diff --git a/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/java/org/gatein/portlet/responsive/footer/FooterBean.java b/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/java/org/gatein/portlet/responsive/footer/FooterBean.java
index bbe394b31..4c41e2f57 100644
--- a/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/java/org/gatein/portlet/responsive/footer/FooterBean.java
+++ b/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/java/org/gatein/portlet/responsive/footer/FooterBean.java
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 
 import org.exoplatform.container.ExoContainerContext;
+import org.exoplatform.portal.Constants;
+import org.exoplatform.portal.application.PortalRequestContext;
 import org.exoplatform.portal.webui.util.Util;
+import org.exoplatform.services.organization.OrganizationService;
+import org.exoplatform.services.organization.UserProfile;
 import org.exoplatform.services.resources.LocaleConfig;
 import org.exoplatform.services.resources.LocaleConfigService;
+import org.exoplatform.services.resources.LocaleContextInfo;
 import org.exoplatform.services.resources.ResourceBundleService;
 
 /**
@@ -44,12 +48,13 @@ public class FooterBean
 {
    LocaleConfigService localeService;
    ResourceBundleService resourceBundleService;
-   
+   OrganizationService organizationService;
    
    public FooterBean()
    {
       localeService = (LocaleConfigService)ExoContainerContext.getCurrentContainer().getComponentInstanceOfType(LocaleConfigService.class);
       resourceBundleService = (ResourceBundleService)ExoContainerContext.getCurrentContainer().getComponentInstanceOfType(ResourceBundleService.class);
+      organizationService = (OrganizationService)ExoContainerContext.getCurrentContainer().getComponentInstanceOfType(OrganizationService.class);
    }
    
    public Locale getCurrentLocale()
@@ -58,9 +63,7 @@ public Locale getCurrentLocale()
    }
    
    public List<Locale> getLanguages()
-   {
-      Locale currentLocale = Util.getPortalRequestContext().getLocale();
-      
+   {  
       Collection<LocaleConfig> localeConfigs = localeService.getLocalConfigs();
       
       List<Locale> locales = new ArrayList<Locale>();
@@ -75,13 +78,32 @@ public List<Locale> getLanguages()
 
    private class LocaleComparator implements Comparator<Locale>
    {
-
       @Override
       public int compare(Locale firstLocale, Locale secondLocale)
       {
          return (firstLocale.getDisplayName(getCurrentLocale()).compareTo(secondLocale.getDisplayName(getCurrentLocale())));
       }
-      
+   }
+   
+   public void setUserLanguage(String username, String language) throws Exception
+   {
+      UserProfile userProfile = organizationService.getUserProfileHandler().findUserProfileByName(username);
+      if (userProfile != null && userProfile.getUserInfoMap() != null)
+      {
+         //Only save if user's locale has not been set
+         String currLocale = userProfile.getUserInfoMap().get(Constants.USER_LANGUAGE);
+         if (currLocale == null || currLocale.trim().equals(""))
+         {
+            userProfile.getUserInfoMap().put(Constants.USER_LANGUAGE, language);
+            organizationService.getUserProfileHandler().saveUserProfile(userProfile, false);
+         }
+      }
+   }
+   
+   public void setLanguage(String language)
+   {
+      PortalRequestContext prc = PortalRequestContext.getCurrentInstance();
+      prc.setLocale(localeService.getLocaleConfig(language).getLocale());
    }
 }
 
diff --git a/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/java/org/gatein/portlet/responsive/footer/FooterPortlet.java b/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/java/org/gatein/portlet/responsive/footer/FooterPortlet.java
index a19af52ae..92e32ef65 100644
--- a/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/java/org/gatein/portlet/responsive/footer/FooterPortlet.java
+++ b/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/java/org/gatein/portlet/responsive/footer/FooterPortlet.java
@@ -32,20 +32,24 @@
 import javax.portlet.RenderRequest;
 import javax.portlet.RenderResponse;
 
-import org.exoplatform.container.ExoContainerContext;
-import org.exoplatform.portal.application.PortalRequestContext;
-import org.exoplatform.services.resources.LocaleConfigService;
-
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:mwringe@redhat.com">Matt Wringe</a>
  * @version $Revision$
  */
 public class FooterPortlet extends GenericPortlet
 {
+   
+   FooterBean footerBean;
 
+   public FooterPortlet()
+   {
+      footerBean = new FooterBean();
+   }
+   
    @Override
    protected void doView(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response) throws PortletException, IOException
-   {
+   {  
+      request.setAttribute("footer", footerBean); //add the footerBean to the request
       PortletRequestDispatcher prd = getPortletContext().getRequestDispatcher("/jsp/footer.jsp");
       prd.include(request, response);
    }
@@ -53,14 +57,23 @@ protected void doView(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response) throws Por
    @Override
    public void processAction(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response) throws PortletException, IOException
    {
-      // FIXME processAction
-      //super.processAction(request, response);
       String language = (request.getParameter("languageSelect"));
       
-      LocaleConfigService localeService = (LocaleConfigService)ExoContainerContext.getCurrentContainer().getComponentInstanceOfType(LocaleConfigService.class);
-      
-      PortalRequestContext prc = PortalRequestContext.getCurrentInstance();
-      prc.setLocale(localeService.getLocaleConfig(language).getLocale());
+      if (language != null)
+      {
+         footerBean.setLanguage(language);
+         if (request.getRemoteUser() != null)
+         {
+            try
+            {
+               footerBean.setUserLanguage(request.getRemoteUser(), language);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+               throw new PortletException("Error trying to update the user's language preference", e);
+            }
+         }
+      }
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/resources/locale/portlet/responsivefooter_en.properties b/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/resources/locale/portlet/responsivefooter_en.properties
index 79ebdc803..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/resources/locale/portlet/responsivefooter_en.properties
+++ b/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/resources/locale/portlet/responsivefooter_en.properties
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-copyrightText=Copyright &copy; 2009-2012. All rights reserved,
-RedHatInc=Red Hat, Inc
-and=and
-eXoPlatformSAS=eXo Platform SAS
-contactUs=Contact Us
diff --git a/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/webapp/css/ResponsiveStylesheet.css b/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/webapp/css/ResponsiveStylesheet.css
index e70f11661..48e075c7e 100644
--- a/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/webapp/css/ResponsiveStylesheet.css
+++ b/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/webapp/css/ResponsiveStylesheet.css
@@ -36,4 +36,7 @@
 	border: 0;
 	font-size: 1em;
 	background-color: transparent;
+	apperance: none;
+	-webkit-appearance: none;
+	-moz-appearance: none;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/webapp/jsp/footer.jsp b/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/webapp/jsp/footer.jsp
index c5bd2e1c9..cea74eea1 100644
--- a/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/webapp/jsp/footer.jsp
+++ b/portlet/responsive/footer/src/main/webapp/jsp/footer.jsp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <%@ page import="java.util.List" %>
 <%@ page import="java.util.ResourceBundle" %>
 <portlet:defineObjects/>
-<jsp:useBean id="footer" class="org.gatein.portlet.responsive.footer.FooterBean"/>
+<jsp:useBean id="footer" class="org.gatein.portlet.responsive.footer.FooterBean" scope="request"/>
 
 <%
 Locale locale = renderRequest.getLocale();
@@ -13,20 +13,13 @@ List<Locale> languages = footer.getLanguages();
 %>
 
 <div class="gtnResponsiveFooterPortlet">
-  <div class="gtn_CopyrightInfo"><%= resourceBundle.getString("copyrightText")%>
-     <a href="http://www.redhat.com/"><%= resourceBundle.getString("RedHatInc") %></a>
-     <%= resourceBundle.getString("and") %>
-     <a href="http://www.exoplatform.com/"><%= resourceBundle.getString("eXoPlatformSAS")%></a>
-  </div>
   
   <div class="gtn_options">
     <ul>
-      <li><a href="http://www.gatein.org">gatein.org</a></li>
-      <li><a href="#"><%= resourceBundle.getString("contactUs") %></a></li>
       <li>
         <portlet:actionURL var="setLanguageURL"/>
         <form action="<%= setLanguageURL %>" method="POST" name="languageForm">
-        <select id="grf_languageSelect" name="languageSelect" onchange="document.languageForm.submit()">
+        <select id="<portlet:namespace/>_languageSelect" name="languageSelect" onchange="document.languageForm.submit()"> 
         
           <% for (Locale language : languages)
           {
@@ -42,16 +35,15 @@ List<Locale> languages = footer.getLanguages();
              if (!language.equals(locale))
              {
              %>
-                 <option value="<%= language.getLanguage() %>"><%= languageName + " - " + languageNameinLanguage %></option>
+                 <option value="<%= language.getLanguage()%>"><%= languageName + "-" + languageNameinLanguage %></option>
           <% }
              else
              { %>
-                 <option value="<%= language.getLanguage() %>" selected="selected"><%= languageName %></option>
+                 <option value="<%= language.getLanguage()%>" selected="selected" class="selected"><%= languageName %></option>
           <% }
           }
           %>
         </select>
-<!--         <input type="submit" name="languageSelect"> -->
         </form>
       </li>
     </ul>
@@ -59,8 +51,6 @@ List<Locale> languages = footer.getLanguages();
 </div>
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
-
-   var GRHLanguageSelect = document.getElementById("grf_languageSelect");
-   GRHLanguageSelect.style.width = GRHLanguageSelect.options[GRHLanguageSelect.selectedIndex].text.length + "em";
-
+   var languageSelect = document.getElementById("<portlet:namespace/>_languageSelect");
+   languageSelect.style.width = languageSelect.options[languageSelect.selectedIndex].text.length + "em";
 </script>
diff --git a/portlet/responsive/header/src/main/webapp/jsp/header.jsp b/portlet/responsive/header/src/main/webapp/jsp/header.jsp
index f001383ce..bac2db146 100644
--- a/portlet/responsive/header/src/main/webapp/jsp/header.jsp
+++ b/portlet/responsive/header/src/main/webapp/jsp/header.jsp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		<ul>
 			<li><a onclick="<%=signinAction%>"><%=resourceBundle.getString("label.Signin")%></a></li>
 			<li><a href="<%=registerAction%>"><%=resourceBundle.getString("label.Register")%></a></li>
-			<li><a onclick="<%=changeLanguageAction%>"><%=resourceBundle.getString("label.ChangeLanguage")%></a></li>
+<%-- 			<li><a onclick="<%=changeLanguageAction%>"><%=resourceBundle.getString("label.ChangeLanguage")%></a></li> --%>
 		</ul>
 	</div>
 	<div class="grh_clear"></div>