diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-footer.php b/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
index 337bcadf3d..520f51240a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-footer.php
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 
 <br class="clear" /></div><!-- wpbody-content -->
 </div><!-- wpbody -->
-</div><!-- wpcontent -->
-<br class="clear" /></div><!-- wpwrap -->
+<br class="clear" /></div><!-- wpcontent -->
+</div><!-- wpwrap -->
+
 <div id="footer">
 <p><?php
 do_action('in_admin_footer', '');
diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-header.php b/wp-admin/admin-header.php
index e8772cbf39..e1b3bafcd7 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-header.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-header.php
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ unset($hook_suffixes, $hook_suffix);
 </head>
 <body class="wp-admin <?php echo apply_filters( 'admin_body_class', '' ); ?>">
 <div id="wpwrap">
+<div id="sidemenu-bg"><br /></div>
 <div id="wpcontent">
 <div id="wphead">
 <h1><?php if ( '' == get_bloginfo('name', 'display') ) echo '&nbsp;'; else echo get_bloginfo('name', 'display'); ?><span id="viewsite"><a href="<?php echo trailingslashit( get_option('home') ); ?>"><?php _e('Visit Site') ?></a></span></h1>
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
index 7e1748dfed..1152a061e2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-#wpcontent, #wpbody {
+
+#sidemenu-bg {
 	background-color: #14568A;
+	border-color: #c6d9e9;
 }
+
 #wpbody-content {
-	background-color: #fff;
+	border-color: #c6d9e9;
 }
+
 a.page-numbers:hover {
 	border-color: #999;
 }
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
index 4a4e5a79db..7040c02b6c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-#wpcontent, #wpbody {
+
+#sidemenu-bg {
 	background-color: #e4f2fd;
+	border-color: #c6d9e9;
 }
+
 #wpbody-content {
-	background-color: #fff;
+	border-color: #c6d9e9;
 }
+
 a.page-numbers:hover {
 	border-color: #999;
 }
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/global.css b/wp-admin/css/global.css
index fa4e95746d..3c90b4d2de 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/global.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/global.css
@@ -7,13 +7,23 @@ div#wpbody {
 }
 
 div#wpbody-content {
-	margin-left: 175px;
-	border-width: 1px 0 0 1px;
-	border-style: solid;
-	border-color: #c6d9e9;
+	margin-left: 177px;
+	border-top-width: 1px;
+	border-top-style: solid;
 	padding-top: 10px;
 }
 
+div#sidemenu-bg {
+	border-right-style: solid;
+	border-right-width: 1px;
+	height: 100%;
+	left: 0;
+	position: absolute;
+	top: 0;
+	width: 175px;
+	z-index: -1;
+}
+
 ul#adminmenu {
 	float: left;
 	clear: left;
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/common.js b/wp-admin/js/common.js
index 8fbfc91a2c..a8fbbf5e18 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/common.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/common.js
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function() {
 		return false;
 	} );
 });
+/*
+(function($) {
+	$.fn.tTips = function() {
 
-(function(JQ) {
-	JQ.fn.tTips = function() {
-
-		JQ('body').append('<div id="tTips"><p id="tTips_inside"></p></div>');
-		var TT = JQ('#tTips');
+		$('body').append('<div id="tTips"><p id="tTips_inside"></p></div>');
+		var TT = $('#tTips');
 
 		this.each(function() {
-			var el = JQ(this), txt;
+			var el = $(this), txt;
 
 			if ( txt = el.attr('title') ) el.attr('tip', txt).removeAttr('title');
 			else return;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function() {
 		});
 	}
 }(jQuery));
-
+*/
 jQuery( function($) {
 	var menuToggle = function(ul, effect) {
 		if ( !effect ) {
@@ -65,11 +65,7 @@ jQuery( function($) {
 	if ( !$('#post-search, #widget-search').size() ) {
 		$('#wphead').append( '<p id="post-search-prep"><input id="post-search-input" type="text" /><input class="button" type="button" value="Search" /></p>' );
 	}
-	
-	// Temp 2
-	var minH = $(window).height()-185+"px"
-	$('#wpbody-content').css("min-height", minH);
 
 } );
 
-jQuery(function(){jQuery('#media-buttons a').tTips();});
+//jQuery(function(){jQuery('#media-buttons a').tTips();});
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 44e18c139c..5032ebca18 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -926,19 +926,23 @@ html, body {
 	position: relative;
 	min-height: 100%;
 }
+
+#wpcontent {
+	padding-bottom: 80px;
+}
+
 #footer {
 	clear: both;
-	height: 65px;
-	padding: 10px 0 0 60px;
-	margin: 0;
-	position: relative;
- 	margin-top: -75px;
 	font-size: 12px;
+	height: 75px;
+	margin-top: -75px;
+	position: absolute;
+	width: 100%;
 }
 
 #footer p {
 	margin: 0;
-	padding: 7px 0;
+	padding: 17px 0 7px 60px;
 }
 
 #footer p a {
