diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
index 9df4b2e..92c821e 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/handlers.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class ProjectDashboardHandler(AuthenticatedHandler):
 
 class LoginHandler(AuthenticatedHandler):
 
-    def _render(self, message=''):
+    def _render(self, message=None):
         self.render('login.html',
                 next=self.get_argument('next', default='/'),
                 read_only=self.read_only,
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class LoginHandler(AuthenticatedHandler):
             if passwd_check(self.application.password, pwd):
                 self.set_secure_cookie('username', str(uuid.uuid4()))
             else:
-                self._render(message='Invalid password')
+                self._render(message={'error': 'Invalid password'})
                 return
 
         self.redirect(self.get_argument('next', default='/'))
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class LogoutHandler(AuthenticatedHandler):
 
     def get(self):
         self.clear_cookie('username')
-        self.render('logout.html')
+        self.render('logout.html', message={'info': 'Successfully logged out.'})
 
 
 class NewHandler(AuthenticatedHandler):
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/layout.css b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/layout.css
index b9e0b08..d8bec47 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/layout.css
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/layout.css
@@ -102,12 +102,27 @@
 	box-pack: center;
 }
 
-#message {
-    border: 1px solid red;
-    background-color: #FFD3D1;
+.message {
+    border-width: 1px;
+    border-style: solid;
     text-align: center;
     padding: 0.5em;
-    margin: 0.5em;
+    margin: 0.5em 0;
+}
+
+.message.error {
+    background-color: #FFD3D1;
+    border-color: red;
+}
+
+.message.warning {
+    background-color: #FFD09E;
+    border-color: orange;
+}
+
+.message.info {
+    background-color: #CBFFBA;
+    border-color: green;
 }
 
 #content_panel {
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/layout.html b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/layout.html
index 9235a6b..ae8a016 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/layout.html
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/layout.html
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@
 
     <div id="content_panel">
         {% if message %}
-        <div id="message">
-            {{message}}
-        </div>
+
+          {% for key in message %}
+            <div class="message {{key}}">
+               {{message[key]}}
+            </div>
+          {% end %}
         {% end %}
 
         {% block content_panel %}
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/logout.html b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/logout.html
index e5f47c6..f3c7b53 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/logout.html
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/templates/logout.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% extends layout.html %}
 
 {% block content_panel %}
-You've been successfully logged out.
+Proceed to the <a href="/login">login page</a>.
 {% end %}