diff --git a/_docs/index.md b/_docs/index.md
index 6a4d38d06e..943c499f4f 100644
--- a/_docs/index.md
+++ b/_docs/index.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type: markdown
 ---
 {% include home.html %}
 
-# Welcome to Istio {{site.data.istio.version}}.
+# Welcome to Istio {{site.data.istio.version}}
 
 Welcome to Istio's latest documentation home page. From here you can learn all about Istio by following
 the links below:
@@ -31,5 +31,4 @@ We're always looking for help improving our documentation, so please don't hesit
 Or better yet, submit your own [contributions]({{home}}/docs/reference/contribute/editing.html) to help
 make our docs better.
 
-
 Follow this link for the archive of [most recent stable release (0.1) documentation](https://istio.io/v-0.1/docs/).
diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index 24c3322935..a3d0293de3 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
 
         <div class="row">
             <p class="description small text-center">
-                Copyright &copy; 2017 Istio Authors<br>
-                Istio Version {{site.data.istio.version}}<br>
+                Istio Version {{site.data.istio.version}}, Copyright &copy; 2017 Istio Authors<br>
                 This site was built on {{site.time | date_to_string | split: ' ' | join: '-'}}
             </p>
         </div>
diff --git a/_layouts/base.html b/_layouts/base.html
index 86e8e873bc..db43b54de7 100644
--- a/_layouts/base.html
+++ b/_layouts/base.html
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ layout: compress
     <script async src='https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js'></script>
     <!-- End Google Analytics -->
 
-    <!-- Webfont -->
-    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,100,100italic,300,300italic,400italic,500,500italic,700,700italic,900,900italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
-
+    <!-- RSS -->
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Istio Blog RSS" href="{{home}}/feed.xml">
 
     <!-- Favicons -->
@@ -51,15 +49,16 @@ layout: compress
     <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff">
     <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="{{home}}/favicons/mstile-150x150.png">
 
-    <!-- Bootstrap -->
-    <link href="//maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
-
+    <!-- style sheets -->
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,100,100italic,300,300italic,400italic,500,500italic,700,700italic,900,900italic">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{home}}/css/all.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{home}}/css/prism.css">
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
 
-    <!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) -->
-    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
+    <!-- jQuery - note that moving to version 3 and beyond of jquery causes the prism-related code in common.js to not execute
+     properly, leading to rendering differences in code blocks -->
+    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
   </head>
 
   <body class="language-unknown">
diff --git a/_sass/modules/_footer.scss b/_sass/modules/_footer.scss
index ba921ae8d0..458c6426ea 100644
--- a/_sass/modules/_footer.scss
+++ b/_sass/modules/_footer.scss
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ footer {
   box-shadow: 0px 500px 0px 500px $footerColor;
   color: $white;
   overflow: hidden;
-  padding: 45px 0 50px 0;
+  padding: 25px 0 30px 0;
   position: relative;
 
   @media (max-width: 767px) {
-    padding: 15px 0 35px;
+    padding: 15px 0 30px;
 
     ul {
       &.active li {
