diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 1a6a60d..5b3b122 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="${webappDirectory}/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/resources">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
@@ -32,5 +27,10 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="${webappDirectory}/WEB-INF/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 6b5aebc..13b3428 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.methodParameters=do not generate
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index 735eb31..3f2dd2b 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <faceted-project>
   <fixed facet="wst.jsdt.web"/>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
   <installed facet="jst.web" version="2.3"/>
   <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
+  <installed facet="java" version="1.8"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40fe52b..3e572ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 		<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
 		<gwtVersion>2.7.0</gwtVersion>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
-		<!-- GWT needs at least java 1.6 -->
-		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
-		<maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 	</properties>
@@ -215,10 +212,6 @@
 							<goal>compile</goal>
 							<goal>test</goal>
 						</goals>
-						<!-- <configuration> -->
-						<!-- <draftCompile>true</draftCompile> -->
-						<!-- <localWorkers>8</localWorkers> -->
-						<!-- </configuration> -->
 						</execution>
 				</executions>
 				<!-- Plugin configuration. There are many available options, see gwt-maven-plugin 
@@ -234,10 +227,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>2.3.2</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<source>1.7</source>
-					<target>1.7</target>
-				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<!-- SA Plugin -->
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/public/CKanMetadataPublisher.css b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/public/CKanMetadataPublisher.css
index dd86212..73c49cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/public/CKanMetadataPublisher.css
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/widgets/ckandatapublisherwidget/public/CKanMetadataPublisher.css
@@ -35,4 +35,14 @@
 /** for the popup panels **/
 .metadata-popup-panel {
 	max-width: 30%;
+}
+
+/** for namespaces **/
+.page-header>h1 {
+	font-size: 24px !important;
+}
+
+/** for namespaces **/
+.page-header>h1>small {
+	font-size: 18px !important;
 }
\ No newline at end of file