diff --git a/src/app/home/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts b/src/app/home/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts
index b0b1144e71..ff47412bc6 100644
--- a/src/app/home/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/home/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Component, OnInit, ChangeDetectorRef } from '@angular/core';
 import { RemoteData } from "../../core/data/remote-data";
-import { ItemDataService } from "../../core/data/item-data.service";
-import { Item } from "../../core/shared/item.model";
+import { CommunityDataService } from "../../core/data/community-data.service";
+import { Community } from "../../core/shared/community.model";
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from "../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model";
 import { SortOptions, SortDirection } from "../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model";
 
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ import { SortOptions, SortDirection } from "../../core/cache/models/sort-options
   templateUrl: './top-level-community-list.component.html'
 })
 export class TopLevelCommunityListComponent implements OnInit {
-  topLevelCommunities: RemoteData<Item[]>;
+  topLevelCommunities: RemoteData<Community[]>;
   config : PaginationComponentOptions;
   sortConfig : SortOptions;
 
   constructor(
-    private cds: ItemDataService,
+    private cds: CommunityDataService,
     private ref: ChangeDetectorRef
   ) {
     this.universalInit();
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html b/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
index eee1dcc5b6..c680743716 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<a [routerLink]="['/collections/' + collection.id]">
+<a [routerLink]="['/collections/' + collection.id]" class="lead">
     {{collection.name}}
 </a>
-<div *ngIf="collection.findMetadata('dc.description')">
-    {{collection.findMetadata("dc.description")}}
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+<div *ngIf="collection.shortDescription" class="text-muted">
+    {{collection.shortDescription}}
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html b/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html
index 1c2b39ff84..2c2f4fc35f 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<a [routerLink]="['/communities/' + community.id]">
+<a [routerLink]="['/communities/' + community.id]" class="lead">
     {{community.name}}
 </a>
-<div *ngIf="community.findMetadata('dc.description')">
-    {{community.findMetadata("dc.description")}}
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+<div *ngIf="community.shortDescription" class="text-muted">
+    {{community.shortDescription}}
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html b/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
index 32248237d1..1463e2aef5 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-<a [routerLink]="['/items/' + item.id]">
+<a [routerLink]="['/items/' + item.id]" class="lead">
     {{item.findMetadata("dc.title")}}
 </a>
-<div>
+<div class="text-muted">
     <span *ngIf="item.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']);" class="item-list-authors">
         <span *ngFor="let authorMd of item.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']); let last=last;">{{authorMd.value}}
             <span *ngIf="!last">; </span>
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
     </span>
     (<span *ngIf="item.findMetadata('dc.publisher')" class="item-list-publisher">{{item.findMetadata("dc.publisher")}}, </span><span *ngIf="item.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')" class="item-list-date">{{item.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>)
     <div *ngIf="item.findMetadata('dc.description.abstract')" class="item-list-abstract">{{item.findMetadata("dc.description.abstract") | words : 35 : "..."}}</div>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.html b/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.html
index ffc27c3ef4..b0ca991a93 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
                (pageSizeChange)="onPageSizeChange($event)"
                (sortDirectionChange)="onSortDirectionChange($event)"
                (sortFieldChange)="onSortDirectionChange($event)">
-    <ul *ngIf="objects.hasSucceeded | async" class="list-unstyled">
+    <ul *ngIf="objects.hasSucceeded | async"> <!--class="list-unstyled"-->
         <li *ngFor="let object of (objects.payload | async) | paginate: { itemsPerPage: (pageInfo | async)?.elementsPerPage, currentPage: (pageInfo | async)?.currentPage, totalItems: (pageInfo | async)?.totalElements }">
             <ds-object-list-element [object]="object"></ds-object-list-element>
         </li>