diff --git a/app/assets/images/partner_logos.png b/app/assets/images/partner_logos.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b1e9441
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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Backbone.js b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Backbone.js
index 0eec6e61..2909f5d8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Backbone.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/src/Metamaps.Backbone.js
@@ -89,10 +89,20 @@ Metamaps.Backbone.Map = Backbone.Model.extend({
         function capitalize(string) {
             return string.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + string.slice(1);
         }
+
+        var n = this.get('name');
+        var d = this.get('desc');
+
+        var maxNameLength = 32;
+        var maxDescLength = 118;
+        var truncatedName = n ? (n.length > maxNameLength ? n.substring(0, maxNameLength) + "..." : n) : "";
+        var truncatedDesc = d ? (d.length > maxDescLength ? d.substring(0, maxDescLength) + "..." : d) : "";
+
         var obj = {
             id: this.id,
-            name: this.get('name'),
-            desc: this.get('desc'),
+            name: truncatedName,
+            fullName: n,
+            desc: truncatedDesc,
             permission: this.get("permission") ? capitalize(this.get("permission")) : "Commons",
             editPermission: this.authorizeToEdit(Metamaps.Active.Mapper) ? 'canEdit' : 'cannotEdit',
             contributor_count_number: '<span class="cCountColor">' + this.get('contributor_count') + '</span>',
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index 8cd71a74..df4bba62 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -1596,6 +1596,7 @@ float: left;
 .wrapper div.mapInfoDesc span {
     float: none !important;
     padding-bottom: 10px;
+    word-wrap: break-word;
 }
 .infoStatIcon {
     float: left;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/base.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/base.css
index 2285bbe3..7eb39b9e 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/base.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/base.css
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@ font-family: 'din-regular', helvetica, sans-serif;
     background: #424242;
     border-radius:2px;
     margin:16px 16px 16px 19px;
+    box-shadow: 0px 3px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.23), 0 3px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.16);
 }
 
 .mapCard {
@@ -864,8 +865,10 @@ font-family: 'din-regular', helvetica, sans-serif;
 }
 
 .mapCard .title {
+  word-wrap: break-word;
   font-size:18px;
   line-height:22px;
+  height: 44px;
   display:block;
   padding: 0 16px;
   text-align: center;
@@ -895,11 +898,11 @@ font-family: 'din-regular', helvetica, sans-serif;
   -webkit-flex: 1;          /* Chrome */
   -ms-flex: 1;              /* IE 10 */
   flex: 1;                  /* NEW, Spec - Opera 12.1, Firefox 20+ */
-   overflow-y:auto;
    padding:0 16px 8px;
    font-family: helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 12px;
+   word-wrap: break-word;
 }
 .mCS_no_scrollbar {
   padding-right: 5px;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/clean.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/clean.css
index 24a659fc..22b6fab4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/clean.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/clean.css
@@ -724,20 +724,20 @@
 }
 
 .homeWrapper {
-    width: 880px;
+    width: 800px;
     margin: 0 auto;
     color: #424242;
 }
 
 .homeTitle {
-    font-size: 69px;
+    font-size: 63px;
     line-height: 48px;
     text-align: center;
     margin-bottom: 20px;
 }
 
 .homeIntro {
-    font-size: 23px;
+    font-size: 22px;
     line-height: 26px;
     text-align: justify;
     margin: 32px 0 20px;
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@
 
 .homeWrapper .callToAction {
     float: left;
-    width: 220px;
+    width: 216px;
     padding: 24px 0 24px 24px;
     color: #F5F5F5;
 }
@@ -767,11 +767,11 @@
     font-size: 24px;
 }
 .callToAction p {
-    margin: 16px 0;
-    font-size: 14px;
+    margin: 8px 0 16px;
+    font-size: 13px;
     line-height: 16px;
     font-family: 'din-regular', helvetica, sans-serif;
-    text-align: justify;
+    text-align: left;
 }
 .callToAction a, .callToAction button {
     display: block;
@@ -810,11 +810,13 @@
 }
 
 .fullWidthWrapper.withPartners {
-    background: url(homepage-bg.png) no-repeat center -300px;
+    background: url(homepage-bg.png) no-repeat center -332px;
+    background-size: 1430px 1072px;
 }
 .homeWrapper.homePartners {
-    padding-bottom: 100px;
-    height: 200px;
+    padding: 64px 0 100px;
+    height: 96px;
+    background: url(partner_logos.png) no-repeat 0 64px;
 }
 
 .github-fork-ribbon-wrapper {
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb
index 81461c06..0aa38302 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_lightboxes.html.erb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
             <div id="rightAboutParms">
                 <p>PRIVATE BETA</p>
                 <p>2.6</p>
-                <p>Aug 31, 2014</p>
+                <p>Nov 29, 2014</p>
             </div>  
             <div class="clearfloat">  
             </div>  
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
index 372740e7..348babde 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_templates.html.erb
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@
   <a href="/maps/{{id}}">
   <div class="permission {{editPermission}}"> <!-- must be canEdit or cannotEdit -->
 	  <div class="mapCard">                                                   
-      <span class="title">                                                  
+      <span class="title" title="{{fullName}}">                                                  
         {{name}}
       </span>  
       <div class="mapScreenshot">
         {{{screenshot}}}
       </div>                                                  
       <div class="scroll">                                                    
-        <div class="desc">                                                    
+        <div class="desc">                                                  
           {{desc}}
           <div class="clearfloat"></div>                              
         </div>                                                                
diff --git a/app/views/main/home.html.erb b/app/views/main/home.html.erb
index b6740e17..02a09368 100644
--- a/app/views/main/home.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/main/home.html.erb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
                 <img class="homeVideo" src="/assets/video-screen.png" width="560" height="350" />
                 <div class="callToAction">
                     <h3>Who finds it useful?</h3>
-                    <p>Designers, inventors, artists, educators, strategists, consultants, facilitators, organizers, systems thinkers, changemakers, analysts, students, researchers...maybe you!</p>
+                    <p>Designers, inventors, artists, educators, strategists, consultants, facilitators, organizers, systems thinkers, changemakers, analysts, students, researchers... maybe you!</p>
                     <a href="/request" class="requestInviteCTA" data-bypass="true">REQUEST INVITE</a>
                     <a href="/explore/featured" class="exploreFeaturedCTA">EXPLORE FEATURED MAPS</a>
                     <button type="button" class="button learnMoreCTA">LEARN MORE</button>