diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 32665c818..ddf081467 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -1667,8 +1667,8 @@ function photos_content(App $a) {
 					builtin_activity_puller($item, $conv_responses);
 				}
 
-				$like    = ((x($conv_responses['like'],$link_item['uri'])) ? format_like($conv_responses['like'][$link_item['uri']],$conv_responses['like'][$link_item['uri'] . '-l'], 'like',$link_item['id']) : '');
-				$dislike = ((x($conv_responses['dislike'],$link_item['uri'])) ? format_like($conv_responses['dislike'][$link_item['uri']],$conv_responses['dislike'][$link_item['uri'] . '-l'], 'dislike',$link_item['id']) : '');
+				$like    = ((x($conv_responses['like'], $link_item['uri'])) ? format_like($conv_responses['like'][$link_item['uri']], $conv_responses['like'][$link_item['uri'] . '-l'], 'like',$link_item['id']) : '');
+				$dislike = ((x($conv_responses['dislike'], $link_item['uri'])) ? format_like($conv_responses['dislike'][$link_item['uri']], $conv_responses['dislike'][$link_item['uri'] . '-l'], 'dislike',$link_item['id']) : '');
 
 				if (($can_post || can_write_wall($a, $owner_uid)) && $link_item['last-child']) {
 					$comments .= replace_macros($cmnt_tpl,array(
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/theme.php b/view/theme/vier/theme.php
index 50e8cd377..a42dfe6e1 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/theme.php
+++ b/view/theme/vier/theme.php
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
  * Description: "Vier" is a very compact and modern theme. It uses the font awesome font library: http://fortawesome.github.com/Font-Awesome/
  */
 
-require_once("include/plugin.php");
-require_once("include/socgraph.php");
-require_once("mod/proxy.php");
+require_once "include/plugin.php";
+require_once "include/socgraph.php";
+require_once "mod/proxy.php";
 
 function vier_init(App $a) {
 
@@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ EOT;
 	}
 
 	// Hide the left menu bar
+	/// @TODO maybe move this static array out where it should belong?
 	if (($a->page['aside'] == "") AND in_array($a->argv[0], array("community", "events", "help", "manage", "notifications",
-									"probe", "webfinger", "login", "invite", "credits"))) {
+			"probe", "webfinger", "login", "invite", "credits"))) {
 		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= "<link rel='stylesheet' href='view/theme/vier/hide.css' />";
 	}
 }
@@ -110,13 +111,15 @@ EOT;
 function get_vier_config($key, $default = false, $admin = false) {
 	if (local_user() AND !$admin) {
 		$result = get_pconfig(local_user(), "vier", $key);
-		if ($result !== false)
+		if ($result !== false) {
 			return $result;
+		}
 	}
 
 	$result = get_config("vier", $key);
-	if ($result !== false)
+	if ($result !== false) {
 		return $result;
+	}
 
 	return $default;
 }
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 	$show_friends    = get_vier_config("show_friends", 1);
 	$show_lastusers  = get_vier_config("show_lastusers", 1);
 
-	//get_baseurl
+	// get_baseurl
 	$url = App::get_baseurl($ssl_state);
 	$aside['$url'] = $url;
 
@@ -161,7 +164,7 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 
 	// last 9 users
 	if ($show_lastusers) {
-		$publish = (get_config('system','publish_all') ? '' : " AND `publish` = 1 ");
+		$publish = (get_config('system', 'publish_all') ? '' : " AND `publish` = 1 ");
 		$order = " ORDER BY `register_date` DESC ";
 
 		$tpl = get_markup_template('ch_directory_item.tpl');
@@ -191,12 +194,12 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 	//right_aside FIND FRIENDS
 	if ($show_friends AND local_user()) {
 		$nv = array();
-		$nv['title'] = Array("", t('Find Friends'), "", "");
-		$nv['directory'] = Array('directory', t('Local Directory'), "", "");
+		$nv['title'] = array("", t('Find Friends'), "", "");
+		$nv['directory'] = array('directory', t('Local Directory'), "", "");
 		$nv['global_directory'] = Array(get_server(), t('Global Directory'), "", "");
-		$nv['match'] = Array('match', t('Similar Interests'), "", "");
-		$nv['suggest'] = Array('suggest', t('Friend Suggestions'), "", "");
-		$nv['invite'] = Array('invite', t('Invite Friends'), "", "");
+		$nv['match'] = array('match', t('Similar Interests'), "", "");
+		$nv['suggest'] = array('suggest', t('Friend Suggestions'), "", "");
+		$nv['invite'] = array('invite', t('Invite Friends'), "", "");
 
 		$nv['search'] = '<form name="simple_bar" method="get" action="dirfind">
 						<span class="sbox_l"></span>
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 	//Community_Pages at right_aside
 	if ($show_pages AND local_user()) {
 
-		require_once('include/ForumManager.php');
+		require_once 'include/ForumManager.php';
 
 		if (x($_GET, 'cid') && intval($_GET['cid']) != 0) {
 			$cid = $_GET['cid'];
@@ -247,7 +250,7 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 
 			$tpl = get_markup_template('widget_forumlist_right.tpl');
 
-			$page .= replace_macros($tpl,array(
+			$page .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
 				'$title'          => t('Forums'),
 				'$forums'         => $entries,
 				'$link_desc'      => t('External link to forum'),
@@ -259,9 +262,9 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 			$aside['$page'] = $page;
 		}
 	}
-	//END Community Page
+	// END Community Page
 
-	//helpers
+	// helpers
 	if ($show_helpers) {
 		$r = array();
 
@@ -284,14 +287,14 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 		foreach ($r AS $index => $helper)
 			$r[$index]["url"] = zrl($helper["url"]);
 
-		$r[] = Array("url" => "help/Quick-Start-guide", "name" => t("Quick Start"));
+		$r[] = array("url" => "help/Quick-Start-guide", "name" => t("Quick Start"));
 
 		$tpl = get_markup_template('ch_helpers.tpl');
 
 		if ($r) {
 
 			$helpers = array();
-			$helpers['title'] = Array("", t('Help'), "", "");
+			$helpers['title'] = array("", t('Help'), "", "");
 
 			$aside['$helpers_items'] = array();
 
@@ -306,9 +309,9 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 			$aside['$helpers'] = $helpers;
 		}
 	}
-	//end helpers
+	// end helpers
 
-	//connectable services
+	// connectable services
 	if ($show_services) {
 
 		/// @TODO This whole thing is hard-coded, better rewrite to Intercepting Filter Pattern (future-todo)
@@ -346,6 +349,7 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 			$r[] = array("photo" => "images/googleplus.png", "name" => "Google+");
 		}
 
+		/// @TODO old-lost code (and below)?
 		//if (plugin_enabled("ijpost")) {
 		//	$r[] = array("photo" => "images/", "name" => "");
 		//}
@@ -383,7 +387,7 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 		if (dbm::is_result($r)) {
 
 			$con_services = array();
-			$con_services['title'] = Array("", t('Connect Services'), "", "");
+			$con_services['title'] = array("", t('Connect Services'), "", "");
 			$aside['$con_services'] = $con_services;
 
 			foreach ($r as $rr) {