diff --git a/view/theme/vier/search_item.tpl b/view/theme/vier/search_item.tpl
index 846f5ccff..334e33fca 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/search_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/search_item.tpl
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-actions-author">
 			<a href="$item.profile_url" target="redir" title="$item.linktitle" class="wall-item-name-link"><span class="wall-item-name$item.sparkle">$item.name</span></a> 
-			<span class="wall-item-ago">- &nbsp;
+			<span class="wall-item-ago">
 				{{ if $item.plink }}<a class="link" title="$item.plink.title" href="$item.plink.href" style="color: #999">$item.ago</a>{{ else }} $item.ago {{ endif }}
-				{{ if $item.lock }} - <span class="fakelink" style="color: #999" onclick="lockview(event,$item.id);">$item.lock</span> {{ endif }}
+				{{ if $item.lock }}<span class="fakelink" style="color: #999" onclick="lockview(event,$item.id);">$item.lock</span> {{ endif }}
 			</span>
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-content">
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/smarty3/search_item.tpl b/view/theme/vier/smarty3/search_item.tpl
index c6c83f8b8..0a62fd584 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/smarty3/search_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/smarty3/search_item.tpl
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-actions-author">
 			<a href="{{$item.profile_url}}" target="redir" title="{{$item.linktitle}}" class="wall-item-name-link"><span class="wall-item-name{{$item.sparkle}}">{{$item.name}}</span></a> 
-			<span class="wall-item-ago">- &nbsp;
+			<span class="wall-item-ago">
 				{{if $item.plink}}<a class="link" title="{{$item.plink.title}}" href="{{$item.plink.href}}" style="color: #999">{{$item.ago}}</a>{{else}} {{$item.ago}} {{/if}}
-				{{if $item.lock}} - <span class="fakelink" style="color: #999" onclick="lockview(event,{{$item.id}});">{{$item.lock}}</span> {{/if}}
+				{{if $item.lock}}<span class="fakelink" style="color: #999" onclick="lockview(event,{{$item.id}});">{{$item.lock}}</span> {{/if}}
 			</span>
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-content">
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/smarty3/wall_thread.tpl b/view/theme/vier/smarty3/wall_thread.tpl
index adaf0b639..f2f6f186e 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/smarty3/wall_thread.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/smarty3/wall_thread.tpl
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 		<div class="wall-item-actions-author">
 			<a href="{{$item.profile_url}}" target="redir" title="{{$item.linktitle}}" class="wall-item-name-link"><span class="wall-item-name{{$item.sparkle}}">{{$item.name}}</span></a>
 			 {{if $item.owner_url}}{{$item.via}} <a href="{{$item.owner_url}}" target="redir" title="{{$item.olinktitle}}" class="wall-item-name-link"><span class="wall-item-name{{$item.osparkle}}" id="wall-item-ownername-{{$item.id}}">{{$item.owner_name}}</span></a> <!-- {{$item.vwall}} -->{{/if}}
-			<span class="wall-item-ago">-
+			<span class="wall-item-ago">
 				{{if $item.plink}}<a title="{{$item.plink.title}}" href="{{$item.plink.href}}" style="color: #999">{{$item.ago}}</a>{{else}} {{$item.ago}} {{/if}}
-				{{if $item.lock}} - <span class="fakelink" style="color: #999" onclick="lockview(event,{{$item.id}});">{{$item.lock}}</span> {{/if}}
+				{{if $item.lock}}<span class="fakelink" style="color: #999" onclick="lockview(event,{{$item.id}});">{{$item.lock}}</span> {{/if}}
 			</span>
 		</div>
 
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/style.css b/view/theme/vier/style.css
index 278a1ddde..a489b48b9 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/vier/style.css
@@ -1185,6 +1185,36 @@ border-bottom: 1px solid #D2D2D2;
   color: black;
   font-weight: bold;
 }
+
+.wall-item-container:hover .wall-item-name {
+  color: #36c;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
+  -moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
+  -o-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
+  -ms-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
+  transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
+}
+
+.toplevel_item .wall-item-content a,
+.wall-item-container .wall-item-content a,
+.toplevel_item .fakelink,
+.wall-item-container .fakelink {
+  color: black;
+}
+
+.toplevel_item:hover .fakelink,
+.wall-item-container:hover .fakelink,
+.toplevel_item:hover .wall-item-content a,
+.wall-item-container:hover .wall-item-content a {
+  color: #36c;
+  -webkit-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
+  -moz-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
+  -o-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
+  -ms-transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
+  transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
+}
+
 .wall-item-container .wall-item-actions-author {
   width: 100%;
   margin-bottom: 0.3em;
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/wall_thread.tpl b/view/theme/vier/wall_thread.tpl
index 7ca07d859..756015bc0 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/wall_thread.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/wall_thread.tpl
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
 		<div class="wall-item-actions-author">
 			<a href="$item.profile_url" target="redir" title="$item.linktitle" class="wall-item-name-link"><span class="wall-item-name$item.sparkle">$item.name</span></a>
 			 {{ if $item.owner_url }}$item.via <a href="$item.owner_url" target="redir" title="$item.olinktitle" class="wall-item-name-link"><span class="wall-item-name$item.osparkle" id="wall-item-ownername-$item.id">$item.owner_name</span></a> <!-- $item.vwall -->{{ endif }}
-			<span class="wall-item-ago">-
+			<span class="wall-item-ago">
 				{{ if $item.plink }}<a title="$item.plink.title" href="$item.plink.href" style="color: #999">$item.ago</a>{{ else }} $item.ago {{ endif }}
-				{{ if $item.lock }} - <span class="fakelink" style="color: #999" onclick="lockview(event,$item.id);">$item.lock</span> {{ endif }}
+				{{ if $item.lock }}<span class="fakelink" style="color: #999" onclick="lockview(event,$item.id);">$item.lock</span> {{ endif }}
 			</span>
 		</div>