diff --git a/call/static/call/index.css b/call/static/call/index.css
index fda940b..7749e6f 100644
--- a/call/static/call/index.css
+++ b/call/static/call/index.css
@@ -158,6 +158,10 @@ div.caption textarea {
   text-align: left;
   background-color: rgb(240,240,240);
 }
+p#intro{
+    /* color: DarkViolet; */
+    padding: 0 3em;
+}
 p#deadlines{
     padding-left: 2.5em;
     font-style: italic;
diff --git a/call/templates/call/base.html b/call/templates/call/base.html
index a76d3b4..ba1b128 100644
--- a/call/templates/call/base.html
+++ b/call/templates/call/base.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html lang=en>
 <head>
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
-<title>{% block title %}study at XPUB!{% endblock %}</title>
+<title>{% block title %}XPUB is looking for new students!{% endblock %}</title>
 <style>{%block style %}{% endblock %}</style>
 {%block extrahead %}{% endblock %}
 </head>
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 {%block content %}
 {% endblock %}
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/call/templates/call/guestbook.html b/call/templates/call/guestbook.html
index ae613b4..a01501f 100644
--- a/call/templates/call/guestbook.html
+++ b/call/templates/call/guestbook.html
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 <link rel="stylesheet" href="{%static 'call/guestbook.css' %}">
 {% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
-    <marquee><h1>Welcome XPUB Class of 2025-2027</h1></marquee>
+    <marquee><h1>Welcome XPUB class of 2025-2027</h1></marquee>
     <div id="content">
         {% for creature in page_obj %}
         <img class="creature" src="{{creature.image.url}}" title="{{creature.caption}}">
-        {% endfor %}    
+        {% endfor %}
     </div>
 
     <div class="pagination">
@@ -17,17 +17,20 @@
                 <a href="?page=1">&laquo; first</a>
                 <a href="?page={{ page_obj.previous_page_number }}">previous</a>
             {% endif %}
-    
+
             <span class="current">
                 Page {{ page_obj.number }} of {{ page_obj.paginator.num_pages }}.
             </span>
-    
+
             {% if page_obj.has_next %}
                 <a href="?page={{ page_obj.next_page_number }}">next</a>
                 <a href="?page={{ page_obj.paginator.num_pages }}">last &raquo;</a>
             {% endif %}
         </span>
     </div>
-    
+    <div id="popup">
+        This is XPUB's guestbook, welcome here and thanks for visiting! If you have any questions, or if you want to remove your entry from the guestbook, you can reach out to  You can click on the characters to activate them. 
+    </div>
+
 <script src="{% static 'call/guestbook.js' %}"></script>
-{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/call/templates/call/index.html b/call/templates/call/index.html
index 69ec997..107aa75 100644
--- a/call/templates/call/index.html
+++ b/call/templates/call/index.html
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
 <div id=root class=rootloading>
 
   <div id="info">
-    <p>
-      The <strong>Master Experimental Publishing</strong> (<strong>XPUB</strong>) at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam (NL) is a two-year master focused on the acts of making things public and creating publics in the age of post-digital networks.
+    <p id="intro">
+      The <strong>Master Experimental Publishing</strong> (XPUB) at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam (NL) is a two-year master focused on the acts of making things public and creating publics in the age of post-digital networks.
     </p>
-    <p>XPUB is looking for new students! Come and join us!<p>
-    <p>Use the <em>XPUB Community Builder</em> below to add yourself to our digital guestbook, join an upcoming open day either online or in person, and APPLY!</p>
+    <p>Are you looking for a place to explore all sorts of media in hands-on and collective ways? Come and join us at XPUB!<p>
+    <p>Use the <em>XPUB student builder</em> below to add yourself to our digital guestbook, join an upcoming open day either online or in person, and APPLY!</p>
     <p><strong>Application deadlines</strong>:</p>
     <p>
       <ul>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <p><strong>Open days</strong>:</p>
     <p>
       <ul>
-        <li><strong>online</strong>: Tuesday, 11 February 2025 (<a href="mailto:pzi.coordinators@hr.nl?subject=XPUB Open Day (online)&amp;body=Hello, I would like to join the online open day on Tuesday 11 February 2025 at 10:00 CET or 17:00 CET (please choose your preferred timeslot)." target="_blank">subscribe</a>)</li>
+        <li><strong>online</strong>: Tuesday, 11 February 2025 (<a href="https://pad.xpub.nl/p/openday" target="extern">more info</a>)</li>
         <li><strong>in person</strong>: Saturday, 15 February 2025 (<a href="https://www.pzwart.nl/blog/open-day/" target="extern">more info</a>)</li>
       </ul>
     </p>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     </p>
   </div>
 
-  <h2>Join the (digital) Community</h2>
+  <h2>XPUB student builder</h2>
   <p>Add yourself to our digital guestbook!<br>What kind of XPUB student do you want to be?<br>(Activate your character by clicking on it!)</p>
   <canvas id=c width=16 height=16></canvas>
   <!-- <div id=caption>HERE CAPTION</div> -->
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <div id="buttons" style="text-align: center">
       <button id=animbtn style="display: none">...</button>
       <button id=randomizebtn>randomize</button>
-      <div id="sendbutton"><button id="send">save to guestbook</button></div>
+      <div id="sendbutton"><button id="send">add to guestbook</button></div>
     </div>
 
   </div>
