diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/components/forms.less b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/components/forms.less
index 882d927c1..5f51fd00d 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/components/forms.less
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/components/forms.less
@@ -223,12 +223,12 @@ input[type=submit], input[type=reset], input[type=button], .button, button{
         padding-left:3.5em;
 
         &:before{
-            font-size:1.2em;
+            font-size:1rem;
             position:absolute;
             left:0;
             top:0;
             width:2em;
-            line-height:2.3em;
+            line-height:2em;
             height:100%;
             text-align:center;    
             background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ input[type=submit], input[type=reset], input[type=button], .button, button{
 
         &:before{
             width:2em;
-            font-size:1.2em;
+            font-size:0.9rem;
+            line-height:2em;
         }
     }
 
@@ -635,7 +636,7 @@ ul.inline li:first-child, li.inline:first-child{
                 }
             }
             .field:before{
-                font-size:1.4em;
+                font-size:1.1rem;
                 top:0.45em;
             }
 
@@ -671,7 +672,7 @@ input[type=submit], input[type=reset], input[type=button], .button, button{
 
             &:before{
                 width:2.2em;
-                line-height:2.35em;
+                line-height:2.15em;
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/components/listing.less b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/components/listing.less
index b9e10fa0f..8d8f31f77 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/components/listing.less
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/components/listing.less
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ ul.listing{
             color:auto;
         }
         .actions{
-            margin-top:1.5em;
+            margin-top:1.8em;
             
             li{
                 border-color:@color-teal-darker;
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ ul.listing{
                 }
             }
         }
-
     }
 
     .page-explorer & .index{
@@ -187,6 +186,7 @@ ul.listing{
 
         .title h2{
             color:white;
+            font-size:1.3em;
 
             a:hover{
                 color:white;
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/core.less b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/core.less
index 65fc848e7..7980d678b 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/core.less
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/core.less
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ body{
 
 h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6{
     font-weight:normal;
-    -webkit-font-smoothing: auto;
 }
 
 h1{
@@ -525,15 +524,15 @@ footer{
     .unlist();
     .clearfix();
 
+    padding-top:0.2em;
     font-size:0.85em;
-    margin-top:1.5em !important;
-    margin-left:-30px;
+    margin-bottom:-4px; /* negates the 4px margin on the bottom of each LI, used to make it wrap nicely */
    
     li {
         display: block;
         float: left;
-        background: @color-grey-3;
-        padding: 0.5em 1em 0.5em 2em;
+        background: @color-teal-darker;
+        padding: 0.4em 1em 0.4em 2em;
         position: relative;
         margin: 0 4px 4px 0; 
         text-decoration: none;
@@ -544,57 +543,51 @@ footer{
         line-height:1.5em;
 
         a{
-            color:@color-grey-2;
+            color:white;
             display:block;
             max-width:25em;
             white-space: nowrap;
             text-overflow:ellipsis;
             overflow:hidden;
             line-height:1.6em;
-            text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
+            
         }
 
         &:after, &:before{
             content: "";
-            border-top: 1.3em solid transparent;
-            border-bottom: 1.3em solid transparent;
+            border-top: 1.2em solid transparent;
+            border-bottom: 1.2em solid transparent;
         }
         &:after {            
-            border-left: 1em solid @color-grey-3;
+            border-left: 1em solid @color-teal-darker;
             position: absolute; right: -0.9em; top: 0;
             z-index: 1;
         }
-         &:before {  
+        &:before {  
             border-left: 1em solid white;
             position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;
         } 
         &:hover {
-            background: @color-teal-darker;
-
-            a{
-                color:white;
-                text-shadow:none;
-            }
+            background: @color-teal-dark;
         }         
         &:hover:after {
-            border-left-color: @color-teal-darker;
+            border-left-color: @color-teal-dark;
         }
 
         &:first-child {
-            padding:0.5em;
+            padding:0.4em;
             .border-radius(3px 0px 0px 3px);
 
             &:before{
                 display:none;
                 width:1em;
-
             }
             a {
                 width:2em;
                 font-size:1em;
                 &:before{
                     line-height:1em;
-                    font-size:1.7em;
+                    font-size:1.15rem;
                     line-height:0.95em;
                 }
             }
@@ -847,10 +840,6 @@ footer, .logo{
         margin-left:50px;
     }
 
-    .breadcrumb{
-        margin-left:0;
-    }
-
     /* Z-indexes */
     .nav-main{
         li{
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/mixins.less b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/mixins.less
index 9eb711a27..4a0a7104e 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/mixins.less
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static/wagtailadmin/css/mixins.less
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     box-shadow: @shadow; //inset 2px 2px 3px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)
 }
 
-.visuallyhidden() {
+.visuallyhidden{
     border: 0;
     clip: rect(0 0 0 0);
     height: 1px;
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-.visuallyvisible(){
+.visuallyvisible{
     clip:none;
     height:auto;
     width:auto;
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/index.html b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/index.html
index a5b471d61..3d0f53cc1 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/index.html
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templates/wagtailadmin/pages/index.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 {% block content %}
     <header class="merged no-border nice-padding">
-        <h1>Explorer</h1>
+        <h1 class="visuallyhidden">Explorer</h1>
 
         {% if not parent_page.is_root %}
             <ul class="breadcrumb">
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
index 5574308ae..aaeceea25 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
@@ -248,11 +248,20 @@ class Page(MP_Node, ClusterableModel, Indexed):
 
     def _update_descendant_url_paths(self, old_url_path, new_url_path):
         cursor = connection.cursor()
-        cursor.execute("""
-            UPDATE wagtailcore_page
-            SET url_path = %s || substring(url_path from %s)
-            WHERE path LIKE %s AND id <> %s
-        """, [new_url_path, len(old_url_path) + 1, self.path + '%', self.id])
+        if connection.vendor == 'sqlite':
+            update_statement = """
+                UPDATE wagtailcore_page
+                SET url_path = %s || substr(url_path, %s)
+                WHERE path LIKE %s AND id <> %s
+            """
+        else:
+            update_statement = """
+                UPDATE wagtailcore_page
+                SET url_path = %s || substring(url_path from %s)
+                WHERE path LIKE %s AND id <> %s
+            """
+        cursor.execute(update_statement, 
+            [new_url_path, len(old_url_path) + 1, self.path + '%', self.id])
 
     def object_indexed(self):
         # Exclude root node from index