diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
index a7a389359ede4f2d8db28311a6a34cadccbbba5a..effbbe11e4ec29397e4dafb72c00011d147e9022 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
@@ -148,10 +148,6 @@ def embargo(_request):
     return render_to_response("static_templates/embargo.html")
 
 
-def press(request):
-    return render_to_response('static_templates/press.html')
-
-
 def process_survey_link(survey_link, user):
     """
     If {UNIQUE_ID} appears in the link, replace it with a unique id for the user.
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/tests/specs/base.py b/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/tests/specs/base.py
index 313503297526bccc4675e6e78bbc564cfb896c5f..4eb40fff3d0d9df4959957f0983eea0cb6d23c38 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/tests/specs/base.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/third_party_auth/tests/specs/base.py
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ class IntegrationTest(testutil.TestCase, test.TestCase):
         assert_duplicate_presence_fn = self.assertIn if duplicate else self.assertNotIn
 
         self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code)
-        self.assertIn(user.email, response.content)
-        self.assertIn(user.username, response.content)
+        self.assertIn(user.email, response.content.decode('UTF-8'))
+        self.assertIn(user.username, response.content.decode('UTF-8'))
         assert_duplicate_presence_fn(duplicate_account_error_needle, response.content)
 
         if linked is not None:
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/features/homepage.feature b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/features/homepage.feature
index c4df77842d6fc251e3f627d8fb500ac4784d6867..c66d06694aa757fb759d48471179d4763f4f3ff8 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/features/homepage.feature
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/features/homepage.feature
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ Feature: LMS.Homepage for web users
     | jobs    | Jobs   |
     | faq     | FAQ    |
     | contact | Contact|
-    | press   | Press  |
+    | press   | News   |
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/features/homepage.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/features/homepage.py
index fc5a249cbaef1a7ee786e40518c6e2346ba79e2c..3c17ed4f3c8c54ff16fc685d5636a4f74c5147a8 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/features/homepage.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/features/homepage.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # pylint: disable=W0621
 
 from lettuce import world, step
-from nose.tools import assert_in, assert_equals  # pylint: disable=E0611
+from nose.tools import assert_equals, assert_greater  # pylint: disable=E0611
 
 
 @step(u'I should see the following links and ids')
@@ -11,5 +11,9 @@ def should_see_a_link_called(step):
         link_id = link_id_pair['id']
         text = link_id_pair['Link']
         link = world.browser.find_by_id(link_id)
-        assert len(link) > 0
+        assert_greater(
+            len(link),
+            0,
+            "Link length is less than 1. ID: {id} Text: {text}".format(id=link_id, text=text)
+        )
         assert_equals(link.text, text)
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_footer.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_footer.py
index 25d7d2f453ca7b34565818ea70ded33c3af177fc..1d1a705f8d18a6635b05c34d8e4c29a16b7e8bea 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_footer.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tests/test_footer.py
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ class TestFooter(TestCase):
         resp = self.client.get('/')
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
 
-        # assert that footer template has been properly overriden on homepage
-        self.assertContains(resp, 'EdX is a non-profit created by founding partners Harvard and MIT')
+        # assert that footer template has been properly overridden on homepage
+        # test the top-level element class; which is less likely to change than copy.
+        self.assertContains(resp, 'edx-footer')
 
     @override_settings(SITE_NAME="example.com")
     def test_openedx_footer(self):
@@ -31,5 +32,6 @@ class TestFooter(TestCase):
         resp = self.client.get('/')
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
 
-        # assert that footer template has been properly overriden on homepage
-        self.assertContains(resp, 'Powered by Open edX')
+        # assert that footer template has been properly overridden on homepage
+        # test the top-level element class; which is less likely to change than copy.
+        self.assertContains(resp, 'wrapper-footer')
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/tests/test_sysadmin.py b/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/tests/test_sysadmin.py
index 091f4525531d7ebe37343d83bdf28f4378e7f958..f4c802b0597c6eb29dd60b81028a3a8b2cdfff22 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/tests/test_sysadmin.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/dashboard/tests/test_sysadmin.py
@@ -538,8 +538,7 @@ class TestSysAdminMongoCourseImport(SysadminBaseTestCase):
             with (override_settings(TIME_ZONE=timezone)):
                 date_text = get_time_display(date, tz_format, settings.TIME_ZONE)
                 response = self.client.get(reverse('gitlogs'))
-
-                self.assertIn(date_text, response.content)
+                self.assertIn(date_text, response.content.decode('UTF-8'))
 
         self._rm_edx4edx()
 
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/tests/test_views.py b/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/tests/test_views.py
index 7f63fe6b71a99a41a5dd93217580775ff0d61e3a..cfb6205e710bbdcdbd8213c299e069c5489dadc3 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/shoppingcart/tests/test_views.py
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ class CSVReportViewsTest(ModuleStoreTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(template, 'shoppingcart/download_report.html')
         self.assertFalse(context['total_count_error'])
         self.assertFalse(context['date_fmt_error'])
-        self.assertIn(_("Download CSV Reports"), response.content)
+        self.assertIn(_("Download CSV Reports"), response.content.decode('UTF-8'))
 
     @patch('shoppingcart.views.render_to_response', render_mock)
     def test_report_csv_bad_date(self):
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ class CSVReportViewsTest(ModuleStoreTestCase):
         self.assertFalse(context['total_count_error'])
         self.assertTrue(context['date_fmt_error'])
         self.assertIn(_("There was an error in your date input.  It should be formatted as YYYY-MM-DD"),
-                      response.content)
+                      response.content.decode('UTF-8'))
 
     CORRECT_CSV_NO_DATE_ITEMIZED_PURCHASE = ",1,purchased,1,40,40,usd,Registration for Course: Robot Super Course,"
 
diff --git a/lms/envs/common.py b/lms/envs/common.py
index e22692d2b1b8b6fe388dfd48dde3c1151b879567..0ca6bd2ffbbb682a9526d38dfacea22ebe4373bc 100644
--- a/lms/envs/common.py
+++ b/lms/envs/common.py
@@ -41,8 +41,14 @@ from lms.lib.xblock.mixin import LmsBlockMixin
 # The display name of the platform to be used in templates/emails/etc.
 PLATFORM_NAME = "Your Platform Name Here"
 CC_MERCHANT_NAME = PLATFORM_NAME
-PLATFORM_TWITTER_ACCOUNT = "@YourPlatformTwitterAccount"
+
 PLATFORM_FACEBOOK_ACCOUNT = "http://www.facebook.com/YourPlatformFacebookAccount"
+PLATFORM_TWITTER_ACCOUNT = "@YourPlatformTwitterAccount"
+PLATFORM_TWITTER_URL = "https://twitter.com/YourPlatformTwitterAccount"
+PLATFORM_MEETUP_URL = "http://www.meetup.com/YourMeetup"
+PLATFORM_LINKEDIN_URL = "http://www.linkedin.com/company/YourPlatform"
+PLATFORM_GOOGLE_PLUS_URL = "https://plus.google.com/YourGooglePlusAccount/"
+
 
 COURSEWARE_ENABLED = True
 ENABLE_JASMINE = False
@@ -264,6 +270,10 @@ FEATURES = {
     # Default to false here b/c dev environments won't have the api, will override in aws.py
     'ENABLE_ANALYTICS_ACTIVE_COUNT': False,
 
+    # TODO: ECOM-136 remove this feature flag when new styles are available on main site.for
+    # Enable the new edX footer to be rendered. Defaults to false.
+    'ENABLE_NEW_EDX_FOOTER': False,
+
     # TODO: ECOM-136
     # Enables the new navigation template and styles. This should be enabled
     # when the styles appropriately match the edX.org website.
@@ -1381,7 +1391,10 @@ MKTG_URL_LINK_MAP = {
     'HONOR': 'honor',
     'PRIVACY': 'privacy_edx',
     'JOBS': 'jobs',
+    'NEWS': 'news',
     'PRESS': 'press',
+    'BLOG': 'edx-blog',
+    'DONATE': 'donate',
 
     # Verified Certificates
     'WHAT_IS_VERIFIED_CERT': 'verified-certificate',
diff --git a/lms/static/images/footer-seal.png b/lms/static/images/footer-seal.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7a5544a4cbf01499b6376c57813ec28dfc65f9f8
Binary files /dev/null and b/lms/static/images/footer-seal.png differ
diff --git a/lms/static/sass/base/_variables.scss b/lms/static/sass/base/_variables.scss
index ad610a5135fe4ed8a798a4961347a9b919d2ce93..870162e6edfa15bc1d04ae2d49607db3f307b8ac 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/base/_variables.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/base/_variables.scss
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ $fg-max-columns: 12;
 $fg-max-width: 1400px;
 $fg-min-width: 810px;
 
+// Card Sizes
+// breakpoints for course cards
+$bp-xl-min: 1180px;
+$bp-l-min: 980px;
+$bp-m-min: 768px;
+$bp-s-min: 320px;
+$bp-s-max: 320px;
+$bp-m-max: 768px;
+
 // ====================
 
 // FONTS
diff --git a/lms/static/sass/shared/_footer.scss b/lms/static/sass/shared/_footer.scss
index 49428868a808b613ce4781c80a7fcb3ef9b45086..b03f6eee387b008c8bd4b4cc37e86a889233ba7b 100644
--- a/lms/static/sass/shared/_footer.scss
+++ b/lms/static/sass/shared/_footer.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,305 @@
+//---------------------------------
+// edX.org specific footer styles.
+//---------------------------------
+
+.region-footer {
+  border: 1px solid #f1f1f1;
+  padding-top: 16px;
+  background: none;
+  background-color: #fcfcfc;
+  .container {
+    background: none !important;
+    max-width: 1180px !important;
+    padding: 15px 20px;
+    width: calc(100% - 40px) !important;
+  }
+}
+.region-footer-columns {
+  padding: 0!important;
+  background: none;
+  border: none;
+
+  > .region-container-inner {
+    width: 100%;
+    margin: auto;
+    border: none;
+    background: none;
+  }
+
+  .region-footer-first {
+    width: 100% ;
+    float: none ;
+
+    .region-inner {
+      padding-right: 10px;
+    }
+
+    nav {
+      margin-bottom: 1em;
+    }
+  }
+  h2{
+      color: #3f4041;
+      font-size: 13px;
+      font-weight: 600;
+      border-bottom: none;
+    }
+  ul.menu{
+    padding: 0px;
+    margin-top: 1em;
+    li{
+      list-style: none none;
+      color: #8a8c8f;
+      font-size: 14px;
+      float: none !important;
+      padding-top: 3px !important;
+      span{font-size: 0px; color: #fcfcfc;}
+      a{
+        font-size: 14px;
+        color: #009ee7;
+        font-family: "Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
+        line-height: 24px;
+        span{font-size: 14px; font-weight: semibold;}
+        &.edx-bold{font-weight: 600;}
+        i{
+          font-size: 24px;
+          width: 25px;
+          display: inline-block;
+          margin-right: 10px;
+          font-family: FontAwesome;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  ul.menu li a.fa{
+    line-height: 42px;
+  }
+  p.copyright{
+     color: #8a8c8f !important;
+  }
+
+  .region-footer-second {
+    width: 100% ;
+    float: none ;
+    nav {
+      margin-bottom: 1em;
+      width: 100%;
+      float: none;
+      padding-right: 0px;
+      padding-left: 0px;
+      border-left: none;
+      border-right: none;
+      margin-top: 30px;
+      }
+    .nav{
+      clear: none;
+    }
+
+    section.block-menu-social{
+      width: 100%;
+      padding: 0px;
+      margin-top: 30px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .block-disclosure {
+    p{
+      font-size: 14px;
+      font-weight: normal;
+      line-height: 21px;
+      color: #3d3e3f;
+      padding-right: 20px;
+        img{
+          display: block;
+          padding: 15px 0px;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  .block-menu-business a {
+    color: #565656;
+
+    &:hover {
+      color: #2F73BC;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .block-menu-social {
+    a {
+      border: 0;
+    }
+
+    ul.menu li {
+      margin: 0;
+      padding: 0;
+      float: right;
+
+      .menu_icon {
+        display: block;
+        background-position: center top !important;
+        overflow: hidden;
+        text-indent: -9999px;
+        width: 45px;
+        margin: 0;
+        padding: 0 !important;
+      }
+    }
+
+    li {
+      margin: 0;
+      padding: 0;
+      float: right;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .block-menu-supplement {
+
+    ul.menu li {
+      margin: 0;
+      padding: 0;
+      float: right;
+
+      a:hover {
+        border-bottom: 1px dotted #2F73BC;
+      }
+
+      span.separator {
+        padding: 0 10px;
+      }
+    }
+
+    .block-menu-supplement li {
+      margin: 0;
+      padding: 0;
+      float: right;
+
+      a:hover {
+        border-bottom: 1px dotted #2F73BC;
+      }
+
+      span.separator {
+        padding: 0 10px;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Smarthphone Portrait
+ */
+
+@media only screen and ( min-width: $bp-s-min ) {
+  .region-footer {
+    background: none;
+    background-color: #fcfcfc;
+  }
+  .region-footer-columns {
+    .region-footer-first {
+      width: 100% ;
+      float: none ;
+    }
+    .region-footer-second {
+      width: 100% ;
+      float: none ;
+      nav{
+        width: 100%;
+        padding-left: 0px;
+        padding-right: 0px;
+        border-left: none;
+        border-right: none;
+        margin-top: 30px;
+      }
+      section.block-menu-social{
+        width: 100%;
+        padding: 0px;
+        margin-top: 30px;
+      }
+    }
+  ul.menu li a.fa{
+    line-height: 42px;
+  }
+  }
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Smartphone Landscape and up
+ */
+@media only screen and ( min-width: $bp-m-min ) {
+   .region-footer {
+    background: #fcfcfc url("../images/footer-seal.png") -310px 20px no-repeat;
+  }
+  .region-footer-columns {
+    .region-footer-first {
+      width: 50% ;
+      float: left ;
+    }
+    .region-footer-second {
+      width: 50% ;
+      float: left ;
+      nav{
+         width: 43%;
+         padding-right: 20px;
+         padding-left: 25px;
+         border-left: 1px solid #e6e6e6;
+         border-right: 1px solid #e6e6e6;
+         margin-top: 15px;
+         float: left;
+      }
+      section.block-menu-social{
+        width: 33%;
+        padding: 0px 15px 15px 20px;
+        margin-top: 15px;
+        float: left !important;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Tablet and up
+ */
+@media only screen and ( min-width: $bp-l-min ) {
+  .region-footer-columns {
+    .region-footer-second {
+      nav{
+        width: 45%;
+      }
+      section.block-menu-social{
+        width: 35%;
+      }
+    }
+    ul.menu li a.fa{
+      line-height: 36px;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Desktops/laptops and up
+ */
+@media only screen and ( min-width: $bp-xl-min ) {
+   > .region-container-inner{margin:auto !important;}
+  .region-footer-columns {
+    .region-footer-second {
+      nav{
+        width: 43%;
+      }
+      section.block-menu-social{
+        width: 42%;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------
+// Open Source edX Footer Styling
+//-----------------------------------------
+
 .wrapper-footer {
   box-shadow: 0 -1px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0, 0.1);
   border-top: 1px solid tint($m-gray,50%);
diff --git a/lms/templates/edx_footer.html b/lms/templates/edx_footer.html
index 606c689f5cb6d4bab52ad72a8adbbb8ac7e28d73..9ccbadf8d017cd74c505e8143e4ed4a359056f39 100644
--- a/lms/templates/edx_footer.html
+++ b/lms/templates/edx_footer.html
@@ -3,89 +3,78 @@
 <%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
 <%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
 
-<div class="wrapper wrapper-footer edx-footer">
-  <footer>
-    <div class="colophon">
-      <nav class="nav-colophon">
-      <ol>
-          <li class="nav-colophon-01">
-          <a id="about" href="${marketing_link('ABOUT')}">
-              ${_("About")}
-          </a>
-          </li>
-          <li class="nav-colophon-02">
-          <a id="jobs" href="${marketing_link('JOBS')}">
-              ${_("Jobs")}
-          </a>
-          </li>
-          <li class="nav-colophon-03">
-          <a id="press" href="${marketing_link('PRESS')}">
-              ${_("Press")}
-          </a>
-          </li>
-          <li class="nav-colophon-04">
-          <a id="faq" href="${marketing_link('FAQ')}">
-              ${_("FAQ")}
-          </a>
-          </li>
-          <li class="nav-colophon-05">
-          <a id="contact" href="${marketing_link('CONTACT')}">
-              ${_("Contact")}
-          </a>
-          </li>
-      </ol>
-      </nav>
+<div class="edx-footer">
+    <footer id="footer" class="clearfix region-footer" role="contentinfo">
+        <div class="region-footer-columns region-container container">
+            <div class="region-container-inner">
+                <!-- regions: Footer first and Footer second -->
+                <div class="region region-footer-first">
+                    <div class="region-inner clearfix">
+                        <div class="region-container-inner">
+                            <div id="block-block-4" class="block block-block block-disclosure copy-detail no-title">
 
-      <div class="colophon-about">
-        <img src="${static.url('images/header-logo.png')}" alt="${_('edX Logo')}" />
+                                <p>
+                                    <img alt="edX" src="${static.url('images/header-logo.png')}">${_(
+                                    "{EdX} offers interactive online classes and MOOCs from the world's best universities. "
+                                    "Online courses from {MITx}, {HarvardX}, {BerkeleyX}, {UTx} and many other universities. "
+                                    "Topics include biology, business, chemistry, computer science, economics, finance, "
+                                    "electronics, engineering, food and nutrition, history, humanities, law, literature, "
+                                    "math, medicine, music, philosophy, physics, science, statistics and more. {EdX} is a "
+                                    "non-profit online initiative created by founding partners {Harvard} and {MIT}."
+                                    ).format(
+                                    EdX="EdX", Harvard="Harvard", MIT="MIT", HarvardX="HarvardX", MITx="MITx",
+                                    BerkeleyX="BerkeleyX", UTx="UTx"
+                                    )}
+                                </p>
 
-        <p>${_("{EdX} is a non-profit created by founding partners {Harvard} and {MIT} whose mission is to bring the best of higher education to students of all ages anywhere in the world, wherever there is Internet access. {EdX}'s free online MOOCs are interactive and subjects include computer science, public health, and artificial intelligence.").format(EdX="EdX", Harvard="Harvard", MIT="MIT")}</p>
-      </div>
-    </div>
+                                ## Translators: The © symbol appears directly before this line.
+                                <p class="copyright">© ${_("2014 edX, except where noted, all rights reserved.")}</p>
 
-    <div class="references">
-      <nav class="nav-social">
-        <ul>
-          <li class="nav-social-01">
-            <a href="http://www.meetup.com/edX-Global-Community/" rel="external">
-              <img src="${static.url('images/social/ico-social-meetup.png')}" alt="edX on Meetup" />
-            </a>
-          </li>
-          <li class="nav-social-02">
-            <a href="http://www.facebook.com/EdxOnline" rel="external">
-              <img src="${static.url('images/social/ico-social-facebook.png')}" alt="edX on Facebook" />
-            </a>
-          </li>
-          <li class="nav-social-03">
-            <a href="https://twitter.com/edXOnline" rel="external">
-              <img src="${static.url('images/social/ico-social-twitter.png')}" alt="edX on Twitter" />
-            </a>
-          </li>
-          <li class="nav-social-04">
-            <a href="https://plus.google.com/108235383044095082735/posts" rel="external">
-              <img src="${static.url('images/social/ico-social-google.png')}" alt="edX on Google+" />
-            </a>
-          </li>
-          <li class="nav-social-05">
-            <a href="http://youtube.com/user/edxonline" rel="external">
-              <img src="${static.url('images/social/ico-social-youtube.png')}" alt="edX on YouTube" />
-            </a>
-          </li>
-        </ul>
-      </nav>
 
-      <p class="copyright">${_("&copy; 2014 edX, some rights reserved.")}</p>
+                                <ul class="menu">
+                                    <li><a href="${marketing_link('TOS')}">${_("Terms of Service and Honor Code")}</a></li>
+                                    <li><a href="${marketing_link('PRIVACY')}">${_("Privacy Policy")}</a></li>
+                                </ul>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+                <div class="region region-footer-second">
+                    <div class="region-inner clearfix">
+                        <div class="region-container-inner">
+                            <nav id="block-menu-block-7" class="block block-menu-block" role="navigation">
+                                <h2 class="block-title">${_("About & Company Info")}</h2>
 
-      <nav class="nav-legal">
-        <ul>
-          <li class="nav-legal-01">
-            <a href="${marketing_link('TOS')}">${_("Terms of Service and Honor Code")}</a>
-          </li>
-          <li class="nav-legal-02">
-            <a href="${marketing_link('PRIVACY')}">${_("Privacy Policy")}</a>
-          </li>
-        </ul>
-      </nav>
-    </div>
-  </footer>
+                                <div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-7 menu-name-menu-about-company-in-footer parent-mlid-0 menu-level-1">
+                                    <ul class="menu clearfix">
+                                        <li><a href="${marketing_link('ABOUT')}">${_("About")}</a></li>
+                                        <li><a href="${marketing_link('NEWS')}">${_("News")}</a></li>
+                                        <li><a href="${marketing_link('CONTACT')}">${_("Contact")}</a></li>
+                                        <li><span>-</span></li>
+                                        <li><a href="${marketing_link('FAQ')}">${_("FAQ")}</a></li>
+                                        <li><a href="${marketing_link('BLOG')}">${_("edX Blog")}</a></li>
+                                        <li><span>-</span></li>
+                                        <li><a href="${marketing_link('DONATE')}" class="edx-bold">${_("Donate to edX")}</a></li>
+                                        <li><a href="${marketing_link('JOBS')}" class="edx-bold">${_("Jobs at edX")}</a></li>
+                                    </ul>
+                                </div>
+
+                            </nav>
+                            <section id="block-menu-menu-social-menu" class="block block-menu nav block-menu-social" role="navigation">
+                                <h2 class="block-title">${_("Follow Us")}</h2>
+
+                                <ul class="menu clearfix">
+                                    <li><a href="${settings.PLATFORM_TWITTER_URL}" title="Twitter"><i class="icon-twitter"></i>${_("Twitter")}</a></li>
+                                    <li><a href="${settings.PLATFORM_FACEBOOK_ACCOUNT}" title="Facebook"><i class="icon-facebook"></i>${_("Facebook")}</a></li>
+                                    <li><a href="${settings.PLATFORM_MEETUP_URL}" title="Meetup"><i class="icon-calendar"></i>${_("Meetup")}</a></li>
+                                    <li><a href="${settings.PLATFORM_LINKEDIN_URL}" title="LinkedIn"><i class="icon-linkedin"></i>${_("LinkedIn")}</a></li>
+                                    <li><a href="${settings.PLATFORM_GOOGLE_PLUS_URL}" title="Google+"><i class="icon-google-plus"></i>${_("Google+")}</a></li>
+                                </ul>
+                            </section>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </footer>
 </div>
diff --git a/lms/templates/footer.html b/lms/templates/footer.html
index 8f8391266a3b887f12869a1d8673e4011db21449..4f32bb282decc4f8202b1073410d6a63bee92f8d 100644
--- a/lms/templates/footer.html
+++ b/lms/templates/footer.html
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
           </a>
           </li>
           <li class="nav-colophon-03">
-          <a id="press" href="${marketing_link('PRESS')}">
-              ${_("Press")}
+          <a id="press" href="${marketing_link('NEWS')}">
+              ${_("News")}
           </a>
           </li>
           <li class="nav-colophon-04">
diff --git a/lms/templates/main.html b/lms/templates/main.html
index e426937d3780e70a5391f6092fc843e0a7957fc4..844816e435a60562810927aca73665cabd3548d9 100644
--- a/lms/templates/main.html
+++ b/lms/templates/main.html
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@
     google_analytics_file = microsite.get_template_path('google_analytics.html')
 
     if getattr(settings, 'SITE_NAME', '').endswith('edx.org'):
-      footer_file = microsite.get_template_path('edx_footer.html')
+        if settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_NEW_EDX_FOOTER', False):
+            footer_file = microsite.get_template_path('edx_footer.html')
+        else:
+            footer_file = microsite.get_template_path('original_edx_footer.html')
     else:
       footer_file = microsite.get_template_path('footer.html')
 
diff --git a/lms/templates/navigation.html b/lms/templates/navigation.html
index 03075917f5d0f4c31d5e662e2b8df2b2d93c29ec..bcaf320eae9527fb4053389c58615fb7d74e68db 100644
--- a/lms/templates/navigation.html
+++ b/lms/templates/navigation.html
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ site_status_msg = get_site_status_msg(course_id)
 % endif
 </%block>
 
-  <header class="global-new ${"slim" if course else ""}" aria-label="${_('Global Navigation')}">
+  <header class="${"global slim" if course else "global-new"}" aria-label="${_('Global Navigation')}">
     <nav>
     <h1 class="logo">
       <a href="${marketing_link('ROOT')}">
diff --git a/lms/templates/original_edx_footer.html b/lms/templates/original_edx_footer.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c733ad185df46a9f804ab8fa5294293f05dc92a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/templates/original_edx_footer.html
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+## mako
+<%! from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse %>
+<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
+
+<div class="wrapper wrapper-footer edx-footer">
+  <footer>
+    <div class="colophon">
+      <nav class="nav-colophon">
+      <ol>
+          <li class="nav-colophon-01">
+          <a id="about" href="${marketing_link('ABOUT')}">
+              ${_("About")}
+          </a>
+          </li>
+          <li class="nav-colophon-02">
+          <a id="jobs" href="${marketing_link('JOBS')}">
+              ${_("Jobs")}
+          </a>
+          </li>
+          <li class="nav-colophon-03">
+          <a id="press" href="${marketing_link('PRESS')}">
+              ${_("Press")}
+          </a>
+          </li>
+          <li class="nav-colophon-04">
+          <a id="faq" href="${marketing_link('FAQ')}">
+              ${_("FAQ")}
+          </a>
+          </li>
+          <li class="nav-colophon-05">
+          <a id="contact" href="${marketing_link('CONTACT')}">
+              ${_("Contact")}
+          </a>
+          </li>
+      </ol>
+      </nav>
+
+      <div class="colophon-about">
+        <img src="${static.url('images/header-logo.png')}" alt="${_('edX Logo')}" />
+
+        <p>
+            ${_("{EdX} is a non-profit created by founding partners {Harvard} and {MIT} whose mission is to "
+            "bring the best of higher education to students of all ages anywhere in the world, wherever there is "
+            "Internet access. {EdX}'s free online MOOCs are interactive and subjects include computer science, public "
+            "health, and artificial intelligence.").format(EdX="EdX", Harvard="Harvard", MIT="MIT")}
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="references">
+      <nav class="nav-social">
+        <ul>
+          <li class="nav-social-01">
+            <a href="${settings.PLATFORM_MEETUP_URL}" rel="external">
+              <img src="${static.url('images/social/ico-social-meetup.png')}" alt="edX on Meetup" />
+            </a>
+          </li>
+          <li class="nav-social-02">
+            <a href="${settings.PLATFORM_FACEBOOK_ACCOUNT}" rel="external">
+              <img src="${static.url('images/social/ico-social-facebook.png')}" alt="edX on Facebook" />
+            </a>
+          </li>
+          <li class="nav-social-03">
+            <a href="${settings.PLATFORM_TWITTER_URL}" rel="external">
+              <img src="${static.url('images/social/ico-social-twitter.png')}" alt="edX on Twitter" />
+            </a>
+          </li>
+          <li class="nav-social-04">
+            <a href="${settings.PLATFORM_GOOGLE_PLUS_URL}" rel="external">
+              <img src="${static.url('images/social/ico-social-google.png')}" alt="edX on Google+" />
+            </a>
+          </li>
+          <li class="nav-social-05">
+            <a href="http://youtube.com/user/edxonline" rel="external">
+              <img src="${static.url('images/social/ico-social-youtube.png')}" alt="edX on YouTube" />
+            </a>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </nav>
+
+      <p class="copyright">${_("&copy; 2014 edX, some rights reserved.")}</p>
+
+      <nav class="nav-legal">
+        <ul>
+          <li class="nav-legal-01">
+            <a href="${marketing_link('TOS')}">${_("Terms of Service and Honor Code")}</a>
+          </li>
+          <li class="nav-legal-02">
+            <a href="${marketing_link('PRIVACY')}">${_("Privacy Policy")}</a>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </nav>
+    </div>
+  </footer>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lms/templates/static_templates/blog.html b/lms/templates/static_templates/blog.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5f7608ceb9c6abc83207a6b39d7ff46f3f0b97f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/templates/static_templates/blog.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%inherit file="../main.html" />
+
+<%block name="pagetitle">${_("Blog")}</%block>
+
+<section class="container about">
+    <h1>${_("Blog")}</h1>
+    <p>${_("This page left intentionally blank. It is not used by edx.org but is left here for possible use by installations of Open edX.")}</p>
+</section>
diff --git a/lms/templates/static_templates/donate.html b/lms/templates/static_templates/donate.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..abf2ce107ef62c08b4dc25e02ca37a7ca18c1899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/templates/static_templates/donate.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+<%inherit file="../main.html" />
+
+<%block name="pagetitle">${_("Donate")}</%block>
+
+<section class="container about">
+    <h1>${_("Donate")}</h1>
+    <p>${_("This page left intentionally blank. It is not used by edx.org but is left here for possible use by installations of Open edX.")}</p>
+</section>
diff --git a/lms/templates/static_templates/news.html b/lms/templates/static_templates/news.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4790150dd0552e39f12cd52e4abee9f4f43e06e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/templates/static_templates/news.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<%! from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _ %>
+
+<%inherit file="../main.html" />
+
+<%block name="pagetitle">${_("In the Press")}</%block>
+
+<section class="container about">
+<h1>${_("In the Press")}</h1>
+<p>${_("This page left intentionally blank. It is not used by edx.org but is left here for possible use by installations of Open edX.")}</p>
+</section>
diff --git a/lms/urls.py b/lms/urls.py
index f363bd2a74d413de1edf03eeb1d6496d24afabf1..f04a1cbbd9ee98ad76b33e3cb5c7a44c20b1ed5a 100644
--- a/lms/urls.py
+++ b/lms/urls.py
@@ -118,15 +118,24 @@ urlpatterns += ((
 # Semi-static views only used by edX, not by themes
 if not settings.FEATURES["USE_CUSTOM_THEME"]:
     urlpatterns += (
+        url(r'^blog$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
+            {'template': 'blog.html'}, name="blog"),
+        url(r'^contact$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
+            {'template': 'contact.html'}, name="contact"),
+        url(r'^donate$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
+            {'template': 'donate.html'}, name="donate"),
+        url(r'^faq$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
+            {'template': 'faq.html'}, name="faq"),
+        url(r'^help$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
+            {'template': 'help.html'}, name="help_edx"),
         url(r'^jobs$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
             {'template': 'jobs.html'}, name="jobs"),
-        url(r'^press$', 'student.views.press', name="press"),
+        url(r'^news$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
+            {'template': 'news.html'}, name="news"),
+        url(r'^press$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
+            {'template': 'press.html'}, name="press"),
         url(r'^media-kit$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
             {'template': 'media-kit.html'}, name="media-kit"),
-        url(r'^faq$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
-            {'template': 'faq.html'}, name="faq_edx"),
-        url(r'^help$', 'static_template_view.views.render',
-            {'template': 'help.html'}, name="help_edx"),
 
         # TODO: (bridger) The copyright has been removed until it is updated for edX
         # url(r'^copyright$', 'static_template_view.views.render',