diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8addd76..b5c1da3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+PrivateMakefile
 dump.rdb
 resources/
 pom.xml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c815de1..d49d616 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# This one is necessary to start the app in :dev mode, because
+# I changed the default mode to the production, because AFAIK
+# it's not possible to parameterize the app start on Heroku.
 run:
 	lein run dev
 
diff --git a/settings b/settings
index 754f1b3..380245e 100644
--- a/settings
+++ b/settings
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-page-width = 800px
+page-width = 800
 max-title-length = 80
diff --git a/src/NoteHub/settings.clj b/src/NoteHub/settings.clj
index 74ea8fe..09cd6b3 100644
--- a/src/NoteHub/settings.clj
+++ b/src/NoteHub/settings.clj
@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
 (ns NoteHub.settings
-  (:require [clojure.string :as cs]))
+  (:refer-clojure :exclude [replace reverse])
+  (:use [clojure.string]))
+
+; Load and parse te settings file returning a map
+(def settings-map
+  (let [file-content (slurp "settings")
+        lines (split file-content #"\n")
+        pairs (map #(map trim (split % #"=")) lines)]
+    (apply hash-map 
+           (mapcat #(list (keyword (first %)) (second %)) pairs))))
 
 (defn get-setting
-  "Takes a settings key, a default value and a converter function and returns a corresponding 
-  settings value.  The default value is returned back when no setting value was found.
-  The converter function can be provided to convert the setting from string to a needed format."
+  "Takes a settings key, a converter function and a default value, and returns a corresponding 
+  setting value. The default value is returned back when no setting value was found.
+  The converter function can be provided to convert the setting from string to a needed type."
   [key & more]
-  (let [default (first more)
-        converter (second more)
-        file-content (slurp "settings")
-        lines (cs/split file-content #"\n")
-        pairs (map #(map cs/trim %) (map #(cs/split % #"=") lines))
-        config-map (apply hash-map (mapcat #(list (keyword (first %)) (second %)) pairs))
-        value (config-map key)
+  (let [converter (first more)
+        default (second more)
+        value (settings-map key)
         ; Through this hack we can read security-critical settings from (previously 
         ; set) shell variables without commiting their content to CVS
         value (if-not value 
                 (System/getenv 
-                  (cs/upper-case
-                    (cs/replace (name key) #"-" ""))))]
+                  (upper-case
+                    (replace (name key) #"-" ""))))]
     (if value
       (if (fn? converter) (converter value) value)
       default)))
diff --git a/src/NoteHub/storage.clj b/src/NoteHub/storage.clj
index 3672c9f..f36b16e 100644
--- a/src/NoteHub/storage.clj
+++ b/src/NoteHub/storage.clj
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
 (defn set-note
   "Creates a note with the given title and text in the given date namespace"
   [date title text]
-  (let [key (build-key date title)]
-    (redis/hset db note key text)))
+  (redis/hset db note (build-key date title) text))
 
 (defn get-note
   "Gets the note from the given date namespaces for the specified title"
diff --git a/src/NoteHub/views/css_generator.clj b/src/NoteHub/views/css_generator.clj
index 0535b90..fd25d34 100644
--- a/src/NoteHub/views/css_generator.clj
+++ b/src/NoteHub/views/css_generator.clj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ; CSS Mixins
 (def page-width
   (mixin
-    :width (get-setting :page-width :800px keyword)))
+    :width (px (get-setting :page-width #(Integer/parseInt %) 800))))
 
 (def helvetica-neue
   (mixin
@@ -71,18 +71,32 @@
             :color foreground
             :margin 0
             :padding 0)
+      (rule "table,tr,td"
+            :margin 0
+            :border :none)
+      (rule "td"
+            :padding :0.5em)
+      (rule ".one-third-column"
+            :text-align :justify
+            :vertical-align :top
+            ; Replace this by arithmetic with css-lengths as soon as they fix the bug
+            :width (px (quot (get-setting :page-width #(Integer/parseInt %) 800) 3)))
       (rule ".helvetica-neue"
             helvetica-neue)
       (rule "#hero"
             :padding-top :5em
             :padding-bottom :5em
             :text-align :center
+            (rule "h1"
+                  :font-size :2.5em)
             (rule "h2"
-                  helvetica-neue))
+                  helvetica-neue
+                  :margin :2em))
       (rule "article"
             central-element
             :line-height (% 140)
             :font-family text-fonts
+            :text-align :justify
             :font-size :1.2em
             (rule "& > h1:first-child"
                   :text-align :center
@@ -97,9 +111,8 @@
       (rule "textarea"
             page-width
             :font-family :Courier
-            :font-size :1.2em
+            :font-size :1em
             :border :none
-            ; TODO: make this dynamic
             :height :500px
             :margin-bottom :2em)
       (rule ".hidden"
diff --git a/src/NoteHub/views/pages.clj b/src/NoteHub/views/pages.clj
index 4988e12..5f647da 100644
--- a/src/NoteHub/views/pages.clj
+++ b/src/NoteHub/views/pages.clj
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 (ns NoteHub.views.pages
-  (:require [NoteHub.views.common :as common])
   (:require [NoteHub.crossover.lib :as lib])
   (:use
     [NoteHub.storage]
     [NoteHub.settings]
+    [NoteHub.views.common]
     [clojure.string :rename {replace sreplace} :only [split replace lower-case]]
     [clojure.core.incubator :only [-?>]]
     [hiccup.form]
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@
 (defn- wrap [params md-text]
   (if md-text 
     (let [title (-?> md-text (split #"\n") first (sreplace #"[_\*#]" ""))]
-      (common/layout params title [:article (md-to-html md-text)]))
+      (layout params title [:article (md-to-html md-text)]))
     (status 404 (get-page 404))))
 
 ; Template for the error sites
 (defn page-setter [code message]
   (set-page! code
-             (common/layout message
-                            [:article
-                             [:h1 message]])))
+             (layout message
+                     [:article
+                      [:h1 message]])))
 
 ; Sets a message for each corresponding HTTP status
 (page-setter 404 "Nothing Found.")
@@ -58,29 +58,59 @@
 
 ; Landing Page
 (defpage "/" {}
-         (common/layout "Free Markdown Hosting"
-                        [:div#hero
-                         [:h1 "NoteHub"]
-                         [:h2 "Free hosting for markdown pages."]
-                         [:br]
-                         [:a.landing-button {:href "/new"} "New Page"]]))
+         (layout "Free Markdown Hosting"
+                 [:div#hero
+                  [:h1 "NoteHub"]
+                  [:h2 "Free and hassle-free hosting for markdown pages."]
+                  [:br]
+                  [:a.landing-button {:href "/new"} "New Page"]]
+                  [:div#preview-start-line]
+                  [:table.central-element.helvetica-neue
+                   [:tr
+                    [:td.one-third-column
+                     [:h2 "Why?"]
+                     "Not every person, who occasionally wants to express some thoughts, needs a blog.
+                     Blogs are <b>tedious</b> for writers and for readers. Most people are not interested in thoughts
+                     of other random people. Moreover, nowadays everything rotates around social networks and not
+                     individual blogs. It makes much more sense to publish something somewhere and to share
+                     the link with the audience on the community or social network of your choice, than to maintain a blog
+                     trying to keep your readers interested.
+                     <b>NoteHub</b> should be the place, where you can publish your thoughts without hassle."]
+                    [:td.one-third-column
+                     [:h2 "How to Use?"]
+                     "First create a new page using the markdown syntax. Now, besides just sharing the link, you can
+                     view some rudimentary statistics by appending <code>/stats</code> to the note url:
+                     <pre>notehub.org/.../title/stats</pre>
+                     If you want to export a note in the original Markdown format, append <code>/export</code>
+                     <pre>notehub.org/.../title/export</pre>
+                     And if you want, you also can invert the color scheme by appending <code>?theme=dark</code> to the note url.
+                     <pre>notehub.org/.../title?theme=dark</pre>"]
+                    [:td.one-third-column
+                     [:h2 "For Geeks!"]
+                     "NoteHub was an experiment and is implemented entirely in Clojure and ClojureScript. Its source code can 
+                     be found on GitHub. Look at the code to find some undocumented NoteHub features (or bugs) and &mdash; feel free to contribute!
+                     (If you are interested in more detailed code overview, read the following note.) NoteHub's design
+                     is intentionally kept extremelly simple and minimalistic, and should stay like this.
+                     NoteHub's persistence layer bases on the key-value store redis.
+                     Currently, NoteHub is hosted for free on Heroku.
+                     Send your feedback and comments directly to @chmllr."]]]))
 
 ; New Note Page
 (defpage "/new" {}
-         (common/layout {:js true} "New Markdown Note"
-                        [:div.central-element
-                         (form-to [:post "/post-note"]
-                                  (hidden-field :session-key (get-flash-key))
-                                  (hidden-field {:id :session-value} :session-value)
-                                  (text-area {:class :max-width} :draft "Loading...")
-                                  [:div#buttons.hidden
-                                   (submit-button {:style "float: left"
-                                                   :class :button 
-                                                   :id :publish-button} "Publish")
-                                   [:button#preview-button.button {:type :button 
-                                                                   :style "float: right"} "Preview"]])]
-                        [:div#preview-start-line.hidden]
-                        [:article#preview]))
+         (layout {:js true} "New Markdown Note"
+                 [:div.central-element
+                  (form-to [:post "/post-note"]
+                           (hidden-field :session-key (get-flash-key))
+                           (hidden-field {:id :session-value} :session-value)
+                           (text-area {:class :max-width} :draft "Loading...")
+                           [:div#buttons.hidden
+                            (submit-button {:style "float: left"
+                                            :class :button 
+                                            :id :publish-button} "Publish")
+                            [:button#preview-button.button {:type :button 
+                                                            :style "float: right"} "Preview"]])]
+                 [:div#preview-start-line.hidden]
+                 [:article#preview]))
 
 ; Display the note
 (defpage "/:year/:month/:day/:title" {:keys [year month day title theme header-font text-font] :as params}
@@ -97,15 +127,15 @@
 (defpage "/:year/:month/:day/:title/stat" {:keys [year month day title]}
          (let [views (get-views [year month day] title)]
            (if views 
-             (common/layout "Statistics"
-                            [:article.helvetica-neue
-                             [:table {:style "width: 100%"}
-                              [:tr
-                               [:td "Published"]
-                               [:td (interpose "-" [year month day])]]
-                              [:tr
-                               [:td "Article views"]
-                               [:td views]]]])
+             (layout "Statistics"
+                     [:article.helvetica-neue
+                      [:table {:style "width: 100%"}
+                       [:tr
+                        [:td "Published"]
+                        [:td (interpose "-" [year month day])]]
+                       [:tr
+                        [:td "Article views"]
+                        [:td views]]]])
              (status 404 (get-page 404)))))
 
 ; New Note Posting
@@ -124,7 +154,7 @@
                                           (-> draft (split #"\n") first (sreplace " " "-") lower-case))
                    trim (fn [s] (apply str (drop-while #(= \- %) s)))
                    title-uncut (-> untrimmed-line trim reverse trim reverse)
-                   proposed-title (apply str (take (get-setting :max-title-length 80 #(Integer/parseInt %)) 
+                   proposed-title (apply str (take (get-setting :max-title-length #(Integer/parseInt %) 80) 
                                                    title-uncut))
                    date [year month day] 
                    title (first (drop-while #(note-exists? date %)
diff --git a/test/NoteHub/test/storage.clj b/test/NoteHub/test/storage.clj
index 046e141..9132fb1 100644
--- a/test/NoteHub/test/storage.clj
+++ b/test/NoteHub/test/storage.clj
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
                   (is (= (do
                            (set-note date test-title test-note)
                            (get-note date test-title))
-                         test-note)))
+                         test-note))
+                  (is (= "1" (get-views date test-title)))
+                  (is (= (do
+                           (get-note date test-title)
+                           (get-views date test-title))
+                         "2")))
          (testing "of the note access"
                   (is (not= (get-note date test-title) "any text")))
          (testing "of note existence"