diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 6b3499a05..7d9075af2 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ define ( 'RED_PLATFORM',            'Red Matrix' );
 define ( 'RED_VERSION',             trim(file_get_contents('version.inc')) . 'R');
 define ( 'ZOT_REVISION',            1     ); 
 
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1085  );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1086  );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    '<br />' . "\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/include/Contact.php b/include/Contact.php
index 59605e463..fd450033c 100644
--- a/include/Contact.php
+++ b/include/Contact.php
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ function channel_remove($channel_id, $local = true) {
 
 	}
 
-	q("DELETE FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($channel_id));
+	q("DELETE FROM `groups` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($channel_id));
 	q("DELETE FROM `group_member` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($channel_id));
 	q("DELETE FROM `event` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($channel_id));
 	q("DELETE FROM `item` WHERE `uid` = %d", intval($channel_id));
diff --git a/include/acl_selectors.php b/include/acl_selectors.php
index 930f9967a..749ca75eb 100644
--- a/include/acl_selectors.php
+++ b/include/acl_selectors.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function group_select($selname,$selclass,$preselected = false,$size = 4) {
 
 	$o .= "<select name=\"{$selname}[]\" id=\"$selclass\" class=\"$selclass\" multiple=\"multiple\" size=\"$size\" >\r\n";
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `name` ASC",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `name` ASC",
 		intval(local_user())
 	);
 
diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
index 7873de1ef..20c5de09c 100644
--- a/include/event.php
+++ b/include/event.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function format_event_html($ev) {
 
 	$o .= '<p class="summary event-summary">' . bbcode($ev['summary']) .  '</p>' . "\r\n";
 
-	$o .= '<p class="description event-description">' . bbcode($ev['desc']) .  '</p>' . "\r\n";
+	$o .= '<p class="description event-description">' . bbcode($ev['description']) .  '</p>' . "\r\n";
 
 	$o .= '<p class="event-start">' . t('Starts:') . ' <abbr class="dtstart" title="'
 		. datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$ev['start'], (($ev['adjust']) ? ATOM_TIME : 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s' ))
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ function format_event_bbcode($ev) {
 	if($ev['summary'])
 		$o .= '[event-summary]' . $ev['summary'] . '[/event-summary]';
 
-	if($ev['desc'])
-		$o .= '[event-description]' . $ev['desc'] . '[/event-description]';
+	if($ev['description'])
+		$o .= '[event-description]' . $ev['description'] . '[/event-description]';
 
 	if($ev['start'])
 		$o .= '[event-start]' . $ev['start'] . '[/event-start]';
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function format_event_bbcode($ev) {
 function bbtovcal($s) {
 	$o = '';
 	$ev = bbtoevent($s);
-	if($ev['desc'])
+	if($ev['description'])
 		$o = format_event_html($ev);
 	return $o;
 }
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function bbtoevent($s) {
 		$ev['summary'] = $match[1];
 	$match = '';
 	if(preg_match("/\[event\-description\](.*?)\[\/event\-description\]/is",$s,$match))
-		$ev['desc'] = $match[1];
+		$ev['description'] = $match[1];
 	$match = '';
 	if(preg_match("/\[event\-start\](.*?)\[\/event\-start\]/is",$s,$match))
 		$ev['start'] = $match[1];
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ function ev_compare($a,$b) {
 	$date_b = (($b['adjust']) ? datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$b['start']) : $b['start']);
 
 	if($date_a === $date_b)
-		return strcasecmp($a['desc'],$b['desc']);
+		return strcasecmp($a['description'],$b['description']);
 	
 	return strcmp($date_a,$date_b);
 }
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function event_store($arr) {
 			`start` = '%s',
 			`finish` = '%s',
 			`summary` = '%s',
-			`desc` = '%s',
+			`description` = '%s',
 			`location` = '%s',
 			`type` = '%s',
 			`adjust` = %d,
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function event_store($arr) {
 			dbesc($arr['start']),
 			dbesc($arr['finish']),
 			dbesc($arr['summary']),
-			dbesc($arr['desc']),
+			dbesc($arr['description']),
 			dbesc($arr['location']),
 			dbesc($arr['type']),
 			intval($arr['adjust']),
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ function event_store($arr) {
 			$arr['mid'] = item_message_id();
 
 
-		$r = q("INSERT INTO event ( uid,aid,event_xchan,event_hash,created,edited,start,finish,summary, `desc`,location,type,
+		$r = q("INSERT INTO event ( uid,aid,event_xchan,event_hash,created,edited,start,finish,summary,description,location,type,
 			adjust,nofinish,allow_cid,allow_gid,deny_cid,deny_gid)
 			VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
 			intval($arr['uid']),
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ function event_store($arr) {
 			dbesc($arr['start']),
 			dbesc($arr['finish']),
 			dbesc($arr['summary']),
-			dbesc($arr['desc']),
+			dbesc($arr['description']),
 			dbesc($arr['location']),
 			dbesc($arr['type']),
 			intval($arr['adjust']),
diff --git a/include/group.php b/include/group.php
index c19c83c80..cdd779df2 100644
--- a/include/group.php
+++ b/include/group.php
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ function group_add($uid,$name,$public = 0) {
 			// access lists. What we're doing here is reviving the dead group, but old content which
 			// was restricted to this group may now be seen by the new group members. 
 
-			$z = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			$z = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
 				intval($r)
 			);
 			if(count($z) && $z[0]['deleted']) {
-				$r = q("UPDATE `group` SET `deleted` = 0 WHERE `uid` = %d AND `name` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+				$r = q("UPDATE `groups` SET `deleted` = 0 WHERE `uid` = %d AND `name` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 					intval($uid),
 					dbesc($name)
 				);
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ function group_add($uid,$name,$public = 0) {
 			$dups = false;
 			$hash = random_string() . $name;
 
-			$r = q("SELECT id FROM `group` WHERE hash = '%s' LIMIT 1", dbesc($hash));
+			$r = q("SELECT id FROM `groups` WHERE hash = '%s' LIMIT 1", dbesc($hash));
 			if($r)
 				$dups = true;
 		} while($dups == true);
 
 
-		$r = q("INSERT INTO `group` ( hash, uid, visible, name )
+		$r = q("INSERT INTO `groups` ( hash, uid, visible, name )
 			VALUES( '%s', %d, %d, '%s' ) ",
 			dbesc($hash),
 			intval($uid),
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function group_add($uid,$name,$public = 0) {
 function group_rmv($uid,$name) {
 	$ret = false;
 	if(x($uid) && x($name)) {
-		$r = q("SELECT id, hash FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `name` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT id, hash FROM `groups` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `name` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			intval($uid),
 			dbesc($name)
 		);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function group_rmv($uid,$name) {
 		);
 
 		// remove group
-		$r = q("UPDATE `group` SET `deleted` = 1 WHERE `uid` = %d AND `name` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("UPDATE `groups` SET `deleted` = 1 WHERE `uid` = %d AND `name` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			intval($uid),
 			dbesc($name)
 		);
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ function group_rmv($uid,$name) {
 function group_byname($uid,$name) {
 	if((! $uid) || (! strlen($name)))
 		return false;
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `name` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `name` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 		intval($uid),
 		dbesc($name)
 	);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function group_byname($uid,$name) {
 function group_rec_byhash($uid,$hash) {
 	if((! $uid) || (! strlen($hash)))
 		return false;
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `hash` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `hash` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 		intval($uid),
 		dbesc($hash)
 	);
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ function mini_group_select($uid,$group = '') {
 	$grps = array();
 	$o = '';
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `name` ASC",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `name` ASC",
 		intval($uid)
 	);
 	$grps[] = array('name' => '', 'hash' => '0', 'selected' => '');
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ function group_side($every="connections",$each="group",$edit = false, $group_id
 	);
 
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `name` ASC",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `name` ASC",
 		intval($_SESSION['uid'])
 	);
 	$member_of = array();
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function expand_groups($a) {
 	$groups = implode(',', $x);
 
 	if($groups)
-		$r = q("SELECT xchan FROM group_member WHERE gid IN ( select id from `group` where hash in ( $groups ))");
+		$r = q("SELECT xchan FROM group_member WHERE gid IN ( select id from `groups` where hash in ( $groups ))");
 	$ret = array();
 
 	if($r)
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ function expand_groups($a) {
 
 function member_of($c) {
 
-	$r = q("SELECT `group`.`name`, `group`.`id` FROM `group` LEFT JOIN `group_member` ON `group_member`.`gid` = `group`.`id` WHERE `group_member`.`xchan` = '%s' AND `group`.`deleted` = 0 ORDER BY `group`.`name`  ASC ",
+	$r = q("SELECT `groups`.`name`, `groups`.`id` FROM `groups` LEFT JOIN `group_member` ON `group_member`.`gid` = `groups`.`id` WHERE `group_member`.`xchan` = '%s' AND `groups`.`deleted` = 0 ORDER BY `groups`.`name`  ASC ",
 		dbesc($c)
 	);
 
diff --git a/include/identity.php b/include/identity.php
index 5fa25c489..be4e4be93 100644
--- a/include/identity.php
+++ b/include/identity.php
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ function identity_basic_export($channel_id) {
 			$ret['hubloc'] = $r;
 	}
 
-	$r = q("select * from `group` where uid = %d ",
+	$r = q("select * from `groups` where uid = %d ",
 		intval($channel_id)
 	);
 
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 26fdc3c5c..465fda543 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -3718,7 +3718,7 @@ function items_fetch($arr,$channel = null,$observer_hash = null,$client_mode = C
 	$sql_extra = " AND item.parent IN ( SELECT parent FROM item WHERE (item_flags & " . intval(ITEM_THREAD_TOP) . ") $sql_options ) ";
 
     if($arr['gid'] && $uid) {
-        $r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE id = %d AND uid = %d LIMIT 1",
+        $r = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE id = %d AND uid = %d LIMIT 1",
             intval($arr['group']),
             intval($uid)
         );
diff --git a/include/photos.php b/include/photos.php
index 3ccb536a8..e41d1059a 100644
--- a/include/photos.php
+++ b/include/photos.php
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ function photos_list_photos($channel,$observer,$album = '') {
 
 	$ret = array('success' => false);
 
-	$r = q("select resource_id, created, edited, title, `desc`, album, filename, `type`, height, width, `size`, `scale`, profile, photo_flags, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid from photo where uid = %d and ( photo_flags = %d or photo_flags = %d ) $sql_extra ",
+	$r = q("select resource_id, created, edited, title, description, album, filename, type, height, width, size, scale, profile, photo_flags, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid from photo where uid = %d and ( photo_flags = %d or photo_flags = %d ) $sql_extra ",
 		intval($channel_id),
 		intval(PHOTO_NORMAL),
 		intval(PHOTO_PROFILE)
diff --git a/include/security.php b/include/security.php
index 296fa450f..138efe3ab 100644
--- a/include/security.php
+++ b/include/security.php
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ function check_form_security_token_ForbiddenOnErr($typename = '', $formname = 'f
 if(! function_exists('init_groups_visitor')) {
 function init_groups_visitor($contact_id) {
 	$groups = array();
-	$r = q("SELECT hash FROM `group` left join group_member on group.id = group_member.gid WHERE xchan = '%s' ",
+	$r = q("SELECT hash FROM `groups` left join group_member on groups.id = group_member.gid WHERE xchan = '%s' ",
 		dbesc($contact_id)
 	);
 	if(count($r)) {
diff --git a/install/database.sql b/install/database.sql
index 915cecdba..f73460937 100644
--- a/install/database.sql
+++ b/install/database.sql
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `event` (
   `start` datetime NOT NULL,
   `finish` datetime NOT NULL,
   `summary` text NOT NULL,
-  `desc` text NOT NULL,
+  `description` text NOT NULL,
   `location` text NOT NULL,
   `type` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `nofinish` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `fsuggest` (
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `group` (
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `groups` (
   `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `hash` char(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `uid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `photo` (
   `created` datetime NOT NULL,
   `edited` datetime NOT NULL,
   `title` char(255) NOT NULL,
-  `desc` text NOT NULL,
+  `description` text NOT NULL,
   `album` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `filename` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `type` char(128) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'image/jpeg',
diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index 05bddba42..817e4b6bc 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1085 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1086 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -935,3 +935,16 @@ function update_r1084() {
 	return UPDATE_FAILED;
 
 }
+
+function update_r1085() {
+	$r1 = q("ALTER TABLE `photo` CHANGE `desc` `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL ");
+
+	$r2 = q("RENAME TABLE `group` TO `groups`");
+
+	$r3 = q("ALTER TABLE `event` CHANGE `desc` `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL ");
+
+	if($r1 && $r2 && $r3)
+		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+
+}
diff --git a/mod/acl.php b/mod/acl.php
index bd19c4bb7..c9a4d417f 100644
--- a/mod/acl.php
+++ b/mod/acl.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function acl_init(&$a){
 	
 	// count groups and contacts
 	if ($type=='' || $type=='g'){
-		$r = q("SELECT COUNT(`id`) AS g FROM `group` WHERE `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d $sql_extra",
+		$r = q("SELECT COUNT(`id`) AS g FROM `groups` WHERE `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d $sql_extra",
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
 		$group_count = (int)$r[0]['g'];
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ function acl_init(&$a){
 	
 	if ($type=='' || $type=='g'){
 		
-		$r = q("SELECT `group`.`id`, `group`.`hash`, `group`.`name`, 
+		$r = q("SELECT `groups`.`id`, `groups`.`hash`, `groups`.`name`, 
 				GROUP_CONCAT(DISTINCT `group_member`.`xchan` SEPARATOR ',') as uids
-				FROM `group`,`group_member` 
-				WHERE `group`.`deleted` = 0 AND `group`.`uid` = %d 
-					AND `group_member`.`gid`=`group`.`id`
+				FROM `groups`,`group_member` 
+				WHERE `groups`.`deleted` = 0 AND `groups`.`uid` = %d 
+					AND `group_member`.`gid`=`groups`.`id`
 					$sql_extra
-				GROUP BY `group`.`id`
-				ORDER BY `group`.`name` 
+				GROUP BY `groups`.`id`
+				ORDER BY `groups`.`name` 
 				LIMIT %d,%d",
 			intval(local_user()),
 			intval($start),
diff --git a/mod/contactgroup.php b/mod/contactgroup.php
index 4b46605a6..8b23f9f10 100644
--- a/mod/contactgroup.php
+++ b/mod/contactgroup.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function contactgroup_content(&$a) {
 
 	if((argc() > 1) && (intval(argv(1)))) {
 
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d AND `deleted` = 0 LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d AND `deleted` = 0 LIMIT 1",
 			intval(argv(1)),
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
diff --git a/mod/events.php b/mod/events.php
index 265c74fce..5cf0e425b 100755
--- a/mod/events.php
+++ b/mod/events.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function events_post(&$a) {
 	$datarray['start'] = $start;
 	$datarray['finish'] = $finish;
 	$datarray['summary'] = $summary;
-	$datarray['desc'] = $desc;
+	$datarray['description'] = $desc;
 	$datarray['location'] = $location;
 	$datarray['type'] = $type;
 	$datarray['adjust'] = $adjust;
diff --git a/mod/fbrowser.php b/mod/fbrowser.php
index baacfe56b..19bd77914 100644
--- a/mod/fbrowser.php
+++ b/mod/fbrowser.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function fbrowser_content($a){
 				$path[]=array($a->get_baseurl()."/fbrowser/image/".$a->argv[2]."/", $album);
 			}
 				
-			$r = q("SELECT `resource_id`, `id`, `filename`, type, min(`scale`) AS `hiq`,max(`scale`) AS `loq`, `desc`  
+			$r = q("SELECT `resource_id`, `id`, `filename`, type, min(`scale`) AS `hiq`,max(`scale`) AS `loq`, `description`  
 					FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d $sql_extra
 					GROUP BY `resource_id` $sql_extra2",
 				intval(local_user())					
diff --git a/mod/group.php b/mod/group.php
index 352484e25..66e5fbf8e 100644
--- a/mod/group.php
+++ b/mod/group.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function group_post(&$a) {
 	if((argc() == 2) && (intval(argv(1)))) {
 		check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/group', 'group_edit');
 		
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval(argv(1)),
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function group_post(&$a) {
 		$public = intval($_POST['public']);
 
 		if((strlen($groupname))  && (($groupname != $group['name']) || ($public != $group['visible']))) {
-			$r = q("UPDATE `group` SET `name` = '%s', visible = %d  WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			$r = q("UPDATE `groups` SET `name` = '%s', visible = %d  WHERE `uid` = %d AND `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
 				dbesc($groupname),
 				intval($public),
 				intval(local_user()),
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function group_content(&$a) {
 		check_form_security_token_redirectOnErr('/group', 'group_drop', 't');
 		
 		if(intval(argv(2))) {
-			$r = q("SELECT `name` FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			$r = q("SELECT `name` FROM `groups` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 				intval(argv(2)),
 				intval(local_user())
 			);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function group_content(&$a) {
 	if((argc() > 1) && (intval(argv(1)))) {
 
 		require_once('include/acl_selectors.php');
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d AND `deleted` = 0 LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d AND `deleted` = 0 LIMIT 1",
 			intval(argv(1)),
 			intval(local_user())
 		);
diff --git a/mod/import.php b/mod/import.php
index 94d41455d..5b3b53156 100644
--- a/mod/import.php
+++ b/mod/import.php
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ function import_post(&$a) {
 				. implode("', '", array_values($group)) 
 				. "')" );
 		}
-		$r = q("select * from `group` where uid = %d",
+		$r = q("select * from `groups` where uid = %d",
 			intval($channel['channel_id'])
 		);
 		if($r) {
diff --git a/mod/lockview.php b/mod/lockview.php
index 7dda85623..32e7a3afb 100644
--- a/mod/lockview.php
+++ b/mod/lockview.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function lockview_content(&$a) {
 	stringify_array_elms($deny_users,true);
 
 	if(count($allowed_groups)) {
-		$r = q("SELECT name FROM `group` WHERE hash IN ( " . implode(', ', $allowed_groups) . " )");
+		$r = q("SELECT name FROM `groups` WHERE hash IN ( " . implode(', ', $allowed_groups) . " )");
 		if($r)
 			foreach($r as $rr) 
 				$l[] = '<b>' . $rr['name'] . '</b>';
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function lockview_content(&$a) {
 				$l[] = $rr['xchan_name'];
 	}
 	if(count($deny_groups)) {
-		$r = q("SELECT name FROM `group` WHERE hash IN ( " . implode(', ', $deny_groups) . " )");
+		$r = q("SELECT name FROM `groups` WHERE hash IN ( " . implode(', ', $deny_groups) . " )");
 		if($r)
 			foreach($r as $rr) 
 				$l[] = '<b><strike>' . $rr['name'] . '</strike></b>';
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index 072f718ec..7f67f62d0 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0, $load = false) {
 		$_GET['order'] = 'post';
 
 	if($gid) {
-        $r = q("SELECT * FROM `group` WHERE id = %d AND uid = %d LIMIT 1",
+        $r = q("SELECT * FROM `groups` WHERE id = %d AND uid = %d LIMIT 1",
             intval($gid),
             intval(local_user())
         );
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index ff58e18d9..3c724ddc2 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ function photos_post(&$a) {
 		);
 		if(count($p)) {
 			$ext = $phototypes[$p[0]['type']];
-			$r = q("UPDATE `photo` SET `desc` = '%s', `album` = '%s', `allow_cid` = '%s', `allow_gid` = '%s', `deny_cid` = '%s', `deny_gid` = '%s' WHERE `resource_id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
+			$r = q("UPDATE `photo` SET `description` = '%s', `album` = '%s', `allow_cid` = '%s', `allow_gid` = '%s', `deny_cid` = '%s', `deny_gid` = '%s' WHERE `resource_id` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
 				dbesc($desc),
 				dbesc($albname),
 				dbesc($str_contact_allow),
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ function photos_post(&$a) {
 		/* Don't make the item visible if the only change was the album name */
 
 		$visibility = 0;
-		if($p[0]['desc'] !== $desc || strlen($rawtags))
+		if($p[0]['description'] !== $desc || strlen($rawtags))
 			$visibility = 1;
 
 		if(! $item_id) {
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ function photos_post(&$a) {
 						$arr['object'] .= xmlify('<link rel="photo" type="'.$p[0]['type'].'" href="' . $tagged[3]['photo'] . '" />' . "\n");
 					$arr['object'] .= '</link></object>' . "\n";
 
-					$arr['target'] = '<target><type>' . ACTIVITY_OBJ_PHOTO . '</type><title>' . $p[0]['desc'] . '</title><id>'
+					$arr['target'] = '<target><type>' . ACTIVITY_OBJ_PHOTO . '</type><title>' . $p[0]['description'] . '</title><id>'
 						. $a->get_baseurl() . '/photos/' . $owner_record['nickname'] . '/image/' . $p[0]['resource_id'] . '</id>';
 					$arr['target'] .= '<link>' . xmlify('<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/photos/' . $owner_record['nickname'] . '/image/' . $p[0]['resource_id'] . '" />' . "\n" . '<link rel="preview" type="'.$p[0]['type'].'" href="' . $a->get_baseurl() . "/photo/" . $p[0]['resource_id'] . '-' . $best . '.' . $ext . '" />') . '</link></target>';
 
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 		else
 			$order = 'DESC';
 
-		$r = q("SELECT `resource_id`, `id`, `filename`, type, max(`scale`) AS `scale`, `desc` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` = '%s' 
+		$r = q("SELECT `resource_id`, `id`, `filename`, type, max(`scale`) AS `scale`, `description` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `album` = '%s' 
 			AND `scale` <= 4 and (photo_flags = %d or photo_flags = %d ) $sql_extra GROUP BY `resource_id` ORDER BY `created` $order LIMIT %d , %d",
 			intval($owner_uid),
 			dbesc($album),
@@ -819,11 +819,11 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 
 				if($a->get_template_engine() === 'internal') {
 					$imgalt_e = template_escape($rr['filename']);
-					$desc_e = template_escape($rr['desc']);
+					$desc_e = template_escape($rr['description']);
 				}
 				else {
 					$imgalt_e = $rr['filename'];
-					$desc_e = $rr['desc'];
+					$desc_e = $rr['description'];
 				}
 
         
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 
 		// fetch image, item containing image, then comments
 
-		$ph = q("SELECT aid,uid,xchan,resource_id,created,edited,title,`desc`,album,filename,`type`,height,width,`size`,scale,profile,photo_flags,allow_cid,allow_gid,deny_cid,deny_gid FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource_id` = '%s' 
+		$ph = q("SELECT aid,uid,xchan,resource_id,created,edited,title,`description`,album,filename,`type`,height,width,`size`,scale,profile,photo_flags,allow_cid,allow_gid,deny_cid,deny_gid FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `resource_id` = '%s' 
 			and (photo_flags = %d or photo_flags = %d ) $sql_extra ORDER BY `scale` ASC ",
 			intval($owner_uid),
 			dbesc($datum),
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 		if($can_post) {
 
 			$album_e = $ph[0]['album'];
-			$caption_e = $ph[0]['desc'];
+			$caption_e = $ph[0]['description'];
 			$aclselect_e = populate_acl($ph[0]);
 
 			$edit = array(
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 			'$photo' => $photo,
 			'$prevlink' => $prevlink,
 			'$nextlink' => $nextlink,
-			'$desc' => $ph[0]['desc'],
+			'$desc' => $ph[0]['description'],
 			'$tags' => $tags_e,
 			'$edit' => $edit,	
 			'$likebuttons' => $likebuttons,