diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerComponentGenerator.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerComponentGenerator.java
index 15b5c5ed5..efff6c128 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerComponentGenerator.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerComponentGenerator.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public class FreemarkerComponentGenerator extends FreemarkerHttpServlet {
         
         request.setAttribute("ftl_identity", get("identity", root, config, vreq));
         request.setAttribute("ftl_menu", get("menu", root, config, vreq));
+        request.setAttribute("ftl_stylesheets", get("stylesheets", root, config, vreq));
+        request.setAttribute("ftl_headScripts", get("headScripts", root, config, vreq));
         request.setAttribute("ftl_search", get("search", root, config, vreq));
         request.setAttribute("ftl_footer", get("footer", root, config, vreq));
         request.setAttribute("ftl_googleAnalytics", get("googleAnalytics", root, config, vreq));
diff --git a/webapp/web/css/login.css b/webapp/web/css/login.css
index 6550c4565..41d673b39 100644
--- a/webapp/web/css/login.css
+++ b/webapp/web/css/login.css
@@ -148,20 +148,4 @@ p.passwordNote {
 .or {
   display:inline;
   vertical-align:middle;
-}
-/* WILMA THEME ------>  */
-#error-alert{
-    width:260px;
-    position:relative;
-}
-#error-alert img{
-    padding-left:38px;
-}
-#error-alert p.error-message{
-    position:absolute;
-    width:200px;
-    top:8px;
-    left:82px;
-    font-size:0.7em;
-    color:#b30d1c;
-}
+}
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diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl
index 0de318d64..139c07226 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 
 <#-- Template for scripts that must be loaded in the head -->
 
+<!-- script for enabling new HTML5 semantic markup in IE browsers-->
+<script type="text/javascript" src="${urls.base}/js/html5.js"></script>
+
 ${headScripts.tags}
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diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/stylesheets.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/stylesheets.ftl
index 457b1d335..890356397 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/stylesheets.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/stylesheets.ftl
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 <#-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ -->
-
 <#-- Template for loading stylesheets in the head -->
-
-
 ${stylesheets.add("/css/edit.css")} <#-- temporary until edit controller can include this when needed -->
 ${stylesheets.add("/css/menupage/menupage.css")} <#-- we need to call it from the theme until freemarker controller and menupage.ftl are created -->
 ${stylesheets.add("/css/individual/individual.css")} <#-- we need to call it from the theme until freemarker controller and individual.ftl are created -->
-
 ${stylesheets.tags}
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diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/widgets/widget-login.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/widgets/widget-login.ftl
index 6d5deb00b..946690be0 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/widgets/widget-login.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/widgets/widget-login.ftl
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@
         </#if>
        
         <#if errorMessage??>
-            <section id="error-alert" role='region'>
-                <img src="${urls.siteIcons}/iconAlert.png"  alert="Error alert icon" />
-                
-                <p class="error-message">${errorMessage}</p>
+            <section id="errorAlert"><img src="${urls.siteIcons}/iconAlert.png"  alert="Error alert icon"/>
+                <p>${errorMessage}</p>
             </section>
         </#if>
        
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@
             </form>
 
             <p class="forgot-password"><a href="#">Forgot your password?</a></p>
-            <p class="request-account"><a class=" blue button" href="#">Request an account</a> </p>
+            <p class="request-account"><a class="blue button" href="#">Request an account</a> </p>
         </section>
     </section><!-- #log-in -->
 </#macro>