diff --git a/templates/kt3/dashboard.smarty b/templates/kt3/dashboard.smarty
index 22ac03a..0778507 100644
--- a/templates/kt3/dashboard.smarty
+++ b/templates/kt3/dashboard.smarty
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
 <div id="dashboard-container-left">
     {foreach item=oDashlet from=$dashlets_left}
     <div class="dashboard_block" id="{$context->_getDashletId($oDashlet)}">
-        <div class="{$oDashlet->sClass}" id="{$oDashlet->sClass}">
-        	
+        <div class="{$oDashlet->sClass}">
+        	{if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktBlock"}
+	    	<div class="dashboard_block_rightrepeat_top"></div>
+	    	<div class="dashboard_block_rightrepeat_bottom"></div>
+	    	<div class="dashboard_block_leftrepeat_top"></div>
+	    	<div class="dashboard_block_leftrepeat_bottom"></div>
+	    	{/if}
+	    	
+	    	{if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktError"}
+	    	<div class="error_dashlet_rightrepeat_top"></div>
+	    	<div class="error_dashlet_rightrepeat_bottom"></div>
+	    	<div class="error_dashlet_leftrepeat_top"></div>
+	    	<div class="error_dashlet_leftrepeat_bottom"></div>
+	    	{/if}
+	    	
+	    	{if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktInfo"}
+	    	<div class="info_dashlet_rightrepeat_top"></div>
+	    	<div class="info_dashlet_rightrepeat_bottom"></div>
+	    	<div class="info_dashlet_leftrepeat_top"></div>
+	    	<div class="info_dashlet_leftrepeat_bottom"></div>
+	    	{/if}
             <div class="dashboard_block_icons">
                 <a href="#" class="action action_rollup">&nbsp;</a>
                 <a href="#" class="action action_close">&nbsp;</a>
@@ -13,7 +32,33 @@
             <div class="dashboard_block_body">
                 {$oDashlet->render()}
             </div>
-            
+            {if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktBlock"}
+	        <div class="dashboard_block_topleft"></div>
+	        <div class="dashboard_block_toprepeat"></div>
+	    	<div class="dashboard_block_topright"></div>
+	    	
+	    	<div class="dashboard_block_bottomleft"></div>
+	        <div class="dashboard_block_bottomrepeat"></div>
+	    	<div class="dashboard_block_bottomright"></div>
+	    	{/if}
+	    	{if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktError"}
+	        <div class="error_dashlet_topleft"></div>
+	        <div class="error_dashlet_toprepeat"></div>
+	    	<div class="error_dashlet_topright"></div>
+	    	
+	    	<div class="error_dashlet_bottomleft"></div>
+	        <div class="error_dashlet_bottomrepeat"></div>
+	    	<div class="error_dashlet_bottomright"></div>
+	    	{/if}
+	    	{if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktInfo"}
+	        <div class="info_dashlet_topleft"></div>
+	        <div class="info_dashlet_toprepeat"></div>
+	    	<div class="info_dashlet_topright"></div>
+	    	
+	    	<div class="info_dashlet_bottomleft"></div>
+	        <div class="info_dashlet_bottomrepeat"></div>
+	    	<div class="info_dashlet_bottomright"></div>
+	    	{/if}
         </div>
     </div>
     {/foreach}
@@ -23,8 +68,25 @@
 <div id="dashboard-container-right">
     {foreach item=oDashlet from=$dashlets_right}
     <div class="dashboard_block" id="{$context->_getDashletId($oDashlet)}">
-        <div class="{$oDashlet->sClass}" id="{$oDashlet->sClass}">
-        	
+        <div class="{$oDashlet->sClass}">
+        	{if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktBlock"}
+        	<div class="dashboard_block_rightrepeat_top"></div>
+        	<div class="dashboard_block_rightrepeat_bottom"></div>
+            <div class="dashboard_block_leftrepeat_top"></div>
+        	<div class="dashboard_block_leftrepeat_bottom"></div>
+            {/if}
+            {if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktError"}
+        	<div class="error_dashlet_rightrepeat_top"></div>
+        	<div class="error_dashlet_rightrepeat_bottom"></div>
+        	<div class="error_dashlet_leftrepeat_top"></div>
+        	<div class="error_dashlet_leftrepeat_bottom"></div>
+        	{/if}
+        	{if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktInfo"}
+        	<div class="info_dashlet_rightrepeat_top"></div>
+        	<div class="info_dashlet_rightrepeat_bottom"></div>
+        	<div class="info_dashlet_leftrepeat_top"></div>
+        	<div class="info_dashlet_leftrepeat_bottom"></div>
+        	{/if}
             <div class="dashboard_block_icons">
                 <a href="#" class="action action_rollup">&nbsp;</a>
                 <a href="#" class="action action_close">&nbsp;</a>
@@ -35,7 +97,33 @@
                 {$oDashlet->render()}
             </div>
 
-            
+            {if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktBlock"}
+            <div class="dashboard_block_topleft"></div>
+            <div class="dashboard_block_toprepeat"></div>
+        	<div class="dashboard_block_topright"></div>
+        	
+        	<div class="dashboard_block_bottomleft"></div>
+            <div class="dashboard_block_bottomrepeat"></div>
+        	<div class="dashboard_block_bottomright"></div>
+        	{/if}
+        	{if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktError"}
+            <div class="error_dashlet_topleft"></div>
+            <div class="error_dashlet_toprepeat"></div>
+        	<div class="error_dashlet_topright"></div>
+        	
+        	<div class="error_dashlet_bottomleft"></div>
+            <div class="error_dashlet_bottomrepeat"></div>
+        	<div class="error_dashlet_bottomright"></div>
+        	{/if}
+        	{if $oDashlet->sClass === "ktInfo"}
+            <div class="info_dashlet_topleft"></div>
+            <div class="info_dashlet_toprepeat"></div>
+        	<div class="info_dashlet_topright"></div>
+        	
+        	<div class="info_dashlet_bottomleft"></div>
+            <div class="info_dashlet_bottomrepeat"></div>
+        	<div class="info_dashlet_bottomright"></div>
+        	{/if}
         </div>
     </div>
     {/foreach}
diff --git a/templates/kt3/standard_page.smarty b/templates/kt3/standard_page.smarty
index 197d5cd..db36e51 100644
--- a/templates/kt3/standard_page.smarty
+++ b/templates/kt3/standard_page.smarty
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
-<html>
+<html> 
 <head>
     <title>{$page->title}{if ($page->secondary_title != null)} &mdash; {$page->secondary_title}{/if} | {$page->systemName}</title>
     
@@ -152,18 +152,20 @@
         		<tr align="left" align="left">
 	        		<td valign="top">
 			            <div id="portletbar">
-			                {foreach item=oPortlet from=$page->portlets}
-			                    {assign var=portlet_output value=$oPortlet->render() }
-			                    {if $portlet_output}
-			                        <div class="portlet{if $oPortlet->getActive()} expanded{/if}" id="portlet{if $oPortlet->getActive()} expanded{/if}">
-			                            <h4 onclick="toggleElementClass('expanded', this.parentNode)">{$oPortlet->getTitle()}</h4>
-			                            <div class="portletbody">
-			                                {$portlet_output}
-			                            </div>
-			                        </div>
-			                    {/if}
-			                {/foreach}
-			                <div class="floatClear"></div>
+                {foreach item=oPortlet from=$page->portlets}
+                    {assign var=portlet_output value=$oPortlet->render() }
+                    {if $portlet_output}
+                        <div class="portlet {if $oPortlet->getActive()}expanded{/if}">
+                            <h4 onclick="toggleElementClass('expanded',this.parentNode)">{$oPortlet->getTitle()}</h4>
+                            <div class="portletTopRepeat"></div>
+                            <div class="portletTopRight"></div>
+                            <div class="portletbody">
+                                {$portlet_output}
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    {/if}
+                {/foreach}
+                <div class="floatClear"></div>
 			            </div>
 		            </td>
 		            <td valign="top" width="100%">
@@ -175,22 +177,40 @@
 			                {/if}
 			
 			                <!-- any status / error messages get added here. -->
-			                {if (!empty($page->errStack))}
-			                    <div class="ktErrorMessage">
-			                        {foreach item=sError from=$page->errStack}
-			                            <span>{$sError}</span>
-			                        {/foreach}
-			                    </div>
-			                {/if}
-			
-			                {if (!empty($page->infoStack))}
-			                    <div class="ktInfoMessage">
-			                        {foreach item=sInfo from=$page->infoStack}
-			                            <span>{$sInfo}</span>
-			                        {/foreach}
-			                    </div>
-			                {/if}
-			                <!-- and finally, the content. -->
+                {if (!empty($page->errStack))}
+                    <div class="ktError">
+				    	<div class="error_dashlet_rightrepeat_bottom"></div>
+				    	<div class="error_dashlet_leftrepeat_bottom"></div>
+                        {foreach item=sError from=$page->errStack}
+                            <p>{$sError}</p>
+                        {/foreach}
+                        <div class="error_dashlet_topleft_small"></div>
+			            <div class="error_dashlet_toprepeat_small"></div>
+			        	<div class="error_dashlet_topright_small"></div>
+			        	
+			        	<div class="error_dashlet_bottomleft"></div>
+			            <div class="error_dashlet_bottomrepeat_small"></div>
+			        	<div class="error_dashlet_bottomright"></div>
+                    </div>
+                {/if}
+
+                {if (!empty($page->infoStack))}
+                    <div class="ktInfo">
+                    	<div class="info_dashlet_rightrepeat_bottom"></div>
+				    	<div class="info_dashlet_leftrepeat_bottom"></div>
+                        {foreach item=sInfo from=$page->infoStack}
+                            <p>{$sInfo}</p>
+                        {/foreach}
+                        <div class="info_dashlet_topleft_small"></div>
+			            <div class="info_dashlet_toprepeat_small"></div>
+			        	<div class="info_dashlet_topright_small"></div>
+			        	
+			        	<div class="info_dashlet_bottomleft"></div>
+			            <div class="info_dashlet_bottomrepeat_small"></div>
+			        	<div class="info_dashlet_bottomright"></div>
+                    </div>
+                {/if}
+                <!-- and finally, the content. -->
 			                {$page->contents}
 			                <div class="floatClear"></div>
 				    	</div>