(246, 68, 60);
-$turquoise : rgb(8, 224, 173);
-$sand : rgb(245, 239, 237);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_viewer_nav.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_viewer_nav.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 2379f4be17a1bfef79df0f3651647875caa8502f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_styles/_viewer_nav.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-@import '../mixins';
-
-#post-nav {
-  @include transition(opacity, 0.5s);
-  @include opacity(1);
-}
-
-body.idle {
-  #post-nav {
-    @include opacity(0);
-
-    .nav-arrow{
-      &.right {
-        margin-right: -40px;
-      }
-
-      &.left {
-        margin-left: -40px;
-      }
-    }
-
-  }
-}
-
-.nav-arrow {
-  @include opacity(0.8);
-  @include transition(all, 0.3s);
-
-  display: table;
-
-  position: fixed;
-  height: 100%;
-  z-index: 3;
-  top: 0;
-  padding: 0 1.2%;
-
-  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
-
-  .nav-arrow-inner {
-    padding: 0; margin: 0;
-    display: table-cell;
-    vertical-align: middle;
-  }
-
-  img {
-    @include opacity(0.5);
-
-    height: 30px;
-    width: 30px;
-
-  /* half the size of the nav arrows on mobile phones */
-    @media (max-width: 480px) {
-      height: 15px;
-      width: 15px;
-    }
-  }
-
-  &.left {
-    left: 0;
-    padding-right: 19px;
-  }
-
-  &.right {
-    right: 0;
-    padding-left: 19px;
-  }
-
-  &:hover {
-    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1)
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index b2555915896f2e1136fa4786a15f87e9265a3959..efdcc0c83c6bbb3edd7bacf83fab7bb5e300331b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
   def show
     if current_user
       flag = FeatureFlagger.new(current_user, current_user.person)
-
-      if flag.new_profile? && flag.following_enabled?
-        redirect_to person_path(current_user.person.guid)
       else
         redirect_to stream_path
       end
diff --git a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
index e27778e0560296e9854fc77f72e32fd018382842..9ecbbb50939ec51b6f911ae80207eb11d7875ca9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/people_controller.rb
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
 
     raise(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound) if remote_profile_with_no_user_session?
     return redirect_to :back, :notice => t("people.show.closed_account") if @person.closed_account?
-    return redirect_to person_path(@person) if cant_experimental
-    return redirect_to person_path(@person, :ex => true) if needs_experimental
 
     @post_type = :all
     @aspect = :profile
@@ -196,14 +194,6 @@ class PeopleController < ApplicationController
      @flag ||= FeatureFlagger.new(current_user, @person)
   end
 
-  def cant_experimental
-    params[:ex] && !flag.new_profile?
-  end
-
-  def needs_experimental
-    !params[:ex] && flag.new_profile? && flag.new_hotness? && request.format == "text/html"
-  end
-
   def remote_profile_with_no_user_session?
     @person.try(:remote?) && !user_signed_in?
   end
diff --git a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
index acd65d41ce93afe17cd84bd422245ef4d5f76b68..67ac62205c5bccd2d803f7ccb0fb0c14f3efa463 100644
--- a/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/posts_controller.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class PostsController < ApplicationController
 
   def new
     @feature_flag = FeatureFlagger.new(current_user, current_user.person) #I should be a global before filter so @feature_flag is accessible
-    redirect_to "/stream" and return unless @feature_flag.new_publisher?
+    redirect_to "/stream" and return
     render :text => "", :layout => true
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/profiles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/profiles_controller.rb
index 398843a4dc74c4f5a645859c6598d9d8718bc163..b83929ae6cb2e9c4bbf152530674356214a6daec 100644
--- a/app/controllers/profiles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/profiles_controller.rb
@@ -64,30 +64,6 @@ class ProfilesController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
-  def upload_wallpaper_image
-    unless params[:photo].present?
-      respond_to do |format|
-        format.json { render :json => {"success" => false} }
-      end
-      return
-    end
-
-    if remotipart_submitted?
-      profile = current_user.person.profile
-
-      profile.wallpaper.store! params[:photo][:user_file]
-      if profile.save
-        respond_to do |format|
-          format.json { render :json => {"success" => true, "data" => {"wallpaper" => profile.wallpaper.url}} }
-        end
-      else
-        respond_to do |format|
-          format.json { render :json => {"success" => false} }
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
   protected
 
   def munge_tag_string
diff --git a/app/controllers/streams_controller.rb b/app/controllers/streams_controller.rb
index 152279e5a330c5170e03a951759dd8df6c3da8f2..7a4dcb0b613c42e92795ba3c2781d849fd984751 100644
--- a/app/controllers/streams_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/streams_controller.rb
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ class StreamsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def multi
-    if params[:ex] && flag.new_stream?
-      @stream = Stream::Multi.new(current_user, :max_time => max_time)
-      gon.stream = PostPresenter.collection_json(@stream.stream_posts, current_user)
-      render :nothing => true, :layout => "post"
-    else
       stream_responder(Stream::Multi)
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/feature_flagger.rb b/app/models/feature_flagger.rb
index 9ee8b755e981e3453e3e14f671f3e7f67ccf0717..6de646b4fe4341b495c5df6e13c5b41bf514aec1 100644
--- a/app/models/feature_flagger.rb
+++ b/app/models/feature_flagger.rb
@@ -4,26 +4,6 @@ class FeatureFlagger
     @person = person_being_viewed
   end
 
-  def new_publisher?
-    beta? || admin? || developer?
-  end
-
-  def new_profile?
-    person_is_beta?
-  end
-
-  def new_stream?
-    admin? && beta?
-  end
-
-  def new_hotness?
-    ENV["NEW_HOTNESS"]
-  end
-
-  def following_enabled?
-    person_is_beta? && @current_user.contacts.receiving.count == 0
-  end
-
   protected
 
   def developer?
@@ -34,12 +14,4 @@ class FeatureFlagger
     @current_user.try(:admin?)
   end
 
-  def beta?
-    Role.is_beta?(@current_user.person)
-  end
-
-  def person_is_beta?
-    return unless @person.present?
-    Role.is_beta?(@person) || Role.is_admin?(@person)
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/presenters/person_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/person_presenter.rb
index df36bcad1628e7859226b96a29382f69c2349080..37bea78ec6bc8df0a9087816d34e9a360e796426 100644
--- a/app/presenters/person_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/person_presenter.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ class PersonPresenter
   def as_json(options={})
     attrs = @person.as_api_response(:backbone).merge(
         {
-            :wallpaper => @person.profile.wallpaper.url,
             :is_own_profile => is_own_profile
         })
 
diff --git a/app/presenters/user_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/user_presenter.rb
index ba35b80fd95e0059545a0efa122aca1428f34d3d..018b57187f9bc7df57c05b9cc9c5c216285f29db 100644
--- a/app/presenters/user_presenter.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/user_presenter.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ class UserPresenter
         :services => services,
         :following_count => self.user.contacts.receiving.count,
         :configured_services => self.configured_services,
-        :wallpaper => self.wallpaper
       }
     ).to_json(options)
   end
@@ -27,10 +26,6 @@ class UserPresenter
     user.services.map{|service| service.provider }
   end
 
-  def wallpaper
-    user.person.profile.wallpaper.url
-  end
-
   def aspects
     AspectPresenter.as_collection(user.aspects)
   end
diff --git a/app/uploaders/wallpaper_uploader.rb b/app/uploaders/wallpaper_uploader.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index c913436d127a4afe7f1cf2f100dd2941f749d8bc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/uploaders/wallpaper_uploader.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-class WallpaperUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base
-  include CarrierWave::MiniMagick
-
-  def store_dir
-    "uploads/images/wallpaper"
-  end
-
-  def extension_white_list
-    %w(jpg jpeg png tiff)
-  end
-
-  # Filename is associated with the user's diaspora handle, ensuring uniqueness
-  # and that only one copy is kept in the filesystem.
-  def filename
-    Digest::MD5.hexdigest(model.diaspora_handle) + File.extname(@filename) if @filename
-  end
-
-  process :darken
-
-  def darken
-    manipulate! do |img|
-      # img.brightness_contrast "-40x-50"
-      # thanks, heroku.
-      img.modulate "40,40"
-
-      img = yield(img) if block_given?
-      img
-    end
-  end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/migrate/20120909053122_remove_wallpaper_from_profile.rb b/db/migrate/20120909053122_remove_wallpaper_from_profile.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..60517dda36e9ca48bfbcd705327810fae718dfb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20120909053122_remove_wallpaper_from_profile.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class RemoveWallpaperFromProfile < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def up
+    add_column :profiles, :wallpaper, :string
+  end
+  def down
+    remove_column: profiles, :wallpaper
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 5c39e4392b9a6cb41f674a9f57a42ed111be1ffd..d95863d52c68bcccddc036a1620d5e3503b006c4 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
 # This file is auto-generated from the current state of the database. Instead
 # of editing this file, please use the migrations feature of Active Record to
 # incrementally modify your database, and then regenerate this schema definition.
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120803143552) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120909053122) do
 
   create_table "account_deletions", :force => true do |t|
     t.string  "diaspora_handle"
@@ -107,6 +106,8 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120803143552) do
     t.datetime "updated_at", :null => false
   end
 
+  add_index "conversations", ["author_id"], :name => "conversations_author_id_fk"
+
   create_table "invitation_codes", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "token"
     t.integer  "user_id"
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120803143552) do
     t.string   "target_type",             :limit => 60,                   :null => false
   end
 
+  add_index "likes", ["author_id"], :name => "likes_author_id_fk"
   add_index "likes", ["guid"], :name => "index_likes_on_guid", :unique => true
   add_index "likes", ["target_id", "author_id", "target_type"], :name => "index_likes_on_target_id_and_author_id_and_target_type", :unique => true
   add_index "likes", ["target_id"], :name => "index_likes_on_post_id"
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120803143552) do
   end
 
   add_index "messages", ["author_id"], :name => "index_messages_on_author_id"
+  add_index "messages", ["conversation_id"], :name => "messages_conversation_id_fk"
 
   create_table "notification_actors", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "notification_id"
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120803143552) do
     t.text   "data",                 :null => false
   end
 
-  add_index "o_embed_caches", ["url"], :name => "index_o_embed_caches_on_url"
+  add_index "o_embed_caches", ["url"], :name => "index_o_embed_caches_on_url", :length => {"url"=>255}
 
   create_table "participations", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "guid"
@@ -321,7 +324,6 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20120803143552) do
     t.string   "location"
     t.string   "full_name",        :limit => 70
     t.boolean  "nsfw",                            :default => false
-    t.string   "wallpaper"
   end
 
   add_index "profiles", ["full_name", "searchable"], :name => "index_profiles_on_full_name_and_searchable"
diff --git a/features/new_hotness/new_stream.feature b/features/new_hotness/new_stream.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fc08860e74ab10e74b6d0d7bfc0d3c04270853e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/features/new_hotness/new_stream.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-@javascript
-Feature: Interacting with the stream
-  Background:
-    Given I am logged in as a beta user with email "bill@bill.com"
-    And "bill@bill.com" is an admin
-    And I make a new publisher post "I like it like that."
-    And I make a new publisher post "yeah baby."
-    And I make a new publisher post "I got soul."
-    When I go to the new stream
-
-  Scenario: Visiting the stream
-    Then "I got soul." should be frame 1
-    Then "yeah baby." should be frame 2
-    Then "I like it like that." should be frame 3
-
-#  Scenario: Clicking on a post show the interactions
-#    And I wait for 5 seconds
-#    When I click into the "I got soul." stream frame
-#    And I make a show page comment "you're such a pip"
-#    And I go to the new stream
-#    When I click the "I got soul." stream frame
-#    Then "you're such a pip" should be a comment for "I got soul."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/features/new_hotness/post_viewer.feature b/features/new_hotness/post_viewer.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fec33fa5934414fc20a495899768b074afe0ef5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/features/new_hotness/post_viewer.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#@javascript
-#Feature: Post Viewer
-#  In order to make my content look really great
-#  As a User
-#  I want my posts to have a bunch of different templates that I can page through
-#
-#  Background:
-#    Given a user with email "alice@alice.com"
-#    And I sign in as "alice@alice.com"
-#
-##  Wip tag sad on new cucumber, commenting for now.
-##  Scenario: Paging through posts
-##    Given I have posts for each type of template
-##    Then I visit all of my posts
-##    And I should have seen all of my posts displayed with the correct template
diff --git a/features/new_hotness/trumpeter.feature b/features/new_hotness/trumpeter.feature
deleted file mode 100644
index ce4cac28a6db86e606f5ffab0a1102324a7226b7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/features/new_hotness/trumpeter.feature
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-@javascript
-Feature: Creating a new post
-  Background:
-    Given a user with username "bob"
-    And I sign in as "bob@bob.bob"
-    And I trumpet
-
-  Scenario: Posting a public message with a photo
-    And I write "I love RMS"
-    And I upload a fixture picture with filename "button.gif"
-    When I start the framing process
-    When I select "Public" in my aspects dropdown
-    And I finalize my frame
-    When I go to "/stream"
-    Then I should see "I love RMS" as the first post in my stream
-    And "I love RMS" should be a public post in my stream
-    Then "I love RMS" should have the "button.gif" picture
-
-  Scenario: Posting to Aspects
-    And I write "This is super skrunkle"
-    And I start the framing process
-    When I select "All Aspects" in my aspects dropdown
-    And I finalize my frame
-    When I go to "/stream"
-    Then I should see "This is super skrunkle" as the first post in my stream
-    Then "This is super skrunkle" should be a limited post in my stream
-
-  Scenario: Mention a contact
-   Given a user named "Alice Smith" with email "alice@alice.alice"
-   And a user with email "bob@bob.bob" is connected with "alice@alice.alice"
-   And I trumpet
-   And I wait for the ajax to finish
-   And I type "@a" to mention "Alice Smith"
-   And I start the framing process
-   Then the post should mention "Alice Smith"
-   When I finalize my frame
-   Then the post should mention "Alice Smith"
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-  Scenario: Uploading multiple photos
-    When I write "check out these pictures"
-    And I upload a fixture picture with filename "button.gif"
-    And I upload a fixture picture with filename "button.gif"
-    And I go through the default framer
-    And I go to "/stream"
-    Then "check out these pictures" should have 2 pictures
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-  Scenario: Framing your frame
-    When I write "This is hella customized"
-    And I upload a fixture picture with filename "button.gif"
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-    And I start the framing process
-    #defaults to the prettiest mood
-    Then the post's default mood should be "Wallpaper"
-    Then it should be a wallpaper small frame with the background "button.gif"
-    Then I should see "This is hella customized" in the framer preview
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-    When I select the mood "Typist"
-    Then the post's mood should be "Typist"
-    And "button.gif" should be in the post's small frame
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-    And I should see "This is hella customized" in the framer preview
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-    And I go back to the composer
-    And I write "It sure is a beautiful Day"
-    And I start the framing process
-    Then the post's mood should be "Typist"
-    And I should see "It sure is a beautiful Day" in the framer preview
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-    When I finalize my frame
-    #on stream
-    Then "It sure is a beautiful Day" should be the first canvas frame
-    When I click into the "It sure is a beautiful Day" post
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-    #on show page
-    And the post's mood should still be "Typist"
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-  Scenario: The Wallpaper mood
-    When I write "This is a pithy status" with body "And this is a long body"
-    And I upload a fixture picture with filename "button.gif"
-    And I start the framing process
-    When I select the mood "Wallpaper"
-    Then it should be a wallpaper small frame with the background "button.gif"
-    When I finalize my frame
-    And I click into the "This is a pithy status" post
-    And the frame's headline should be "This is a pithy status"
-    And the frame's body should be "And this is a long body"
-    Then it should be a wallpaper frame with the background "button.gif"
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