diff --git a/database.go b/database.go
index 3af063d..4e6ded5 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ func (db *datastore) CreatePost(userID, collID int64, post *SubmittedPost) (*Pos
 		// SQLite stores datetimes in UTC, so convert time.Now() to it here
 		created = created.UTC()
 	}
-	if post.Created != nil {
+	if post.Created != nil && *post.Created != "" {
 		created, err = time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z", *post.Created)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Unable to parse Created time '%s': %v", *post.Created, err)
diff --git a/feed.go b/feed.go
index d85baf8..21e1302 100644
--- a/feed.go
+++ b/feed.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright © 2018-2020 A Bunch Tell LLC.
+ * Copyright © 2018-2021 A Bunch Tell LLC.
  *
  * This file is part of WriteFreely.
  *
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
-	. "github.com/gorilla/feeds"
+	"github.com/gorilla/feeds"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	stripmd "github.com/writeas/go-strip-markdown/v2"
 	"github.com/writeas/web-core/log"
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ func ViewFeed(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error {
 		siteURL += "tag:" + tag
 	}
 
-	feed := &Feed{
+	feed := &feeds.Feed{
 		Title:       collectionTitle,
-		Link:        &Link{Href: siteURL},
+		Link:        &feeds.Link{Href: siteURL},
 		Description: coll.Description,
-		Author:      &Author{author, ""},
+		Author:      &feeds.Author{author, ""},
 		Created:     time.Now(),
 	}
 
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ func ViewFeed(app *App, w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error {
 		// Create the item for the feed
 		title = p.PlainDisplayTitle()
 		permalink = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", baseUrl, p.Slug.String)
-		feed.Items = append(feed.Items, &Item{
+		feed.Items = append(feed.Items, &feeds.Item{
 			Id:          fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", basePermalinkUrl, p.Slug.String),
 			Title:       title,
-			Link:        &Link{Href: permalink},
+			Link:        &feeds.Link{Href: permalink},
 			Description: "<![CDATA[" + stripmd.Strip(p.Content) + "]]>",
 			Content:     string(p.HTMLContent),
-			Author:      &Author{author, ""},
+			Author:      &feeds.Author{author, ""},
 			Created:     p.Created,
 			Updated:     p.Updated,
 		})
diff --git a/less/core.less b/less/core.less
index 75a801b..709ba1e 100644
--- a/less/core.less
+++ b/less/core.less
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ table.downloads {
 
 select.inputform, textarea.inputform {
 	border: 1px solid #999;
+	background: white;
 }
 
 input, button, select.inputform, textarea.inputform, a.btn {
diff --git a/postrender.go b/postrender.go
index 13bf02e..b200a59 100644
--- a/postrender.go
+++ b/postrender.go
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ func applyBasicMarkdown(data []byte) string {
 	md := blackfriday.Markdown(append([]byte("# "), data...), blackfriday.HtmlRenderer(htmlFlags, "", ""), mdExtensions)
 	// Remove H1 markup
 	md = bytes.TrimSpace(md) // blackfriday.Markdown adds a newline at the end of the <h1>
+	if len(md) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
 	md = md[len("<h1>") : len(md)-len("</h1>")]
 	// Strip out bad HTML
 	policy := bluemonday.UGCPolicy()
diff --git a/prose/markdownSerializer.js b/prose/markdownSerializer.js
index 6ccf6bc..685703c 100644
--- a/prose/markdownSerializer.js
+++ b/prose/markdownSerializer.js
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ export const writeFreelyMarkdownSerializer = new MarkdownSerializer(
   },
   {
     em: {
-      open: "*",
-      close: "*",
+      open: "_",
+      close: "_",
       mixable: true,
       expelEnclosingWhitespace: true,
     },
diff --git a/templates/edit-meta.tmpl b/templates/edit-meta.tmpl
index 9f7faed..5bfcdec 100644
--- a/templates/edit-meta.tmpl
+++ b/templates/edit-meta.tmpl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 					{{end}}
 					<dt><label for="lang">Language</label></dt>
 					<dd>
-						<select name="lang" id="lang" dir="auto">
+						<select name="lang" id="lang" dir="auto" class="inputform">
 							<option value=""></option>
 							<option value="ab"{{if eq "ab" .Post.Language.String}} selected="selected"{{end}}>аҧсуа бызшәа, аҧсшәа</option>
 							<option value="aa"{{if eq "aa" .Post.Language.String}} selected="selected"{{end}}>Afaraf</option>
diff --git a/templates/pad.tmpl b/templates/pad.tmpl
index 8da063e..aff281d 100644
--- a/templates/pad.tmpl
+++ b/templates/pad.tmpl
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 				{{if not .SingleUser}}<h1><a href="/me/c/" title="View blogs"><img class="ic-24dp" src="/img/ic_blogs_dark@2x.png" /></a></h1>{{end}}
 				<nav id="target" {{if .SingleUser}}style="margin-left:0"{{end}}><ul>
 						{{if .Editing}}<li>{{if .EditCollection}}<a href="{{.EditCollection.CanonicalURL}}">{{.EditCollection.Title}}</a>{{else}}<a>Draft</a>{{end}}</li>
-						{{else}}<li class="has-submenu"><a id="publish-to"><span id="target-name">Draft</span> <img class="ic-18dp" src="/img/ic_down_arrow_dark@2x.png" /></a>
+						{{else}}<li class="has-submenu"><a href="#" id="publish-to" onclick="return false"><span id="target-name">Draft</span> <img class="ic-18dp" src="/img/ic_down_arrow_dark@2x.png" /></a>
 						<ul>
 							<li class="menu-heading">Publish to...</li>
 							{{if .Blogs}}{{range $idx, $el := .Blogs}}
diff --git a/templates/user/collection.tmpl b/templates/user/collection.tmpl
index 041c107..9f16faa 100644
--- a/templates/user/collection.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/collection.tmpl
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-{{define "upgrade"}}
-<p><a href="/me/plan?to=/me/c/{{.Alias}}">Upgrade</a> for <span>$40 / year</span> to edit.</p>
-{{end}}
-
 {{define "collection"}}
 {{template "header" .}}