diff --git a/src/memberdb/models.py b/src/memberdb/models.py
index eb6b28096dab64875bb54a38daeeecc0eba57acd..d029bf198fe8817aa349e51b80707c13ac1fda1b 100644
--- a/src/memberdb/models.py
+++ b/src/memberdb/models.py
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ class Member (IncAssocMember):
 	guild_confirm   = models.BooleanField ('Guild status confirmed', null=False, editable=False, default=False)
 
 	has_account		= models.BooleanField ('Has AD account', null=False, editable=False, default=False)
+	dark_theme_enabled	= models.BooleanField ('Is dark theme enabled', null=False, editable=False, default=True)
 
 	def get_last_renewal(self):
 		""" returns the most recently submitted Membership object """
diff --git a/src/memberdb/register.py b/src/memberdb/register.py
index 99ba5d15d136a699eaa5b079593c0d0bf5b3cf06..faf5bcbace53591742fc572152420a55ca3d6001 100644
--- a/src/memberdb/register.py
+++ b/src/memberdb/register.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def thanks_view(request, member, ms):
 	return render(request, 'thanks.html', context)
 
 class RenewView(LoginRequiredMixin, RegisterView):
-	template_name = 'renew.html'
+	template_name = 'membership_renewal.html'
 	form_class = RenewForm
 	model = Member
 
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ class RenewView(LoginRequiredMixin, RegisterView):
 
 		# renew.html says whether a record exists in the DB or not
 		context['is_new'] = self.request.member is None
+		context['membership'] = 'active'
+		context['membership_renewal'] = 'active'
 
 		# let the template check if user has already renewed this year so it displays a warning
 		if last_renewal is not None:
diff --git a/src/memberdb/urls.py b/src/memberdb/urls.py
index 4dce9419bb1a1fd0a5142b6eac0a3a65d3f3f52d..3bf5f59908ee501a210728cf76ddc1436e914e0b 100644
--- a/src/memberdb/urls.py
+++ b/src/memberdb/urls.py
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ from django.urls import path
 from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
 from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
 
-from .views import MemberHomeView, MemberTokenView, EmailConfirmView
+from .views import MembershipSummary, MemberHomeView, MemberTokenView, EmailConfirmView
 from .register import RegisterView, RenewView
 
 app_name = 'memberdb'
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('', MemberHomeView.as_view(), name='home'),
+    path('', MembershipSummary.as_view(), name='home'),
     path('', MemberHomeView.as_view(), name='index'),
 
     # use the django-provided login views with our custom templates
diff --git a/src/memberdb/views.py b/src/memberdb/views.py
index 19e40304f5648e01fa55512b1409ca8d0db3ebcb..9392728fdcd912d1555c74dad69bd905daf90971 100644
--- a/src/memberdb/views.py
+++ b/src/memberdb/views.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class MyWizardView(SessionWizardView):
 
 class MemberHomeView(MemberAccessMixin, MyUpdateView):
     model = Member
-    template_name = 'home.html'
+    template_name = 'membership_summary.html'
     form_class = MemberHomeForm
 
     def get_object(self):
@@ -133,6 +133,31 @@ class MemberHomeView(MemberAccessMixin, MyUpdateView):
         # redisplay the page
         return self.get(self.request)
 
+
+class MembershipSummary(MemberAccessMixin, MyUpdateView):
+    model = Member
+    template_name = 'membership_summary.html'
+    form_class = MemberHomeForm
+
+    def get_object(self):
+        return self.request.member
+
+    def get_context_data(self):
+        context = super().get_context_data()
+        member = self.get_object()
+
+        if member is not None:
+            # get a list of all the membership records associated with this member
+            ms_list = member.memberships.all()
+            context.update({
+                'memberships': ms_list,
+                'membership_summary': 'active',
+                'membership': 'active',
+            })
+        return context
+
+
+
 class MemberTokenView(View):
     """ allow a user to login using a unique (secure) member token """
     def get(self, request, **kwargs):
diff --git a/src/templates/admin/base_site.html b/src/templates/admin/base_site.html
index 6440df7380fbd19c5ef1aaf7d03b418c76f20bee..7358afd1d67279dad85de492f1c09103802648b3 100644
--- a/src/templates/admin/base_site.html
+++ b/src/templates/admin/base_site.html
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 {% get_current_language as LANGUAGE_CODE %}{% get_current_language_bidi as LANGUAGE_BIDI %}
 
 {% block prestyle %}
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet %}{% static "admin/css/base.css" %}{% endblock %}">
+    {#<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% block stylesheet %}{% static "admin/css/base.css" %}{% endblock %}">#}
     {% block responsive %}
     <meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=no, width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0">
-    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static "admin/css/responsive.css" %}">
+    {#<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static "admin/css/responsive.css" %}">#}
     {% endblock %}
 {% endblock %}
 {% block extrastyle %}
diff --git a/src/templates/base.html b/src/templates/base.html
index 2797bd29020093fd3debcd056ec797ba29ab91d3..32a731cae05f63039d2c4de0a941b0ac011ee303 100644
--- a/src/templates/base.html
+++ b/src/templates/base.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% load static %}
+{% load sass_tags %}
 
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
@@ -32,37 +33,34 @@
 </head>
 
 <body {% block bodyattrs %}{% endblock %}>
+<!-- Container -->
+	{% block navbar %}
+	<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg grey-900 navbar-dark fixed-top flex-md-nowrap p-0 shadow">
 
+		<a class="navbar-brand col-sm-3 col-md-1 mr-0" title="UCCPortal homepage">
+			<div class="font-weight-bold text-light float-left font-italic" text-light>UCCPORTAL</div>
+			<span class="nav-item float-left logo"></span>
+		</a>
 
-<!-- Container -->
-<div id="container">
-	{% block header_div %}<!-- Header -->
-	<div id="header">
-		{% block navbar %}
-		<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-grey-900 font-weight-bold">
-
-			{% block branding %}
-			<a class="navbar-brand logo" title="UCCPortal homepage"></a>
-			{% endblock %}
-
-			<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
-				<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
-			</button>
-
-			<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
-				{% with url_name=request.resolver_match.url_name %}
-				<div class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
+		<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
+			<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
+		</button>
+
+		<div class="collapse navbar-collapse " id="navbarSupportedContent">
+			{% with url_name=request.resolver_match.url_name %}
+			<div class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
 					{% if not request.user.is_authenticated or request.user.is_staff %}
 					{% endif %}
 
-
 					{% if request.member %}
-						<a class="nav-item nav-link {% if url_name == 'home' %}active{% endif %}" href="{% url "memberdb:home" %}">Member home</a>
-						<a class="nav-item nav-link {% if url_name == 'renew' %}active{% endif %}" href="{% url "memberdb:renew" %}">Renew membership</a>
+						<a class="nav-item nav-link {{membership}}" href="{% url "memberdb:home" %}">Membership </a>
+						<a class="nav-item nav-link disabled" >Account</a>
 					{% endif %}
 
 					{% if request.user.is_staff %}
-						<a class="nav-item nav-link {% block adminactive %}{% endblock %}" href="{% url "admin:index" %}">Admin site</a>
+						<a class="nav-item nav-link {% block adminactive %}{% endblock %}" href="{% url "admin:index" %}">
+							Admin
+						</a>
 						<a class="nav-item nav-link {% if url_name == 'register' %}active{% endif %}" href="{% url "memberdb:register" %}">Add Member</a>
 					{% endif %}
 
@@ -70,12 +68,9 @@
 
 				<div class="navbar-nav">
 					{% if request.user.is_authenticated and request.member %}
-					<div class="nav-item">
-						<i class=" align-baseline icon md-light">person</i>
-					</div>
-					<div class="nav-item userinfo groups dropdown">
 
 						<a class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" href="#" id="navbarDropdownMenuLink" role="button" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
+							<i class="icon md-18 md-light" data-feather="user"></i>
 							Welcome, {{ request.user.username }}
 							<!--<div class="navbar-nav userinfo{ if request.user.is_authenticated %}{ if request.member %} groups{ endif %}">
 								{ if request.member %}
@@ -83,61 +78,70 @@
 								{ endif %}
 							</div>-->
 						</a>
-						<div class="dropdown-menu bg-grey-900" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
-							<a class="nav-item nav-link {% if url_name == 'logout' %}active{% endif %}" href="{% url "memberdb:logout" %}">Logout</a>
+						<div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right text-dark" aria-labelledby="navbarDropdownMenuLink">
+							<a class="dropdown-item disabled" > Dark theme: off</a>
+							<div class="dropdown-divider m-0"></div>
+							<a class="dropdown-item" href="{% url "memberdb:logout" %}">Logout</a>
 						</div>
 					</div>
 					{%else%}
-						<a class="nav-item nav-link {% if url_name == 'login' %}active{% endif %}" href="{% url "memberdb:login" %}">Login</a>
+						<a class="btn btn-dark btn-sm my-1 border-light" href='{% url "memberdb:register" %}'>Signup</a>
+						<a class="nav-item nav-link" href="{% url "memberdb:login" %}">Login</a>
 					{%endif%}
 				</div>
 				{% endwith %}
 			</div>
 		</nav>
-		{% endblock %}
+	{% endblock %}
 
-		{% block header %}{% endblock %}
-
-	</div>
-	{% endblock %}<!-- END Header -->
+	<!-- Alerts -->
 	{% block breadcrumbs %}{% endblock %}
 	{% block messages %}{% if messages %}
 	<ul class="messagelist">{% for message in messages %}
 		<li{% if message.tags %} class="{{ message.tags }}"{% endif %}>{{ message|capfirst }}</li>
 	{% endfor %}</ul>
 	{% endif %}{% endblock messages %}
-
-	<!-- Content -->
-	<div class="text-light bg-dark" id="content">
-		{% block pretitle %}{% endblock %}
-		{% block content_title %}<h1></h1>{% endblock %}
-		{% block content %}
-		{% endblock %}
-		<!-- sidebar -->
-		{% block sidebar %}{% endblock %}
-		<br class="clear">
-	</div>
-	<!-- END Content -->
-
-	<!-- Footer -->
-	{% block footer %}
-	<div id="footer">
-		<p>
-			The University Computer Club Inc.
-			ABN: 98 843 368 069
-		</p>
-		<div class="linkslist">
-			<a href="https://www.ucc.asn.au">main website</a>&#8226;
-			<a href="https://wiki.ucc.asn.au">UCC wiki</a>&#8226;
-			<a href="https://www.ucc.asn.au/aboutucc/contact.ucc">contact us</a>&#8226;
-			<a href="https://gitlab.ucc.asn.au/frekk/uccportal">source code</a>
+	<!-- Alerts -->
+
+	<div class="container-fluid ">
+	{% include "watermark.html" %}
+		<div class="row">
+			<!-- sidebar -->
+			<nav class="col-md-1 d-none d-md-block bg-light navbar-light sidebar">
+				<div class="sidebar-sticky">
+					{% block sidebar %}{% endblock %}
+				</div>
+			</nav>
+			<!-- Content -->
+			<div class="col-md-11 ml-sm-auto col-lg-11 px4">
+				<main class="px4 bg-white" role="main">
+					{% block content %}{% endblock %}
+				</main>
+
+				<hr/>
+
+				<div class=" text-center" id="footer">
+					<p>
+						The University Computer Club Inc.
+						ABN: 98 843 368 069
+					</p>
+					<div class="linkslist">
+					<a href="https://www.ucc.asn.au">main website</a>&#8226;
+					<a href="https://wiki.ucc.asn.au">UCC wiki</a>&#8226;
+					<a href="https://www.ucc.asn.au/aboutucc/contact.ucc">contact us</a>&#8226;
+					<a href="https://gitlab.ucc.asn.au/frekk/uccportal">source code</a>
+					</div>
+				</div>
+			</div>
 		</div>
-	</div>
 
 
 
 </div>
 <!-- END Container -->
+<script>
+  feather.replace()
+</script>
 
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/templates/home.html b/src/templates/home.html
index 63e2e520426e1116a19b0bbe08ec0ff36c2a8f58..b434bfe102bf7debcd1827b738459db2cde8c727 100644
--- a/src/templates/home.html
+++ b/src/templates/home.html
@@ -25,7 +25,19 @@
 {% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
 
+{%if request.user.is_authenticated%}
+{%block sidebar %}
+  <ul class="nav flex-column">
+    <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link text-light"> Summary</a></li>
+    <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link text-light"> Renew</a></li>
+    <li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link text-light"> Payments</a></li>
+  </ul>
+{% endblock %}
+{% endif %}
+
+
 {% block extra_preform %}
+
 <div class="form-row">
     {% include 'membership_summary.html' %}
 </div>
diff --git a/src/templates/membership_details.html b/src/templates/membership_details.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fe15e930f9fbb4729a7d3350f51858f3afe4686e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/membership_details.html
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{# this template is used by the admin membership renewal page and member homepage #}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block header1 %}
+<h4>Current member details</h4>
+{% endblock %}
+{% block member_details %}
+<!-- try to display only the details which aren't editable on member home page -->
+<table class="member-details">
+    {% block name %}
+    <tr class="{% cycle 'row1' 'row2' as rcl %}">
+        <th>Real name</th>
+        <td><b>{{ member.first_name }} {{ member.last_name }}</b></td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
+        <th>Username &amp; display name</th>
+        <td><b>{{ member.username }}</b> ({{ member.display_name }})</td>
+    </tr>
+    {% endblock %}
+
+    {% block email %}
+    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
+        <th>Contact email</th>
+        <td>
+        {% if member.email_address %}
+            <a href="mailto:{{ member.email_address }}">{{ member.email_address }}</a>
+        {% else %}
+            <i>not provided</i>
+        {% endif %}
+        </td>
+    </tr>
+    {% endblock %}
+
+    {% block phone %}
+    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
+        <th>Phone number</th>
+        <td>{% if member.phone_number %}{{ member.phone_number }}{% else %}<i>not provided</i>{% endif %}</td>
+    </tr>
+    {% endblock %}
+
+    {% block student %}
+    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
+        <th>Is student</th>
+        <td>{% if member.is_student %}<img src="{% static 'admin/img/icon-yes.svg' %}" alt="yes">{% else %}<img src="{% static 'admin/img/icon-no.svg' %}" alt="no">{% endif %}</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
+        <th>Is UWA Guild</th>
+        <td>{% if member.is_guild %}<img src="{% static 'admin/img/icon-yes.svg' %}" alt="yes">{% else %}<img src="{% static 'admin/img/icon-no.svg' %}" alt="no">{% endif %}</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
+        <th>Student number or Other ID</th>
+        <td>{% if member.id_number %}{{ member.id_number }}{% else %}<i>not provided</i>{% endif %}</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
+        <th>ID type</th>
+        <td>{% if member.id_desc %}{{ member.id_desc }}{% else %}<i>not provided</i>{% endif %}</td>
+    </tr>
+    {% endblock %}
+</table>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/src/templates/renew.html b/src/templates/membership_renewal.html
similarity index 64%
rename from src/templates/renew.html
rename to src/templates/membership_renewal.html
index 3a67a1f072b80ac4d418589fcab5e5323332807a..69e752e321e711a32bbc955d833cbdb4122d2785 100644
--- a/src/templates/renew.html
+++ b/src/templates/membership_renewal.html
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 {% extends "base_form.html" %}
+{%load static %}
+
 {% block title %}UCC Membership Renewal{% endblock %}
-{% block content_title %}
-	<h1>Renew your membership for {{ year }}</h1>
+
+{%block sidebar %}
+    {% include 'membership_sidebar.html' %}
 {% endblock %}
 
+
+<h1 class="mt-5">Renew your membership for {{ year }}</h1>
+<div class="card m-3 mt-5"></div>
+
 {% block tips %}
 {% if is_new %}
 <b>Your account exists already but no membership information has yet been recorded in this system.</b>
@@ -18,15 +25,18 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block extra_preform %}
-{% if memberships and last_renewal == year %}
-<div class="form-row">
-	{% include 'membership_list.html' %}
-</div>
-{% endif %}
-<div class="form-row readonly">
-	<label for="id_username">Username:</label>
-	<span class="text" id="id_username">{{ request.user.username }}</span>
-</div>
+	{% if memberships and last_renewal == year %}
+	<div class="card md-3">
+		<div class="form-row">
+		{% include 'membership_list.html' %}
+		</div>
+	</div>
+	{% endif %}
+
+	<div class="form-row readonly">
+		<label for="id_username">Username:</label>
+		<span class="text" id="id_username">{{ request.user.username }}</span>
+	</div>
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block action_url %}{% url 'memberdb:renew' %}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/src/templates/membership_sidebar.html b/src/templates/membership_sidebar.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cfb6d9a24f6de1febc872cf83ed744599b5dead4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/membership_sidebar.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+  <ul class="nav flex-column ">
+    <li class="nav-item">
+      <a class="nav-link {{membership_summary}}" href="{% url 'memberdb:home' %}"><i class="icon md-18 md-dark" data-feather="info"></i> Summary</a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="nav-item">
+      <a class="nav-link {{membership_renewal}}" href="{% url 'memberdb:renew' %}"><i class="icon md-18 md-dark" data-feather="refresh-cw"></i> Renewal</a>
+    </li>
+    <li class="nav-item">
+      <a class="nav-link disabled" href="#"><i class="icon md-18 md-dark" data-feather="dollar-sign"></i> Payments</a>
+    </li>
+ </ul>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/templates/membership_summary.html b/src/templates/membership_summary.html
index 29d69251a8f0afc62df4c2cdd54132c969a19dd2..bf09f9bc41908b41cf3856153ac58aceda745e7a 100644
--- a/src/templates/membership_summary.html
+++ b/src/templates/membership_summary.html
@@ -1,59 +1,45 @@
-{# this template is used by the admin membership renewal page and member homepage #}
+{% extends "base.html" %}
 {% load static %}
-{% block header1 %}
-<h4>Current member details</h4>
+
+{%block sidebar %}
+    {% include 'membership_sidebar.html' %}
 {% endblock %}
-{% block member_details %}
-<!-- try to display only the details which aren't editable on member home page -->
-<table class="member-details">
-    {% block name %}
-    <tr class="{% cycle 'row1' 'row2' as rcl %}">
-        <th>Real name</th>
-        <td><b>{{ member.first_name }} {{ member.last_name }}</b></td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
-        <th>Username &amp; display name</th>
-        <td><b>{{ member.username }}</b> ({{ member.display_name }})</td>
-    </tr>
-    {% endblock %}
-
-    {% block email %}
-    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
-        <th>Contact email</th>
-        <td>
-        {% if member.email_address %}
-            <a href="mailto:{{ member.email_address }}">{{ member.email_address }}</a>
-        {% else %}
-            <i>not provided</i>
-        {% endif %}
-        </td>
-    </tr>
-    {% endblock %}
-
-    {% block phone %}
-    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
-        <th>Phone number</th>
-        <td>{% if member.phone_number %}{{ member.phone_number }}{% else %}<i>not provided</i>{% endif %}</td>
-    </tr>
-    {% endblock %}
-
-    {% block student %}
-    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
-        <th>Is student</th>
-        <td>{% if member.is_student %}<img src="{% static 'admin/img/icon-yes.svg' %}" alt="yes">{% else %}<img src="{% static 'admin/img/icon-no.svg' %}" alt="no">{% endif %}</td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
-        <th>Is UWA Guild</th>
-        <td>{% if member.is_guild %}<img src="{% static 'admin/img/icon-yes.svg' %}" alt="yes">{% else %}<img src="{% static 'admin/img/icon-no.svg' %}" alt="no">{% endif %}</td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
-        <th>Student number or Other ID</th>
-        <td>{% if member.id_number %}{{ member.id_number }}{% else %}<i>not provided</i>{% endif %}</td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr class="{% cycle rcl %}">
-        <th>ID type</th>
-        <td>{% if member.id_desc %}{{ member.id_desc }}{% else %}<i>not provided</i>{% endif %}</td>
-    </tr>
-    {% endblock %}
-</table>
+
+
+{% block tips %}
+{% if not request.member %}
+    {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
+        <b>You have no member record associated with this account.</b><br>
+        Please <a href="{% url 'memberdb:renew' %}">renew your membership</a> to get started.
+        <br><br>
+        Note: you may have already paid for this year, but unless the username you entered is the same as the one you are using now, it will not work.
+    {% else %}
+        <b>Something went wrong and your membership details could not be retrieved.</b> Please try <a href="{% url 'memberdb:login' %}">logging in</a>.
+    {% endif %}
+{% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+{% block extra_preform %}
+<div class="card m-3 mt-5">
+  <div class="form-row ">
+    {% include 'membership_details.html' %}
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="card m-3">
+
+ <div class="form-row">
+    <h4>Membership renewals on record</h4>
+    <!-- stuff from the membership record itself -->
+    {% if memberships %}
+     	{% include 'membership_list.html' %}
+    {% else %}
+        No membership renewal records for your account exist yet. Please <a href="{% url 'memberdb:renew' %}">renew your membership</a> to get started.
+    {% endif %}
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+{% endblock extra_preform %}
+{% endblock content%}
+