diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index e9f9efd70d..ada0f563d9 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require_once('include/nav.php');
 require_once('include/cache.php');
 
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
-define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2.3.1263' );
+define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      '2.3.1264' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.22'    );
 define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1127      );
 
diff --git a/include/Scrape.php b/include/Scrape.php
index e98978f381..4c4ad3cdb9 100755
--- a/include/Scrape.php
+++ b/include/Scrape.php
@@ -230,11 +230,16 @@ function scrape_feed($url) {
 	$ret = array();
 	$s = fetch_url($url);
 
-	if(! $s) 
-		return $ret;
-
 	$headers = $a->get_curl_headers();
-	logger('scrape_feed: headers=' . $headers, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+	$code = $a->get_curl_code();
+
+	logger('scrape_feed: returns: ' . $code . ' headers=' . $headers, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
+	if(! $s) {
+		logger('scrape_feed: no data returned for ' . $url); 
+		return $ret;
+	}
+
 
 	$lines = explode("\n",$headers);
 	if(count($lines)) {
@@ -258,8 +263,10 @@ function scrape_feed($url) {
 		logger('scrape_feed: parse error: ' . $e);
 	}
 
-	if(! $dom)
+	if(! $dom) {
+		logger('scrape_feed: failed to parse.');
 		return $ret;
+	}
 
 
 	$head = $dom->getElementsByTagName('base');
@@ -565,7 +572,7 @@ function probe_url($url, $mode = PROBE_NORMAL) {
 		if($check_feed) {
 
 			$feedret = scrape_feed(($poll) ? $poll : $url);
-			logger('probe_url: scrape_feed returns: ' . print_r($feedret,true), LOGGER_DATA);
+			logger('probe_url: scrape_feed ' . (($poll)? $poll : $url) . ' returns: ' . print_r($feedret,true), LOGGER_DATA);
 			if(count($feedret) && ($feedret['feed_atom'] || $feedret['feed_rss'])) {
 				$poll = ((x($feedret,'feed_atom')) ? unamp($feedret['feed_atom']) : unamp($feedret['feed_rss']));
 				if(! x($vcard)) 
diff --git a/include/config.php b/include/config.php
index 92694f5193..2cddda0b8d 100755
--- a/include/config.php
+++ b/include/config.php
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ function del_config($family,$key) {
 	if(x($a->config[$family],$key))
 		unset($a->config[$family][$key]);
 	$ret = q("DELETE FROM `config` WHERE `cat` = '%s' AND `k` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($cat),
+		dbesc($family),
 		dbesc($key)
 	);
 	return $ret;
diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 3d13a11798..53369cf20f 100755
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update, $preview = false) {
 
 	$alike = array();
 	$dlike = array();
-	
+	$o = "";
 	
 	// array with html for each thread (parent+comments)
 	$threads = array();
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update, $preview = false) {
 				}
 				else {
 					// prevent private email from leaking into public conversation
-					if((! $toplevelpost) && (! toplevelprivate) && ($item['private']) && ($profile_owner != local_user()))
+					if((! $toplevelpost) && (! $toplevelprivate) && ($item['private']) && ($profile_owner != local_user()))
 						continue;
 					$comments_seen ++;
 				}	
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update, $preview = false) {
 				$body = prepare_body($item,true);
 
 				$tmp_item = replace_macros($template,array(
-					'$type' => implode("",array_slice(split("/",$item['verb']),-1)),
+					'$type' => implode("",array_slice(explode("/",$item['verb']),-1)),
 					'$tags' => $tags,
 					'$body' => template_escape($body),
 					'$id' => $item['item_id'],
diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
index c7669b381c..4a9a9a0041 100755
--- a/include/event.php
+++ b/include/event.php
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ function bbtoevent($s) {
 	if(preg_match("/\[event\-adjust\](.*?)\[\/event\-adjust\]/is",$s,$match))
 		$ev['adjust'] = $match[1];
 	$match = '';
-	$ev['nofinish'] = (($ev['start'] && (! $ev['finish'])) ? 1 : 0);
+	$ev['nofinish'] = (($ev['start'] && (!x($ev, 'finish') || !$ev['finish'])) ? 1 : 0);
 	return $ev;
 
 }
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index c461b83b49..7d52571c25 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ function get_atom_elements($feed,$item) {
 	if($rawauthor && $rawauthor[0]['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_10]['link']) {
 		$base = $rawauthor[0]['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_10]['link'];
 		foreach($base as $link) {
-			if(! $res['author-avatar']) {
+			if(!x($res, 'author-avatar') || !$res['author-avatar']) {
 				if($link['attribs']['']['rel'] === 'photo' || $link['attribs']['']['rel'] === 'avatar')
 					$res['author-avatar'] = unxmlify($link['attribs']['']['href']);
 			}
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ function get_atom_elements($feed,$item) {
 			foreach($base as $link) {
 				if($link['attribs']['']['rel'] === 'alternate' && (! $res['author-link']))
 					$res['author-link'] = unxmlify($link['attribs']['']['href']);
-				if(! $res['author-avatar']) {
+				if(!x($res, 'author-avatar') || !$res['author-avatar']) {
 					if($link['attribs']['']['rel'] === 'avatar' || $link['attribs']['']['rel'] === 'photo')
 						$res['author-avatar'] = unxmlify($link['attribs']['']['href']);
 				}
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ function get_atom_elements($feed,$item) {
 		$base = $rawowner[0]['child'][SIMPLEPIE_NAMESPACE_ATOM_10]['link'];
 
 		foreach($base as $link) {
-			if(! $res['owner-avatar']) {
+			if(!x($res, 'owner-avatar') || !$res['owner-avatar']) {
 				if($link['attribs']['']['rel'] === 'photo' || $link['attribs']['']['rel'] === 'avatar')			
 					$res['owner-avatar'] = unxmlify($link['attribs']['']['href']);
 			}
diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index 531c3ea4c8..c72919dd8b 100755
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0, $accept_
 	
 	if (!is_null($accept_content)){
 		curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array (
-			"Accept: "+$accept_content
+			"Accept: " . $accept_content
 		));
 	}
 	
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ function fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0, $accept_
 	$curl_info = @curl_getinfo($ch);
 	$http_code = $curl_info['http_code'];
 
+//	logger('fetch_url:' . $http_code . ' data: ' . $s);
 	$header = '';
 
 	// Pull out multiple headers, e.g. proxy and continuation headers
@@ -74,11 +75,13 @@ function fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0, $accept_
 	if($http_code == 301 || $http_code == 302 || $http_code == 303 || $http_code == 307) {
         $matches = array();
         preg_match('/(Location:|URI:)(.*?)\n/', $header, $matches);
-        $url = trim(array_pop($matches));
-        $url_parsed = @parse_url($url);
+        $newurl = trim(array_pop($matches));
+		if(strpos($newurl,'/') === 0)
+			$newurl = $url . $newurl;
+        $url_parsed = @parse_url($newurl);
         if (isset($url_parsed)) {
             $redirects++;
-            return fetch_url($url,$binary,$redirects,$timeout);
+            return fetch_url($newurl,$binary,$redirects,$timeout);
         }
     }
 
@@ -163,11 +166,13 @@ function post_url($url,$params, $headers = null, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0)
 	if($http_code == 301 || $http_code == 302 || $http_code == 303) {
         $matches = array();
         preg_match('/(Location:|URI:)(.*?)\n/', $header, $matches);
-        $url = trim(array_pop($matches));
-        $url_parsed = @parse_url($url);
+        $newurl = trim(array_pop($matches));
+		if(strpos($newurl,'/') === 0)
+			$newurl = $url . $newurl;
+        $url_parsed = @parse_url($newurl);
         if (isset($url_parsed)) {
             $redirects++;
-            return post_url($url,$params,$headers,$redirects,$timeout);
+            return fetch_url($newurl,$binary,$redirects,$timeout);
         }
     }
 	$a->set_curl_code($http_code);
diff --git a/include/template_processor.php b/include/template_processor.php
index 0d476f0e6e..7f270fb4b3 100755
--- a/include/template_processor.php
+++ b/include/template_processor.php
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@
 	
 			if(is_array($r) && count($r)) {
 				foreach ($r as $k => $v ) {
-					if (is_array($v))
+					if (is_array($v)) {
 						$this->_build_replace($v, "$prefix$k.");
-					
-					$this->search[] =  $prefix . $k;
-					$this->replace[] = $v;
+					} else {
+						$this->search[] =  $prefix . $k;
+						$this->replace[] = $v;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		} 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
 			$keys = array_map('trim',explode(".",$name));		
 			$val = $this->r;
 			foreach($keys as $k) {
-				$val = $val[$k];
+				$val = (isset($val[$k]) ? $val[$k] : null);
 			}
 			return $val;
 		}
@@ -79,8 +80,8 @@
 			} else {
 				$val = $this->_get_var($args[2]);
 			}
-			list($strue, $sfalse)= preg_split("|{{ *else *}}|", $args[3]);
-			return ($val?$strue:$sfalse);
+			$x = preg_split("|{{ *else *}}|", $args[3]);
+			return ( $val ? $x[0] : (isset($x[1]) ? $x[1] : ""));
 		}
 		
 		/**
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 0f7d2f731c..1f5d4a3e12 100755
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ function lang_selector() {
 			}
 			$ll = substr($l,5);
 			$ll = substr($ll,0,strrpos($ll,'/'));
-			$selected = (($ll === $lang && (x($_SESSION['language']))) ? ' selected="selected" ' : '');
+			$selected = (($ll === $lang && (x($_SESSION, 'language'))) ? ' selected="selected" ' : '');
 			$o .= '<option value="' . $ll . '"' . $selected . '>' . $ll . '</option>';
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/mod/acl.php b/mod/acl.php
index 98ca90ded8..375c618c86 100755
--- a/mod/acl.php
+++ b/mod/acl.php
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ function acl_init(&$a){
 	if ($search!=""){
 		$sql_extra = "AND `name` LIKE '%%".dbesc($search)."%%'";
 		$sql_extra2 = "AND (`attag` LIKE '%%".dbesc($search)."%%' OR `name` LIKE '%%".dbesc($search)."%%' OR `nick` LIKE '%%".dbesc($search)."%%')";
+	} else {
+		$sql_extra = $sql_extra2 = "";
 	}
 	
 	// count groups and contacts
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ function acl_init(&$a){
 	
 	if ($type=='' || $type=='c'){
 	
-		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `name`, `nick`, `micro`, `network`, `url` FROM `contact` 
+		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `name`, `nick`, `micro`, `network`, `url`, `attag` FROM `contact` 
 			WHERE `uid` = %d AND `self` = 0 AND `blocked` = 0 AND `pending` = 0 AND `notify` != ''
 			$sql_extra2
 			ORDER BY `name` ASC ",
diff --git a/mod/photo.php b/mod/photo.php
index a5a5a1dc17..c4a93769af 100755
--- a/mod/photo.php
+++ b/mod/photo.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function photo_init(&$a) {
 		// NOTREACHED
 	}
 
-	if(intval($customres) && $customres > 0 && $customres < 500) {
+	if(isset($customres) && $customres > 0 && $customres < 500) {
 		require_once('include/Photo.php');
 		$ph = new Photo($data);
 		if($ph->is_valid()) {
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 0f6f0a9d68..7380ff7d05 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 		$dislikes = array();
 		$friends = array();
 		$posts = array();
-		
+		$home = 0;
+		$network = 0;
 
-		$r = q("SELECT `item`.`id`,`item`.`parent`, `item`.`verb`, `item`.`author-name`, 
+		$r = q("SELECT `item`.`id`,`item`.`parent`, `item`.`verb`, `item`.`wall`, `item`.`author-name`, 
 				`item`.`author-link`, `item`.`author-avatar`, `item`.`created`, `item`.`object`, 
 				`pitem`.`author-name` as `pname`, `pitem`.`author-link` as `plink` 
 				FROM `item` INNER JOIN `item` as `pitem` ON  `pitem`.`id`=`item`.`parent`
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index eba9874a86..74e1a23020 100755
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 
 	$is_owner = ((local_user()) && (local_user() == $a->profile['profile_uid']) ? true : false);
 
-	if($a->profile['hidewall'] && (! $is_owner) && (! $remote_contact)) {
+	if($a->user['hidewall'] && (! $is_owner) && (! $remote_contact)) {
 		notice( t('Access to this profile has been restricted.') . EOL);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -228,10 +228,12 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 			intval($a->profile['profile_uid']),
 			dbesc($parents_str)
 		);
+		
+		$items = conv_sort($items,'created');
+	} else {
+		$items = array();
 	}
 
-	$items = conv_sort($items,'created');
-
 	if($is_owner && ! $update) {
 		$o .= get_birthdays();
 		$o .= get_events();