diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 6aacd2955..a0f11860d 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -540,12 +540,8 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 				'addon_text' => $uploader,
 				'default_upload' => true);
 
-
 		call_hooks('photo_upload_form',$ret);
 
-		$default_upload = '<input id="photos-upload-choose" type="file" name="userfile" /> 	<div class="photos-upload-submit-wrapper" >
-		<input type="submit" name="submit" value="' . t('Submit') . '" id="photos-upload-submit" /> </div>';
-
 		/* Show space usage */
 
 		$r = q("select sum(size) as total from photo where aid = %d and scale = 0 ",
@@ -584,15 +580,17 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 			'$sessid' => session_id(),
 			'$usage' => $usage_message,
 			'$nickname' => $a->data['channel']['channel_address'],
-			'$newalbum' => t('Enter a new album name or select an existing one:'),
+			'$newalbum_label' => t('Enter a new album name'),
+			'$newalbum_placeholder' => t('or select an existing one (doubleclick)'),
 			'$nosharetext' => t('Do not show a status post for this upload'),
 			'$albums' => $albums['albums'],
 			'$selname' => $selname,
 			'$permissions' => t('Permissions'),
 			'$aclselect' => $aclselect_e,
 			'$uploader' => $ret['addon_text'],
-			'$default' => (($ret['default_upload']) ? $default_upload : ''),
-			'$uploadurl' => $ret['post_url']
+			'$default' => (($ret['default_upload']) ? true : false),
+			'$uploadurl' => $ret['post_url'],
+			'$submit' => t('Submit')
 
 		));
 
diff --git a/view/css/mod_photos.css b/view/css/mod_photos.css
index 3832ea1a6..89041bd09 100644
--- a/view/css/mod_photos.css
+++ b/view/css/mod_photos.css
@@ -22,24 +22,16 @@
 	margin-bottom: 25px;
 }
 
-#photos-upload-noshare {
-	margin-bottom: 10px;
+#photos-upload-album {
+	width: 100%;
 }
 
-#photos-upload-spacer,
-#photos-upload-new-end {
-	margin-top: 25px;
-}
 #photos-upload-new-end, #photos-upload-exist-end {
 	clear: both;
 }
 #photos-upload-exist-end {
 	margin-bottom: 15px;
 }
-#photos-upload-submit {
-	margin-top: 15px;
-}
-
 
 #photos-upload-select-files-text {
 	margin-top: 15px;
@@ -63,8 +55,9 @@
 	margin-bottom: 15px;
 }
 
-#photo-edit-caption-end, #photo-edit-tags-end, #photo-edit-albumname-end, #photo-edit-rotate-end {
+#photo-edit-caption-end, #photo-edit-tags-end, #photo-edit-albumname-end, #photo-edit-rotate-end, #photos-upload-perms-end, #photos-upload-noshare-end{
 	clear: both;
+	margin-bottom: 10px;
 }
 
 #photo-edit-rotate-end {
diff --git a/view/css/widgets.css b/view/css/widgets.css
index 593e051da..df113b12e 100644
--- a/view/css/widgets.css
+++ b/view/css/widgets.css
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 /* search */
 
 #search-text {
-	border: 1px solid #ccc;
-	padding: 5px;
-	line-height: 1.5;
 	border-top-right-radius: 0px;
 	border-bottom-right-radius: 0px;
 }
diff --git a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
index 31b769460..5ffc33d31 100644
--- a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ html {
 }
 
 body {
-	font-family: arial,freesans,sans-serif;
+	font-family: sans-serif, arial, freesans;
 	font-size: $body_font_size;
 	background-color: $bgcolour;
 	background-image: url('$background_image');
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ h5, .h5, h6, .h6 {
 }
 
 .jslider {
-	font-family: arial,freesans,sans-serif;
+	font-family: sans-serif, arial, freesans;
 }
 
 abbr {
@@ -84,17 +84,19 @@ a.btn-success {
 input[type="text"],
 input[type="password"],
 input[type="submit"],
+input[type="file"],
 select,
 textarea {
-	font-family: arial,freesans,sans-serif;
+	font-family: sans-serif, arial, freesans;
 	font-size: $body_font_size;
 }
 
 input {
+	padding: 5px;
+	line-height: 1.5;
 	border: 1px solid $input_border;
 	-moz-border-radius: $radiuspx;
 	border-radius: $radiuspx;	
-	padding: 3px;
 }
 
 input[type="submit"] {
diff --git a/view/tpl/photos_upload.tpl b/view/tpl/photos_upload.tpl
index 3db292f02..4c53a7c62 100755
--- a/view/tpl/photos_upload.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/photos_upload.tpl
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 	<div class="section-content-wrapper">
 		<form action="photos/{{$nickname}}" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" name="photos-upload-form" id="photos-upload-form">
 			<input type="hidden" id="photos-upload-source" name="source" value="photos" />
-			<div id="photos-album-name-label" >
-				<label id="photos-upload-newalbum-text" for="photos-upload-newalbum">{{$newalbum}}</label>
-			</div>
-			<div id="photos-album-name-input">
-				<input id="photos-upload-newalbum" type="text" value="{{$selname}}" name="newalbum" list="dl-photo-upload" />
+
+
+			<div class="form-group">
+				<label for="photos-upload-album">{{$newalbum_label}}</label>
+				<input type="text" class="form-control" id="photos-upload-album" placeholder="{{$newalbum_placeholder}}" value="{{$selname}}" list="dl-photo-upload">
 				<datalist id="dl-photo-upload">
 				{{foreach $albums as $al}}
 					{{if $al.text}}
@@ -22,27 +22,38 @@
 				</datalist>
 			</div>
 
+			{{$aclselect}}
+
+			{{if $default}}
+			<div class="form-group pull-left">
+				<input id="photos-upload-choose" type="file" name="userfile" />
+			</div>
+			<div class="btn-group pull-right">
+				<button class="btn btn-default btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" onclick="return false;">
+					<i id="jot-perms-icon" class="icon-{{$lockstate}} jot-icons"></i>
+				</button>
+				<button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" type="submit" name="submit" id="photos-upload-submit">{{$submit}}</button>
+			</div>
+			{{/if}}
+
 			<div id="photos-upload-new-end"></div>
 
-			<div id="photos-upload-noshare-div" class="photos-upload-noshare-div" >
-				<input id="photos-upload-noshare" type="checkbox" name="not_visible" value="1" />
-				<label id="photos-upload-noshare-text" for="photos-upload-noshare" >{{$nosharetext}}</label>
+			<div class="form-group" id="photos-upload-noshare">
+				<label id="photos-upload-noshare-text" for="photos-upload-noshare" >
+					<input id="photos-upload-noshare" type="checkbox" name="not_visible" value="1" />&nbsp;{{$nosharetext}}
+				</label>
 			</div>
 
+			{{if $uploader}}
+			<div id="photos-upload-noshare-end"></div>
 			<div id="photos-upload-perms" class="photos-upload-perms" >
 				<span id="jot-perms-icon" class="icon-{{$lockstate}}" ></span>
 				<button class="btn btn-default btn-xs" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#aclModal" onclick="return false;">{{$permissions}}</button>
 			</div>
-
-			{{$aclselect}}
-
 			<div id="photos-upload-perms-end"></div>
-
-			<div id="photos-upload-spacer"></div>
-
 			{{$uploader}}
+			{{/if}}
 
-			{{$default}}
 
 			<div class="photos-upload-end" ></div>
 		</form>