diff --git a/blackrock/templates/base.html b/blackrock/templates/base.html
index 7fce21d0f..794aa5c2d 100644
--- a/blackrock/templates/base.html
+++ b/blackrock/templates/base.html
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
{% include "ctlsettings/sentry_js.html" %}
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@
-
{% endblock %}
{% block feeds %}{% endblock %}
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@
-
+
{% block overlay %}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/blackrock/templates/optimization/base_optimization.html b/blackrock/templates/optimization/base_optimization.html
index 25ab60bbf..6a367dd76 100644
--- a/blackrock/templates/optimization/base_optimization.html
+++ b/blackrock/templates/optimization/base_optimization.html
@@ -43,10 +43,3 @@
{% endblock %}
-
-{% block script_footer %}
-
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/blackrock/templates/optimization/index.html b/blackrock/templates/optimization/index.html
index a34842825..c5bf068fd 100644
--- a/blackrock/templates/optimization/index.html
+++ b/blackrock/templates/optimization/index.html
@@ -44,10 +44,3 @@
{% endblock %}
-
-{% block script_footer %}
-
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/blackrock/templates/paleoecology/base_paleoecology.html b/blackrock/templates/paleoecology/base_paleoecology.html
index 254f38bd3..047810027 100644
--- a/blackrock/templates/paleoecology/base_paleoecology.html
+++ b/blackrock/templates/paleoecology/base_paleoecology.html
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
-
-{% endblock %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/blackrock/templates/paleoecology/index.html b/blackrock/templates/paleoecology/index.html
index 8c9aecd16..d17dba450 100644
--- a/blackrock/templates/paleoecology/index.html
+++ b/blackrock/templates/paleoecology/index.html
@@ -75,10 +75,3 @@
{% endblock %}
-
-{% block script_footer %}
-
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/blackrock/templates/portal/base_portal.html b/blackrock/templates/portal/base_portal.html
index e10777ba8..0fd7ff846 100644
--- a/blackrock/templates/portal/base_portal.html
+++ b/blackrock/templates/portal/base_portal.html
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
@import "{% static 'css/tiny_mce.css' %}" ;
@import "{% static 'css/portal/style.css' %}";
@import "{% static 'js/jquery-ui-1.8.11.custom/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.8.11.custom.css' %}" ;
- @import "{% static 'css/shield.css' %}";
{% include "ctlsettings/sentry_js.html" %}
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@
-
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@
-
{% endblock %}
-
-{% block script_footer %}
-
-{% endblock %}
diff --git a/media/css/shield.css b/media/css/shield.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 3490a5449..000000000
--- a/media/css/shield.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,233 +0,0 @@
-.warningmessage
-{
- padding: 10px;
- border: 1px solid #ff9933;
- background-color: #feefda;
- border-radius: 10px;
- -moz-border-radius: 10px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
- font: normal 12px/130% helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
- color: #000;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .browsers
-{
- margin-bottom: 5px;
- margin-bottom: 5px;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .alert
-{
- margin: 0 20px 0 0;
- border: 0;
- padding: 0;
- display: block;
- float: left;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .alert .icon
-{
- margin: 0;
- border: 0;
- padding: 0;
- display: block;
- width: 50px;
- height: 65px;
- float: left;
- background: url('../images/icons_app.png') 0px -433px no-repeat;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .alert .content
-{
- width: 400px;
- margin: 0 0 0 10px;
- border: 0;
- padding: 0;
- display: block;
- float: left;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .alert .content .title
-{
- margin: 0;
- border: 0;
- padding: 0;
- display: block;
- font-weight: bold;
- font-size: 14px;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .alert .content .comment
-{
- margin: 5px 0 0 0;
- border: 0;
- padding: 0;
- display: block;
-}
-
-#shieldbox #minreqversion
-{
- font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .solution
-{
- width: 400px;
- margin: 0;
- border: 0;
- padding: 0;
- display: block;
- float: left;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .browser
-{
- margin: 0 5px 0 0;
- border: 0;
- padding: 0;
- display: none;
- float: left;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .isrequired
-{
- display: block;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .browser .icon
-{
- margin: 0;
- border: 0;
- padding: 0;
- display: block;
- width: 60px;
- height: 55px;
-/*
- float: left;
-*/
-}
-
-#shieldbox .browser .content
-{
- margin: 0;
- border: 0;
- padding: 0;
- display: block;
-/*
- float: left;
-*/
-}
-
-#shieldbox .browser .content .title
-{
- width: 56px;
- height: 22px;
- margin: 0;
- border: 0;
- padding: 0;
- display: block;
- font-weight: normal;
- font-size: 11px;
- line-height: 11px;
- padding: 2px;
- border: 1px solid #f3ca90;
- background-color: #fdf8f1;
- border-radius: 4px;
- -moz-border-radius: 4px;
- -webkit-border-radius: 4px;
- text-align: center;
- vertical-align: middle;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .browser .content .title:hover
-{
- background-color: #e2edfd;
- border: 1px solid #92beff;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .browser .content .title a
-{
- margin: 0;
- border: 0;
- display: block;
- color: #000;
- text-decoration: none;
- text-align: center;
- vertical-align: middle;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .browser .content .title a:hover
-{
- color: #000;
- text-decoration: none;
-}
-
-#shieldbox #chrome .icon
-{
- background: url('../images/icons_app.png') 5px 0 no-repeat;
-}
-
-#shieldbox #firefox .icon
-{
- background: url('../images/icons_app.png') 5px -60px no-repeat;
-}
-
-#shieldbox #safari .icon
-{
- background: url('../images/icons_app.png') 5px -122px no-repeat;
-}
-
-#shieldbox #msie .icon
-{
- background: url('../images/icons_app.png') 5px -183px no-repeat;
-}
-
-#shieldbox #flash .icon
-{
- background: url('../images/icons_app.png') 5px -243px no-repeat;
-}
-
-#shieldbox #quicktime .icon
-{
- background: url('../images/icons_app.png') 5px -303px no-repeat;
-}
-
-#shieldbox #acrobat .icon
-{
- background: url('../images/icons_app.png') 5px -363px no-repeat;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .nosupport_close
-{
- float: right;
- font-family: courier new;
- font-weight: bold;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .nosupport_close img
-{
- border: 0;
-}
-
-#shieldbox .nosupport_close a
-{
- margin: 0;
- padding: 0;
- border: 0;
- display: block;
- height: 16px;
- width: 16px;
- background: url('../images/icons_app.png') -18px -506px no-repeat;
-}
-
-
-/* ---- Clearing block ---------- */
-.visualclear
-{
- display: block;
- clear: both;
- margin: 0;
- padding: 0;
- border: 0;
-}
-
diff --git a/media/js/shield.js b/media/js/shield.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f28eaeb71..000000000
--- a/media/js/shield.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-var browserblock = '';
-
-var browserlist;
-
-function buildshieldbox() {
- if (!document.getElementById("shieldbox")) return false;
- var shieldwarningbox = document.getElementById("shieldbox");
- shieldwarningbox.className = "warningmessage";
- shieldwarningbox.innerHTML = browserblock;
- var nobrowserwarningdiv = document.getElementById("nobrowserwarning");
- var nobrowsercommentdiv = document.getElementById("nobrowsercomment");
- nobrowserwarningdiv.innerHTML = 'You are using ' + BrowserDetect.browser + ' v.' + BrowserDetect.version + ', an unsupported browser.';
- nobrowsercommentdiv.innerHTML = '
For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a recommended recent web browser.';
- if (BrowserDetect.browser == 'Internet Explorer') {var thisbrowsername = 'MSIE';};
- for(var key in browserlist) {
- if (BrowserDetect.browser.toLowerCase()==key.toLowerCase() || (thisbrowsername && thisbrowsername.toLowerCase()==key.toLowerCase())) {
- document.getElementById("minreqversion").innerHTML = 'The minimum required version for this browser is ' + browserlist[key] + '.';
- }
- var currentclass = document.getElementById(key.toLowerCase()).className;
- document.getElementById(key.toLowerCase()).className = currentclass + ' isrequired';
- }
-}
-
-function shieldbrowser(reqbrowser) {
- var browsername = false;
- var versionmismatch = false;
- if (BrowserDetect.browser == 'Internet Explorer') {var thisbrowsername = 'MSIE';};
- for(var key in reqbrowser) {
- if (BrowserDetect.browser.toLowerCase()==key.toLowerCase() || (thisbrowsername && thisbrowsername.toLowerCase()==key.toLowerCase())) {
- browsername = true;
- if ((BrowserDetect.version)