diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 511e268093..6a61163367 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	}
 
 	$profile_uid = ((x($_POST,'profile_uid')) ? intval($_POST['profile_uid']) : 0);
-	$post_id = ((x($_POST['post_id'])) ? intval($_POST['post_id']) : 0);
+	$post_id     = ((x($_POST['post_id']))    ? intval($_POST['post_id'])     : 0);
 
 	if(! can_write_wall($a,$profile_uid)) {
 		notice( t('Permission denied.') . EOL) ;
@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		killme();
 	}
 
+
+	// is this an edited post?
+
+	$orig_post = null;
+
+	if($post_id) {
+		$i = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			intval($profile_uid),
+			intval($post_id)
+		);
+		if(! count($i))
+			killme();
+		$orig_post = $i[0];
+	}
+
 	$user = null;
 
 	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `user` WHERE `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
@@ -68,37 +83,51 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	if(count($r))
 		$user = $r[0];
 	
+	if($orig_post) {
+		$str_group_allow   = $orig_post['allow_gid'];
+		$str_contact_allow = $orig_post['allow_cid'];
+		$str_group_deny    = $orig_post['deny_gid'];
+		$str_contact_deny  = $orig_post['deny_cid'];
+		$title             = $orig_post['title'];
+		$location          = $orig_post['location'];
+		$coord             = $orig_post['coord'];
+		$verb              = $orig_post['verb'];
+		$emailcc           = $orig_post['emailcc'];
 
-	$str_group_allow   = perms2str($_POST['group_allow']);
-	$str_contact_allow = perms2str($_POST['contact_allow']);
-	$str_group_deny    = perms2str($_POST['group_deny']);
-	$str_contact_deny  = perms2str($_POST['contact_deny']);
-
-	$private = ((strlen($str_group_allow) || strlen($str_contact_allow) || strlen($str_group_deny) || strlen($str_contact_deny)) ? 1 : 0);
-
-	if(($parent_item) && 
-		(($parent_item['private']) 
-			|| strlen($parent_item['allow_cid']) 
-			|| strlen($parent_item['allow_gid']) 
-			|| strlen($parent_item['deny_cid']) 
-			|| strlen($parent_item['deny_gid'])
-		)
-	) {
-		$private = 1;
+		$body              = escape_tags(trim($_POST['body']));
+		$private           = $orig_post['private'];
 	}
+	else {
+		$str_group_allow   = perms2str($_POST['group_allow']);
+		$str_contact_allow = perms2str($_POST['contact_allow']);
+		$str_group_deny    = perms2str($_POST['group_deny']);
+		$str_contact_deny  = perms2str($_POST['contact_deny']);
+		$title             = notags(trim($_POST['title']));
+		$location          = notags(trim($_POST['location']));
+		$coord             = notags(trim($_POST['coord']));
+		$verb              = notags(trim($_POST['verb']));
+		$emailcc           = notags(trim($_POST['emailcc']));
 
-	$title             = notags(trim($_POST['title']));
-	$body              = escape_tags(trim($_POST['body']));
-	$location          = notags(trim($_POST['location']));
-	$coord             = notags(trim($_POST['coord']));
-	$verb              = notags(trim($_POST['verb']));
-	$emailcc           = notags(trim($_POST['emailcc']));
+		$body              = escape_tags(trim($_POST['body']));
+		$private = ((strlen($str_group_allow) || strlen($str_contact_allow) || strlen($str_group_deny) || strlen($str_contact_deny)) ? 1 : 0);
 
-	if(! strlen($body)) {
-		notice( t('Empty post discarded.') . EOL );
-		if(x($_POST,'return')) 
-			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
-		killme();
+		if(($parent_item) && 
+			(($parent_item['private']) 
+				|| strlen($parent_item['allow_cid']) 
+				|| strlen($parent_item['allow_gid']) 
+				|| strlen($parent_item['deny_cid']) 
+				|| strlen($parent_item['deny_gid'])
+			)) {
+			$private = 1;
+		}
+	
+
+		if(! strlen($body)) {
+			notice( t('Empty post discarded.') . EOL );
+			if(x($_POST,'return')) 
+				goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
+			killme();
+		}
 	}
 
 	// get contact info for poster
@@ -151,36 +180,6 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// is this an edited post?
-
-	$orig_post = null;
-
-	if($post_id) {
-		$i = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
-			intval($profile_uid),
-			intval($post_id)
-		);
-		if(! count($i))
-			killme();
-		$orig_post = $i[0];
-	}
-
-	if($orig_post) {
-		$str_group_allow   = $orig_post['allow_gid'];
-		$str_contact_allow = $orig_post['allow_cid'];
-		$str_group_deny    = $orig_post['deny_gid'];
-		$str_contact_deny  = $orig_post['deny_cid'];
-		$private           = $orig_post['private'];
-		$title             = $orig_post['title'];
-		$location          = $orig_post['location'];
-		$coord             = $orig_post['coord'];
-		$verb              = $orig_post['verb'];
-		$emailcc           = $orig_post['emailcc'];
-
-		$body              = escape_tags(trim($_POST['body']));
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 *
 	 * When a photo was uploaded into the message using the (profile wall) ajax 
@@ -316,30 +315,11 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 							$str_tags .= ',';
 						$str_tags .= '@[url=' . $alias . ']' . $newname	. '[/url]';
 					}
-
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-
-	if($orig_post) {
-		$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($body),
-			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-			intval($post_id),
-			intval($profile_uid)
-		);
-
-		proc_run('php', "include/notifier.php", 'edit_post', "$post_id");
-		if((x($_POST,'return')) && strlen($_POST['return'])) {
-			logger('return: ' . $_POST['return']);
-			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
-		}
-		killme();
-	}
-
-	$post_id = 0;
 	$wall = 0;
 
 	if($post_type === 'wall' || $post_type === 'wall-comment')
@@ -392,9 +372,31 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	$datarray['parent']        = $parent;
 	$datarray['self']          = $self;
 
+	if($orig_post)
+		$datarray['edit']      = true;
 
 	call_hooks('post_local',$datarray);
 
+
+	if($orig_post) {
+		$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			dbesc($body),
+			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+			intval($post_id),
+			intval($profile_uid)
+		);
+
+		proc_run('php', "include/notifier.php", 'edit_post', "$post_id");
+		if((x($_POST,'return')) && strlen($_POST['return'])) {
+			logger('return: ' . $_POST['return']);
+			goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
+		}
+		killme();
+	}
+	else
+		$post_id = 0;
+
+
 	$r = q("INSERT INTO `item` (`uid`,`type`,`wall`,`gravity`,`contact-id`,`owner-name`,`owner-link`,`owner-avatar`, 
 		`author-name`, `author-link`, `author-avatar`, `created`, `edited`, `changed`, `uri`, `title`, `body`, `location`, `coord`, 
 		`tag`, `inform`, `verb`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid`, `private` )