diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index 6ab67ffdc..a44838c24 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <?php
+
 require_once("include/oembed.php");
+require_once('include/event.php');
+
 	// BBcode 2 HTML was written by WAY2WEB.net
 	// extended to work with Mistpark/Friendika - Mike Macgirvin
 
@@ -17,6 +20,12 @@ function bbcode($Text,$preserve_nl = false) {
 	if($preserve_nl)
 		$Text = str_replace(array("\n","\r"), array('',''),$Text);
 
+	// If we find any event code, turn it into an event.
+	// After we're finished processing the bbcode we'll 
+	// replace all of the event code with a reformatted version.
+
+	$ev = bbtoevent($Text);
+
 	// Set up the parameters for a URL search string
 	$URLSearchString = "^\[\]";
 	// Set up the parameters for a MAIL search string
@@ -104,8 +113,24 @@ function bbcode($Text,$preserve_nl = false) {
 	}
 //	$Text = preg_replace("/\[youtube\](.*?)\[\/youtube\]/", '<object width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/$1" ><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/$1"></param><!--[if IE]><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/$1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350" /><![endif]--></object>', $Text);
 
+
+
 	// oembed tag
 	$Text = oembed_bbcode2html($Text);
+
+	// If we found an event earlier, strip out all the event code and replace with a reformatted version.
+
+	if(x($ev,'desc') && x($ev,'start')) {
+		$sub = format_event_html($ev);
+
+		$Text = preg_replace("/\[event\-description\](.*?)\[\/event\-description\]/is",$sub,$Text);
+		$Text = preg_replace("/\[event\-start\](.*?)\[\/event\-start\]/is",'',$Text);
+		$Text = preg_replace("/\[event\-finish\](.*?)\[\/event\-finish\]/is",'',$Text);
+		$Text = preg_replace("/\[event\-location\](.*?)\[\/event\-location\]/is",'',$Text);
+		$Text = preg_replace("/\[event\-adjust\](.*?)\[\/event\-adjust\]/is",'',$Text);
+	}
+
+
 	
 	call_hooks('bbcode',$Text);
 
diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
index 31cf536ff..86a822080 100644
--- a/include/event.php
+++ b/include/event.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 
-function format_event_html($ev,$pre = '') {
+function format_event_html($ev) {
 
 	require_once('include/bbcode.php');
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function format_event_bbcode($ev) {
 	if($ev['start'])
 		$o .= '[event-start]' . $ev['start'] . '[/event-start]';
 
-	if($ev['start'])
+	if(($ev['finish']) && (! $ev['nofinish']))
 		$o .= '[event-finish]' . $ev['finish'] . '[/event-finish]';
  
 	if($ev['location'])
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function bbtoevent($s) {
 	if(preg_match("/\[event\-adjust\](.*?)\[\/event\-adjust\]/is",$s,$match))
 		$ev['adjust'] = $match[1];
 	$match = '';
-
+	$ev['nofinish'] = (($ev['start'] && (! $ev['finish'])) ? 1 : 0);
 	return $ev;
 
 }
diff --git a/mod/events.php b/mod/events.php
index af829c28d..c22038215 100644
--- a/mod/events.php
+++ b/mod/events.php
@@ -114,8 +114,56 @@ function events_post(&$a) {
 			dbesc($str_group_deny)
 
 		);
-	}
 
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `event` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			dbesc($uri),
+			intval(local_user())
+		);
+		if(count($r))
+			$event = $r[0];
+
+		$arr = array();
+
+		$arr['uid']           = local_user();
+		$arr['uri']           = $uri;
+		$arr['parent-uri']    = $uri;
+		$arr['type']          = 'activity';
+		$arr['wall']          = 1;
+		$arr['contact-id']    = $a->contact['id'];
+		$arr['owner-name']    = $a->contact['name'];
+		$arr['owner-link']    = $a->contact['url'];
+		$arr['owner-avatar']  = $a->contact['thumb'];
+		$arr['author-name']   = $a->contact['name'];
+		$arr['author-link']   = $a->contact['url'];
+		$arr['author-avatar'] = $a->contact['thumb'];
+		$arr['title']         = '';
+		$arr['allow_cid']     = $str_contact_allow;
+		$arr['allow_gid']     = $str_group_allow;
+		$arr['deny_cid']      = $str_contact_deny;
+		$arr['deny_gid']      = $str_group_deny;
+		$arr['last-child']    = 1;
+		$arr['visible']       = 1;
+		$arr['verb']          = ACTIVITY_POST;
+		$arr['object-type']   = ACTIVITY_OBJ_EVENT;
+
+		$arr['body']          = format_event_bbcode($event);
+
+
+		$arr['object'] = '<object><type>' . ACTIVITY_OBJ_EVENT . '</type><title></title><id>' . $uri . '</id>';
+		$arr['object'] .= '<content>' . format_event_bbcode($event) . '</content>';
+		$arr['object'] .= '</object>' . "\n";
+
+		$item_id = item_store($arr);
+		if($item_id) {
+			q("UPDATE `item` SET `plink` = '%s', `event-id` = %d  WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				dbesc($a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $owner_record['nickname'] . '/' . $item_id),
+				intval($event['id']),
+				intval($local_user()),
+				intval($item_id)
+			);
+			proc_run('php',"include/notifier.php","tag","$item_id");
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -204,6 +252,7 @@ function events_content(&$a) {
 		if(count($r)) {
 			$r = sort_by_date($r);
 			foreach($r as $rr) {
+
 				$d = (($rr['adjust']) ? datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$rr['start'], $fmt) : datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$rr['start'],$fmt));
 				$d = day_translate($d);
 				if($d !== $last_date)