diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index ad1dbf82ea..b43360485a 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
   "name": "freecodecamp",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "homepage": "http://freecodecamp.com",
-  "authors": [
-    "Quincy Larson <michaelqlarson@gmail.com>"
-  ],
-  "license": "MIT",
   "private": true,
   "ignore": [
     "**/.*",
@@ -16,15 +12,12 @@
     "tests"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "angular-ui-bootstrap": "~0.13.0",
-    "angular": "~1.3.15",
     "d3": "~3.5.5",
     "jquery": "~2.1.4",
     "cal-heatmap": "~3.5.2",
     "bootstrap": "~3.3.4",
     "font-awesome": "~4.3.0",
     "moment": "~2.10.2",
-    "angular-bootstrap": "~0.13.0",
     "jshint": "~2.9.0",
     "lightbox2": "~2.8.1",
     "rxjs": "~4.0.6",
diff --git a/client/commonFramework/phone-scroll-lock.js b/client/commonFramework/phone-scroll-lock.js
index bf5af55c4f..a9b58fb23c 100644
--- a/client/commonFramework/phone-scroll-lock.js
+++ b/client/commonFramework/phone-scroll-lock.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ window.common = (function({ common = { init: [] }}) {
         if (magiVal < 0) {
           magiVal = 0;
         }
-        $('.editorScrollDiv').css('height', magiVal - 85 + 'px');
+        $('.editorScrollDiv').css('height', magiVal - 50 + 'px');
       }
 
       magiVal = $(window).height() - $('.navbar').height();
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ window.common = (function({ common = { init: [] }}) {
 
       $('.scroll-locker')
         .css('min-height', $('.editorScrollDiv').height())
-        .css('height', magiVal - 185);
+        .css('height', magiVal - 50);
     } else {
       $('.editorScrollDiv').css('max-height', 500 + 'px');
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ window.common = (function({ common = { init: [] }}) {
         .css('position', 'inherit')
         .css('top', 'inherit')
         .css('width', '100%')
-        .css('max-height', '85%');
+        .css('max-height', '100%');
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/client/main.js b/client/main.js
index 50e4449d85..99beae1720 100644
--- a/client/main.js
+++ b/client/main.js
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 
   var storySubmitButtonHandler = function storySubmitButtonHandler() {
 
+    if (!$('#story-submission-form')[0].checkValidity()) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     var link = $('#story-url').val();
     var headline = $('#story-title').val();
     var description = $('#description-box').val();
@@ -252,154 +256,3 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     window.location.href = link;
   });
 });
-
-var profileValidation =
-  window.angular.module('profileValidation', ['ui.bootstrap']);
-
-profileValidation.controller(
-  'profileValidationController',
-  [
-    '$scope',
-    '$http',
-    function($scope, $http) {
-      $http.get('/account/api').success(function(data) {
-        $scope.user = data.user;
-
-        $scope.user.username = $scope.user.username ?
-          $scope.user.username.toLowerCase() :
-          null;
-
-        $scope.storedUsername = data.user.username;
-        $scope.storedEmail = data.user.email;
-        $scope.user.email = $scope.user.email ?
-          $scope.user.email.toLowerCase() :
-          null;
-
-        $scope.user.twitterHandle = $scope.user.twitterHandle ?
-          $scope.user.twitterHandle.toLowerCase() :
-          null;
-
-        $scope.asyncComplete = true;
-      });
-    }
-  ]
-);
-
-profileValidation.controller(
-  'pairedWithController',
-  [
-    '$scope',
-    function($scope) { $scope.existingUser = null; }
-  ]
-);
-
-profileValidation.controller('emailSignUpController', function() {});
-
-profileValidation.controller('emailSignInController', function() {});
-
-profileValidation.controller('URLSubmitController', function() {});
-
-profileValidation.controller('nonprofitFormController', function() {});
-
-profileValidation.controller(
-  'doneWithFirst100HoursFormController',
-  function() {}
-);
-
-profileValidation.controller('submitStoryController', function() {});
-
-profileValidation.directive(
-  'uniqueUsername',
-  [
-    '$http',
-    function($http) {
-      return {
-        restrict: 'A',
-        require: 'ngModel',
-        link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
-
-          element.bind('keyup', function() {
-
-            ngModel.$setValidity('unique', true);
-            var username = element.val();
-            if (username) {
-              var config = { params: { username: username } };
-              $http
-                .get('/api/users/exists', config)
-                .success(function(result) {
-                  if (username === scope.storedUsername) {
-                    ngModel.$setValidity('unique', true);
-                  } else if (result.exists) {
-                    ngModel.$setValidity('unique', false);
-                  }
-                });
-            }
-          });
-        }
-      };
-    }
-  ]
-);
-
-profileValidation.directive('existingUsername',
-  [
-    '$http',
-    function($http) {
-      return {
-        restrict: 'A',
-        require: 'ngModel',
-        link: function(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
-
-          element.bind('keyup', function() {
-
-            if (element.val().length > 0) {
-              ngModel.$setValidity('exists', false);
-            } else {
-              element.removeClass('ng-dirty');
-              ngModel.$setPristine();
-            }
-
-            var username = element.val();
-            if (username) {
-              var config = { params: { username: username } };
-              $http
-                .get('/api/users/exists', config)
-                .success(function(result) {
-                  ngModel.$setValidity('exists', result.exists);
-                });
-            }
-          });
-        }
-      };
-  }]);
-
-profileValidation.directive(
-  'uniqueEmail',
-  [
-    '$http',
-    function($http) {
-      return {
-        restrict: 'A',
-        require: 'ngModel',
-        link: function getUnique(scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
-          element.bind('keyup', function() {
-            ngModel.$setValidity('unique', true);
-            var email = element.val();
-            if (email) {
-              var config = { params: { email: email } };
-              $http
-                .get('/api/users/exists', config)
-                .success(function(result) {
-                  if (email === scope.storedEmail) {
-                    ngModel.$setValidity('unique', true);
-                  } else if (result.exists) {
-                    ngModel.$setValidity('unique', false);
-                  }
-                });
-            }
-          });
-        }
-      };
-    }
-  ]
-);
diff --git a/common/models/user.js b/common/models/user.js
index bb746ed8d8..f2e49ae252 100644
--- a/common/models/user.js
+++ b/common/models/user.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
     req.flash('errors', {
       msg: 'Invalid username or password.'
     });
-    return res.redirect('/');
+    return res.redirect('/email-signin');
   });
 
   User.afterRemote('logout', function(ctx, result, next) {
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index b58517ee9d..b1e28b9c0f 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ var paths = {
   vendorMain: [
     'public/bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js',
     'public/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js',
-    'public/bower_components/angular/angular.min.js',
-    'public/bower_components/angular-bootstrap/ui-bootstrap.min.js',
-    'public/bower_components/angular-bootstrap/ui-bootstrap-tpls.min.js',
     'public/bower_components/d3/d3.min.js',
     'public/bower_components/moment/min/moment.min.js',
     'public/bower_components/lightbox2/dist/js/lightbox.min.js',
diff --git a/server/boot/challenge.js b/server/boot/challenge.js
index ca316bc97e..df2e2bf5bf 100644
--- a/server/boot/challenge.js
+++ b/server/boot/challenge.js
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
               origChallengeName +
               '` Please double check the name.'
           });
-          return Observable.just('/challenges');
+          return Observable.just('/map');
         }
 
         if (dasherize(challenge.name) !== origChallengeName) {
diff --git a/server/views/account/email-signin.jade b/server/views/account/email-signin.jade
index b1c3fa4b46..e36d19b97b 100644
--- a/server/views/account/email-signin.jade
+++ b/server/views/account/email-signin.jade
@@ -1,27 +1,19 @@
 extends ../layout
 block content
-    .jumbotron.text-center(ng-controller="emailSignInController")
-        h2 Sign in with an email address here:
-        form(method='POST', action='/api/users/login')
-            input(type='hidden', name='_csrf', value=_csrf)
-            .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3
-                .form-group
-                    input.form-control(type='email', name='email', id='email', placeholder='Email', ng-model='email', autofocus=true)
-                    | {{ $scope.email }}
-                .form-group
-                    input.form-control(type='password', name='password', id='password', placeholder='Password', ng-model='password')
-                .form-group
-                    button.btn.btn-primary(type='submit')
-                        span.ion-android-hand
-                        | Login
-                    span &thinsp;&thinsp;
-                    a.btn.btn-info(href='/forgot') Forgot your password?
-        br
-        br
-        br
-        br
-        br
-        br
-        br
-        br
-        br
+    .jumbotron.text-center
+        .row
+            .col-xs-12
+                h2 Sign in with an email address here:
+                .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3
+                    form(method='POST', action='/api/users/login')
+                        input(type='hidden', name='_csrf', value=_csrf)
+                        .form-group
+                            input.input-lg.form-control(type='email', name='email', id='email', placeholder='Email', autofocus=true)
+                        .form-group
+                            input.input-lg.form-control(type='password', name='password', id='password', placeholder='Password')
+                        button.btn.btn-primary.btn-lg.btn-block(type='submit')
+                            span.ion-android-hand
+                            | Login
+                        .button-spacer
+                        .button-spacer
+                    a.btn.btn-info.btn-lg.btn-block(href='/forgot') Forgot your password?
diff --git a/server/views/account/email-signup.jade b/server/views/account/email-signup.jade
index 965eca605e..15ab666565 100644
--- a/server/views/account/email-signup.jade
+++ b/server/views/account/email-signup.jade
@@ -1,51 +1,18 @@
 extends ../layout
 block content
+  script.
+    var challengeName = 'Email Signup'
   .jumbotron.text-center
     h2 Sign up with an email address here:
-    form.form-horizontal(method='POST', action='/api/users', name="signupForm", novalidate="novalidate")
-      input(type='hidden', name='_csrf', value=_csrf)
-      .form-group
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3
-          input.form-control(type='email', ng-model='email', ng-keypress='', name='email', id='email', placeholder='email', autofocus, required, autocomplete="off", unique-email='')
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3(ng-cloak, ng-show="signupForm.email.$error.required && !signupForm.email.$pristine")
-          alert(type='danger')
-            span.ion-close-circled
-            | Your email address is required.
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3(ng-cloak, ng-show="signupForm.$error.email && !signupForm.email.$pristine")
-          alert(type='danger')
-            span.ion-close-circled
-            | Please enter a valid email format.
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3(ng-cloak, ng-show="signupForm.email.$error.unique && !signupForm.email.$pristine")
-          alert(type='danger')
-            span.ion-close-circled
-            |  That email address is already in use.
-      .form-group
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3
-          input.form-control(type='password', ng-model='password', name='password', id='password', placeholder='password', required, ng-minlength=8)
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3(ng-cloak, ng-show="signupForm.password.$error.minlength && !signupForm.password.$pristine")
-          alert(type='danger')
-            span.ion-close-circled
-            |  Your password must be at least 8 characters long.
-      .form-group
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3
-          input.form-control(type='password', ng-model='confirmPassword', name='confirmPassword', id='confirmPassword', placeholder='confirm password', required, ng-minlength=5)
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3(ng-cloak, ng-show="(confirmPassword !== password) && !signupForm.confirmPassword.$pristine")
-          alert(type='danger')
-            span.ion-close-circled
-            |  Passwords must match.
-      .form-group
-        .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3
-          button.btn.btn-success(type='submit', ng-disabled='signupForm.$invalid')
-            span.ion-person-add
-            | Signup
-    br
-    br
-    br
-    br
-    br
-    br
-    br
-    br
-    br
-    script.
-        var challengeName = 'Email Signup'
+    form.form-horizontal(method='POST', action='/api/users', name="signupForm")
+        .row
+            .col-sm-6.col-sm-offset-3
+              input(type='hidden', name='_csrf', value=_csrf)
+              .form-group
+                  input.input-lg.form-control(type='email', name='email', id='email', placeholder='email', autofocus, required, autocomplete="off")
+              .form-group
+                  input.input-lg.form-control(type='password', name='password', id='password', placeholder='password', required, pattern=".{8,50}", title="Must be at least 8 characters and no longer than 50 characters.")
+              .form-group
+                  button.btn.btn-lg.btn-success.btn-block(type='submit')
+                    span.ion-person-add
+                    | Signup
diff --git a/server/views/account/forgot.jade b/server/views/account/forgot.jade
index 14527a4f27..c5da16558c 100644
--- a/server/views/account/forgot.jade
+++ b/server/views/account/forgot.jade
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ extends ../layout
 block content
     .col-sm-8.col-sm-offset-2.jumbotron
       form(method='POST', action="/forgot")
-        h1 Forgot Password
+        h2.text-center Forgot Password Reset
         input(type='hidden', name='_csrf', value=_csrf)
         .form-group
-          p Enter your email address below and we will send you password reset instructions.
-          label.control-label(for='email') Email
-          input.form-control(type='email', name='email', id='email', placeholder='Email', autofocus=true)
+          p Enter your email address. We'll send you password reset instructions.
+          input.form-control.input-lg(type='email', name='email', id='email', placeholder='Email', autofocus=true required)
         .form-group
-          button.btn.btn-primary(type='submit')
+          button.btn.btn-primary.btn-lg.btn-block(type='submit')
             i.fa.fa-key
             | Reset Password
 
diff --git a/server/views/account/signin.jade b/server/views/account/signin.jade
index b42f56935b..e6a01f3cee 100644
--- a/server/views/account/signin.jade
+++ b/server/views/account/signin.jade
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ block content
             a(href="/email-signup") Or sign up using your email address here.
         p
             a(href="/email-signin") If you originally signed up using your email address, you can sign in here.
+
diff --git a/server/views/coursewares/showBonfire.jade b/server/views/coursewares/showBonfire.jade
index 3357573bee..41c16da1f5 100644
--- a/server/views/coursewares/showBonfire.jade
+++ b/server/views/coursewares/showBonfire.jade
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ block content
     link(rel='stylesheet', href='/bower_components/CodeMirror/theme/monokai.css')
     link(rel='stylesheet', href='/css/ubuntu.css')
 
-    .row(ng-controller="pairedWithController")
+    .row
         .col-md-4.col-lg-3
             .scroll-locker(id = "scroll-locker")
               .innerMarginFix(style=' width: 99%')
@@ -24,16 +24,6 @@ block content
                                                 ul: li: a(href=""+link, target="_blank") !{MDNkeys[index]}
 
                 if (user)
-                    form.form-horizontal(novalidate='novalidate', name='completedWithForm')
-                        .form-group.text-center.negative-10
-                            .col-xs-12
-                                // extra field to distract password tools like lastpass from injecting css into our username field
-                                input.form-control(ng-show="false")
-                                input.form-control#completed-with(name="existingUser", placeholder="Your pair's username if pairing", existing-username='', ng-model="existingUser")
-                            .col-xs-12(ng-cloak, ng-show="completedWithForm.$error.exists && !completedWithForm.existingUser.$pristine && existingUser.length > 0")
-                                alert(type='danger')
-                                    span.ion-close-circled
-                                    | Username not found
                 label.negative-10.btn.btn-primary.btn-block.btn-lg#submitButton
                     i.fa.fa-play
                         | &nbsp; Run tests (ctrl + enter)
diff --git a/server/views/coursewares/showJS.jade b/server/views/coursewares/showJS.jade
index f630881d16..3b4c1131b4 100644
--- a/server/views/coursewares/showJS.jade
+++ b/server/views/coursewares/showJS.jade
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ block content
     link(rel='stylesheet', href='/bower_components/CodeMirror/addon/lint/lint.css')
     link(rel='stylesheet', href='/bower_components/CodeMirror/theme/monokai.css')
     link(rel='stylesheet', href='/css/ubuntu.css')
-    .row(ng-controller="pairedWithController")
+    .row
         .col-md-4.col-lg-3
             .scroll-locker(id = "scroll-locker")
                 .innerMarginFix(style = "width: 99%;")
diff --git a/server/views/coursewares/showVideo.jade b/server/views/coursewares/showVideo.jade
index 2368076288..df8d00dc92 100644
--- a/server/views/coursewares/showVideo.jade
+++ b/server/views/coursewares/showVideo.jade
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ block content
             .modal-content
                 .modal-header.challenge-list-header= compliment
                     a.close.closing-x(href='#', data-dismiss='modal', aria-hidden='true') ×
-                .modal-body(ng-controller="pairedWithController")
+                .modal-body
                     .text-center
                         .animated.zoomInDown
                             span.completion-icon.ion-checkmark-circled.text-primary
diff --git a/server/views/coursewares/showZiplineOrBasejump.jade b/server/views/coursewares/showZiplineOrBasejump.jade
index f4936aed74..5debac73ab 100644
--- a/server/views/coursewares/showZiplineOrBasejump.jade
+++ b/server/views/coursewares/showZiplineOrBasejump.jade
@@ -43,30 +43,24 @@ block content
             .modal-content
                 .modal-header.challenge-list-header= compliment
                     a.close.closing-x(href='#', data-dismiss='modal', aria-hidden='true') ×
-                .modal-body(ng-controller="pairedWithController")
+                .modal-body
                     .text-center
                         .animated.zoomInDown
                             span.completion-icon.ion-checkmark-circled.text-primary
                     if (user)
-                        form.form-horizontal(novalidate='novalidate', name='completedWithForm')
+                        form.form-horizontal(name='completedWithForm', id='basejump-or-zipline-submit-form')
                             .form-group.text-center
                                 .col-xs-10.col-xs-offset-1.col-sm-8.col-sm-offset-2.col-md-8.col-md-offset-2
                                     // extra field to distract password tools like lastpass from injecting css into our username field
-                                    input.form-control(ng-show="false")
+                                    input.form-control.hidden
                                     if (challengeType === "3")
-                                        input.form-control#public-url(type='url', name="solutionUrl", placeholder="http://codepen.io/your-pen-here", autofocus, required, ng-minlength="10", ng-model="deploymentUrl")
+                                        input.form-control#public-url(type="url", name="solutionUrl", placeholder="http://codepen.io/your-pen-here", autofocus, required)
                                     else
-                                        input.form-control#public-url(type='url', name="solutionUrl", placeholder="http://yourapp.com", autofocus, required, ng-minlength="10", ng-model="deploymentUrl")
-                                        input.form-control#github-url(name="githubUrl", placeholder="http://github.com/camper/project", ng-model="githubUrl")
-
-                                    input.form-control#completed-with(name="existingUser", ng-minlength placeholder="If you paired, enter your pair's username here", existing-username='', ng-model="existingUser")
-                                .col-xs-10.col-xs-offset-1.col-sm-8.col-sm-offset-2.col-md-8.col-md-offset-2(ng-cloak, ng-show="completedWithForm.$error.exists && !completedWithForm.existingUser.$pristine && existingUser.length > 0")
-                                    alert(type='danger')
-                                        span.ion-close-circled
-                                        | Username not found
+                                        input.form-control#public-url(type="url", name="solutionUrl", placeholder="http://yourapp.com", autofocus, required)
+                                        input.form-control#github-url(name="githubUrl", placeholder="http://github.com/camper/project")
 
                     if (user)
-                        a.btn.btn-lg.btn-primary.btn-block#next-courseware-button(name='_csrf', value=_csrf, ng-disabled='completedWithForm.$invalid') Go to my next challenge
+                        a.btn.btn-lg.btn-primary.btn-block#next-courseware-button(name='_csrf', value=_csrf) Go to my next challenge
                         .button-spacer
                     else
                         a.btn.btn-lg.btn-primary.btn-block(href='/challenges/next-challenge?id=' + challengeId) Go to my next challenge
diff --git a/server/views/layout-wide.jade b/server/views/layout-wide.jade
index 2996712464..df33c7b4aa 100644
--- a/server/views/layout-wide.jade
+++ b/server/views/layout-wide.jade
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 doctype html
-html(ng-app='profileValidation', lang='en')
+html(lang='en')
   head
     include partials/meta
     include partials/stylesheets
diff --git a/server/views/layout.jade b/server/views/layout.jade
index 5c23b7361e..f64024fdf9 100644
--- a/server/views/layout.jade
+++ b/server/views/layout.jade
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 doctype html
-html(ng-app='profileValidation', lang='en')
+html(lang='en')
   head
     include partials/meta
     include partials/stylesheets
diff --git a/server/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade b/server/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
index 082f27cec5..0855f741e8 100644
--- a/server/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
+++ b/server/views/stories/preliminary-submit.jade
@@ -1,53 +1,53 @@
 .col-xs-12
-    div(ng-controller="URLSubmitController")
-        form.input-group(name='URLSubmit')
-                input#story-url.big-text-field.field-responsive.form-control(placeholder='Paste your link here', name='link', type='url', ng-model='possibleURL', required='required', autofocus)
-                span.input-group-btn
-                    button#preliminary-story-submit.btn.btn-big.btn-primary.btn-responsive(type='button', ng-disabled='URLSubmit.link.$invalid') Submit
-        div(ng-show="URLSubmit.link.$error.url && !URLsubmit.link.$pristine")
-            alert(type='danger')
-                span.ion-close-circled
-                | Please enter a valid URL format (http://www.example.com/).
+    div
+        form.input-group(id='URLSubmit' name='URLSubmit')
+            input#story-url.big-text-field.field-responsive.form-control(placeholder='Paste your link here', name='link', type='url', required, autofocus)
+            span.input-group-btn
+                button#preliminary-story-submit.btn.btn-big.btn-primary.btn-responsive(type='submit') Submit
     .spacer
 
     script.
-            $('#story-url').on('keypress', function(e) {
-                if (e.which === 13 || e === 13) {
-                    $('#preliminary-story-submit').click();
-                }
-            });
-            var preliminaryStorySubmit = function preliminaryStorySubmit() {
+      $('#story-url').on('keypress', function(e) {
+        if (e.keyCode === 13) {
+          $('#preliminary-story-submit').click();
+        }
+      });
+      function preliminaryStorySubmit(e) {
+        if (!$('#URLSubmit')[0].checkValidity()) {
+          return null;
+        }
+        e.preventDefault();
 
-                var storyURL = $('#story-url').val();
-                $('#preliminary-story-submit').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
+          var storyURL = $('#story-url').val();
+          $('#preliminary-story-submit').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
 
-                $.post('/stories/preliminary',
-                {
-                    data: {
-                        url: storyURL
-                    }
-                })
-                .fail(function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
-                    $('#preliminary-story-submit').attr('disabled', false);
-                })
-                .done(function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
-                    if (data.alreadyPosted) {
-                        window.location = data.storyURL;
-                    } else {
-                        window.location = '/stories/submit/new-story?url=' +
-                        encodeURIComponent(data.storyURL) +
-                        '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(data.storyTitle) +
-                        '&image=' + encodeURIComponent(data.storyImage) +
-                        '&description=' + encodeURIComponent(data.storyMetaDescription);
-                    }
-                });
-            }
-            $('#preliminary-story-submit').on('click', preliminaryStorySubmit);
+          $.post('/stories/preliminary',
+          {
+              data: {
+                  url: storyURL
+              }
+          })
+          .fail(function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
+              $('#preliminary-story-submit').attr('disabled', false);
+          })
+          .done(function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
+              if (data.alreadyPosted) {
+                  window.location = data.storyURL;
+              } else {
+                  window.location = '/stories/submit/new-story?url=' +
+                  encodeURIComponent(data.storyURL) +
+                  '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(data.storyTitle) +
+                  '&image=' + encodeURIComponent(data.storyImage) +
+                  '&description=' + encodeURIComponent(data.storyMetaDescription);
+              }
+          });
+      }
 
+      $('#preliminary-story-submit').on('click', preliminaryStorySubmit);
 
-            arr = $( "h3 input:checked" )
-                .map(function() {
-                return this.id;
-            })
-            .get()
-            .join('&');
+      arr = $( "h3 input:checked" )
+        .map(function() {
+          return this.id;
+        })
+        .get()
+        .join('&');
diff --git a/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade b/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade
index 71b36b3e9c..52409cda62 100644
--- a/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade
+++ b/server/views/stories/submit-story.jade
@@ -13,17 +13,12 @@
                 .col-xs-12.col-md-1
                     label.control-label.control-label-story-submission(for='name') Link
                 .col-xs-12.col-md-11
-                    input#story-url.form-control(name='Link', ng-model='submitStory.url', disabled="disabled", ng-init='submitStory.url="#{storyURL}"')
+                  input#story-url.form-control(name='Link', disabled, value='#{storyURL}')
             .form-group
                 .col-xs-12.col-md-1
                     label.control-label.control-label-story-submission(for='name') Title
                 .col-xs-12.col-md-11
-
-                    input#story-title.form-control(placeholder='Type a headline for your link here', name='Title', maxlength='90' ng-model='submitStory.title',required='required', autocomplete="off", ng-init='submitStory.title="#{storyTitle}"' autofocus)
-                .col-xs-12.col-md-11.col-md-offset-1(ng-cloak, ng-show="submitStory.title.$error.required")
-                    alert(type='danger')
-                        span.ion-close-circled
-                        |  A headline is required to submit.
+                  input#story-title.form-control(value='#{storyTitle}', name='Title', maxlength='90', autocomplete="off", autofocus, required)
             .form-group
                 .col-xs-12.col-md-offset-1
                     span.pull-left#textarea_feedback
@@ -40,10 +35,8 @@
             .row
                 .form-group
 
-                    button.btn.btn-big.btn-block.btn-primary#story-submit(type='submit', ng-disabled='submitStory.$invalid || !submitStory') Submit
+                    button.btn.btn-big.btn-block.btn-primary#story-submit(type='submit') Submit
     script.
-        $('#story-url').val(storyURL).attr('disabled', 'disabled');
-        $('#story-title').val(storyTitle);
-        if (storyImage) {
-            $('#image-display').removeClass('hidden-element');
-        }
+      if (main.storyImage) {
+        $('#image-display').removeClass('hidden-element');
+      }