--- a/static/bootstrap/less/modals.less	Wed Dec 11 21:51:51 2013 -0800
+++ b/static/bootstrap/less/modals.less	Thu Dec 12 21:54:04 2013 -0800
@@ -2,81 +2,102 @@
 // Modals
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
-// Background
+// .modal-open      - body class for killing the scroll
+// .modal           - container to scroll within
+// .modal-dialog    - positioning shell for the actual modal
+// .modal-content   - actual modal w/ bg and corners and shit
+
+// Kill the scroll on the body
+.modal-open {
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+// Container that the modal scrolls within
+.modal {
+  display: none;
+  overflow: auto;
+  overflow-y: scroll;
+  position: fixed;
+  top: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  z-index: @zindex-modal-background;
+
+  // When fading in the modal, animate it to slide down
+  &.fade .modal-dialog {
+    .translate(0, -25%);
+    .transition-transform(~"0.3s ease-out");
+  }
+  &.in .modal-dialog { .translate(0, 0)}
+}
+
+// Shell div to position the modal with bottom padding
+.modal-dialog {
+  position: relative;
+  width: auto;
+  margin: 10px;
+  z-index: (@zindex-modal-background + 10);
+}
+
+// Actual modal
+.modal-content {
+  position: relative;
+  background-color: @modal-content-bg;
+  border: 1px solid @modal-content-fallback-border-color; //old browsers fallback (ie8 etc)
+  border: 1px solid @modal-content-border-color;
+  border-radius: @border-radius-large;
+  .box-shadow(0 3px 9px rgba(0,0,0,.5));
+  background-clip: padding-box;
+  // Remove focus outline from opened modal
+  outline: none;
+}
+
+// Modal background
 .modal-backdrop {
   position: fixed;
   top: 0;
   right: 0;
   bottom: 0;
   left: 0;
-  z-index: @zindexModalBackdrop;
-  background-color: @black;
+  z-index: (@zindex-modal-background - 10);
+  background-color: @modal-backdrop-bg;
   // Fade for backdrop
-  &.fade { opacity: 0; }
-}
-
-.modal-backdrop,
-.modal-backdrop.fade.in {
-  .opacity(80);
+  &.fade { .opacity(0); }
+  &.in { .opacity(.5); }
 }
 
-// Base modal
-.modal {
-  position: fixed;
-  top: 10%;
-  left: 50%;
-  z-index: @zindexModal;
-  width: 560px;
-  margin-left: -280px;
-  background-color: @white;
-  border: 1px solid #999;
-  border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.3);
-  *border: 1px solid #999; /* IE6-7 */
-  .border-radius(6px);
-  .box-shadow(0 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3));
-  .background-clip(padding-box);
-  // Remove focus outline from opened modal
-  outline: none;
-
-  &.fade {
-    .transition(e('opacity .3s linear, top .3s ease-out'));
-    top: -25%;
-  }
-  &.fade.in { top: 10%; }
+// Modal header
+// Top section of the modal w/ title and dismiss
+.modal-header {
+  padding: @modal-title-padding;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid @modal-header-border-color;
+  min-height: (@modal-title-padding + @modal-title-line-height);
 }
-.modal-header {
-  padding: 9px 15px;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
-  // Close icon
-  .close { margin-top: 2px; }
-  // Heading
-  h3 {
-    margin: 0;
-    line-height: 30px;
-  }
+// Close icon
+.modal-header .close {
+  margin-top: -2px;
 }
 
-// Body (where all modal content resides)
+// Title text within header
+.modal-title {
+  margin: 0;
+  line-height: @modal-title-line-height;
+}
+
+// Modal body
+// Where all modal content resides (sibling of .modal-header and .modal-footer)
 .modal-body {
   position: relative;
-  overflow-y: auto;
-  max-height: 400px;
-  padding: 15px;
-}
-// Remove bottom margin if need be
-.modal-form {
-  margin-bottom: 0;
+  padding: @modal-inner-padding;
 }
 
 // Footer (for actions)
 .modal-footer {
-  padding: 14px 15px 15px;
-  margin-bottom: 0;
+  margin-top: 15px;
+  padding: (@modal-inner-padding - 1) @modal-inner-padding @modal-inner-padding;
   text-align: right; // right align buttons
-  background-color: #f5f5f5;
-  border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
-  .border-radius(0 0 6px 6px);
-  .box-shadow(inset 0 1px 0 @white);
+  border-top: 1px solid @modal-footer-border-color;
   .clearfix(); // clear it in case folks use .pull-* classes on buttons
 
   // Properly space out buttons
@@ -93,3 +114,16 @@
     margin-left: 0;
   }
 }
+
+// Scale up the modal
+@media screen and (min-width: @screen-sm-min) {
+
+  .modal-dialog {
+    width: 600px;
+    margin: 30px auto;
+  }
+  .modal-content {
+    .box-shadow(0 5px 15px rgba(0,0,0,.5));
+  }
+
+}