diff --git a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs
index e154bac6f5..f707aa5bd7 100644
--- a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs
+++ b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/controls/ContentTypeControlNew.ascx.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 using ClientDependency.Core;
 using umbraco.cms.helpers;
 using umbraco.cms.presentation.Trees;
+using umbraco.controls.GenericProperties;
 using umbraco.IO;
 using umbraco.presentation;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic;
@@ -603,7 +604,7 @@ jQuery(function() { refreshDropDowns(); });
             GenericProperties.GenericProperty gpData = gp.GenricPropertyControl;
             if (gpData.Name.Trim() != "" && gpData.Alias.Trim() != "")
             {
-                if (cType.getPropertyType(Casing.SafeAliasWithForcingCheck(gpData.Alias.Trim())) == null)
+                if (doesPropertyTypeAliasExist(gpData))
                 {
                     string[] info = { gpData.Name, gpData.Type.ToString() };
                     cms.businesslogic.propertytype.PropertyType pt = cType.AddPropertyType(cms.businesslogic.datatype.DataTypeDefinition.GetDataTypeDefinition(gpData.Type), Casing.SafeAliasWithForcingCheck(gpData.Alias.Trim()), gpData.Name);
@@ -665,6 +666,18 @@ jQuery(function() { refreshDropDowns(); });
             }
         }
 
+        private bool doesPropertyTypeAliasExist(GenericProperty gpData)
+        {
+            bool hasAlias = cType.getPropertyType(Casing.SafeAliasWithForcingCheck(gpData.Alias.Trim())) != null;
+            ContentType ct = cType;
+            while (ct.MasterContentType > 0)
+            {
+                ct = new ContentType(ct.MasterContentType);
+                hasAlias = ct.getPropertyType(Casing.SafeAliasWithForcingCheck(gpData.Alias.Trim())) != null;
+            }
+            return !hasAlias;
+        }
+
         public bool HasRows(System.Data.DataView dv)
         {
             return (dv.Count == 0);
diff --git a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/css/umbracoGui.css b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/css/umbracoGui.css
index c975905147..1dc200684e 100644
--- a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/css/umbracoGui.css
+++ b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/css/umbracoGui.css
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ body
     background: url('../images/speechbubble/speechbubble_body.png') no-repeat;
     width: 235px;
     margin: 0;
-    padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;
+    padding: 5px 20px 5px 10px;
 }
 .speechBubbleBottom
 {
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ body
     font-size: 11px;
     font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, verdana, arial;
     margin: 0;
-    width: 220px;
+    width: 180px;
 }
 #tray
 {
diff --git a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/js/UmbracoSpeechBubbleBackEnd.js b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/js/UmbracoSpeechBubbleBackEnd.js
index f90f4d74d5..acf48ecd83 100644
--- a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/js/UmbracoSpeechBubbleBackEnd.js
+++ b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/js/UmbracoSpeechBubbleBackEnd.js
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ UmbracoSpeechBubble.prototype.GenerateSpeechBubble = function() {
     sbHtml.innerHTML = '' +
             '<div class="speechBubbleTop"></div>' +
             '<div class="speechBubbleContent">' +
-	        '<img id="' + this.id + 'Icon" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0;" />' +
+	        '<img id="' + this.id + 'Icon" style="float: left; margin: 0px 5px 10px 3px;" />' +
             '                      <img class="speechClose" onClick="UmbSpeechBubble.Hide();" id="' + this.id + 'close" src="/umbraco/images/speechBubble/speechBubble_close.gif" width="18" height="18" border="0" alt="Close"' +
             '                        onmouseover="this.src = \'/umbraco/images/speechBubble/speechBubble_close_over.gif\';" onmouseout="this.src=\'images/speechBubble/speechBubble_close.gif\';">' +
-            '                  <h3 id="' + this.id + 'Header">The header!</h3>' +
-            '                  <p id="' + this.id + 'Message">Default Text Container!<br /></p>' +
+            '                  <div style="float: right; width: 186px; margin-right: 10px;"><h3 id="' + this.id + 'Header">The header!</h3>' +
+            '                  <p style="width: 185px" id="' + this.id + 'Message">Default Text Container!<br /></p></div><br style="clear: both" />' +
             '</div>' +
             '<div class="speechBubbleBottom"></div>'
 }
diff --git a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/members/EditMemberType.aspx.cs b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/members/EditMemberType.aspx.cs
index b133fef9a3..8719fe8a25 100644
--- a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/members/EditMemberType.aspx.cs
+++ b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/members/EditMemberType.aspx.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.members
 				else 
 				{
                     ClientTools
-                        .ShowSpeechBubble(speechBubbleIcon.save, e.Message, "")
+                        .ShowSpeechBubble(e.IconType, e.Message, "")
                         .SyncTree(dt.Id.ToString(), true);
                     
 				}
diff --git a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/settings/EditMediaType.aspx.cs b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/settings/EditMediaType.aspx.cs
index b299f0998b..ad40be83f1 100644
--- a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/settings/EditMediaType.aspx.cs
+++ b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/settings/EditMediaType.aspx.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.settings
 
                 } else if (sce.Message.Contains("Tab")) {
                     speechBubble(speechBubbleIcon.info, "Tab added", sce.Message);
+                } else
+                {
+                    base.speechBubble(sce.IconType, sce.Message, "");   
                 }
                 
                 return true;