diff --git a/include/template_processor.php b/include/template_processor.php
index b4d444e1c..111fc5849 100755
--- a/include/template_processor.php
+++ b/include/template_processor.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-
+	define ("KEY_NOT_EXISTS", '^R_key_not_Exists^');
 
 	class Template {
 		var $r;
@@ -28,30 +28,18 @@
 			die();
 		}
 		
-		private function _build_replace($r, $prefix){
-	
-			if(is_array($r) && count($r)) {
-				foreach ($r as $k => $v ) {
-					if (is_array($v)) {
-						$this->_build_replace($v, "$prefix$k.");
-					} else {
-						$this->search[] =  $prefix . $k;
-						$this->replace[] = $v;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		} 
 		
 		private function _push_stack(){
-			$this->stack[] = array($this->r, $this->search, $this->replace, $this->nodes);
+			$this->stack[] = array($this->r, $this->nodes);
 		}
 		private function _pop_stack(){
-			list($this->r, $this->search, $this->replace, $this->nodes) = array_pop($this->stack);
+			list($this->r, $this->nodes) = array_pop($this->stack);
 			
 		}
 		
-		private function _get_var($name){
-			$keys = array_map('trim',explode(".",$name));		
+		private function _get_var($name, $retNoKey=false){
+			$keys = array_map('trim',explode(".",$name));
+			if ($retNoKey && !array_key_exists($keys[0], $this->r)) return KEY_NOT_EXISTS;
 			$val = $this->r;
 			foreach($keys as $k) {
 				$val = (isset($val[$k]) ? $val[$k] : null);
@@ -169,40 +157,24 @@
 			return $s;
 		}
 		
-        /*
-		private function _str_replace($str){
-			#$this->search,$this->replace,
-			$searchs = $this->search;
-			foreach($searchs as $search){
-				$search = "|".preg_quote($search)."(\|[a-zA-Z0-9_]*)*|";
-				$m = array();
-				if (preg_match_all($search, $str,$m)){
-					foreach ($m[0] as $match){
-						$toks = explode("|",$match);
-						$val = $this->_get_var($toks[0]);
-						for($k=1; $k<count($toks); $k++){
-							$func = $toks[$k];
-							if (function_exists($func)) $val = $func($val);
-						}
-						if (count($toks)>1){
-							$str = str_replace( $match, $val, $str);
-						} 
-					}
-				}
-				
-			}
-			return str_replace($this->search,$this->replace, $str);
-		}*/
 
+		private function var_replace($s){
+			$m = array();
+			if (preg_match_all('/\$\[{0,1}([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+\.*)+\]{0,1}/', $s,$m)){
+				foreach($m[0] as $var){
+					$varn = str_replace(array("[","]"), array("",""), $var);
+					$val = $this->_get_var($varn, true);
+					if ($val!=KEY_NOT_EXISTS)
+						$s = str_replace($var, $val, $s);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			return $s;
+		}
 	
 		public function replace($s, $r) {
 			$this->r = $r;
-			$this->search = array();
-			$this->replace = array();
-
-			$this->_build_replace($r, "");
 			
-			#$s = str_replace(array("\n","\r"),array("§n§","§r§"),$s);
 			$s = $this->_build_nodes($s);
 
 			$s = preg_replace_callback('/\|\|([0-9]+)\|\|/', array($this, "_replcb_node"), $s);
@@ -210,12 +182,12 @@
 			
 			// remove comments block
 			$s = preg_replace('/{#[^#]*#}/', "" , $s);
+			
 			// replace strings recursively (limit to 10 loops)
 			$os = ""; $count=0;
 			while($os!=$s && $count<10){
 				$os=$s; $count++;
-				//$s = $this->_str_replace($s);
-				$s = str_replace($this->search, $this->replace, $s);
+				$s = $this->var_replace($s);
 			}
 			return template_unescape($s);
 		}
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 4276b7fcb..042ee982c 100755
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ if(! function_exists('replace_macros')) {
 function replace_macros($s,$r) {
 	global $t;
 	
-	return $t->replace($s,$r);
+	//$ts = microtime();
+	$r =  $t->replace($s,$r);
+	//$tt = microtime() - $ts;
+	
+	//$a = get_app();
+	//$a->page['debug'] .= "$tt <br>\n";
+	return $r;
 
 }}
 
diff --git a/mod/group.php b/mod/group.php
index f6f8e4173..13401ef0d 100755
--- a/mod/group.php
+++ b/mod/group.php
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ function group_content(&$a) {
 		return replace_macros($tpl, $context + array(
 			'$title' => t('Create a group of contacts/friends.'),
 			'$gname' => array('groupname',t('Group Name: '),$group['name'], ''),
+			'$gid' => 'new',
 		));
 
 
diff --git a/view/search_item.tpl b/view/search_item.tpl
index a889062e0..80d6678fb 100755
--- a/view/search_item.tpl
+++ b/view/search_item.tpl
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 		<div class="wall-item-links">
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-tags">
-			{{ for $item.tags as $item.tag }}
-				<span class='tag'>$item.tag</span>
+			{{ for $item.tags as $tag }}
+				<span class='tag'>$tag</span>
 			{{ endfor }}
 		</div>
 	</div>
diff --git a/view/theme/dispy/wall_item.tpl b/view/theme/dispy/wall_item.tpl
index 0dcd30f7b..09cf64397 100755
--- a/view/theme/dispy/wall_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/dispy/wall_item.tpl
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
 			<div class="wall-item-title-end"></div>
 			<div class="wall-item-body" id="wall-item-body-$item.id" >$item.body
 					<div class="body-tag">
-						{{ for $item.tags as $item.tag }}
-							<span class='tag'>$item.tag</span>
+						{{ for $item.tags as $tag }}
+							<span class='tag'>$tag</span>
 						{{ endfor }}
 					</div>
 			</div>
diff --git a/view/theme/dispy/wallwall_item.tpl b/view/theme/dispy/wallwall_item.tpl
index 31f046a76..c3638094c 100755
--- a/view/theme/dispy/wallwall_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/dispy/wallwall_item.tpl
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 			<div class="wall-item-title-end"></div>
 			<div class="wall-item-body" id="wall-item-body-$item.id" >$item.body
 					<div class="body-tag">
-						{{ for $item.tags as $item.tag }}
-							<span class='tag'>$item.tag</span>
+						{{ for $item.tags as $tag }}
+							<span class='tag'>$tag</span>
 						{{ endfor }}
 					</div>			
 			</div>
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/wall_item.tpl b/view/theme/duepuntozero/wall_item.tpl
index d165d9801..51e36b6f4 100755
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/wall_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/wall_item.tpl
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 			<div class="wall-item-title-end"></div>
 			<div class="wall-item-body" id="wall-item-body-$item.id" >$item.body
 					<div class="body-tag">
-						{{ for $item.tags as $item.tag }}
-							<span class='tag'>$item.tag</span>
+						{{ for $item.tags as $tag }}
+							<span class='tag'>$tag</span>
 						{{ endfor }}
 					</div>
 			</div>
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/wallwall_item.tpl b/view/theme/duepuntozero/wallwall_item.tpl
index 75cd5f65e..211906c93 100755
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/wallwall_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/wallwall_item.tpl
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 			<div class="wall-item-title-end"></div>
 			<div class="wall-item-body" id="wall-item-body-$item.id" >$item.body
 					<div class="body-tag">
-						{{ for $item.tags as $item.tag }}
-							<span class='tag'>$item.tag</span>
+						{{ for $item.tags as $tag }}
+							<span class='tag'>$tag</span>
 						{{ endfor }}
 					</div>
 			</div>
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/search_item.tpl b/view/theme/vier/search_item.tpl
index f2a3a3c8b..fb87d7661 100755
--- a/view/theme/vier/search_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/search_item.tpl
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@
 		<div class="wall-item-links">
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-tags">
-			{{ for $item.tags as $item.tag }}
-				<span class='tag'>$item.tag</span>
+			{{ for $item.tags as $tag }}
+				<span class='tag'>$tag</span>
 			{{ endfor }}
+
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	<div class="wall-item-bottom">
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/wall_item.tpl b/view/theme/vier/wall_item.tpl
index 8b06989fa..aa972937d 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/wall_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/wall_item.tpl
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@
 		<div class="wall-item-links">
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-tags">
-			{{ for $item.tags as $item.tag }}
-				<span class='tag'>$item.tag</span>
+			{{ for $item.tags as $tag }}
+				<span class='tag'>$tag</span>
 			{{ endfor }}
+
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	<div class="wall-item-bottom">
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/wallwall_item.tpl b/view/theme/vier/wallwall_item.tpl
index a8a46c34c..c557b33f1 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/wallwall_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/vier/wallwall_item.tpl
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 		<div class="wall-item-links">
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-tags">
-			{{ for $item.tags as $item.tag }}
-				<span class='tag'>$item.tag</span>
+			{{ for $item.tags as $tag }}
+				<span class='tag'>$tag</span>
 			{{ endfor }}
 		</div>
 	</div>	
diff --git a/view/wall_item.tpl b/view/wall_item.tpl
index ddae5b609..c99077510 100755
--- a/view/wall_item.tpl
+++ b/view/wall_item.tpl
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 		<div class="wall-item-links">
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-tags">
-			{{ for $item.tags as $item.tag }}
-				<span class='tag'>$item.tag</span>
+			{{ for $item.tags as $tag }}
+				<span class='tag'>$tag</span>
 			{{ endfor }}
 		</div>
 	</div>
diff --git a/view/wallwall_item.tpl b/view/wallwall_item.tpl
index 3fc704e35..be942f261 100755
--- a/view/wallwall_item.tpl
+++ b/view/wallwall_item.tpl
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 		<div class="wall-item-links">
 		</div>
 		<div class="wall-item-tags">
-			{{ for $item.tags as $item.tag }}
-				<span class='tag'>$item.tag</span>
+			{{ for $item.tags as $tag }}
+				<span class='tag'>$tag</span>
 			{{ endfor }}
 		</div>
 	</div>