css cleanup

removed midcolumn buttons
diff --git a/_news.html b/_news.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 94423ac..0000000
--- a/_news.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-	<a class="btn btn-block btn-warning sidebutton" href="https://staging.eclipse.org/downloads/">
-    	<i class="fa fa-download icon"></i>
-     	Download EASE
-	</a>
-
-	<a  lass="btn btn-block btn-primary sidebutton" href="https://staging.eclipse.org/downloads/">
-    	<i class="fa fa-mortar-board icon"></i>
-     	Documentation
-	</a>
-
-	<a class="btn btn-block btn-primary sidebutton" href="https://staging.eclipse.org/downloads/">
-    	<i class="fa fa-cogs icon"></i>
-     	Support
-	</a>
-
-	<a class="btn btn-block btn-primary sidebutton" href="https://staging.eclipse.org/downloads/">
-    	<i class="fa fa-comments-o icon"></i>
-     	Developers
-	</a>
-
-	<div class="sideitem">
-		<h6>News</h6>
-		<p>We are alive!</p>		
-	</div>
-
-	<div class="sideitem">
-		<h6>Another</h6>
-		<p>EASE is great</p>		
-	</div>
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diff --git a/css/button.css b/css/button.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 9799625..0000000
--- a/css/button.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-a:hover {
-	color: #f8a644;
-}
-
-.button {
-	color: #312761;
-	display: inline-block;
-	margin: 0px 5px 10px 5px;
-	text-decoration: none;
-	vertical-align: top;
-	position: relative;
-	width: 220px;
-	height: 50px;
-	padding: 0px;
-	font-weight: normal;
-}
-
-.button h1 {
-	font-size: 1.2em;
-	font-weight: bold;
-	display: inline-block;
-	vertical-align: top;
-	margin-top: 8px
-}
-
-.button .details {
-	display: none;
-	float: right;
-	position: absolute;
-	top: 30px;
-	left: 80px;
-	width: 255px;
-	height: 34px;
-	text-align: left;
-	padding: 5px;
-	background-color: #ffffe1;
-	/* border */
-	border: 1px solid #d4d0c8;
-	-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-	-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
-	border-radius: 5px; /* future proofing */
-	-khtml-border-radius: 5px; /* for old Konqueror browsers */
-	/* shadow */
-	-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 0px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.5);
-	-moz-box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 0px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.5);
-	box-shadow: 3px 3px 5px 0px rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.5);
-	z-index: 1;
-}
-
-.button:hover .icon {
-	color: #9aa4c2;
-}
-
-.button:hover .details {
-	display: inline-block;
-	color: black;
-}
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diff --git a/css/style.css b/css/style.css
index 6af65dd..611657a 100644
--- a/css/style.css
+++ b/css/style.css
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 }
 
 #midcolumn {
-	max-width: 730px;
+	width: 730px;
 	padding: 0 10px 10px 10px;
 }
 
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 }
 
 .sidebutton {
-	
+	text-align: left;
 }
 
 .icon {
-	
+	padding: 0px 10px 0px 20px;
 }
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diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 7160785..b1024f3 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -2,73 +2,12 @@
 	$pageTitle 		= "EASE - Eclipse Advanced Scripting Environment";
 	$pageKeywords	= "Eclipse, EASE, Scripting";
 	$pageAuthor		= "Christian Pontesegger";
-
-    $App->AddExtraHtmlHeader('<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/ease/css/button.css"/>' . "\n\t");
-    $App->AddExtraHtmlHeader('<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.1.0/css/font-awesome.min.css"/>' . "\n\t");
 	
 	# provide the page content
-	$news = file_get_contents('_news.html');
 	
 	$html = <<<EOHTML
 
 <div id="midcolumn">
-
-
-<a class="button" href="/ease/support/">
-	<span class="fa-stack fa-2x icon">
-  		<i class="fa fa-square-o fa-stack-2x"></i>
-  		<i class="fa fa-cogs fa-stack-1x"></i>
-	</span>
-  	<h1>Support</h1>
-  	<span class="details">
-	  	Bug Tracker, Forums, Mailing List
-  	</span>
-</a>
-
-<a class="button" href="/ease/download/">
-	<span class="fa-stack fa-2x icon">
-  		<i class="fa fa-square-o fa-stack-2x"></i>
-  		<i class="fa fa-download fa-stack-1x"></i>
-	</span>
-  	<h1>Download</h1>
-  	<span class="details">
-	  	 Update Site, Script Engines
-  	</span>
-</a>
-<br/>
-<a class="button" href="/ease/documentation/">
-	<span class="fa-stack fa-2x icon">
-  		<i class="fa fa-square-o fa-stack-2x"></i>
-  		<i class="fa fa-mortar-board fa-stack-1x"></i>
-	</span>
-  	<h1>Documentation</h1>
-  	<span class="details">
-	  	Tutorials, Examples, API
-  	</span>
-</a>
-
-<a class="button" href="/ease/developers/">
-	<span class="fa-stack fa-2x icon">
-  		<i class="fa fa-square-o fa-stack-2x"></i>
-  		<i class="fa fa-comments-o fa-stack-1x"></i>
-	</span>
-  	<h1>Getting Involved</h1>
-  	<span class="details">
-	  	Contributor Guide, Wiki, Mailing List
-  	</span>
-</a>
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 	<h3>EASE</h3>
 	<br/>
 	<a href="/projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.ease">About This Project</a>
@@ -88,7 +27,25 @@
 {$incubation}
 
 <div id="rightcolumn">
-	{$news}
+	<a class="btn btn-block btn-warning sidebutton" href="/ease/download/" title="Update Site, Script Engines">
+    	<i class="fa fa-download icon"></i>
+     	Download EASE
+	</a>
+
+	<a class="btn btn-block btn-primary sidebutton" href="/ease/documentation/" title="Tutorials, Examples, API">
+    	<i class="fa fa-mortar-board icon"></i>
+     	Documentation
+	</a>
+
+	<a class="btn btn-block btn-primary sidebutton" href="/ease/support/" title="Forums, Bug Tracker, Mailing List">
+    	<i class="fa fa-cogs icon"></i>
+     	Support
+	</a>
+
+	<a class="btn btn-block btn-primary sidebutton" href="/ease/developers" title="Contributor Guide, Wiki, Mailing List">
+    	<i class="fa fa-comments-o icon"></i>
+     	Developers
+	</a>
 </div>
 				
 EOHTML;