diff --git a/include/crypto.php b/include/crypto.php
index a4ce2cf98..494a2a5b9 100644
--- a/include/crypto.php
+++ b/include/crypto.php
@@ -296,34 +296,6 @@ function salmon_key($pubkey) {
 	return 'RSA' . '.' . base64url_encode($m,true) . '.' . base64url_encode($e,true) ;
 }
 
-// old function for providing mysql compatible encryption and is also
-// used in Friendica 'RINO'. This function is messy and should be retired. 
- 
-
-function aes_decrypt($val,$ky)
-{
-    $key="\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0";
-    for($a=0;$a<strlen($ky);$a++)
-      $key[$a%16]=chr(ord($key[$a%16]) ^ ord($ky[$a]));
-    $mode = MCRYPT_MODE_ECB;
-    $enc = MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128;
-    $dec = @mcrypt_decrypt($enc, $key, $val, $mode, @mcrypt_create_iv( @mcrypt_get_iv_size($enc, $mode), MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM ) );
-    return rtrim($dec,(( ord(substr($dec,strlen($dec)-1,1))>=0 and ord(substr($dec, strlen($dec)-1,1))<=16)? chr(ord( substr($dec,strlen($dec)-1,1))):null));
-}
-
-
-
-function aes_encrypt($val,$ky)
-{
-    $key="\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0";
-    for($a=0;$a<strlen($ky);$a++)
-      $key[$a%16]=chr(ord($key[$a%16]) ^ ord($ky[$a]));
-    $mode=MCRYPT_MODE_ECB;
-    $enc=MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128;
-    $val=str_pad($val, (16*(floor(strlen($val) / 16)+(strlen($val) % 16==0?2:1))), chr(16-(strlen($val) % 16)));
-    return mcrypt_encrypt($enc, $key, $val, $mode, mcrypt_create_iv( mcrypt_get_iv_size($enc, $mode), MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM));
-}
-
 function z_obscure($s) {
 	return json_encode(crypto_encapsulate($s,get_config('system','pubkey')));
 }
diff --git a/mod/home.php b/mod/home.php
index b2779051d..242b2dcec 100644
--- a/mod/home.php
+++ b/mod/home.php
@@ -72,13 +72,10 @@ function home_content(&$a, $update = 0, $load = false) {
 	if($sitename) 
 		$o .= '<h1>' . sprintf( t("Welcome to %s") ,$sitename) . '</h1>';
 
-	if(intval(get_config('system','block_public')) && (! local_channel()) && (! remote_channel())) {
-		// If there's nothing special happening, just spit out a login box
-		$loginbox = get_config('system','login_on_homepage');
-		if(intval($loginbox) || $loginbox === false)
-			$o .= login(($a->config['system']['register_policy'] == REGISTER_CLOSED) ? 0 : 1);
-	}
+	$loginbox = get_config('system','login_on_homepage');
+	if(intval($loginbox) || $loginbox === false)
+		$o .= login(($a->config['system']['register_policy'] == REGISTER_CLOSED) ? 0 : 1);
 
 	return $o;
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 94b32d01c..d631bd1f2 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -581,27 +581,6 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		$attachments = '';
-		$match = false;
-
-		if(preg_match_all('/(\[attachment\](.*?)\[\/attachment\])/',$body,$match)) {
-			$attachments = array();
-			foreach($match[2] as $mtch) {
-				$hash = substr($mtch,0,strpos($mtch,','));
-				$rev = intval(substr($mtch,strpos($mtch,',')));
-				$r = attach_by_hash_nodata($hash,$rev);
-				if($r['success']) {
-					$attachments[] = array(
-						'href'     => $a->get_baseurl() . '/attach/' . $r['data']['hash'],
-						'length'   => $r['data']['filesize'],
-						'type'     => $r['data']['filetype'],
-						'title'    => urlencode($r['data']['filename']),
-						'revision' => $r['data']['revision']
-					);
-				}
-				$body = str_replace($match[1],'',$body);
-			}
-		}
 
 		/**
 		 *
@@ -638,6 +617,29 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 		}
 
+
+		$attachments = '';
+		$match = false;
+
+		if(preg_match_all('/(\[attachment\](.*?)\[\/attachment\])/',$body,$match)) {
+			$attachments = array();
+			foreach($match[2] as $mtch) {
+				$hash = substr($mtch,0,strpos($mtch,','));
+				$rev = intval(substr($mtch,strpos($mtch,',')));
+				$r = attach_by_hash_nodata($hash,$rev);
+				if($r['success']) {
+					$attachments[] = array(
+						'href'     => $a->get_baseurl() . '/attach/' . $r['data']['hash'],
+						'length'   => $r['data']['filesize'],
+						'type'     => $r['data']['filetype'],
+						'title'    => urlencode($r['data']['filename']),
+						'revision' => $r['data']['revision']
+					);
+				}
+				$body = str_replace($match[1],'',$body);
+			}
+		}
+
 	}
 
 // BBCODE end alert
diff --git a/view/css/default.css b/view/css/default.css
index 56173f932..2675bc2d8 100644
--- a/view/css/default.css
+++ b/view/css/default.css
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ main {
 	height: 100%;
 }
 
-aside#region_1 {
-	width: 231px;
-	min-width: 231px;
-	max-width: 231px;
+aside#region_1,
+aside#region_3 {
 	display: table-cell;
 	vertical-align: top;
 	padding: 65px 7px 0px 7px;
diff --git a/view/php/default.php b/view/php/default.php
index 01cd8a0d4..4c8311ef0 100644
--- a/view/php/default.php
+++ b/view/php/default.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 					<div id="page-footer"></div>
 			<div id="pause"></div>
 		</section>
-		<aside id="region_3"><?php if(x($page,'right_aside')) echo $page['right_aside']; ?></aside>
+		<aside id="region_3" class="hidden-sm hidden-xs"><?php if(x($page,'right_aside')) echo $page['right_aside']; ?></aside>
 	</main>
 	<footer><?php if(x($page,'footer')) echo $page['footer']; ?></footer>
 </body>
diff --git a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
index a671a6671..1c575a63e 100644
--- a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
@@ -24,8 +24,14 @@ body {
 	height: 100%;
 }
 
+aside {
+	width: $aside_widthpx;
+	min-width: $aside_widthpx;
+	max-width: $aside_widthpx;
+}
+
 main {
-	max-width: $main_width;
+	max-width: $main_widthpx;
 }
 
 h1, .h1, h2, .h2 {
@@ -2097,8 +2103,8 @@ nav .badge.mail-update:hover {
 	}
 
 	main {
-		left: -231px;
-		width: calc( 100% + 231px );
+		left: -$aside_widthpx;
+		width: calc( 100% + $aside_widthpx );
 	}
 
 	main.region_1-on {
diff --git a/view/theme/redbasic/php/style.php b/view/theme/redbasic/php/style.php
index c6231e690..5a28fc4e3 100644
--- a/view/theme/redbasic/php/style.php
+++ b/view/theme/redbasic/php/style.php
@@ -153,11 +153,13 @@ if(file_exists('view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css')) {
 
 	$x = file_get_contents('view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css');
 
-	// left aside is 231px + converse width
-	$main_width = (231 + intval($converse_width));
+	$aside_width = 231;
+
+	// left aside and right aside are is 231px + converse width
+	$main_width = (($aside_width * 2) + intval($converse_width));
 
 	// prevent main_width smaller than 768px
-	$main_width = (($main_width < 768) ? 768 : $main_width) . 'px';
+	$main_width = (($main_width < 768) ? 768 : $main_width);
 
 	$options = array (
 		'$nav_bg' => $nav_bg,
@@ -191,6 +193,7 @@ if(file_exists('view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css')) {
 		'$pmenu_reply' => $pmenu_reply,
 		'$comment_indent' => $comment_indent,
 		'$main_width' => $main_width,
+		'$aside_width' => $aside_width
 	);
 
 	echo str_replace(array_keys($options), array_values($options), $x);