diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d1bc5824..3fb27561 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-20 09:15:59) stable
+Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-20 09:19:17) stable
diff --git a/applications/welcome/models/menu.py b/applications/welcome/models/menu.py
index 784f4a4a..dcf1c275 100644
--- a/applications/welcome/models/menu.py
+++ b/applications/welcome/models/menu.py
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ def _():
     # shortcuts
     app = request.application
     ctr = request.controller
-    # useful links to internal and external resources
+    # useful links to internal and external resources 
     response.menu+=[
-        (SPAN('web2py',_style='color:yellow'),False, 'http://web2py.com', [
+        (SPAN('web2py',_class='highlighted'),False, 'http://web2py.com', [
                 (T('My Sites'),False,URL('admin','default','site')),
                 (T('This App'),False,URL('admin','default','design/%s' % app), [
                         (T('Controller'),False,
diff --git a/applications/welcome/static/css/web2py_bootstrap.css b/applications/welcome/static/css/web2py_bootstrap.css
index 0c2cf74c..2f419f8c 100644
--- a/applications/welcome/static/css/web2py_bootstrap.css
+++ b/applications/welcome/static/css/web2py_bootstrap.css
@@ -70,7 +70,15 @@ div.controls .error{
   //display:inline; /* uncommenting this, the animation effect is lost */
 }
 div.controls .inline-help{color:#3A87AD;}
-div.controls .error_wrapper+.inline-help{margin-left:-99999px}
+div.controls .error_wrapper+.inline-help{margin-left:-99999px;}
+/* beautify brand */
+.navbar-inverse .brand{color:#c6cecc;}
+.navbar-inverse .brand b{display:inline-block;margin-top:-1px;}
+.navbar-inverse .brand b>span{font-size:22px;color:#425f5a;}
+.navbar-inverse .brand:hover b>span{color:#638c86;}
+/* beautify web2py link in navbar */
+span.highlighted{color:#d8d800;}
+.open span.highlighted{color:#ffff00;}
 
 /*=============================================================
                  OVERRIDING WEB2PY.CSS RULES
@@ -185,6 +193,8 @@ td.w2p_fw ul{margin-left:0px;}
   margin:3px 0 0 2px;
 }
 .web2py_grid form table{width:auto;}
+/* auth_user_remember checkbox extrapadding in IE fix */
+.ie-lte9 input#auth_user_remember.checkbox {padding-left:0;}
 
 /*=============================================================
                        MEDIA QUERIES
diff --git a/applications/welcome/views/layout.html b/applications/welcome/views/layout.html
index d0a2fd2f..19225730 100644
--- a/applications/welcome/views/layout.html
+++ b/applications/welcome/views/layout.html
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
           <span class="icon-bar"></span>
           <span class="icon-bar"></span>
         </a>
-        <a class="brand" href="http://www.web2py.com/">web2py&trade;&nbsp;</a>
+        <a class="brand" href="http://www.web2py.com/"><b>web<span>2</span>py</b>&trade;&nbsp;</a>
         <ul id="navbar" class="nav pull-right">{{='auth' in globals() and auth.navbar(mode="dropdown") or ''}}</ul>
         <div class="nav-collapse">
           {{is_mobile=request.user_agent().is_mobile}}
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@
       });
       if(jQuery(document).width()>=980) {
        jQuery('ul.nav a.dropdown-toggle').parent().hover(function() {
-          mi = jQuery(this);
-          mi.children('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeIn(400,function(){mi.addClass('open')});
+          mi = jQuery(this).addClass('open');
+          mi.children('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeIn(400);
         }, function() {
-         mi = jQuery(this);
+          mi = jQuery(this);
           mi.children('.dropdown-menu').stop(true, true).delay(200).fadeOut(function(){mi.removeClass('open')});
         });
       }