diff --git a/public/src/app.js b/public/src/app.js
index b30465eb55..02ded35449 100644
--- a/public/src/app.js
+++ b/public/src/app.js
@@ -372,18 +372,14 @@ var socket,
 
 		var html = templates.prepare(templates['topic'].blocks['posts']).parse(data);
 		translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
-			var uniqueid = new Date().getTime(),
-				tempContainer = jQuery('<div id="' + uniqueid + '"></div>')
-					.appendTo("#post-container")
-					.hide()
-					.append(translatedHTML)
-					.fadeIn('slow');
+			$(translatedHTML).appendTo("#post-container")
+				.hide()
+				.fadeIn('slow');
 
 			for (var x = 0, numPosts = data.posts.length; x < numPosts; x++) {
 				socket.emit('api:post.privileges', data.posts[x].pid);
 			}
 
-			tempContainer.replaceWith(tempContainer.contents());
 			app.infiniteLoaderActive = false;
 
 			app.populate_online_users();
diff --git a/public/src/forum/admin/groups.js b/public/src/forum/admin/groups.js
index 8485263ce4..d6cf314171 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/admin/groups.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/admin/groups.js
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ define(function() {
 
 					errorEl.html(errorText).removeClass('hide');
 				} else {
-					createModal.modal('hide');
 					errorEl.addClass('hide');
 					createNameEl.val('');
-					ajaxify.go('admin/groups');
+					createModal.on('hidden.bs.modal', function() {
+						ajaxify.go('admin/groups');
+					});
+					createModal.modal('hide');
 				}
 			});
 		});
diff --git a/public/templates/account.tpl b/public/templates/account.tpl
index 5c7678f10c..720489b63a 100644
--- a/public/templates/account.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/account.tpl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 					<br/>
 
 					<span class="account-bio-label">website</span>
-					<span><a href="{website}">{website}</a></span>
+					<span><a href="{website}">{websiteName}</a></span>
 					<br/>
 
 					<span class="account-bio-label">location</span>
diff --git a/public/templates/header.tpl b/public/templates/header.tpl
index faf0d80928..87b87a93bf 100644
--- a/public/templates/header.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/header.tpl
@@ -116,7 +116,13 @@
 				</ul>
 
 				<ul id="logged-out-menu" class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
-					<li>
+					<li class="visible-lg visible-md visible-sm">
+						<a href="/register">Register</a>
+					</li>
+					<li class="visible-lg visible-md visible-sm">
+						<a href="/login">Login</a>
+					</li>
+					<li class="visible-xs">
 						<a class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown" href="#" id="loggedout_dropdown"><i class="icon-signin"></i></a>
 						<ul class="dropdown-menu" aria-labelledby="loggedout_dropdown">
 							<li>
diff --git a/public/templates/recent.tpl b/public/templates/recent.tpl
index 20fc857660..92d241d592 100644
--- a/public/templates/recent.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/recent.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <ol class="breadcrumb">
 	<li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
-	<li class="active">{category_name}</li>
-	<div id="category_active_users"></div>
+	<li class="active">Recent</li>
 </ol>
 
 <ul class="nav nav-pills">
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@
 </div>
 
 <div class="category row">
-	<div class="{topic_row_size}">
+	<div class="col-md-12">
 		<ul id="topics-container">
 		<!-- BEGIN topics -->
 		<li class="category-item {topics.deleted-class}">
diff --git a/src/routes/user.js b/src/routes/user.js
index 9b6d0d4a9d..5bdee2c5d0 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.js
+++ b/src/routes/user.js
@@ -543,6 +543,8 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 						else
 							data.emailClass = "hide";
 
+						data.websiteName = data.website.replace('http://', '').replace('https://', '');
+
 						data.show_banned = data.banned === '1' ? '' : 'hide';
 
 						data.uid = uid;
diff --git a/src/topics.js b/src/topics.js
index 171d204cc1..6f210b25dd 100644
--- a/src/topics.js
+++ b/src/topics.js
@@ -226,12 +226,7 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 			}
 
 			var latestTopics = {
-				'category_name': 'Recent',
-				'show_sidebar': 'hidden',
-				'show_topic_button': 'hidden',
 				'no_topics_message': 'hidden',
-				'topic_row_size': 'col-md-12',
-				'category_id': false,
 				'topics': []
 			};
 
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index a51d842e60..55c0516394 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcrypt'),
 	nconf = require('nconf'),
 	winston = require('winston'),
 	userSearch = require('reds').createSearch('nodebbusersearch'),
+	check = require('validator').check,
+	sanitize = require('validator').sanitize,
 
 	utils = require('./../public/src/utils'),
 	RDB = require('./redis'),
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcrypt'),
 	notifications = require('./notifications'),
 	topics = require('./topics');
 
+
 (function(User) {
 	'use strict';
 	User.create = function(username, password, email, callback) {
@@ -244,6 +247,9 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcrypt'),
 
 		function updateField(field, next) {
 			if (data[field] !== undefined && typeof data[field] === 'string') {
+				data[field] = data[field].trim();
+				data[field] = sanitize(data[field]).escape();
+
 				if (field === 'email') {
 					var gravatarpicture = User.createGravatarURLFromEmail(data[field]);
 					User.setUserField(uid, 'gravatarpicture', gravatarpicture);
@@ -265,6 +271,10 @@ var bcrypt = require('bcrypt'),
 					return;
 				} else if (field === 'signature') {
 					data[field] = utils.strip_tags(data[field]);
+				} else if (field === 'website') {
+					if(data[field].substr(0, 7) !== 'http://' && data[field].substr(0, 8) !== 'https://') {
+						data[field] = 'http://' + data[field];
+					}
 				}
 
 				User.setUserField(uid, field, data[field]);