diff --git a/comicpress-options.php b/comicpress-options.php
index 249fe6b..96b19e8 100644
--- a/comicpress-options.php
+++ b/comicpress-options.php
@@ -742,13 +742,17 @@ function comicpress_admin() {
 	<div style="margin-top: 10px; text-align:center;padding: 5px; background: #eee; -moz-border-radius: 10px;-khtml-border-radius: 10px;-webkit-border-radius: 10px;border-radius: 10px;border: solid 1px #000;">
 	<a href="http://comicpress.org/">ComicPress 2.8 (<?php global $comicpress_version; echo $comicpress_version; ?>)</a>, created by <a href="http://mindfaucet.com/">Tyler Martin</a>, with <a href="http://www.coswellproductions.com/">John Bintz</a> and <a href="http://webcomicplanet.com/">Philip M. Hofer</a> (<a href="http://frumph.net/">Frumph</a>)<br />
 	If you like the ComicPress theme, please donate.  It will help in creating new versions.<br />
-					
-					<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" id="paypal-wrap">
-			<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
-			<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="3142149">
-			<input type="submit" border="0" name="submit" alt="" value="Donate" id="paypal">
-			<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
-		</form>
+<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">
+<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
+<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="7827910">
+<input type="image"
+src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif"
+border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay
+online!">
+<img alt="" border="0"
+src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1"
+height="1">
+</form>
 	</div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index e552212..351fd93 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-$comicpress_version = '2.8.0.9';
+$comicpress_version = '2.8.0.R';
 
 // Remove the wptexturizer from changing the quotes and squotes.
 // remove_filter('the_title', 'wptexturize');
diff --git a/functions/displayblogpost.php b/functions/displayblogpost.php
index 429e2eb..19362b0 100644
--- a/functions/displayblogpost.php
+++ b/functions/displayblogpost.php
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ function display_blog_post() {
 						</div>
 					<?php } ?>
 					<?php if (!is_single()) { ?>
-						<div class="comment-link">
-						<?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) { comments_popup_link('&ldquo;Comment!&rdquo;', '&ldquo;1 Comment&rdquo;', '&ldquo;% Comments&rdquo;'); } ?>
-						</div>
+						<?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) { ?><div class="comment-link"><?php comments_popup_link('<span class="comment-balloon comment-balloon-empty">&rdquo;</span>Comment ', '<span class="comment-balloon">1</span>Comment ', '<span class="comment-balloon">%</span>Comment '); ?></div><?php } ?>
 					<?php } ?>
 					<div class="clear"></div>
 					<?php if ($enable_related_posts == 'yes') echo related_posts_shortcode(); ?>
diff --git a/functions/displaycomicpost.php b/functions/displaycomicpost.php
index c8f6e19..afafbb5 100644
--- a/functions/displaycomicpost.php
+++ b/functions/displaycomicpost.php
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ function display_comic_post() {
 				<?php the_tags('&#9492; Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?>
 				</div>
 			<?php } ?>
-			<div class="comment-link">
-			<?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) { comments_popup_link('&ldquo;Comment!&rdquo;', '&ldquo;1 Comment&rdquo;', '&ldquo;% Comments&rdquo;'); } ?>
-		</div>
-		<div class="clear"></div>
+			<?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) { ?><div class="comment-link"><?php comments_popup_link('<span class="comment-balloon comment-balloon-empty">&rdquo;</span>Comment ', '<span class="comment-balloon">1</span>Comment ', '<span class="comment-balloon">%</span>Comment '); ?></div><?php } ?>
 			<?php if ($enable_related_comics == 'yes') echo related_comics_shortcode(); ?>
 		</div>
 		<br class="clear-margins" />
diff --git a/header.php b/header.php
index c4d25d1..81427f5 100644
--- a/header.php
+++ b/header.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	<link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url') ?>" />
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/js/scroll.js"></script>
 	<meta name="ComicPress" content="<?php global $comicpress_version; echo $comicpress_version; ?>" />
-<!--[if lte IE 7]>
+<!--[if lt IE 7]>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/js/ie6submenus.js"></script>
 <![endif]-->
 	<?php if ( is_singular() ) wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' ); ?>
diff --git a/images/background.jpg b/images/background.jpg
deleted file mode 100644
index dd15c92..0000000
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diff --git a/images/bgs/background.png b/images/bgs/background.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf3a76d
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/bgs/background.png differ
diff --git a/images/comment-balloon.png b/images/comment-balloon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78b23f6
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/comment-balloon.png differ
diff --git a/images/pingback.png b/images/pingback.png
index 40a1541..cbd5632 100644
Binary files a/images/pingback.png and b/images/pingback.png differ
diff --git a/images/trackback.png b/images/trackback.png
index 2a0bd76..cbd5632 100644
Binary files a/images/trackback.png and b/images/trackback.png differ
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 1816f1a..8368af5 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@
 			<div class="column">
 	<?php } 
 } 
-if ($disable_blog_frontpage == 'no') {
+
+if ($disable_blog_frontpage != 'yes') { 
 	if (have_posts()) {
 		global $blog_postcount;
 		$blog_query = 'showposts='.$blog_postcount.'&cat=-"'.exclude_comic_categories().'"&paged='.$paged; 
diff --git a/screenshot.png b/screenshot.png
index 8d54e83..bcad0f6 100644
Binary files a/screenshot.png and b/screenshot.png differ
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 4dfa8df..9faa2dc 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ body {
 	text-transform: none;
 	letter-spacing: normal;
 	color: #333;
-	background: #fff url('images/background.jpg') top repeat-x; 
+	background: #fff url('images/bgs/background.png') top repeat-x; 
 	z-index: 0;
 }
 
@@ -292,9 +292,9 @@ h3, h3 a {
 		padding: 5px 0 5px 0;
 	}
 
-
 	#menu li {
 		float: left;
+		cursor:pointer;
 	}
 
 	#menu li a {
@@ -599,12 +599,6 @@ a.navi-comments:hover span {
 	font-size: 11px;
 }
 
-.comment-link {
-	font-family: 'Georgia' , serif;
-	font-size: 13px;
-	text-align: right;
-}
-
 .related_posts {
 	margin-top: 10px;
 	font-weight: 700;
@@ -622,6 +616,49 @@ a.navi-comments:hover span {
 	padding: 3px;
 }
 
+/* COMMENT LINK */
+
+.comment-link {
+	height: 25px;
+	line-height: 20px;
+	font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	text-align: right;
+}
+
+	.comment-link a {
+		color: #333;
+	}
+		
+	.comment-link a:hover {
+		color: #800;
+	}
+		
+	.comment-balloon {
+		width: 30px;
+		height: 25px;
+		display: block;
+		margin: 0 0 0 5px;
+		float: right;
+		overflow: hidden;
+		text-align: center;
+		line-height: 16px;
+		font-family: 'Georgia', serif;
+		font-size: 16px;
+		font-weight: normal;
+		background: url('images/comment-balloon.png') no-repeat;
+	}
+	
+		.comment-link a:hover .comment-balloon {
+			color: #fff;
+			background-position: 0 -25px;
+		}
+		
+	.comment-balloon-empty {
+		font-size: 20px;
+		line-height: 30px;
+		}
+
 /* THE BLOG HEADER */
 
 #blogheader {
@@ -965,6 +1002,29 @@ table#wp-calendar td {
 	border-color: #999;
 }
 
+.wp-calendar-download {
+	width: 166px;
+	margin: 0 auto;
+	overflow: hidden;
+	font-size: 10px;
+	text-align: right;
+	color: #777;
+	background: #222;
+}
+
+	.wp-calendar-download a {
+		padding: 0 3px;
+		font-weight: bold;
+		color: #fff;
+		background: #000;
+		border-left: 1px solid #777;
+	}
+
+		.wp-calendar-download a:hover {
+			background: #800;
+		}
+
+
 /* SEARCH */
 
 #s-search, #s-transcript {
diff --git a/widgets/archive-dropdown.php b/widgets/archive-dropdown.php
index e5474a8..7e6c140 100644
--- a/widgets/archive-dropdown.php
+++ b/widgets/archive-dropdown.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 /*
-Widget Name: comicpress_archive_dropdown
+Widget Name: comicpress archive dropdown
 Widget URI: http://comicpress.org/
 Description: 
 Author: Philip M. Hofer (Frumph)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function comicpress_archive_dropdown() { ?>
 class widget_comicpress_archive_dropdown extends WP_Widget {
 	
 	function widget_comicpress_archive_dropdown() {
-		$widget_ops = array('classname' => 'widget_comicpress_archive_dropdown', 'description' => 'Display a dropdown of your archive.' );
+		$widget_ops = array('classname' => 'widget_comicpress_archive_dropdown', 'description' => 'Display a dropdown list of your archives, styled.' );
 		$this->WP_Widget('archive_dropdown', 'ComicPress Archive Dropdown', $widget_ops);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/widgets/calendar.php b/widgets/calendar.php
index 66cddb6..c011fc9 100644
--- a/widgets/calendar.php
+++ b/widgets/calendar.php
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ function comicpress_calendar($instance = null) {
 	<div id="wp-calendar-top"></div>
 	<div id="wp-calendar-wrap">
 	<?php if (!empty($thumbnail)) { ?>
-		<img src="<?php echo $thumbnail; ?>" alt="" class="wp-calendar-thumb" /><br />
+		<div class="wp-calendar-download">
+		<img src="<?php echo $thumbnail; ?>" alt="" /><br />
 		<?php if (!empty($small) || !empty($medium) || !empty($large)) { ?>
-			<div class="wp-calendar-download">
-			<?php if (!empty($small)) { ?>[<a href="<?php echo $small; ?>" title="Download">S</a>] <?php } ?><?php if (!empty($medium)) { ?>[<a href="<?php echo $medium; ?>" title="Download">M</a>] <?php } ?><?php if (!empty($large)) { ?>[<a href="<?php echo $large; ?>" title="Download">L</a>] <?php } ?>
-			</div>
+			DOWNLOAD <?php if (!empty($small)) { ?><a href="<?php echo $small; ?>" title="Download Small">S</a><?php } ?><?php if (!empty($medium)) { ?><a href="<?php echo $medium; ?>" title="Download Medium">M</a><?php } ?><?php if (!empty($large)) { ?><a href="<?php echo $large; ?>" title="Download Large">L</a><?php } ?>
 		<?php } ?>
+		</div>
 	<?php } ?>
 	<?php get_calendar(); ?>
 	</div>
diff --git a/widgets/comiccomments.php b/widgets/comiccomments.php
index 44d51cd..aabd580 100644
--- a/widgets/comiccomments.php
+++ b/widgets/comiccomments.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class widget_comicpress_comments extends WP_Widget {
 		
 		echo $before_widget;
 		$title = empty($instance['title']) ? 'Permalink' : apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title']); ?>
-			<?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) { comments_popup_link('&ldquo;Comment!&rdquo;', '&ldquo;1 Comment&rdquo;', '&ldquo;% Comments&rdquo;'); } ?>
+		<?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) { ?><div class="comment-link"><?php comments_popup_link('<span class="comment-balloon comment-balloon-empty">&rdquo;</span>Comment ', '<span class="comment-balloon">1</span>Comment ', '<span class="comment-balloon">%</span>Comment '); ?></div><?php } ?>
 		<?php
 		echo $after_widget;
 	}
diff --git a/widgets/menubar.php b/widgets/menubar.php
index 07cb117..8b86399 100644
--- a/widgets/menubar.php
+++ b/widgets/menubar.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function comicpress_menubar() {
 	$bookmarkargs = 
 	$bookmarks = wp_list_bookmarks('echo=0&title_li=&categorize=1&title_before=&title_after=&exclude_name=menubar'); 
 	$bookmarks = preg_replace('#<li ([^>]*)>#', '<li class="page-item link">', $bookmarks);
-	$bookmarks = preg_replace('#<ul ([^>]*)>#', '<ul>', $bookmarks);
+	$bookmarks = preg_replace('#<ul ([^>]*)>#', '<ul>', $bookmarks); 
 	$listpages = wp_list_pages('echo=0&sort_column=menu_order&depth=4&title_li=');
 		if (!empty($bookmarks)) {
 			$listpages = str_replace('Links</a></li>', 'Links</a>
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ function comicpress_menubar() {
 						</li>
 						', $listpages);
 			$listpages .= $menulinks;
-		} else {
+		} else { 
 			$listpages = str_replace('Links</a></li>', 'Links</a>
 						</li>
 						', $listpages);
 			$listpages .= $menulinks;			
-		}
+		} 
 	?>
 	<ul id="menu">
 		<li class="page_item page-item-home<?php if (is_home()) { ?> current_page_item<?php } ?>"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Home</a></li>