diff --git a/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Global/AlertBar.cshtml b/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Global/AlertBar.cshtml
index 13eb87b6..fd5476dc 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Global/AlertBar.cshtml
+++ b/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Global/AlertBar.cshtml
@@ -14,18 +14,22 @@
 
 @if (showNotification)
 {
-    <div class="alertbar__blue">
+    <div class="alertbar__yellow">
         @Html.Raw(notificationText)
     </div>
 }
-
-@*
-    @if (Request.Cookies["dismissAvatar"] == null && CurrentPage.Id != home.Id && avatarImage != null && (avatarImage.Width < 400 || avatarImage.Height < 400))
-    {
-        <div class="alertbar__blue avatarTooSmall">
-          Your profile image is a little on the small side, it would look<br />
-          much nicer if you could <a href="/member/profile">update it to be at least 400x400pixels</a>!<br/>
-          <span style="font-size: 0.8em; color: gray; padding-top: 4px; display: inline-block;">Neh, I like my blurry avatar, <a class="dismisAvatar" href="#">stop notifying me</a> please.</span>
+    
+@if (Request.Cookies["dismissAvatar"] == null && CurrentPage.Id != home.Id && avatarImage != null && (avatarImage.Width < 400 || avatarImage.Height < 400))
+{
+    <div class="notification__blue avatarTooSmall">
+        <div class="message text-center">
+            <p>
+                Your profile picture is a little on the small side, it would look <strong>much nicer</strong> if you <a href="/member/profile">could update it to be larger image.</a>
+            </p>
         </div>
-    }
-*@
\ No newline at end of file
+        <div class="close-notification">
+            <i class="icon-Delete dismisAvatar"></i><span style="font-size: 0.7em;" class="dismisAvatar">Neh, I like my blurry avatar!</span>
+        </div>
+
+    </div>
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Members/QuickMenu.cshtml b/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Members/QuickMenu.cshtml
index b2adbc9b..5d4f7c5f 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Members/QuickMenu.cshtml
+++ b/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Members/QuickMenu.cshtml
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 @inherits Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroPage
+@using System.Drawing
+@using our
 @using uForum
 @using uForum.Services
 @{
-
     var topicService = new TopicService(ApplicationContext.DatabaseContext);
+    Image avatarImage = null;
+    if (Members.IsLoggedIn())
+    {
+        avatarImage = Utils.GetMemberAvatarImage(Members.GetCurrentMember());
+    }
 }
 <div class="quick-menu">
     <div class="container">
@@ -63,7 +69,24 @@
                         </div>
                     </div>
 
+                    if (avatarImage != null && (avatarImage.Width < 400 || avatarImage.Height < 400))
+                    {
+                        <small>Notifications</small>
 
+                        <a href="/member/profile" class="forum-thread">
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="col-xs-10 col-md-8">
+                                    <div class="forum-thread-text">
+                                        <h3>Your profile picture is a little on the small side.</h3>
+                                        <p>
+                                            It would look <strong>much nicer</strong> if you could update it to be larger image.
+                                        </p>
+                                    </div>
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                        </a>
+                    }
+                    
                     <small>
                         Activity in threads you participated in
                     </small>
@@ -83,14 +106,14 @@
                                                 <h3>@topic.Title</h3>
                                                 <p>
                                                     @{
-                                                        if (topic.Replies != 0 && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(topic.LastReplyAuthorName))
-                                                        {
-                                                            <text>last edited by @topic.LastReplyAuthorName</text>
-                                                        }
-                                                        else
-                                                        {
-                                                            <text>created by @topic.AuthorName</text>
-                                                        }
+                                if (topic.Replies != 0 && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(topic.LastReplyAuthorName))
+                                {
+                                    <text>last edited by @topic.LastReplyAuthorName</text>
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    <text>created by @topic.AuthorName</text>
+                                }
                                                     }  @topic.Updated.ConvertToRelativeTime()
                                                 </p>
                                             </div>
diff --git a/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Navigation/TopNavigation.cshtml b/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Navigation/TopNavigation.cshtml
index cf075464..7bfb3cbd 100644
--- a/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Navigation/TopNavigation.cshtml
+++ b/OurUmbraco.Site/Views/MacroPartials/Navigation/TopNavigation.cshtml
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+@using System.Drawing
+@using our
 @inherits Umbraco.Web.Macros.PartialViewMacroPage
 
 @{
     @* Get the root of the website *@
     var root = CurrentPage.AncestorOrSelf(1);
+    Image avatarImage = null;
+    if (Members.IsLoggedIn())
+    {
+        avatarImage = Utils.GetMemberAvatarImage(Members.GetCurrentMember());
+    }
 }
 
 <ul>
@@ -19,6 +26,10 @@
             var member = Members.GetCurrentMember();
             <div class="user">
                 @Html.Raw(our.Utils.GetMemberAvatar(member, 40))
+                @if (avatarImage != null && (avatarImage.Width < 400 || avatarImage.Height < 400))
+                {
+                    <span class="notificationCount">1</span>
+                }
             </div>
         }
         else
diff --git a/our.umbraco.org/library.cs b/our.umbraco.org/library.cs
index 626c1093..c515d170 100644
--- a/our.umbraco.org/library.cs
+++ b/our.umbraco.org/library.cs
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ namespace our
 
             return null;
         }
-        
+
         public static string GetGravatar(string email, int size, string memberName)
         {
             var emailId = email.ToLower();
@@ -246,9 +246,10 @@ namespace our
             return string.Format("<img src=\"//www.gravatar.com/avatar/{0}?s={1}&d=mm&r=g&d=retro\" alt=\"{2}\" />", hash, size, memberName);
         }
 
-        public static string GetLocalAvatar(string imgPath, int size, string memberName)
+        public static string GetLocalAvatar(string imgPath, int minSize, string memberName)
         {
-            return string.Format("<img src=\"{0}?width={1}&height={1}&mode=crop\" alt=\"{2}\" />", imgPath, size, memberName);
+            return string.Format("<img src=\"{0}?width={1}&height={1}&mode=crop\" srcset=\"{0}?width={2}&height={2}&mode=crop 2x, {0}?width={3}&height={3}&mode=crop 3x\" alt=\"{4}\" />",
+             imgPath, minSize, (minSize * 2), (minSize * 3), memberName);
         }
     }