diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index cf68ee121..1eef4e37a 100755
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -889,8 +889,8 @@ function smilies($s, $sample = false) {
 		|| (local_user() && intval(get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','no_smilies'))))
 		return $s;
 
-	$s = preg_replace_callback('{<(pre|code)>(?<target>.*?)</\1>}ism','smile_encode',$s);
-	$s = preg_replace_callback('/<[a-z]+ (?<target>.*?)>/ism','smile_encode',$s);
+	$s = preg_replace_callback('{<(pre|code)>.*?</\1>}ism','smile_shield',$s);
+	$s = preg_replace_callback('/<[a-z]+ .*?>/ism','smile_shield',$s);
 
 	$texts =  array( 
 		'&lt;3', 
@@ -981,20 +981,18 @@ function smilies($s, $sample = false) {
 		$s = str_replace($params['texts'],$params['icons'],$params['string']);
 	}
 
-	$s = preg_replace_callback(
-		'/<!--base64:(.*?)-->/ism',
-		function ($m) { return base64url_decode($m[1]); },
-		$s
-	);
+	$s = preg_replace_callback('/<!--base64:(.*?)-->/ism', 'smile_unshield', $s);
 
 	return $s;
 
 }
 
+function smile_shield($m) {
+	return '<!--base64:' . base64url_encode($m[0]) . '-->';
+}
 
-function smile_encode($m) {
-	$cleartext = $m['target'];
-	return str_replace($cleartext,'<!--base64:' . base64url_encode($cleartext) . '-->',$m[0]);
+function smile_unshield($m) { 
+	return base64url_decode($m[1]); 
 }
 
 // expand <3333 to the correct number of hearts
diff --git a/view/css/mod_chat.css b/view/css/mod_chat.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f33f2c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/css/mod_chat.css
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+ .chatContainer {
+	 height: 100%;
+	 width: 100%;
+ }
+ 
+ .chatTopBar {
+	 float: left;
+	 height: 400px;
+	 width: 650px;
+	 overflow-y: auto;
+ }
+ 
+ .chatUsers {
+	 float: right;
+	 width: 120px;
+	 height: 100%;
+	 border: 1px solid #000;
+ }
+ 
+ .chatBottomBar {
+	 position: relative;
+	 bottom: 0;
+	 height: 150px;
+	 margin-top: 20px;
+ }
+ 
+ section {
+	 padding-bottom: 0;
+ }
+ 
+ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
index fe6d24f18..776b4c31a 100644
--- a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ a, a:visited, a:link, .fakelink, .fakelink:visited, .fakelink:link {
 	text-decoration: none; 
 }
 
-a:hover, .fakelink:hover { color: #44AAFF; text-decoration: underline; }
+a:hover, .fakelink:hover { color: $link_colour; text-decoration: underline; }
 
 .fakelink {
 	cursor: pointer;
diff --git a/view/tpl/chat.tpl b/view/tpl/chat.tpl
index dba6a777f..eb98063fa 100644
--- a/view/tpl/chat.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/chat.tpl
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <h1>{{$room_name}}</h1>
-<div id="chatContainer" style="height: 100%; width: 100%;">
+<div id="chatContainer"">
 
-    <div id="chatTopBar" style="float: left; height: 400px; width: 650px; overflow-y: auto;">
+    <div id="chatTopBar">
     	<div id="chatLineHolder"></div>
 	</div>
 
-    <div id="chatUsers" style="float: right; width: 120px; height: 100%; border: 1px solid #000;" ></div>
+    <div id="chatUsers"></div>
 
 	<div class="clear"></div>
-    <div id="chatBottomBar" style="position: relative; bottom: 0; height: 150px; margin-top: 20px;">
+    <div id="chatBottomBar">
         <div class="tip"></div>
 
         <form id="chat-form" method="post" action="#">
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
     </div>
 
 </div>
-<style>
-section {
-	padding-bottom: 0;
-}
-</style>
 
 <script>
 var room_id = {{$room_id}};