diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index f46c382..018c5b4 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class Ability
     can :read, Forum, :state => true, :category => { :state => true }
     can :read, Topic, :forum => { :state => true, :category => { :state => true } }
     can :read, Post, :topic => { :forum => { :state => true, :category => { :state => true } } }
-    
+
     can :update, Post, :user_id => user.id, :topic => { :locked => false }
     can :destroy, [Topic,Post], :user_id => user.id, :topic => { :locked => false }
     
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index aa2be83..c0c59b4 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :posts, :dependent => :destroy
   
   def admin?
-    true if self.username == 'admin'
+    self.is_admin
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/devise/registrations/new.html.erb b/app/views/devise/registrations/new.html.erb
index c241b63..387fdb4 100755
--- a/app/views/devise/registrations/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/devise/registrations/new.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <div class="module" style="padding:15px 25px 0px 25px;">
   <div style="float:left; width:50%; height:330px; padding-right:10px;">
-    <h1>Welcome to Horses</h1>
+    <h1><%= t :welcome_header%></h1>
+    <p><%= t :welcome_msg %></p>
     <%= devise_error_messages! %>
   </div>
   <div style="float:right; width:45%; padding-left:30px; border-left:1px solid #e2e2e2;">
diff --git a/app/views/devise/sessions/new.html.erb b/app/views/devise/sessions/new.html.erb
index a9e81c7..f3bd48b 100755
--- a/app/views/devise/sessions/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/devise/sessions/new.html.erb
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 
 <div class="module" style="padding:15px 25px 0px 25px;">
   <div style="float:left; width:50%; height:210px; padding-right:10px;">
-    <h1>Welcome to Horses</h1>
+    <h1><%= t :welcome_header %></h1>
+    <p><%= t :welcome_msg %></p>
   </div>
   <div style="float:right; width:45%; height:195px; padding-left:30px; border-left:1px solid #e2e2e2;">
     <%= form_for("user", :url => user_session_path) do |f| %>
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 3f03776..fb7d9b8 100755
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
   <head>
-    <title><%= content_for?(:title) ? yield(:title) : "Horses" %></title>
+    <title><%= content_for?(:title) ? yield(:title) : (t :name) %></title>
     <%= stylesheet_link_tag "application", "forum-monster" %>
     <%= csrf_meta_tag %>
     <%= yield(:head) %>
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
   <body>
     <div id="header">
       <div id="logo">
-        <%= image_tag "rails.png" %>
-        <h1>Horses</h1>
-        A forum about Horses
+        <%= image_tag "rails.png" %> 
+        <h1><%= t :name %></h1>
+        <%= t :description %>
         <div class="clear"></div>
       </div>
       <div id="menu_wrapper">
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 8644943..ba744cf 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ module Community
     # Enable the asset pipeline
     config.assets.enabled = true
     
-    config.assets.prefix = "/horses/assets"
-
     # Version of your assets, change this if you want to expire all your assets
     config.assets.version = '1.0'
   end
diff --git a/config/initializers/devise.rb b/config/initializers/devise.rb
index a703caa..594e4b1 100644
--- a/config/initializers/devise.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/devise.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Devise.setup do |config|
   # session. If you need permissions, you should implement that in a before filter.
   # You can also supply a hash where the value is a boolean determining whether
   # or not authentication should be aborted when the value is not present.
-  # config.authentication_keys = [ :email ]
+  config.authentication_keys = [ :username ]
 
   # Configure parameters from the request object used for authentication. Each entry
   # given should be a request method and it will automatically be passed to the
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 179c14c..8d9d2b1 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,210 @@
-# Sample localization file for English. Add more files in this directory for other locales.
-# See https://github.com/svenfuchs/rails-i18n/tree/master/rails%2Flocale for starting points.
-
 en:
-  hello: "Hello world"
+  date:
+    abbr_day_names:
+    - Sun
+    - Mon
+    - Tue
+    - Wed
+    - Thu
+    - Fri
+    - Sat
+    abbr_month_names:
+    - 
+    - Jan
+    - Feb
+    - Mar
+    - Apr
+    - May
+    - Jun
+    - Jul
+    - Aug
+    - Sep
+    - Oct
+    - Nov
+    - Dec
+    day_names:
+    - Sunday
+    - Monday
+    - Tuesday
+    - Wednesday
+    - Thursday
+    - Friday
+    - Saturday
+    formats:
+      default: ! '%Y-%m-%d'
+      long: ! '%B %d, %Y'
+      short: ! '%b %d'
+    month_names:
+    - 
+    - January
+    - February
+    - March
+    - April
+    - May
+    - June
+    - July
+    - August
+    - September
+    - October
+    - November
+    - December
+    order:
+    - :year
+    - :month
+    - :day
+  datetime:
+    distance_in_words:
+      about_x_hours:
+        one: about 1 hour
+        other: about %{count} hours
+      about_x_months:
+        one: about 1 month
+        other: about %{count} months
+      about_x_years:
+        one: about 1 year
+        other: about %{count} years
+      almost_x_years:
+        one: almost 1 year
+        other: almost %{count} years
+      half_a_minute: half a minute
+      less_than_x_minutes:
+        one: less than a minute
+        other: less than %{count} minutes
+      less_than_x_seconds:
+        one: less than 1 second
+        other: less than %{count} seconds
+      over_x_years:
+        one: over 1 year
+        other: over %{count} years
+      x_days:
+        one: 1 day
+        other: ! '%{count} days'
+      x_minutes:
+        one: 1 minute
+        other: ! '%{count} minutes'
+      x_months:
+        one: 1 month
+        other: ! '%{count} months'
+      x_seconds:
+        one: 1 second
+        other: ! '%{count} seconds'
+    prompts:
+      day: Day
+      hour: Hour
+      minute: Minute
+      month: Month
+      second: Seconds
+      year: Year
+  errors: &errors
+    format: ! '%{attribute} %{message}'
+    messages:
+      accepted: must be accepted
+      blank: can't be blank
+      confirmation: doesn't match confirmation
+      empty: can't be empty
+      equal_to: must be equal to %{count}
+      even: must be even
+      exclusion: is reserved
+      greater_than: must be greater than %{count}
+      greater_than_or_equal_to: must be greater than or equal to %{count}
+      inclusion: is not included in the list
+      invalid: is invalid
+      less_than: must be less than %{count}
+      less_than_or_equal_to: must be less than or equal to %{count}
+      not_a_number: is not a number
+      not_an_integer: must be an integer
+      odd: must be odd
+      record_invalid: ! 'Validation failed: %{errors}'
+      taken: has already been taken
+      too_long:
+        one: is too long (maximum is 1 character)
+        other: is too long (maximum is %{count} characters)
+      too_short:
+        one: is too short (minimum is 1 character)
+        other: is too short (minimum is %{count} characters)
+      wrong_length:
+        one: is the wrong length (should be 1 character)
+        other: is the wrong length (should be %{count} characters)
+    template:
+      body: ! 'There were problems with the following fields:'
+      header:
+        one: 1 error prohibited this %{model} from being saved
+        other: ! '%{count} errors prohibited this %{model} from being saved'
+  helpers:
+    select:
+      prompt: Please select
+    submit:
+      create: Create %{model}
+      submit: Save %{model}
+      update: Update %{model}
+  number:
+    currency:
+      format:
+        delimiter: ! ','
+        format: ! '%u%n'
+        precision: 2
+        separator: .
+        significant: false
+        strip_insignificant_zeros: false
+        unit: $
+    format:
+      delimiter: ! ','
+      precision: 3
+      separator: .
+      significant: false
+      strip_insignificant_zeros: false
+    human:
+      decimal_units:
+        format: ! '%n %u'
+        units:
+          billion: Billion
+          million: Million
+          quadrillion: Quadrillion
+          thousand: Thousand
+          trillion: Trillion
+          unit: ''
+      format:
+        delimiter: ''
+        precision: 3
+        significant: true
+        strip_insignificant_zeros: true
+      storage_units:
+        format: ! '%n %u'
+        units:
+          byte:
+            one: Byte
+            other: Bytes
+          gb: GB
+          kb: KB
+          mb: MB
+          tb: TB
+    percentage:
+      format:
+        delimiter: ''
+    precision:
+      format:
+        delimiter: ''
+  support:
+    array:
+      last_word_connector: ! ', and '
+      two_words_connector: ! ' and '
+      words_connector: ! ', '
+  time:
+    am: am
+    formats:
+      default: ! '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z'
+      long: ! '%B %d, %Y %H:%M'
+      short: ! '%d %b %H:%M'
+    pm: pm
+  # remove these aliases after 'activemodel' and 'activerecord' namespaces are removed from Rails repository
+  #   activemodel:
+  #       errors:
+  #             <<: *errors
+  #               activerecord:
+  #                   errors:
+  #                         <<: *errors
+
+  name: "Forum"
+  description: "A place to discuss things"
+  welcome_header: "Welcome to Forum"
+  welcome_msg: "A place to discuss things"
