diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.cpp
index 517088606..ee9c562a2 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.cpp
@@ -53,16 +53,17 @@ void PulseAddDialog::setGroup(RsWireGroup &group)
 	ui.label_groupName->setText(QString::fromStdString(group.mMeta.mGroupName));
 	ui.label_idName->setText(QString::fromStdString(group.mMeta.mAuthorId.toStdString()));
 	
-	if (mGroup.mHeadshot.mData )
+	if (group.mHeadshot.mData )
 	{
 		QPixmap pixmap;
 		if (GxsIdDetails::loadPixmapFromData(
-				mGroup.mHeadshot.mData,
-				mGroup.mHeadshot.mSize,
+				group.mHeadshot.mData,
+				group.mHeadshot.mSize,
 				pixmap,GxsIdDetails::ORIGINAL))
 		{
 				pixmap = pixmap.scaled(50,50);
 				ui.headshot->setPixmap(pixmap);
+				ui.topheadshot->setPixmap(pixmap);
 		}
 	}
 	else
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ void PulseAddDialog::setGroup(RsWireGroup &group)
 		// default.
 		QPixmap pixmap = FilesDefs::getPixmapFromQtResourcePath(":/icons/wire.png").scaled(50,50);
 		ui.headshot->setPixmap(pixmap);
+		ui.topheadshot->setPixmap(pixmap);
 	}
 	
 	mGroup = group;
@@ -129,9 +131,11 @@ void PulseAddDialog::cleanup()
 
 	ui.pushButton_Post->setEnabled(false);
 	ui.pushButton_Post->setText(tr("Post"));
+	ui.textEdit_Pulse->setPlaceholderText(tr("Whats happening?"));
 	ui.frame_input->setVisible(true);
 	ui.widget_sentiment->setVisible(true);
 	ui.pushButton_picture->show();
+	ui.topheadshot->show();
 
 	// cleanup images.
 	mImage1.clear();
@@ -171,6 +175,7 @@ void PulseAddDialog::setReplyTo(RsWirePulse &pulse, RsWirePulseSPtr pPulse, std:
 	mReplyType = replyType;
 	ui.frame_reply->setVisible(true);
 	ui.pushButton_picture->show();
+	ui.topheadshot->hide();
 
 	{
 		PulseReply *reply = new PulseReply(NULL, pPulse);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.ui
index b3a21352f..1b8fb24cc 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseAddDialog.ui
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
    <string/>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_3">
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
    <property name="spacing">
     <number>6</number>
    </property>
@@ -38,6 +41,9 @@
       <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
      </property>
      <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_4">
+      <property name="bottomMargin">
+       <number>0</number>
+      </property>
       <item row="0" column="0">
        <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
         <property name="maximumSize">
@@ -54,25 +60,18 @@
          </font>
         </property>
         <property name="text">
-         <string>Post From:</string>
+         <string>From:</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="0" column="1">
-       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_groupName">
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>GroupLabel</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="0" column="2">
+      <item row="0" column="3">
        <widget class="GxsIdLabel" name="label_idName">
         <property name="text">
          <string>IDLabel</string>
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
-      <item row="0" column="3">
+      <item row="0" column="4">
        <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
         <property name="orientation">
          <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
@@ -85,6 +84,35 @@
         </property>
        </spacer>
       </item>
+      <item row="0" column="2">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_groupName">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>GroupLabel</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="1">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="topheadshot">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>32</width>
+          <height>32</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="maximumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>32</width>
+          <height>32</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Head</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="scaledContents">
+         <bool>true</bool>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseMessage.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseMessage.ui
index 0163b0122..40e684e60 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseMessage.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseMessage.ui
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="0" column="1">
-    <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="textBrowser"/>
+    <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="textBrowser">
+     <property name="font">
+      <font>
+       <family>MS Sans Serif</family>
+       <pointsize>10</pointsize>
+      </font>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="1" column="1">
     <widget class="QFrame" name="frame_expand">
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseReply.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseReply.ui
index eb7390e7e..74b2a8b9e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseReply.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/TheWire/PulseReply.ui
@@ -139,19 +139,6 @@
         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
          <item>
           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
-           <item>
-            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_8">
-             <property name="orientation">
-              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-             </property>
-             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-              <size>
-               <width>40</width>
-               <height>20</height>
-              </size>
-             </property>
-            </spacer>
-           </item>
            <item>
             <widget class="QToolButton" name="toolButton_reply">
              <property name="text">
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss
index 55c114b60..f6f1dd2a9 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/qss/stylesheet/Standard.qss
@@ -1116,10 +1116,14 @@ PulseAddDialog QTextEdit#textEdit_Pulse {
 	background: white;
 }
 
-PulseAddDialog QFrame#frame_input, QFrame#frame_reply {
+PulseAddDialog QFrame#frame_input, QFrame#frame_reply, QFrame#frame {
 	border: 0px;
 }
 
+PulseAddDialog QLabel#label_groupName {
+	font-size: 12pt;
+}
+
 PulseReply #line_replyLine , PulseMessage #line{
 	color: #7ecbfb;
 }
@@ -1127,3 +1131,8 @@ PulseReply #line_replyLine , PulseMessage #line{
 WireDialog QLabel#label_viewMode {
 	font-size: 12pt;
 }
+
+WireGroupDialog QFrame#frame {
+	background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #9BDBF9, stop:1 #1592CD);
+	border: 0px;
+}