diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/sass/articles.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/sass/articles.sass
index cf93039..7903a5f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/sass/articles.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/sass/articles.sass
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ div
   > h1
    @include shaded-top
    box-sizing: border-box
+   padding: 8px
    margin: 0
    width: 100%
+   height: 35px
    font-size: 140%
   h1 a
    color: #ffffff
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/sass/flash.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/sass/flash.sass
index 3e3acda..8497b4c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/sass/flash.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/sass/flash.sass
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ div
   &.flashMsg
     background-color: green
     color: white
+    margin-bottom: 20px
   &.flashError
     background-color: red
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diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index dda9ad1..9879035 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
   def login
     return unless request.post?
 
-    if u = User.authenticate(params[:login][:username], params[:login][:password])
+    if u = User.authenticate(params[:login][:username].downcase, params[:login][:password])
       raise Error, t(:accounts_locked) if u.banned? Ban::TYPE_SITE
 
       flash[:notice] = t(:login_successful)
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 27b73ca..570ac8d 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     cuser and cuser.admin?
   end
 
-  def self.authenticate username, password
-    User.first :conditions => {:username => username, :password => Digest::MD5.hexdigest(password)}
+  def self.authenticate(username, password)
+    where("LOWER(username) = LOWER(?)", username).where(:password => Digest::MD5.hexdigest(password)).first
   end
 
   def self.get id
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
index 17d3f64..caa9d2b 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <div id="indexBanner">
   <div id="indexLinks">
   <% if cuser %>
-    <span>Logged in as: <%= namelink cuser %></span> |
+    <span><%= t('login_status') %>: <%= namelink(cuser) %></span> |
   <% end %>
   <% if cuser and cuser.admin? %>
     <%= link_to "/about/adminpanel", :style => "color: #CC0000" do %>
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index f153bbf..3deeeef 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             </div>
 
             <div class="indexBox">
-              <div class="header">Shoutbox & Match search</div>
+              <div class="header"><%= t('widget.shoutbox') %></div>
               <div class="body">
                 <div class="content">
                   <%= render :partial => "widgets/shoutbox" %>
diff --git a/app/views/widgets/_calendar.html.erb b/app/views/widgets/_calendar.html.erb
index 9589de8..ff31d58 100644
--- a/app/views/widgets/_calendar.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/widgets/_calendar.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="header">Match Schedule</div>
+<div class="header"><%= t('widget.schedule') %></div>
 
 <div class="widget-content-wrapper">
   <% upcoming_matches.group_by{ |e| e.start.month }.each do |month, events| %>
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@
     <% end %>
   <% end %>
 </div>
-  
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diff --git a/app/views/widgets/_highlights.html.erb b/app/views/widgets/_highlights.html.erb
index 407db11..235873d 100644
--- a/app/views/widgets/_highlights.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/widgets/_highlights.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="header">Highlights</div>
+<div class="header"><%= t('widget.highlights') %></div>
 <div class="body">
   <div class="content">
 
diff --git a/app/views/widgets/_posts.html.erb b/app/views/widgets/_posts.html.erb
index 0333fe1..9417ec9 100644
--- a/app/views/widgets/_posts.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/widgets/_posts.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="header">Latest Posts</div>
+<div class="header"><%= t('widget.posts') %></div>
 <div class="body">
   <div class="content">
     <h3>
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <ol>
       <% Topic.basic.recent.latest_page(1).each do |topic| %>
         <li>
-          <%= link_to shorten(topic, 30), lastpost(topic) %>
+          <%= link_to shorten(topic, 35), lastpost(topic) %>
         </li>
       <% end %>
     </ol>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       <% Comment.recent.filtered.each do |comment| %>
         <li>
           <%= namelink comment.commentable, 15 %>
-          by <%= namelink comment.user, 8 %>
+          by <%= namelink comment.user, 15 %>
       </li>
     <% end %>
   </ol>
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 25e2129..ff47b91 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ en:
   login_successful: "Login Successful"
   login_unsuccessful: "Login Unsuccessful"
   login_out: "Logged out."
+  login_status: "Logged in as"
   passwords_sent: "Password has been sent."
   incorrect_information: "Incorrect Information."
   weeks_create: "Week was successfully created."
@@ -81,6 +82,11 @@ en:
   votes_success: "Voted successfully."
   error: "error"
   prohibited: "prohibited"
+  widget:
+    schedule: "Match Schedule"
+    shoutbox: "Shoutbox & Match search"
+    highlights: "Highlights"
+    posts: "Latest Posts"
   profile:
     locals: "Locals"
   sessions:
diff --git a/spec/features/users/case_insensitive_login_spec.rb b/spec/features/users/case_insensitive_login_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ebe378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/features/users/case_insensitive_login_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+feature 'Case insensitive login' do
+  let(:username) { "CaSe_InSeNsItIvE" }
+  let(:password) { "passwordABC123" }
+  let!(:user) { create(:user, username: username, raw_password: password) }
+
+  before do
+    visit root_path
+  end
+
+  feature 'when a user with mixed-case username signs in' do
+    scenario 'with a matching case allows the user to sign in' do
+      fill_login_form(username)
+      click_button submit(:user, :login)
+      
+      expect(page).to have_content(I18n.t('login_successful'))
+      expect(page).to have_content("Logged in as: #{username}")
+    end
+
+    scenario 'with a non-matching case allows the user to sign in' do
+      fill_login_form("CASE_INSENSITIVE")
+      click_button submit(:user, :login)
+      
+      expect(page).to have_content(I18n.t('login_successful'))
+      expect(page).to have_content("Logged in as: #{username}")
+    end
+  end
+
+  def fill_login_form(username)
+    fill_in "login_username", with: username
+    fill_in "login_password", with: password
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/support/features/form_helpers.rb b/spec/support/features/form_helpers.rb
index ba0338d..390b409 100644
--- a/spec/support/features/form_helpers.rb
+++ b/spec/support/features/form_helpers.rb
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ module Features
       I18n.t("helpers.submit.#{model}.#{action}")
     end
   end
-end
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+end