diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index f7ce70c..2d35416 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/share-updates-1.6.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/share-updates-1.7.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/share-updates-1.6.1-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/share-updates-1.7.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a5c98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+validateFragments=false
+validation.use-project-settings=true
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index 4f12e86..def182e 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
-  <wb-module deploy-name="${module}">
+  <wb-module deploy-name="share-updates-portlet">
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index c24712e..afd5d47 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
   <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
   <installed facet="jst.web" version="2.5"/>
   <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
+  <installed facet="liferay.portlet" version="6.0"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f96eefe..2b43081 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>share-updates</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>1.6.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>gCube Share Updates Portlet</name>
 	<description>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
 		<!-- Convenience property to set the GWT version -->
-		<gwtVersion>2.5.1</gwtVersion>
+		<gwtVersion>2.7.0</gwtVersion>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
 
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -47,15 +47,17 @@
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
-	<dependencies>		
+	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gwt-user</artifactId>
+			<version>${gwtVersion}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.gwt</groupId>
 			<artifactId>gwt-servlet</artifactId>
+			<version>${gwtVersion}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -145,6 +147,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
 			<artifactId>home-library</artifactId>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<artifactId>asm-all</artifactId>
+					<groupId>asm</groupId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.common</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/client/view/ShareUpdateForm.ui.xml b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/client/view/ShareUpdateForm.ui.xml
index 2b3b3fa..3c9e0d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/client/view/ShareUpdateForm.ui.xml
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/shareupdates/client/view/ShareUpdateForm.ui.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 	<g:HTMLPanel ui:field="mainPanel">
 		<table class="tab-main-container">
 			<tr>
-				<td width="60px;" align="middle" valign="top">
+				<td align="middle" valign="top">
 					<a href="">
 						<g:Image title="Edit Profile Picture" styleName="member-photo"
-							url="" ui:field="avatarImage" width="60" height="60" />
+							url="" ui:field="avatarImage" width="60px" height="60px" />
 					</a>
 				</td>
 
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/ShareUpdates.css b/src/main/webapp/ShareUpdates.css
index 4fbbea8..001e4b3 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/ShareUpdates.css
+++ b/src/main/webapp/ShareUpdates.css
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 	margin: 0 0 10px;
 	padding: 10px;
 	margin: 0px 5px;
-	background: #FFF url(images/vre_bg_gray.png) repeat-x left bottom;
+	background-color: #FFF;
 	border-radius: 6px !important;
 	-moz-border-radius: 6px !important;
 	-webkit-border-radius: 6px !important;