the rest of the schema updates - WARNING: some third party plugins may fail; e.g. embedphotos and chess. $item['object'] is now $item['obj'] and $photo['type'] is $photo['mimetype'], $photo['scale'] is $photo['imgscale'] and $photo['data'] is now $photo['content']. There are a number of other changes, but these are the ones noted to cause issues with third-party plugins. The project plugins have been updated. Please note any new issues as this effort touched a lot of code in a lot of files.

13 files changed, 236 insertions, 372 deletions

diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index 0833ae7b9..f0d886d9b 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ require_once('include/api_auth.php');
 			dbesc($_REQUEST['file_id'])
 		);
 		if($r) {
-			unset($r[0]['data']);				
+			unset($r[0]['content']);				
 			$ret = array('attach' => $r[0]);
 			json_return_and_die($ret);
 		}
@@ -580,21 +580,21 @@ require_once('include/api_auth.php');
 				$length = intval($ptr['filesize']);
 
 			if($ptr['is_dir'])
-				$ptr['data'] = '';
+				$ptr['content'] = '';
 			elseif(! intval($r[0]['os_storage'])) {
 				$ptr['start'] = $start;
-				$x = substr(dbunescbin($ptr['data'],$start,$length));
+				$x = substr(dbunescbin($ptr['content'],$start,$length));
 				$ptr['length'] = strlen($x);
-				$ptr['data'] = base64_encode($x);
+				$ptr['content'] = base64_encode($x);
 			}
 			else {
-				$fp = fopen(dbunescbin($ptr['data']),'r');
+				$fp = fopen(dbunescbin($ptr['content']),'r');
 				if($fp) {
 					$seek = fseek($fp,$start,SEEK_SET);
 					$x = fread($fp,$length);
 					$ptr['start'] = $start;
 					$ptr['length'] = strlen($x);
-					$ptr['data'] = base64_encode($x);
+					$ptr['content'] = base64_encode($x);
 				}
 			}
 				
@@ -617,11 +617,11 @@ require_once('include/api_auth.php');
 		);
 		if($r) {
 			if($r[0]['is_dir'])
-				$r[0]['data'] = '';
+				$r[0]['content'] = '';
 			elseif(intval($r[0]['os_storage'])) 
-				$r[0]['data'] = base64_encode(file_get_contents(dbunescbin($r[0]['data'])));
+				$r[0]['content'] = base64_encode(file_get_contents(dbunescbin($r[0]['content'])));
 			else
-				$r[0]['data'] = base64_encode(dbunescbin($r[0]['data']));
+				$r[0]['content'] = base64_encode(dbunescbin($r[0]['content']));
 				
 			$ret = array('attach' => $r[0]);
 			json_return_and_die($ret);
@@ -647,16 +647,16 @@ require_once('include/api_auth.php');
 		if (api_user()===false) return false;
 		if(! $_REQUEST['photo_id']) return false;
 		$scale = ((array_key_exists('scale',$_REQUEST)) ? intval($_REQUEST['scale']) : 0);
-		$r = q("select * from photo where uid = %d and resource_id = '%s' and scale = %d limit 1",
+		$r = q("select * from photo where uid = %d and resource_id = '%s' and imgscale = %d limit 1",
 			intval(local_channel()),
 			dbesc($_REQUEST['photo_id']),
 			intval($scale)
 		);
 		if($r) {
-            $data = dbunescbin($r[0]['data']);
+            $data = dbunescbin($r[0]['content']);
 			if(array_key_exists('os_storage',$r[0]) && intval($r[0]['os_storage']))
 				$data = file_get_contents($data);
-			$r[0]['data'] = base64_encode($data);
+			$r[0]['content'] = base64_encode($data);
 			$ret = array('photo' => $r[0]);
 			$i = q("select id from item where uid = %d and resource_type = 'photo' and resource_id = '%s' limit 1",
 				intval(local_channel()),
diff --git a/include/attach.php b/include/attach.php
index d9cd30f6d..78efde51f 100644
--- a/include/attach.php
+++ b/include/attach.php
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ function attach_store($channel, $observer_hash, $options = '', $arr = null) {
 		$edited = $created;
 
 	if($options === 'replace') {
-		$r = q("update attach set filename = '%s', filetype = '%s', folder = '%s', filesize = %d, os_storage = %d, is_photo = %d, data = '%s', edited = '%s' where id = %d and uid = %d",
+		$r = q("update attach set filename = '%s', filetype = '%s', folder = '%s', filesize = %d, os_storage = %d, is_photo = %d, content = '%s', edited = '%s' where id = %d and uid = %d",
 			dbesc($filename),
 			dbesc($mimetype),
 			dbesc($folder_hash),
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ function attach_store($channel, $observer_hash, $options = '', $arr = null) {
 		);
 	}
 	elseif($options === 'revise') {
-		$r = q("insert into attach ( aid, uid, hash, creator, filename, filetype, folder, filesize, revision, os_storage, is_photo, data, created, edited, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid )
+		$r = q("insert into attach ( aid, uid, hash, creator, filename, filetype, folder, filesize, revision, os_storage, is_photo, content, created, edited, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid )
 			VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
 			intval($x[0]['aid']),
 			intval($channel_id),
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ function attach_store($channel, $observer_hash, $options = '', $arr = null) {
 	}
 	else {
 
-		$r = q("INSERT INTO attach ( aid, uid, hash, creator, filename, filetype, folder, filesize, revision, os_storage, is_photo, data, created, edited, allow_cid, allow_gid,deny_cid, deny_gid )
+		$r = q("INSERT INTO attach ( aid, uid, hash, creator, filename, filetype, folder, filesize, revision, os_storage, is_photo, content, created, edited, allow_cid, allow_gid,deny_cid, deny_gid )
 			VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
 			intval($channel['channel_account_id']),
 			intval($channel_id),
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ function attach_mkdir($channel, $observer_hash, $arr = null) {
 
 	$created = datetime_convert();
 
-	$r = q("INSERT INTO attach ( aid, uid, hash, creator, filename, filetype, filesize, revision, folder, os_storage, is_dir, data, created, edited, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid )
+	$r = q("INSERT INTO attach ( aid, uid, hash, creator, filename, filetype, filesize, revision, folder, os_storage, is_dir, content, created, edited, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid )
 		VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
 		intval($channel['channel_account_id']),
 		intval($channel_id),
@@ -1275,16 +1275,16 @@ function attach_delete($channel_id, $resource, $is_photo = 0) {
 
 	// delete a file from filesystem
 	if(intval($r[0]['os_storage'])) {
-		$y = q("SELECT data FROM attach WHERE hash = '%s' AND uid = %d LIMIT 1",
+		$y = q("SELECT content FROM attach WHERE hash = '%s' AND uid = %d LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($resource),
 			intval($channel_id)
 		);
 
 		if($y) {
-			if(strpos($y[0]['data'],'store') === false)
-				$f = 'store/' . $channel_address . '/' . $y[0]['data'];
+			if(strpos($y[0]['content'],'store') === false)
+				$f = 'store/' . $channel_address . '/' . $y[0]['content'];
 			else
-				$f = $y[0]['data'];
+				$f = $y[0]['content'];
 
 			if(is_dir($f))
 				@rmdir($f);
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ function file_activity($channel_id, $object, $allow_cid, $allow_gid, $deny_cid,
 		$arr['deny_gid']      = perms2str($u_arr_deny_gid);
 		$arr['item_private']  = $private;
 		$arr['verb']          = ACTIVITY_UPDATE;
-		$arr['object']        = $u_jsonobject;
+		$arr['obj']           = $u_jsonobject;
 		$arr['body']          = '';
 
 		$post = item_store($arr);
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ function file_activity($channel_id, $object, $allow_cid, $allow_gid, $deny_cid,
 	$arr['deny_gid']      = perms2str($arr_deny_gid);
 	$arr['item_private']  = $private;
 	$arr['verb']          = (($update) ? ACTIVITY_UPDATE : ACTIVITY_POST);
-	$arr['object']        = (($update) ? $u_jsonobject : $jsonobject);
+	$arr['obj']           = (($update) ? $u_jsonobject : $jsonobject);
 	$arr['body']          = '';
 
 	$post = item_store($arr);
@@ -1854,21 +1854,19 @@ function attach_export_data($channel, $resource_id, $deleted = false) {
 	} while($hash_ptr);
 
 
-
-
 	$paths = array_reverse($paths);
 
 	$ret['attach'] = $paths;
 
 
 	if($attach_ptr['is_photo']) {
-		$r = q("select * from photo where resource_id = '%s' and uid = %d order by scale asc",
+		$r = q("select * from photo where resource_id = '%s' and uid = %d order by imgscale asc",
 			dbesc($resource_id),
 			intval($channel['channel_id'])
 		);
 		if($r) {
 			for($x = 0; $x < count($r); $x ++) {
-				$r[$x]['data'] = base64_encode($r[$x]['data']);
+				$r[$x]['content'] = base64_encode($r[$x]['content']);
 			}
 			$ret['photo'] = $r;
 		}
diff --git a/include/channel.php b/include/channel.php
index 0e5490c86..087bd4162 100644
--- a/include/channel.php
+++ b/include/channel.php
@@ -550,13 +550,13 @@ function identity_basic_export($channel_id, $items = false) {
 	if($r)
 		$ret['config'] = $r;
 
-	$r = q("select type, data, os_storage from photo where scale = 4 and photo_usage = %d and uid = %d limit 1",
+	$r = q("select mimetype, content, os_storage from photo where imgscale = 4 and photo_usage = %d and uid = %d limit 1",
 		intval(PHOTO_PROFILE),
 		intval($channel_id)
 	);
 
 	if($r) {
-		$ret['photo'] = array('type' => $r[0]['type'], 'data' => (($r[0]['os_storage']) ? base64url_encode(file_get_contents($r[0]['data'])) : base64url_encode($r[0]['data'])));
+		$ret['photo'] = array('type' => $r[0]['mimetype'], 'data' => (($r[0]['os_storage']) ? base64url_encode(file_get_contents($r[0]['content'])) : base64url_encode($r[0]['content'])));
 	}
 
 	// All other term types will be included in items, if requested.
@@ -1108,150 +1108,6 @@ function profile_sidebar($profile, $block = 0, $show_connect = true, $zcard = fa
 }
 
 
-/**
- * @FIXME or remove
- */
-	function get_birthdays() {
-
-		$o = '';
-
-		if(! local_channel())
-			return $o;
-
-		$bd_format = t('g A l F d') ; // 8 AM Friday January 18
-		$bd_short = t('F d');
-
-		$r = q("SELECT `event`.*, `event`.`id` AS `eid`, `contact`.* FROM `event`
-				LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `event`.`cid`
-				WHERE `event`.`uid` = %d AND `type` = 'birthday' AND `start` < '%s' AND `finish` > '%s'
-				ORDER BY `start` ASC ",
-				intval(local_channel()),
-				dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now + 6 days')),
-				dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now'))
-		);
-
-		if($r && count($r)) {
-			$total = 0;
-			$now = strtotime('now');
-			$cids = array();
-
-			$istoday = false;
-			foreach($r as $rr) {
-				if(strlen($rr['name']))
-					$total ++;
-				if((strtotime($rr['start'] . ' +00:00') < $now) && (strtotime($rr['finish'] . ' +00:00') > $now))
-					$istoday = true;
-			}
-			$classtoday = $istoday ? ' birthday-today ' : '';
-			if($total) {
-				foreach($r as &$rr) {
-					if(! strlen($rr['name']))
-						continue;
-
-					// avoid duplicates
-
-					if(in_array($rr['cid'],$cids))
-						continue;
-					$cids[] = $rr['cid'];
-
-					$today = (((strtotime($rr['start'] . ' +00:00') < $now) && (strtotime($rr['finish'] . ' +00:00') > $now)) ? true : false);
-					$sparkle = '';
-					$url = $rr['url'];
-					if($rr['network'] === NETWORK_DFRN) {
-						$sparkle = " sparkle";
-						$url = z_root() . '/redir/'  . $rr['cid'];
-					}
-	
-					$rr['link'] = $url;
-					$rr['title'] = $rr['name'];
-					$rr['date'] = day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', App::$timezone, $rr['start'], $rr['adjust'] ? $bd_format : $bd_short)) . (($today) ?  ' ' . t('[today]') : '');
-					$rr['startime'] = Null;
-					$rr['today'] = $today;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		$tpl = get_markup_template("birthdays_reminder.tpl");
-		return replace_macros($tpl, array(
-			'$baseurl' => z_root(),
-			'$classtoday' => $classtoday,
-			'$count' => $total,
-			'$event_reminders' => t('Birthday Reminders'),
-			'$event_title' => t('Birthdays this week:'),
-			'$events' => $r,
-			'$lbr' => '{',  // raw brackets mess up if/endif macro processing
-			'$rbr' => '}'
-		));
-	}
-
-
-/**
- * @FIXME
- */
-	function get_events() {
-
-		require_once('include/bbcode.php');
-
-		if(! local_channel())
-			return $o;
-
-		$bd_format = t('g A l F d') ; // 8 AM Friday January 18
-		$bd_short = t('F d');
-
-		$r = q("SELECT `event`.* FROM `event`
-				WHERE `event`.`uid` = %d AND `type` != 'birthday' AND `start` < '%s' AND `start` > '%s'
-				ORDER BY `start` ASC ",
-				intval(local_channel()),
-				dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now + 6 days')),
-				dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC','now - 1 days'))
-		);
-
-		if($r && count($r)) {
-			$now = strtotime('now');
-			$istoday = false;
-			foreach($r as $rr) {
-				if(strlen($rr['name']))
-					$total ++;
-
-				$strt = datetime_convert('UTC',$rr['convert'] ? App::$timezone : 'UTC',$rr['start'],'Y-m-d');
-				if($strt === datetime_convert('UTC',App::$timezone,'now','Y-m-d'))
-					$istoday = true;
-			}
-			$classtoday = (($istoday) ? 'event-today' : '');
-
-			foreach($r as &$rr) {
-				if($rr['adjust'])
-					$md = datetime_convert('UTC',App::$timezone,$rr['start'],'Y/m');
-				else
-					$md = datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$rr['start'],'Y/m');
-				$md .= "/#link-".$rr['id'];
-
-				$title = substr(strip_tags(bbcode($rr['desc'])),0,32) . '... ';
-				if(! $title)
-					$title = t('[No description]');
-
-				$strt = datetime_convert('UTC',$rr['convert'] ? App::$timezone : 'UTC',$rr['start']);
-				$today = ((substr($strt,0,10) === datetime_convert('UTC',App::$timezone,'now','Y-m-d')) ? true : false);
-				
-				$rr['link'] = $md;
-				$rr['title'] = $title;
-				$rr['date'] = day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', $rr['adjust'] ? App::$timezone : 'UTC', $rr['start'], $bd_format)) . (($today) ?  ' ' . t('[today]') : '');
-				$rr['startime'] = $strt;
-				$rr['today'] = $today;
-			}
-		}
-
-		$tpl = get_markup_template("events_reminder.tpl");
-		return replace_macros($tpl, array(
-			'$baseurl' => z_root(),
-			'$classtoday' => $classtoday,
-			'$count' => count($r),
-			'$event_reminders' => t('Event Reminders'),
-			'$event_title' => t('Events this week:'),
-			'$events' => $r,
-		));
-	}
-
-
 function advanced_profile(&$a) {
 	require_once('include/text.php');
 	if(! perm_is_allowed(App::$profile['profile_uid'],get_observer_hash(),'view_profile'))
@@ -1785,7 +1641,7 @@ function auto_channel_create($account_id) {
 
 function get_cover_photo($channel_id,$format = 'bbcode', $res = PHOTO_RES_COVER_1200) {
 
-	$r = q("select height, width, resource_id, type from photo where uid = %d and scale = %d and photo_usage = %d",
+	$r = q("select height, width, resource_id, mimetype from photo where uid = %d and imgscale = %d and photo_usage = %d",
 		intval($channel_id),
 		intval($res),
 		intval(PHOTO_COVER)
@@ -1808,8 +1664,8 @@ function get_cover_photo($channel_id,$format = 'bbcode', $res = PHOTO_RES_COVER_
 		default:
 			$output = array(
 				'width' => $r[0]['width'],
-				'height' => $r[0]['type'],
-				'type' => $r[0]['type'],
+				'height' => $r[0]['height'],
+				'type' => $r[0]['mimetype'],
 				'url' => $url
 			);
 			break;
@@ -1834,19 +1690,19 @@ function get_zcard($channel,$observer_hash = '',$args = array()) {
 		$width = 425;
 		$size = 'hz_small';
 		$cover_size = PHOTO_RES_COVER_425;
-		$pphoto = array('type' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 80 , 'height' => 80, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_m']);
+		$pphoto = array('mimetype' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 80 , 'height' => 80, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_m']);
 	}
 	elseif($maxwidth <= 900) {
 		$width = 900;
 		$size = 'hz_medium';
 		$cover_size = PHOTO_RES_COVER_850;
-		$pphoto = array('type' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 160 , 'height' => 160, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_l']);
+		$pphoto = array('mimetype' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 160 , 'height' => 160, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_l']);
 	}
 	elseif($maxwidth <= 1200) {
 		$width = 1200;
 		$size = 'hz_large';
 		$cover_size = PHOTO_RES_COVER_1200;
-		$pphoto = array('type' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 300 , 'height' => 300, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_l']);
+		$pphoto = array('mimetype' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 300 , 'height' => 300, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_l']);
 	}
 
 //	$scale = (float) $maxwidth / $width;
@@ -1856,7 +1712,7 @@ function get_zcard($channel,$observer_hash = '',$args = array()) {
 	$channel['channel_addr'] = $channel['channel_address'] . '@' . App::get_hostname();
 	$zcard = array('chan' => $channel);
 
-	$r = q("select height, width, resource_id, scale, type from photo where uid = %d and scale = %d and photo_usage = %d",
+	$r = q("select height, width, resource_id, imgscale, mimetype from photo where uid = %d and imgscale = %d and photo_usage = %d",
 		intval($channel['channel_id']),
 		intval($cover_size),
 		intval(PHOTO_COVER)
@@ -1864,7 +1720,7 @@ function get_zcard($channel,$observer_hash = '',$args = array()) {
 
 	if($r) {
 		$cover = $r[0];
-		$cover['href'] = z_root() . '/photo/' . $r[0]['resource_id'] . '-' . $r[0]['scale'];
+		$cover['href'] = z_root() . '/photo/' . $r[0]['resource_id'] . '-' . $r[0]['imgscale'];
 	}		
 	else {
 		$cover = $pphoto;
@@ -1900,25 +1756,25 @@ function get_zcard_embed($channel,$observer_hash = '',$args = array()) {
 		$width = 425;
 		$size = 'hz_small';
 		$cover_size = PHOTO_RES_COVER_425;
-		$pphoto = array('type' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 80 , 'height' => 80, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_m']);
+		$pphoto = array('mimetype' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 80 , 'height' => 80, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_m']);
 	}
 	elseif($maxwidth <= 900) {
 		$width = 900;
 		$size = 'hz_medium';
 		$cover_size = PHOTO_RES_COVER_850;
-		$pphoto = array('type' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 160 , 'height' => 160, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_l']);
+		$pphoto = array('mimetype' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 160 , 'height' => 160, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_l']);
 	}
 	elseif($maxwidth <= 1200) {
 		$width = 1200;
 		$size = 'hz_large';
 		$cover_size = PHOTO_RES_COVER_1200;
-		$pphoto = array('type' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 300 , 'height' => 300, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_l']);
+		$pphoto = array('mimetype' => $channel['xchan_photo_mimetype'],  'width' => 300 , 'height' => 300, 'href' => $channel['xchan_photo_l']);
 	}
 
 	$channel['channel_addr'] = $channel['channel_address'] . '@' . App::get_hostname();
 	$zcard = array('chan' => $channel);
 
-	$r = q("select height, width, resource_id, scale, type from photo where uid = %d and scale = %d and photo_usage = %d",
+	$r = q("select height, width, resource_id, imgscale, mimetype from photo where uid = %d and imgscale = %d and photo_usage = %d",
 		intval($channel['channel_id']),
 		intval($cover_size),
 		intval(PHOTO_COVER)
@@ -1926,7 +1782,7 @@ function get_zcard_embed($channel,$observer_hash = '',$args = array()) {
 
 	if($r) {
 		$cover = $r[0];
-		$cover['href'] = z_root() . '/photo/' . $r[0]['resource_id'] . '-' . $r[0]['scale'];
+		$cover['href'] = z_root() . '/photo/' . $r[0]['resource_id'] . '-' . $r[0]['imgscale'];
 	}		
 	else {
 		$cover = $pphoto;
diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index dabe2ca93..518193b08 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -93,15 +93,15 @@ function localize_item(&$item){
 
 	if (activity_match($item['verb'],ACTIVITY_LIKE) || activity_match($item['verb'],ACTIVITY_DISLIKE)){
 	
-		if(! $item['object'])
+		if(! $item['obj'])
 			return;
 
 		if(intval($item['item_thread_top']))
 			return;	
 
-		$obj = json_decode_plus($item['object']);
-		if((! $obj) && ($item['object'])) {
-			logger('localize_item: failed to decode object: ' . print_r($item['object'],true));
+		$obj = json_decode_plus($item['obj']);
+		if((! $obj) && ($item['obj'])) {
+			logger('localize_item: failed to decode object: ' . print_r($item['obj'],true));
 		}
 		
 		if($obj['author'] && $obj['author']['link'])
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ function localize_item(&$item){
 		$Alink = $item['author']['xchan_url'];
 
 
-		$obj= json_decode_plus($item['object']);
+		$obj= json_decode_plus($item['obj']);
 		
 		$Blink = $Bphoto = '';
 
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function localize_item(&$item){
 		$Aname = $item['author']['xchan_name'];
 		$Alink = $item['author']['xchan_url'];
 
-		$obj= json_decode_plus($item['object']);
+		$obj= json_decode_plus($item['obj']);
 
 		$Blink = $Bphoto = '';
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ function localize_item(&$item){
 		}
 		$plink = '[zrl=' . $obj['plink'] . ']' . $post_type . '[/zrl]';
 
-		$parsedobj = parse_xml_string($xmlhead.$item['object']);
+		$parsedobj = parse_xml_string($xmlhead.$item['obj']);
 
 		$tag = sprintf('#[zrl=%s]%s[/zrl]', $parsedobj->id, $parsedobj->content);
 		$item['body'] = sprintf( t('%1$s tagged %2$s\'s %3$s with %4$s'), $author, $objauthor, $plink, $tag );
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ function localize_item(&$item){
 
 		$xmlhead="<"."?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?".">";
 
-		$obj = parse_xml_string($xmlhead.$item['object']);
+		$obj = parse_xml_string($xmlhead.$item['obj']);
 		if(strlen($obj->id)) {
 			$r = q("select * from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
 					dbesc($obj->id),
diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
index 81e403d37..a4118ec78 100644
--- a/include/event.php
+++ b/include/event.php
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ function format_event_html($ev) {
 	$o .= '<div class="event-title"><h3><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i>&nbsp;' . bbcode($ev['summary']) .  '</h3></div>' . "\r\n";
 
 	$o .= '<div class="event-start"><span class="event-label">' . t('Starts:') . '</span>&nbsp;<span class="dtstart" title="'
-		. datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $ev['start'], (($ev['adjust']) ? ATOM_TIME : 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s' ))
+		. datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $ev['dtstart'], (($ev['adjust']) ? ATOM_TIME : 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s' ))
 		. '" >' 
 		. (($ev['adjust']) ? day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', date_default_timezone_get(), 
-			$ev['start'] , $bd_format ))
+			$ev['dtstart'] , $bd_format ))
 			:  day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', 
-			$ev['start'] , $bd_format)))
+			$ev['dtstart'] , $bd_format)))
 		. '</span></div>' . "\r\n";
 
 	if(! $ev['nofinish'])
 		$o .= '<div class="event-end" ><span class="event-label">' . t('Finishes:') . '</span>&nbsp;<span class="dtend" title="'
-			. datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$ev['finish'], (($ev['adjust']) ? ATOM_TIME : 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s' ))
+			. datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$ev['dtend'], (($ev['adjust']) ? ATOM_TIME : 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s' ))
 			. '" >' 
 			. (($ev['adjust']) ? day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', date_default_timezone_get(), 
-				$ev['finish'] , $bd_format ))
+				$ev['dtend'] , $bd_format ))
 				:  day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', 
-				$ev['finish'] , $bd_format )))
+				$ev['dtend'] , $bd_format )))
 			. '</span></div>'  . "\r\n";
 
 	$o .= '<div class="event-description">' . bbcode($ev['description']) .  '</div>' . "\r\n";
@@ -58,6 +58,37 @@ function format_event_html($ev) {
 	return $o;
 }
 
+function format_event_obj($jobject) {
+	$event = array();
+
+	$object = json_decode($jobject,true);
+
+	//ensure compatibility with older items - this check can be removed at a later point
+	if(array_key_exists('description', $object)) {
+
+		$bd_format = t('l F d, Y \@ g:i A'); // Friday January 18, 2011 @ 8:01 AM
+
+		$event['header'] = replace_macros(get_markup_template('event_item_header.tpl'),array(
+			'$title'	 => bbcode($object['title']),
+			'$dtstart_label' => t('Starts:'),
+			'$dtstart_title' => datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $object['dtstart'], (($object['adjust']) ? ATOM_TIME : 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s' )),
+			'$dtstart_dt'	 => (($object['adjust']) ? day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', date_default_timezone_get(), $object['dtstart'] , $bd_format )) : day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $object['dtstart'] , $bd_format))),
+			'$finish'	 => (($object['nofinish']) ? false : true),
+			'$dtend_label'	 => t('Finishes:'),
+			'$dtend_title'	 => datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$object['dtend'], (($object['adjust']) ? ATOM_TIME : 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s' )),
+			'$dtend_dt'	 => (($object['adjust']) ? day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', date_default_timezone_get(), $object['dtend'] , $bd_format )) :  day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $object['dtend'] , $bd_format )))
+		));
+
+		$event['content'] = replace_macros(get_markup_template('event_item_content.tpl'),array(
+			'$description'	  => bbcode($object['description']),
+			'$location_label' => t('Location:'),
+			'$location'	  => bbcode($object['location'])
+		));
+
+	}
+
+	return $event;
+}
 
 function ical_wrapper($ev) {
 
@@ -68,7 +99,7 @@ function ical_wrapper($ev) {
 	$o .= "\r\nVERSION:2.0";
 	$o .= "\r\nMETHOD:PUBLISH";
 	$o .= "\r\nPRODID:-//" . get_config('system','sitename') . "//" . Zotlabs\Lib\System::get_platform_name() . "//" . strtoupper(App::$language). "\r\n";
-	if(array_key_exists('start', $ev))
+	if(array_key_exists('dtstart', $ev))
 		$o .= format_event_ical($ev);
 	else {
 		foreach($ev as $e) {
@@ -82,7 +113,7 @@ function ical_wrapper($ev) {
 
 function format_event_ical($ev) {
 
-	if($ev['type'] === 'task')
+	if($ev['etype'] === 'task')
 		return format_todo_ical($ev);
 
 	$o = '';
@@ -92,10 +123,10 @@ function format_event_ical($ev) {
 	$o .= "\r\nCREATED:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['created'],'Ymd\\THis\\Z');
 	$o .= "\r\nLAST-MODIFIED:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['edited'],'Ymd\\THis\\Z');
 	$o .= "\r\nDTSTAMP:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['edited'],'Ymd\\THis\\Z');
-	if($ev['start']) 
-		$o .= "\r\nDTSTART:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['start'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($ev['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : ''));
-	if($ev['finish'] && ! $ev['nofinish']) 
-		$o .= "\r\nDTEND:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['finish'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($ev['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : ''));
+	if($ev['dtstart']) 
+		$o .= "\r\nDTSTART:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['dtstart'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($ev['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : ''));
+	if($ev['dtend'] && ! $ev['nofinish']) 
+		$o .= "\r\nDTEND:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['dtend'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($ev['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : ''));
 	if($ev['summary']) 
 		$o .= "\r\nSUMMARY:" . format_ical_text($ev['summary']);
 	if($ev['location'])
@@ -119,10 +150,10 @@ function format_todo_ical($ev) {
 	$o .= "\r\nCREATED:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['created'],'Ymd\\THis\\Z');
 	$o .= "\r\nLAST-MODIFIED:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['edited'],'Ymd\\THis\\Z');
 	$o .= "\r\nDTSTAMP:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['edited'],'Ymd\\THis\\Z');
-	if($ev['start']) 
-		$o .= "\r\nDTSTART:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['start'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($ev['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : ''));
-	if($ev['finish'] && ! $ev['nofinish']) 
-		$o .= "\r\nDUE:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['finish'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($ev['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : ''));
+	if($ev['dtstart']) 
+		$o .= "\r\nDTSTART:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['dtstart'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($ev['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : ''));
+	if($ev['dtend'] && ! $ev['nofinish']) 
+		$o .= "\r\nDUE:" . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $ev['dtend'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($ev['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : ''));
 	if($ev['summary']) 
 		$o .= "\r\nSUMMARY:" . format_ical_text($ev['summary']);
 	if($ev['event_status']) {
@@ -166,11 +197,11 @@ function format_event_bbcode($ev) {
 	if($ev['description'])
 		$o .= '[event-description]' . $ev['description'] . '[/event-description]';
 
-	if($ev['start'])
-		$o .= '[event-start]' . $ev['start'] . '[/event-start]';
+	if($ev['dtstart'])
+		$o .= '[event-start]' . $ev['dtstart'] . '[/event-start]';
 
-	if(($ev['finish']) && (! $ev['nofinish']))
-		$o .= '[event-finish]' . $ev['finish'] . '[/event-finish]';
+	if(($ev['dtend']) && (! $ev['nofinish']))
+		$o .= '[event-finish]' . $ev['dtend'] . '[/event-finish]';
  
 	if($ev['location'])
 		$o .= '[event-location]' . $ev['location'] . '[/event-location]';
@@ -207,10 +238,10 @@ function bbtoevent($s) {
 		$ev['description'] = $match[1];
 	$match = '';
 	if(preg_match("/\[event\-start\](.*?)\[\/event\-start\]/is",$s,$match))
-		$ev['start'] = $match[1];
+		$ev['dtstart'] = $match[1];
 	$match = '';
 	if(preg_match("/\[event\-finish\](.*?)\[\/event\-finish\]/is",$s,$match))
-		$ev['finish'] = $match[1];
+		$ev['dtend'] = $match[1];
 	$match = '';
 	if(preg_match("/\[event\-location\](.*?)\[\/event\-location\]/is",$s,$match))
 		$ev['location'] = $match[1];
@@ -220,11 +251,11 @@ function bbtoevent($s) {
 	$match = '';
 	if(preg_match("/\[event\-adjust\](.*?)\[\/event\-adjust\]/is",$s,$match))
 		$ev['adjust'] = $match[1];
-	if(array_key_exists('start',$ev)) {
-		if(array_key_exists('finish',$ev)) {
-			if($ev['finish'] === $ev['start'])
+	if(array_key_exists('dtstart',$ev)) {
+		if(array_key_exists('dtend',$ev)) {
+			if($ev['dtend'] === $ev['dtstart'])
 				$ev['nofinish'] = 1;
-			elseif($ev['finish'])
+			elseif($ev['dtend'])
 				$ev['nofinish'] = 0;
 			else
 				$ev['nofinish'] = 1;
@@ -260,8 +291,8 @@ function sort_by_date($arr) {
  */
 function ev_compare($a, $b) {
 
-	$date_a = (($a['adjust']) ? datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$a['start']) : $a['start']);
-	$date_b = (($b['adjust']) ? datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$b['start']) : $b['start']);
+	$date_a = (($a['adjust']) ? datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$a['dtstart']) : $a['dtstart']);
+	$date_b = (($b['adjust']) ? datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$b['dtstart']) : $b['dtstart']);
 
 	if ($date_a === $date_b)
 		return strcasecmp($a['description'], $b['description']);
@@ -274,7 +305,7 @@ function event_store_event($arr) {
 
 	$arr['created']        = (($arr['created'])        ? $arr['created']        : datetime_convert());
 	$arr['edited']         = (($arr['edited'])         ? $arr['edited']         : datetime_convert());
-	$arr['type']           = (($arr['type'])           ? $arr['type']           : 'event' );
+	$arr['etype']          = (($arr['etype'])          ? $arr['etype']          : 'event' );
 	$arr['event_xchan']    = (($arr['event_xchan'])    ? $arr['event_xchan']    : '');
 	$arr['event_priority'] = (($arr['event_priority']) ? $arr['event_priority'] : 0);
 
@@ -324,12 +355,12 @@ function event_store_event($arr) {
 
 		$r = q("UPDATE `event` SET
 			`edited` = '%s',
-			`start` = '%s',
-			`finish` = '%s',
+			`dtstart` = '%s',
+			`dtend` = '%s',
 			`summary` = '%s',
 			`description` = '%s',
 			`location` = '%s',
-			`type` = '%s',
+			`etype` = '%s',
 			`adjust` = %d,
 			`nofinish` = %d,
 			`event_status` = '%s',
@@ -345,12 +376,12 @@ function event_store_event($arr) {
 			WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
 
 			dbesc($arr['edited']),
-			dbesc($arr['start']),
-			dbesc($arr['finish']),
+			dbesc($arr['dtstart']),
+			dbesc($arr['dtend']),
 			dbesc($arr['summary']),
 			dbesc($arr['description']),
 			dbesc($arr['location']),
-			dbesc($arr['type']),
+			dbesc($arr['etype']),
 			intval($arr['adjust']),
 			intval($arr['nofinish']),
 			dbesc($arr['event_status']),
@@ -378,7 +409,7 @@ function event_store_event($arr) {
 		else
 			$hash = random_string() . '@' . App::get_hostname();
 
-		$r = q("INSERT INTO event ( uid,aid,event_xchan,event_hash,created,edited,start,finish,summary,description,location,type,
+		$r = q("INSERT INTO event ( uid,aid,event_xchan,event_hash,created,edited,dtstart,dtend,summary,description,location,etype,
 			adjust,nofinish, event_status, event_status_date, event_percent, event_repeat, event_sequence, event_priority, allow_cid,allow_gid,deny_cid,deny_gid)
 			VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', %d, '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
 			intval($arr['uid']),
@@ -387,12 +418,12 @@ function event_store_event($arr) {
 			dbesc($hash),
 			dbesc($arr['created']),
 			dbesc($arr['edited']),
-			dbesc($arr['start']),
-			dbesc($arr['finish']),
+			dbesc($arr['dtstart']),
+			dbesc($arr['dtend']),
 			dbesc($arr['summary']),
 			dbesc($arr['description']),
 			dbesc($arr['location']),
-			dbesc($arr['type']),
+			dbesc($arr['etype']),
 			intval($arr['adjust']),
 			intval($arr['nofinish']),
 			dbesc($arr['event_status']),
@@ -441,7 +472,7 @@ function event_addtocal($item_id, $uid) {
 
 	$ev = bbtoevent($r[0]['body']);
 
-	if(x($ev,'summary') && x($ev,'start')) {
+	if(x($ev,'summary') && x($ev,'dtstart')) {
 		$ev['event_xchan'] = $item['author_xchan'];
 		$ev['uid']         = $channel['channel_id'];
 		$ev['account']     = $channel['channel_account_id'];
@@ -554,20 +585,20 @@ function event_import_ical($ical, $uid) {
 
 //	logger('dtstart: ' . var_export($dtstart,true));
 
-	$ev['start'] = datetime_convert((($ev['adjust']) ? 'UTC' : date_default_timezone_get()),'UTC',
+	$ev['dtstart'] = datetime_convert((($ev['adjust']) ? 'UTC' : date_default_timezone_get()),'UTC',
 		$dtstart->format(\DateTime::W3C));
 
 
 	if(isset($ical->DTEND)) {
 		$dtend = $ical->DTEND->getDateTime();
-		$ev['finish'] = datetime_convert((($ev['adjust']) ? 'UTC' : date_default_timezone_get()),'UTC',
+		$ev['dtend'] = datetime_convert((($ev['adjust']) ? 'UTC' : date_default_timezone_get()),'UTC',
 			$dtend->format(\DateTime::W3C));
 	}
 	else
 		$ev['nofinish'] = 1;
 
 
-	if($ev['start'] === $ev['finish'])
+	if($ev['dtstart'] === $ev['dtend'])
 		$ev['nofinish'] = 1;
 
 	if(isset($ical->CREATED)) {
@@ -601,7 +632,7 @@ function event_import_ical($ical, $uid) {
 			$ev['external_id'] = $evuid;
 	}
 		
-	if($ev['summary'] && $ev['start']) {
+	if($ev['summary'] && $ev['dtstart']) {
 		$ev['event_xchan'] = $channel['channel_hash'];
 		$ev['uid']         = $channel['channel_id'];
 		$ev['account']     = $channel['channel_account_id'];
@@ -640,29 +671,24 @@ function event_import_ical_task($ical, $uid) {
 
 	$dtstart = $ical->DTSTART->getDateTime();
 
+	$ev['adjust'] = (($ical->DTSTART->isFloating()) ? 1 : 0);
+
 //	logger('dtstart: ' . var_export($dtstart,true));
 
-	if(($dtstart->timezone_type == 2) || (($dtstart->timezone_type == 3) && ($dtstart->timezone === 'UTC'))) {
-		$ev['adjust'] = 1;
-	}
-	else {
-		$ev['adjust'] = 0;
-	}
-	
-	$ev['start'] = datetime_convert((($ev['adjust']) ? 'UTC' : date_default_timezone_get()),'UTC',
+	$ev['dtstart'] = datetime_convert((($ev['adjust']) ? 'UTC' : date_default_timezone_get()),'UTC',
 		$dtstart->format(\DateTime::W3C));
 
 
 	if(isset($ical->DUE)) {
 		$dtend = $ical->DUE->getDateTime();
-		$ev['finish'] = datetime_convert((($ev['adjust']) ? 'UTC' : date_default_timezone_get()),'UTC',
+		$ev['dtend'] = datetime_convert((($ev['adjust']) ? 'UTC' : date_default_timezone_get()),'UTC',
 			$dtend->format(\DateTime::W3C));
 	}
 	else
 		$ev['nofinish'] = 1;
 
 
-	if($ev['start'] === $ev['finish'])
+	if($ev['dtstart'] === $ev['dtend'])
 		$ev['nofinish'] = 1;
 
 	if(isset($ical->CREATED)) {
@@ -727,9 +753,9 @@ function event_import_ical_task($ical, $uid) {
 		$ev['event_percent'] = (string) $ical->{'PERCENT-COMPLETE'} ;
 	}
 
-	$ev['type'] = 'task';
+	$ev['etype'] = 'task';
 
-	if($ev['summary'] && $ev['start']) {
+	if($ev['summary'] && $ev['dtstart']) {
 		$ev['event_xchan'] = $channel['channel_hash'];
 		$ev['uid']         = $channel['channel_id'];
 		$ev['account']     = $channel['channel_account_id'];
@@ -781,7 +807,7 @@ function event_store_item($arr, $event) {
 	if(($event) && array_key_exists('event_hash',$event) && (! array_key_exists('event_hash',$arr)))
 		$arr['event_hash'] = $event['event_hash'];
 
-	if($event['type'] === 'birthday') {
+	if($event['etype'] === 'birthday') {
 		if(! is_sys_channel($arr['uid']))
 			$prefix =  t('This event has been added to your calendar.');
 //		$birthday = true;
@@ -805,21 +831,22 @@ function event_store_item($arr, $event) {
 			'type'    => ACTIVITY_OBJ_EVENT,
 			'id'      => z_root() . '/event/' . $r[0]['resource_id'],
 			'title'   => $arr['summary'],
-			'start'   => $arr['start'],
-			'finish'  => $arr['finish'],
+			'dtstart' => $arr['dtstart'],
+			'dtend'  => $arr['dtend'],
 			'nofinish'  => $arr['nofinish'],
 			'description' => $arr['description'],
 			'location'   => $arr['location'],
 			'adjust'   => $arr['adjust'],
 			'content' => format_event_bbcode($arr),
 			'author'  => array(
-			'name'     => $r[0]['xchan_name'],
-			'address'  => $r[0]['xchan_addr'],
-			'guid'     => $r[0]['xchan_guid'],
-			'guid_sig' => $r[0]['xchan_guid_sig'],
-			'link'     => array(
-				array('rel' => 'alternate', 'type' => 'text/html', 'href' => $r[0]['xchan_url']),
-				array('rel' => 'photo', 'type' => $r[0]['xchan_photo_mimetype'], 'href' => $r[0]['xchan_photo_m'])),
+				'name'     => $r[0]['xchan_name'],
+				'address'  => $r[0]['xchan_addr'],
+				'guid'     => $r[0]['xchan_guid'],
+				'guid_sig' => $r[0]['xchan_guid_sig'],
+				'link'     => array(
+					array('rel' => 'alternate', 'type' => 'text/html', 'href' => $r[0]['xchan_url']),
+					array('rel' => 'photo', 'type' => $r[0]['xchan_photo_mimetype'], 'href' => $r[0]['xchan_photo_m'])
+				),
 			),
 		));
 
@@ -830,7 +857,7 @@ function event_store_item($arr, $event) {
 
 		$sig = '';
 
-		q("UPDATE item SET title = '%s', body = '%s', object = '%s', allow_cid = '%s', allow_gid = '%s', deny_cid = '%s', deny_gid = '%s', edited = '%s', sig = '%s', item_flags = %d, item_private = %d, obj_type = '%s'  WHERE id = %d AND uid = %d",
+		q("UPDATE item SET title = '%s', body = '%s', obj = '%s', allow_cid = '%s', allow_gid = '%s', deny_cid = '%s', deny_gid = '%s', edited = '%s', sig = '%s', item_flags = %d, item_private = %d, obj_type = '%s'  WHERE id = %d AND uid = %d",
 			dbesc($arr['summary']),
 			dbesc($prefix . format_event_bbcode($arr)),
 			dbesc($object),
@@ -946,12 +973,12 @@ function event_store_item($arr, $event) {
 				dbesc($arr['event_xchan'])
 		);
 		if($x) {
-			$item_arr['object'] = json_encode(array(
+			$item_arr['obj'] = json_encode(array(
 				'type'    => ACTIVITY_OBJ_EVENT,
 				'id'      => z_root() . '/event/' . $event['event_hash'],
 				'title'   => $arr['summary'],
-				'start'   => $arr['start'],
-				'finish'  => $arr['finish'],
+				'dtstart' => $arr['dtstart'],
+				'dtend'  => $arr['dtend'],
 				'nofinish'  => $arr['nofinish'],
 				'description' => $arr['description'],
 				'location'   => $arr['location'],
@@ -1001,7 +1028,7 @@ function tasks_fetch($arr) {
     if($arr && $arr['all'] == 1)
         $sql_extra = '';
 
-    $r = q("select * from event where type = 'task' and uid = %d $sql_extra order by created desc",
+    $r = q("select * from event where etype = 'task' and uid = %d $sql_extra order by created desc",
         intval(local_channel())
     );
 
diff --git a/include/feedutils.php b/include/feedutils.php
index fb938cfdd..685b2f982 100644
--- a/include/feedutils.php
+++ b/include/feedutils.php
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ function construct_verb($item) {
 
 function construct_activity_object($item) {
 
-	if($item['object']) {
+	if($item['obj']) {
 		$o = '<as:object>' . "\r\n";
-		$r = json_decode($item['object'],false);
+		$r = json_decode($item['obj'],false);
 
 		if(! $r)
 			return '';
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ function get_atom_elements($feed, $item, &$author) {
 			$obj['content'] = $body;
 		}
 
-		$res['object'] = $obj;
+		$res['obj'] = $obj;
 	}
 
 	$rawobj = $item->get_item_tags(NAMESPACE_ACTIVITY, 'target');
@@ -1163,12 +1163,12 @@ function atom_entry($item,$type,$author,$owner,$comment = false,$cid = 0) {
 	}
 
 	if(activity_match($item['obj_type'],ACTIVITY_OBJ_EVENT) && activity_match($item['verb'],ACTIVITY_POST)) {
-		$obj = ((is_array($item['obj'])) ? $item['object'] : json_decode($item['object'],true));
+		$obj = ((is_array($item['obj'])) ? $item['obj'] : json_decode($item['obj'],true));
  
 		$o .= '<title>' . xmlify($item['title']) . '</title>' . "\r\n";
 		$o .= '<summary xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xcal">' . xmlify(bbcode($obj['title'])) . '</summary>' . "\r\n";
-		$o .= '<dtstart xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xcal">' . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $obj['start'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($obj['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : '')) .  '</dtstart>' . "\r\n";
-		$o .= '<dtend xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xcal">' . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $obj['finish'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($obj['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : '')) .  '</dtend>' . "\r\n";
+		$o .= '<dtstart xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xcal">' . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $obj['dtstart'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($obj['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : '')) .  '</dtstart>' . "\r\n";
+		$o .= '<dtend xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xcal">' . datetime_convert('UTC','UTC', $obj['dtend'],'Ymd\\THis' . (($obj['adjust']) ? '\\Z' : '')) .  '</dtend>' . "\r\n";
 		$o .= '<location xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xcal">' . xmlify(bbcode($obj['location'])) . '</location>' . "\r\n";
 		$o .= '<content type="' . $type . '" >' . xmlify(bbcode($obj['description'])) . '</content>' . "\r\n";
 	}
diff --git a/include/import.php b/include/import.php
index d094fb582..6fcb08416 100644
--- a/include/import.php
+++ b/include/import.php
@@ -974,6 +974,11 @@ function sync_files($channel,$files) {
 				$attachment_stored = false;
 				foreach($f['attach'] as $att) {
 
+					if(array_key_exists('data',$att)) {
+						$att['content'] = $att['data'];
+						unset($att['data']);
+					}
+
 					if($att['deleted']) {
 						attach_delete($channel,$att['hash']);
 						continue;
@@ -1043,7 +1048,7 @@ function sync_files($channel,$files) {
 
 // @fixme - update attachment structures if they are modified rather than created
 
-					$att['data'] = $newfname;
+					$att['content'] = $newfname;
 
 					// Note: we use $att['hash'] below after it has been escaped to
 					// fetch the file contents. 
@@ -1125,6 +1130,15 @@ function sync_files($channel,$files) {
 					$p['aid'] = $channel['channel_account_id'];
 					$p['uid'] = $channel['channel_id'];
 
+					if(array_key_exists('data',$p)) {
+						$p['content'] = $p['data'];
+						unset($p['data']);
+					}
+					if(array_key_exists('scale',$p)) {
+						$p['imgscale'] = $p['scale'];
+						unset($p['scale']);
+					}
+
 					// if this is a profile photo, undo the profile photo bit
 					// for any other photo which previously held it.
 
@@ -1150,15 +1164,15 @@ function sync_files($channel,$files) {
 						);
 					}
 
-					if($p['scale'] === 0 && $p['os_storage'])
-						$p['data'] = $store_path;
+					if($p['imgscale'] === 0 && $p['os_storage'])
+						$p['content'] = $store_path;
 					else
-						$p['data'] = base64_decode($p['data']);
+						$p['content'] = base64_decode($p['content']);
 
 
-					$exists = q("select * from photo where resource_id = '%s' and scale = %d and uid = %d limit 1",
+					$exists = q("select * from photo where resource_id = '%s' and imgscale = %d and uid = %d limit 1",
 						dbesc($p['resource_id']),
-						intval($p['scale']),
+						intval($p['imgscale']),
 						intval($channel['channel_id'])
 					);
 
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index b283ed3ab..f473b2bac 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ function get_item_elements($x,$allow_code = false) {
 
 	$arr['diaspora_meta'] = (($x['diaspora_signature']) ? $x['diaspora_signature'] : '');
 
-	$arr['object']       = activity_sanitise($x['object']);
+	$arr['obj']          = activity_sanitise($x['object']);
 	$arr['target']       = activity_sanitise($x['target']);
 
 	$arr['attach']       = activity_sanitise($x['attach']);
@@ -1055,8 +1055,8 @@ function encode_item($item,$mirror = false) {
 
 	$x['owner']           = encode_item_xchan($item['owner']);
 	$x['author']          = encode_item_xchan($item['author']);
-	if($item['object'])
-		$x['object']      = json_decode_plus($item['object']);
+	if($item['obj'])
+		$x['object']      = json_decode_plus($item['obj']);
 	if($item['target'])
 		$x['target']      = json_decode_plus($item['target']);
 	if($item['attach'])
@@ -1595,9 +1595,9 @@ function item_store($arr, $allow_exec = false, $deliver = true) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if((x($arr,'object')) && is_array($arr['object'])) {
-		activity_sanitise($arr['object']);
-		$arr['object'] = json_encode($arr['object']);
+	if((x($arr,'obj')) && is_array($arr['obj'])) {
+		activity_sanitise($arr['obj']);
+		$arr['obj'] = json_encode($arr['obj']);
 	}
 
 	if((x($arr,'target')) && is_array($arr['target'])) {
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ function item_store($arr, $allow_exec = false, $deliver = true) {
 	$arr['thr_parent']    = ((x($arr,'thr_parent'))    ? notags(trim($arr['thr_parent']))    : $arr['parent_mid']);
 	$arr['verb']          = ((x($arr,'verb'))          ? notags(trim($arr['verb']))          : ACTIVITY_POST);
 	$arr['obj_type']      = ((x($arr,'obj_type'))      ? notags(trim($arr['obj_type']))      : ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE);
-	$arr['object']        = ((x($arr,'object'))        ? trim($arr['object'])                : '');
+	$arr['obj']           = ((x($arr,'obj'))           ? trim($arr['obj'])                   : '');
 	$arr['tgt_type']      = ((x($arr,'tgt_type'))      ? notags(trim($arr['tgt_type']))      : '');
 	$arr['target']        = ((x($arr,'target'))        ? trim($arr['target'])                : '');
 	$arr['plink']         = ((x($arr,'plink'))         ? notags(trim($arr['plink']))         : '');
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ function item_store($arr, $allow_exec = false, $deliver = true) {
 				return $ret;
 			}
 
-			if(($arr['obj_type'] == ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE) && (! $arr['object']))
+			if(($arr['obj_type'] == ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE) && (! $arr['obj']))
 				$arr['obj_type'] = ACTIVITY_OBJ_COMMENT;
 
 			// is the new message multi-level threaded?
@@ -1991,9 +1991,9 @@ function item_store_update($arr,$allow_exec = false, $deliver = true) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if((x($arr,'object')) && is_array($arr['object'])) {
-		activity_sanitise($arr['object']);
-		$arr['object'] = json_encode($arr['object']);
+	if((x($arr,'obj')) && is_array($arr['obj'])) {
+		activity_sanitise($arr['obj']);
+		$arr['obj'] = json_encode($arr['obj']);
 	}
 
 	if((x($arr,'target')) && is_array($arr['target'])) {
@@ -2035,7 +2035,7 @@ function item_store_update($arr,$allow_exec = false, $deliver = true) {
 	$arr['coord']         = ((x($arr,'coord'))         ? notags(trim($arr['coord']))         : $orig[0]['coord']);
 	$arr['verb']          = ((x($arr,'verb'))          ? notags(trim($arr['verb']))          : $orig[0]['verb']);
 	$arr['obj_type']      = ((x($arr,'obj_type'))      ? notags(trim($arr['obj_type']))      : $orig[0]['obj_type']);
-	$arr['object']        = ((x($arr,'object'))        ? trim($arr['object'])                : $orig[0]['object']);
+	$arr['obj']           = ((x($arr,'obj'))           ? trim($arr['obj'])                   : $orig[0]['obj']);
 	$arr['tgt_type']      = ((x($arr,'tgt_type'))      ? notags(trim($arr['tgt_type']))      : $orig[0]['tgt_type']);
 	$arr['target']        = ((x($arr,'target'))        ? trim($arr['target'])                : $orig[0]['target']);
 	$arr['plink']         = ((x($arr,'plink'))         ? notags(trim($arr['plink']))         : $orig[0]['plink']);
@@ -2369,10 +2369,10 @@ function tag_deliver($uid, $item_id) {
 	if (stristr($item['verb'],ACTIVITY_POKE)) {
 		$poke_notify = true;
 
-		if(($item['obj_type'] == "") || ($item['obj_type'] !== ACTIVITY_OBJ_PERSON) || (! $item['object']))
+		if(($item['obj_type'] == "") || ($item['obj_type'] !== ACTIVITY_OBJ_PERSON) || (! $item['obj']))
 			$poke_notify = false;
 
-		$obj = json_decode_plus($item['object']);
+		$obj = json_decode_plus($item['obj']);
 		if($obj) {
 			if($obj['id'] !== $u[0]['channel_hash'])
 				$poke_notify = false;
@@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ function tag_deliver($uid, $item_id) {
 					intval($u[0]['channel_id'])
 				);
 				if($p) {
-					$j_obj = json_decode_plus($item['object']);
+					$j_obj = json_decode_plus($item['obj']);
 					logger('tag_deliver: tag object: ' . print_r($j_obj,true), LOGGER_DATA);
 					if($j_obj && $j_obj['id'] && $j_obj['title']) {
 						if(is_array($j_obj['link']))
@@ -3093,7 +3093,7 @@ function fix_private_photos($s, $uid, $item = null, $cid = 0) {
 			if($x) {
 				$res = substr($i,$x+1);
 				$i = substr($i,0,$x);
-				$r = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `resource_id` = '%s' AND `scale` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
+				$r = q("SELECT * FROM `photo` WHERE `resource_id` = '%s' AND `imgscale` = %d AND `uid` = %d",
 					dbesc($i),
 					intval($res),
 					intval($uid)
@@ -4263,7 +4263,7 @@ function send_profile_photo_activity($channel,$photo,$profile) {
 	$arr['obj_type'] = ACTIVITY_OBJ_PHOTO;
 	$arr['verb'] = ACTIVITY_UPDATE;
 
-	$arr['object'] = json_encode(array(
+	$arr['obj'] = json_encode(array(
 		'type' => $arr['obj_type'],
 		'id' => z_root() . '/photo/profile/l/' . $channel['channel_id'],
 		'link' => array('rel' => 'photo', 'type' => $photo['type'], 'href' => z_root() . '/photo/profile/l/' . $channel['channel_id'])
diff --git a/include/photo/photo_driver.php b/include/photo/photo_driver.php
index e57a9165a..6de75d497 100644
--- a/include/photo/photo_driver.php
+++ b/include/photo/photo_driver.php
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ abstract class photo_driver {
 		$p['resource_id'] = (($arr['resource_id']) ? $arr['resource_id'] : '');
 		$p['filename'] = (($arr['filename']) ? $arr['filename'] : '');
 		$p['album'] = (($arr['album']) ? $arr['album'] : '');
-		$p['scale'] = ((intval($arr['scale'])) ? intval($arr['scale']) : 0);
+		$p['imgscale'] = ((intval($arr['imgscale'])) ? intval($arr['imgscale']) : 0);
 		$p['allow_cid'] = (($arr['allow_cid']) ? $arr['allow_cid'] : '');
 		$p['allow_gid'] = (($arr['allow_gid']) ? $arr['allow_gid'] : '');
 		$p['deny_cid'] = (($arr['deny_cid']) ? $arr['deny_cid'] : '');
@@ -329,14 +329,14 @@ abstract class photo_driver {
 		$p['os_storage'] = intval($arr['os_storage']);			
 		$p['os_path'] = $arr['os_path'];
 
-		if(! intval($p['scale']))
-			logger('save: ' . print_r($arr,true));
+		if(! intval($p['imgscale']))
+			logger('save: ' . print_r($arr,true), LOGGER_DATA);
 
-		$x = q("select id from photo where resource_id = '%s' and uid = %d and xchan = '%s' and `scale` = %d limit 1",
+		$x = q("select id from photo where resource_id = '%s' and uid = %d and xchan = '%s' and imgscale = %d limit 1",
 				dbesc($p['resource_id']),
 				intval($p['uid']),
 				dbesc($p['xchan']),
-				intval($p['scale'])
+				intval($p['imgscale'])
 		);
 		if($x) {
 			$r = q("UPDATE `photo` set
@@ -347,14 +347,14 @@ abstract class photo_driver {
 				`created` = '%s',
 				`edited` = '%s',
 				`filename` = '%s',
-				`type` = '%s',
+				`mimetype` = '%s',
 				`album` = '%s',
 				`height` = %d,
 				`width` = %d,
-				`data` = '%s',
+				`content` = '%s',
 				`os_storage` = %d, 
-				`size` = %d,
-				`scale` = %d,
+				`filesize` = %d,
+				`imgscale` = %d,
 				`photo_usage` = %d,
 				`title` = '%s',
 				`description` = '%s',
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ abstract class photo_driver {
 				(intval($p['os_storage']) ? dbesc($p['os_path']) : dbescbin($this->imageString())),
 				intval($p['os_storage']),
 				intval(strlen($this->imageString())),
-				intval($p['scale']),
+				intval($p['imgscale']),
 				intval($p['photo_usage']),
 				dbesc($p['title']),
 				dbesc($p['description']),
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ abstract class photo_driver {
 		}
 		else {
 			$r = q("INSERT INTO `photo`
-				( `aid`, `uid`, `xchan`, `resource_id`, `created`, `edited`, `filename`, type, `album`, `height`, `width`, `data`, `os_storage`, `size`, `scale`, `photo_usage`, `title`, `description`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid` )
+				( `aid`, `uid`, `xchan`, `resource_id`, `created`, `edited`, `filename`, mimetype, `album`, `height`, `width`, `content`, `os_storage`, `filesize`, `imgscale`, `photo_usage`, `title`, `description`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid` )
 				VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', %d, %d, %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
 				intval($p['aid']),
 				intval($p['uid']),
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ abstract class photo_driver {
 				(intval($p['os_storage']) ? dbesc($p['os_path']) : dbescbin($this->imageString())),
 				intval($p['os_storage']),
 				intval(strlen($this->imageString())),
-				intval($p['scale']),
+				intval($p['imgscale']),
 				intval($p['photo_usage']),
 				dbesc($p['title']),
 				dbesc($p['description']),
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ abstract class photo_driver {
 
 	public function store($aid, $uid, $xchan, $rid, $filename, $album, $scale, $usage = PHOTO_NORMAL, $allow_cid = '', $allow_gid = '', $deny_cid = '', $deny_gid = '') {
 
-		$x = q("select id from photo where `resource_id` = '%s' and uid = %d and `xchan` = '%s' and `scale` = %d limit 1",
+		$x = q("select id from photo where `resource_id` = '%s' and uid = %d and `xchan` = '%s' and `imgscale` = %d limit 1",
 				dbesc($rid),
 				intval($uid),
 				dbesc($xchan),
@@ -437,13 +437,13 @@ abstract class photo_driver {
 				`created` = '%s',
 				`edited` = '%s',
 				`filename` = '%s',
-				`type` = '%s',
+				`mimetype` = '%s',
 				`album` = '%s',
 				`height` = %d,
 				`width` = %d,
-				`data` = '%s',
-				`size` = %d,
-				`scale` = %d,
+				`content` = '%s',
+				`filesize` = %d,
+				`imgscale` = %d,
 				`photo_usage` = %d,
 				`allow_cid` = '%s',
 				`allow_gid` = '%s',
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ abstract class photo_driver {
 		}
 		else {
 			$r = q("INSERT INTO `photo`
-				( `aid`, `uid`, `xchan`, `resource_id`, `created`, `edited`, `filename`, type, `album`, `height`, `width`, `data`, `size`, `scale`, `photo_usage`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid` )
+				( `aid`, `uid`, `xchan`, `resource_id`, `created`, `edited`, `filename`, mimetype, `album`, `height`, `width`, `content`, `filesize`, `imgscale`, `photo_usage`, `allow_cid`, `allow_gid`, `deny_cid`, `deny_gid` )
 				VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', %d, %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
 				intval($aid),
 				intval($uid),
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ function import_xchan_photo($photo,$xchan,$thing = false) {
 	if($thing)
 		$hash = photo_new_resource();
 	else {
-		$r = q("select resource_id from photo where xchan = '%s' and photo_usage = %d and scale = 4 limit 1",
+		$r = q("select resource_id from photo where xchan = '%s' and photo_usage = %d and imgscale = 4 limit 1",
 			dbesc($xchan),
 			intval(PHOTO_XCHAN)
 		);
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ function import_xchan_photo($photo,$xchan,$thing = false) {
 			else 
 				$photo_failure = true;
 
-			$p = array('xchan' => $xchan,'resource_id' => $hash, 'filename' => basename($photo), 'album' => $album, 'photo_usage' => $flags, 'scale' => 4);
+			$p = array('xchan' => $xchan,'resource_id' => $hash, 'filename' => basename($photo), 'album' => $album, 'photo_usage' => $flags, 'imgscale' => 4);
 
 			$r = $img->save($p);
 
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ function import_xchan_photo($photo,$xchan,$thing = false) {
 				$photo_failure = true;
 
 			$img->scaleImage(80);
-			$p['scale'] = 5;
+			$p['imgscale'] = 5;
 	
 			$r = $img->save($p);
 
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ function import_xchan_photo($photo,$xchan,$thing = false) {
 				$photo_failure = true;
 	
 			$img->scaleImage(48);
-			$p['scale'] = 6;
+			$p['imgscale'] = 6;
 	
 			$r = $img->save($p);
 
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ function import_channel_photo($photo,$type,$aid,$uid) {
 
 		$img->scaleImageSquare(300);
 
-		$p = array('aid' => $aid, 'uid' => $uid, 'resource_id' => $hash, 'filename' => $filename, 'album' => t('Profile Photos'), 'photo_usage' => PHOTO_PROFILE, 'scale' => 4);
+		$p = array('aid' => $aid, 'uid' => $uid, 'resource_id' => $hash, 'filename' => $filename, 'album' => t('Profile Photos'), 'photo_usage' => PHOTO_PROFILE, 'imgscale' => 4);
 
 		$r = $img->save($p);
 
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ function import_channel_photo($photo,$type,$aid,$uid) {
 			$photo_failure = true;
 
 		$img->scaleImage(80);
-		$p['scale'] = 5;
+		$p['imgscale'] = 5;
 
 		$r = $img->save($p);
 
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ function import_channel_photo($photo,$type,$aid,$uid) {
 			$photo_failure = true;
 
 		$img->scaleImage(48);
-		$p['scale'] = 6;
+		$p['imgscale'] = 6;
 
 		$r = $img->save($p);
 
diff --git a/include/photos.php b/include/photos.php
index c333a4d04..1cc64f6fa 100644
--- a/include/photos.php
+++ b/include/photos.php
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 		$type = $args['getimagesize']['mime'];
 		$os_storage = 1;
 	}
-	elseif ($args['data']) {
+	elseif ($args['data'] || $args['content']) {
 
 		// allow an import from a binary string representing the image.
 		// This bypasses the upload step and max size limit checking
 
-		$imagedata = $args['data'];
+		$imagedata = (($args['content']) ? $args['content'] : $args['data']);
 		$filename = $args['filename'];
 		$filesize = strlen($imagedata);
 		// this is going to be deleted if it exists
 		$src = '/tmp/deletemenow';
-		$type = $args['type'];
+		$type = (($args['mimetype']) ? $args['mimetype'] : $args['type']);
 	} else {
 		$f = array('src' => '', 'filename' => '', 'filesize' => 0, 'type' => '');
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 		$imagedata = @file_get_contents($src);
 	}
 
-	$r = q("select sum(size) as total from photo where aid = %d and scale = 0 ",
+	$r = q("select sum(filesize) as total from photo where aid = %d and imgscale = 0 ",
 		intval($account_id)
 	);
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 	$errors = false;
 
 	$p = array('aid' => $account_id, 'uid' => $channel_id, 'xchan' => $visitor, 'resource_id' => $photo_hash,
-		'filename' => $filename, 'album' => $album, 'scale' => 0, 'photo_usage' => PHOTO_NORMAL, 
+		'filename' => $filename, 'album' => $album, 'imgscale' => 0, 'photo_usage' => PHOTO_NORMAL, 
 		'allow_cid' => $ac['allow_cid'], 'allow_gid' => $ac['allow_gid'],
 		'deny_cid' => $ac['deny_cid'], 'deny_gid' => $ac['deny_gid'],
 		'os_storage' => $os_storage, 'os_path' => $args['os_path']
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 	if(($width > 1024 || $height > 1024) && (! $errors))
 		$ph->scaleImage(1024);
 
-	$p['scale'] = 1;
+	$p['imgscale'] = 1;
 	$r1 = $ph->save($p);
 	$link[1] = array(
 		'rel'  => 'alternate',
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 	if(($width > 640 || $height > 640) && (! $errors)) 
 		$ph->scaleImage(640);
 
-	$p['scale'] = 2;
+	$p['imgscale'] = 2;
 	$r2 = $ph->save($p);
 	$link[2] = array(
 		'rel'  => 'alternate',
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 	if(($width > 320 || $height > 320) && (! $errors)) 
 		$ph->scaleImage(320);
 
-	$p['scale'] = 3;
+	$p['imgscale'] = 3;
 	$r3 = $ph->save($p);
 	$link[3] = array(
 		'rel'  => 'alternate',
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 
 				$item['body'] = $args['body'];
 				$item['obj_type'] = ACTIVITY_OBJ_PHOTO;
-				$item['object']	= json_encode($object);
+				$item['obj']	= json_encode($object);
 
 				$item['tgt_type'] = ACTIVITY_OBJ_ALBUM;
 				$item['target']	= json_encode($target);
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 		$arr['deny_cid']        = $ac['deny_cid'];
 		$arr['deny_gid']        = $ac['deny_gid'];
 		$arr['verb']            = ACTIVITY_POST;
-		$arr['obj_type']	= ACTIVITY_OBJ_PHOTO;
-		$arr['object']		= json_encode($object);
+		$arr['obj_type']	    = ACTIVITY_OBJ_PHOTO;
+		$arr['obj']		        = json_encode($object);
 		$arr['tgt_type']        = ACTIVITY_OBJ_ALBUM;
 		$arr['target']	        = json_encode($target);
 		$arr['item_wall']       = 1;
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ function photos_list_photos($channel, $observer, $album = '') {
 
 	$ret = array('success' => false);
 
-	$r = q("select resource_id, created, edited, title, description, album, filename, type, height, width, size, scale, photo_usage, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid from photo where uid = %d and photo_usage in ( %d, %d ) $sql_extra ",
+	$r = q("select resource_id, created, edited, title, description, album, filename, mimetype, height, width, filesize, imgscale, photo_usage, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid from photo where uid = %d and photo_usage in ( %d, %d ) $sql_extra ",
 		intval($channel_id),
 		intval(PHOTO_NORMAL),
 		intval(PHOTO_PROFILE)
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ function photos_list_photos($channel, $observer, $album = '') {
 
 	if($r) {
 		for($x = 0; $x < count($r); $x ++) {
-			$r[$x]['src'] = z_root() . '/photo/' . $r[$x]['resource_id'] . '-' . $r[$x]['scale'];
+			$r[$x]['src'] = z_root() . '/photo/' . $r[$x]['resource_id'] . '-' . $r[$x]['imgscale'];
 		}
 		$ret['success'] = true;
 		$ret['photos'] = $r;
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ function photos_create_item($channel, $creator_hash, $photo, $visible = false) {
 	$arr['plink']           = z_root() . '/channel/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/?f=&mid=' . $arr['mid'];
 			
 	$arr['body']            = '[zrl=' . z_root() . '/photos/' . $channel['channel_address'] . '/image/' . $photo['resource_id'] . ']' 
-		. '[zmg]' . z_root() . '/photo/' . $photo['resource_id'] . '-' . $photo['scale'] . '[/zmg]' 
+		. '[zmg]' . z_root() . '/photo/' . $photo['resource_id'] . '-' . $photo['imgscale'] . '[/zmg]' 
 		. '[/zrl]';
 
 	$result = item_store($arr);
diff --git a/include/sharedwithme.php b/include/sharedwithme.php
index b01764ad3..b342f51d5 100644
--- a/include/sharedwithme.php
+++ b/include/sharedwithme.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 function apply_updates() {
 
 	//check for updated items and remove them
-	$x = q("SELECT mid, max(object) AS object FROM item WHERE verb = '%s' AND obj_type = '%s' GROUP BY mid",
+	$x = q("SELECT mid, max(obj) AS obj FROM item WHERE verb = '%s' AND obj_type = '%s' GROUP BY mid",
 		dbesc(ACTIVITY_UPDATE),
 		dbesc(ACTIVITY_OBJ_FILE)
 	);
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function apply_updates() {
 
 		foreach($x as $xx) {
 
-			$object = json_decode($xx['object'],true);
+			$object = json_decode($xx['obj'],true);
 
 			$d_mid = $object['d_mid'];
 			$u_mid = $xx['mid'];
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index c57f5fce4..551cb72bc 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -1458,37 +1458,6 @@ function generate_named_map($location) {
 	return (($arr['html']) ? $arr['html'] : $location);
 }
 
-function format_event($jobject) {
-	$event = array();
-
-	$object = json_decode($jobject,true);
-
-	//ensure compatibility with older items - this check can be removed at a later point
-	if(array_key_exists('description', $object)) {
-
-		$bd_format = t('l F d, Y \@ g:i A'); // Friday January 18, 2011 @ 8:01 AM
-
-		$event['header'] = replace_macros(get_markup_template('event_item_header.tpl'),array(
-			'$title'	 => bbcode($object['title']),
-			'$dtstart_label' => t('Starts:'),
-			'$dtstart_title' => datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $object['start'], (($object['adjust']) ? ATOM_TIME : 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s' )),
-			'$dtstart_dt'	 => (($object['adjust']) ? day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', date_default_timezone_get(), $object['start'] , $bd_format )) : day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $object['start'] , $bd_format))),
-			'$finish'	 => (($object['nofinish']) ? false : true),
-			'$dtend_label'	 => t('Finishes:'),
-			'$dtend_title'	 => datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$object['finish'], (($object['adjust']) ? ATOM_TIME : 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s' )),
-			'$dtend_dt'	 => (($object['adjust']) ? day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', date_default_timezone_get(), $object['finish'] , $bd_format )) :  day_translate(datetime_convert('UTC', 'UTC', $object['finish'] , $bd_format )))
-		));
-
-		$event['content'] = replace_macros(get_markup_template('event_item_content.tpl'),array(
-			'$description'	  => bbcode($object['description']),
-			'$location_label' => t('Location:'),
-			'$location'	  => bbcode($object['location'])
-		));
-
-	}
-
-	return $event;
-}
 
 function prepare_body(&$item,$attach = false) {
 
@@ -1516,7 +1485,7 @@ function prepare_body(&$item,$attach = false) {
 
 	$s .= prepare_text($item['body'],$item['mimetype'], false);
 
-	$event = (($item['obj_type'] === ACTIVITY_OBJ_EVENT) ? format_event($item['object']) : false);
+	$event = (($item['obj_type'] === ACTIVITY_OBJ_EVENT) ? format_event_obj($item['obj']) : false);
 
 	$prep_arr = array(
 		'item' => $item,
diff --git a/include/widgets.php b/include/widgets.php
index 17a76c0f4..3448aeb5e 100644
--- a/include/widgets.php
+++ b/include/widgets.php
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ function widget_photo_rand($arr) {
 	$filtered = array();
 	if($ret['success'] && $ret['photos'])
 	foreach($ret['photos'] as $p)
-		if($p['scale'] == $scale)
+		if($p['imgscale'] == $scale)
 			$filtered[] = $p['src'];
 
 	if($filtered) {
@@ -1459,9 +1459,9 @@ function widget_album($args) {
 
 	$order = 'DESC';
 
-	$r = q("SELECT p.resource_id, p.id, p.filename, p.type, p.scale, p.description, p.created FROM photo p INNER JOIN
-		(SELECT resource_id, max(scale) scale FROM photo WHERE uid = %d AND album = '%s' AND scale <= 4 AND photo_usage IN ( %d, %d ) $sql_extra GROUP BY resource_id) ph 
-		ON (p.resource_id = ph.resource_id AND p.scale = ph.scale)
+	$r = q("SELECT p.resource_id, p.id, p.filename, p.mimetype, p.imgscale, p.description, p.created FROM photo p INNER JOIN
+		(SELECT resource_id, max(imgscale) imgscale FROM photo WHERE uid = %d AND album = '%s' AND imgscale <= 4 AND photo_usage IN ( %d, %d ) $sql_extra GROUP BY resource_id) ph 
+		ON (p.resource_id = ph.resource_id AND p.imgscale = ph.imgscale)
 		ORDER BY created $order ",
 		intval($owner_uid),
 		dbesc($album),
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ function widget_album($args) {
 			else
 				$twist = 'rotright';
 				
-			$ext = $phototypes[$rr['type']];
+			$ext = $phototypes[$rr['mimetype']];
 
 			$imgalt_e = $rr['filename'];
 			$desc_e = $rr['description'];
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ function widget_album($args) {
 				'twist' => ' ' . $twist . rand(2,4),
 				'link' => $imagelink,
 				'title' => t('View Photo'),
-				'src' => z_root() . '/photo/' . $rr['resource_id'] . '-' . $rr['scale'] . '.' .$ext,
+				'src' => z_root() . '/photo/' . $rr['resource_id'] . '-' . $rr['imgscale'] . '.' .$ext,
 				'alt' => $imgalt_e,
 				'desc'=> $desc_e,
 				'ext' => $ext,