diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 54df5d322..caf70b294 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -2948,6 +2948,18 @@ function start_delivery_chain($channel, $item, $item_id, $parent) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		// This will change the author to the post owner. Useful for RSS feeds which are to be syndicated
+		// to federated platforms which can't verify the identity of the author. 
+		// This MAY cause you to run afoul of copyright law.
+
+		$rewrite_author = intval(get_abconfig($channel['channel_id'],$item['owner_xchan'],'system','rself'));
+		if($rewrite_author) {
+			$item['author_xchan'] = $item['owner_xchan'];
+			if($item['owner']) {
+				$item['author'] = $item['owner'];
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Change this copy of the post to a forum head message and deliver to all the tgroup members
diff --git a/view/tpl/admin_hubloc.tpl b/view/tpl/admin_hubloc.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index 1bd1f0122..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/admin_hubloc.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<div class="generic-content-wrapper-styled" id='adminpage'>
-	<h1>{{$title}} - {{$page}}</h1>
-
-	<table id='server'>
-		<thead>
-			<tr>
-			{{foreach $th_hubloc as $th}}<th>{{$th}}</th>{{/foreach}}
-			</tr>
-		</thead>
-		<tbody>
-			
-			{{foreach $hubloc as $hub}}<tr>
-			<td>{{$hub.hubloc_id}}</td><td>{{$hub.hubloc_addr}}</td><td>{{$hub.hubloc_host}}</td><td>{{$hub.hubloc_status}}</td>
-			<td>
-			<form action="{{$baseurl}}/admin/hubloc" method="post">
-			<input type="hidden" name="hublocid" value="{{$hub.hubloc_id}}">
-			<input type='hidden' name='form_security_token' value='{{$form_security_token}}'>
-			<input type='hidden' name='url' value='{{$hub.hubloc_host}}'>
-			<input type="submit" name="check" value="check" >
-			<input type="submit" name="repair" value="repair" ></td>
-			</form>
-			</tr>{{/foreach}}
-		</tbody>
-	</table>
-
-
-</div>
diff --git a/view/tpl/api_config_xml.tpl b/view/tpl/api_config_xml.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index 8c0766c73..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/api_config_xml.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-<config>
- <site>
-  <name>{{$config.site.name}}</name>
-  <server>{{$config.site.server}}</server>
-  <theme>default</theme>
-  <path></path>
-  <logo>{{$config.site.logo}}</logo>
-
-  <fancy>true</fancy>
-  <language>en</language>
-  <email>{{$config.site.email}}</email>
-  <broughtby></broughtby>
-  <broughtbyurl></broughtbyurl>
-  <timezone>UTC</timezone>
-  <closed>{{$config.site.closed}}</closed>
-
-  <inviteonly>false</inviteonly>
-  <private>{{$config.site.private}}</private>
-  <textlimit>{{$config.site.textlimit}}</textlimit>
-  <ssl>{{$config.site.ssl}}</ssl>
-  <sslserver>{{$config.site.sslserver}}</sslserver>
-  <shorturllength>30</shorturllength>
-
-</site>
- <license>
-  <type>cc</type>
-  <owner></owner>
-  <url>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</url>
-  <title>Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</title>
-  <image>http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/80x15.png</image>
-
-</license>
- <nickname>
-  <featured></featured>
-</nickname>
- <profile>
-  <biolimit></biolimit>
-</profile>
- <group>
-  <desclimit></desclimit>
-</group>
- <notice>
-
-  <contentlimit></contentlimit>
-</notice>
- <throttle>
-  <enabled>false</enabled>
-  <count>20</count>
-  <timespan>600</timespan>
-</throttle>
- <xmpp>
-
-  <enabled>false</enabled>
-  <server>INVALID SERVER</server>
-  <port>5222</port>
-  <user>update</user>
-</xmpp>
- <integration>
-  <source>StatusNet</source>
-
-</integration>
- <attachments>
-  <uploads>false</uploads>
-  <file_quota>0</file_quota>
-</attachments>
-</config>
diff --git a/view/tpl/api_friends_xml.tpl b/view/tpl/api_friends_xml.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index f2a7234d1..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/api_friends_xml.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<users type="array">
-	{{foreach $users as $user}}
-	{{include file="api_user_xml.tpl"}}
-	{{/foreach}}
-</users>
diff --git a/view/tpl/api_ratelimit_xml.tpl b/view/tpl/api_ratelimit_xml.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index e4b470a25..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/api_ratelimit_xml.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<hash>
- <remaining-hits type="integer">{{$hash.remaining_hits}}</remaining-hits>
- <hourly-limit type="integer">{{$hash.hourly_limit}}</hourly-limit>
- <reset-time type="datetime">{{$hash.reset_time}}</reset-time>
- <reset_time_in_seconds type="integer">{{$hash.resettime_in_seconds}}</reset_time_in_seconds>
-</hash>
diff --git a/view/tpl/api_status_xml.tpl b/view/tpl/api_status_xml.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index cbb736e22..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/api_status_xml.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<status>{{if $status}}
-    <created_at>{{$status.created_at}}</created_at>
-    <id>{{$status.id}}</id>
-    <text>{{$status.text}}</text>
-    <source>{{$status.source}}</source>
-    <truncated>{{$status.truncated}}</truncated>
-    <in_reply_to_status_id>{{$status.in_reply_to_status_id}}</in_reply_to_status_id>
-    <in_reply_to_user_id>{{$status.in_reply_to_user_id}}</in_reply_to_user_id>
-    <favorited>{{$status.favorited}}</favorited>
-    <in_reply_to_screen_name>{{$status.in_reply_to_screen_name}}</in_reply_to_screen_name>
-    <geo>{{$status.geo}}</geo>
-    <coordinates>{{$status.coordinates}}</coordinates>
-    <place>{{$status.place}}</place>
-    <contributors>{{$status.contributors}}</contributors>
-	<user>
-	  <id>{{$status.user.id}}</id>
-	  <name>{{$status.user.name}}</name>
-	  <screen_name>{{$status.user.screen_name}}</screen_name>
-	  <location>{{$status.user.location}}</location>
-	  <description>{{$status.user.description}}</description>
-	  <profile_image_url>{{$status.user.profile_image_url}}</profile_image_url>
-	  <url>{{$status.user.url}}</url>
-	  <protected>{{$status.user.protected}}</protected>
-	  <followers_count>{{$status.user.followers}}</followers_count>
-	  <profile_background_color>{{$status.user.profile_background_color}}</profile_background_color>
-  	  <profile_text_color>{{$status.user.profile_text_color}}</profile_text_color>
-  	  <profile_link_color>{{$status.user.profile_link_color}}</profile_link_color>
-  	  <profile_sidebar_fill_color>{{$status.user.profile_sidebar_fill_color}}</profile_sidebar_fill_color>
-  	  <profile_sidebar_border_color>{{$status.user.profile_sidebar_border_color}}</profile_sidebar_border_color>
-  	  <friends_count>{{$status.user.friends_count}}</friends_count>
-  	  <created_at>{{$status.user.created_at}}</created_at>
-  	  <favourites_count>{{$status.user.favourites_count}}</favourites_count>
-  	  <utc_offset>{{$status.user.utc_offset}}</utc_offset>
-  	  <time_zone>{{$status.user.time_zone}}</time_zone>
-  	  <profile_background_image_url>{{$status.user.profile_background_image_url}}</profile_background_image_url>
-  	  <profile_background_tile>{{$status.user.profile_background_tile}}</profile_background_tile>
-  	  <profile_use_background_image>{{$status.user.profile_use_background_image}}</profile_use_background_image>
-  	  <notifications></notifications>
-  	  <geo_enabled>{{$status.user.geo_enabled}}</geo_enabled>
-  	  <verified>{{$status.user.verified}}</verified>
-  	  <following></following>
-  	  <statuses_count>{{$status.user.statuses_count}}</statuses_count>
-  	  <lang>{{$status.user.lang}}</lang>
-  	  <contributors_enabled>{{$status.user.contributors_enabled}}</contributors_enabled>
-	  </user>
-{{/if}}</status>
diff --git a/view/tpl/api_test_xml.tpl b/view/tpl/api_test_xml.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index 80a541c39..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/api_test_xml.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<ok>{{$ok}}</ok>
diff --git a/view/tpl/api_timeline_atom.tpl b/view/tpl/api_timeline_atom.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index e8bfb689e..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/api_timeline_atom.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-<feed xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://purl.org/syndication/atommedia" xmlns:poco="http://portablecontacts.net/spec/1.0" xmlns:ostatus="http://ostatus.org/schema/1.0" xmlns:statusnet="http://status.net/schema/api/1/">
- <generator uri="http://status.net" version="0.9.7">StatusNet</generator>
- <id>{{$rss.self}}</id>
- <title>Friendika</title>
- <subtitle>Friendika API feed</subtitle>
- <logo>{{$rss.logo}}</logo>
- <updated>{{$rss.atom_updated}}</updated>
- <link type="text/html" rel="alternate" href="{{$rss.alternate}}"/>
- <link type="application/atom+xml" rel="self" href="{{$rss.self}}"/>
- 
- 
- <author>
-	<activity:obj_type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/person</activity:obj_type>
-	<uri>{{$user.url}}</uri>
-	<name>{{$user.name}}</name>
-	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="{{$user.url}}"/>
-	<link rel="avatar" type="image/jpeg" media:width="106" media:height="106" href="{{$user.profile_image_url}}"/>
-	<link rel="avatar" type="image/jpeg" media:width="96" media:height="96" href="{{$user.profile_image_url}}"/>
-	<link rel="avatar" type="image/jpeg" media:width="48" media:height="48" href="{{$user.profile_image_url}}"/>
-	<link rel="avatar" type="image/jpeg" media:width="24" media:height="24" href="{{$user.profile_image_url}}"/>
-	<georss:point></georss:point>
-	<poco:preferredUsername>{{$user.screen_name}}</poco:preferredUsername>
-	<poco:displayName>{{$user.name}}</poco:displayName>
-	<poco:urls>
-		<poco:type>homepage</poco:type>
-		<poco:value>{{$user.url}}</poco:value>
-		<poco:primary>true</poco:primary>
-	</poco:urls>
-	<statusnet:profile_info local_id="{{$user.id}}"></statusnet:profile_info>
- </author>
-
- <!--Deprecation warning: activity:subject is present only for backward compatibility. It will be removed in the next version of StatusNet.-->
- <activity:subject>
-	<activity:obj_type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/person</activity:obj_type>
-	<id>{{$user.contact_url}}</id>
-	<title>{{$user.name}}</title>
-	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="{{$user.url}}"/>
-	<link rel="avatar" type="image/jpeg" media:width="106" media:height="106" href="{{$user.profile_image_url}}"/>
-	<link rel="avatar" type="image/jpeg" media:width="96" media:height="96" href="{{$user.profile_image_url}}"/>
-	<link rel="avatar" type="image/jpeg" media:width="48" media:height="48" href="{{$user.profile_image_url}}"/>
-	<link rel="avatar" type="image/jpeg" media:width="24" media:height="24" href="{{$user.profile_image_url}}"/>
-	<poco:preferredUsername>{{$user.screen_name}}</poco:preferredUsername>
-	<poco:displayName>{{$user.name}}</poco:displayName>
-	<poco:urls>
-		<poco:type>homepage</poco:type>
-		<poco:value>{{$user.url}}</poco:value>
-		<poco:primary>true</poco:primary>
-	</poco:urls>
-	<statusnet:profile_info local_id="{{$user.id}}"></statusnet:profile_info>
- </activity:subject>
- 
- 
-  	{{foreach $statuses as $status}}
-	<entry>
-		<activity:obj_type>{{$status.objecttype}}</activity:obj_type>
-		<id>{{$status.message_id}}</id>
-		<title>{{$status.text}}</title>
-		<content type="html">{{$status.statusnet_html}}</content>
-		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="{{$status.url}}"/>
-		<activity:verb>{{$status.verb}}</activity:verb>
-		<published>{{$status.published}}</published>
-		<updated>{{$status.updated}}</updated>
-
-		<link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="{{$status.self}}"/>
-		<link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="{{$status.edit}}"/>
-		<statusnet:notice_info local_id="{{$status.id}}" source="{{$status.source}}" >
-		</statusnet:notice_info>
-
-		<author>
-			<activity:obj_type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/person</activity:obj_type>
-			<uri>{{$status.user.url}}</uri>
-			<name>{{$status.user.name}}</name>
-			<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="{{$status.user.url}}"/>
-			<link rel="avatar" type="image/jpeg" media:width="48" media:height="48" href="{{$status.user.profile_image_url}}"/>
-
-			<georss:point/>
-			<poco:preferredUsername>{{$status.user.screen_name}}</poco:preferredUsername>
-			<poco:displayName>{{$status.user.name}}</poco:displayName>
-			<poco:address/>
-			<poco:urls>
-				<poco:type>homepage</poco:type>
-				<poco:value>{{$status.user.url}}</poco:value>
-				<poco:primary>true</poco:primary>
-			</poco:urls>
-		</author>
-		<link rel="ostatus:conversation" type="text/html" href="{{$status.url}}"/> 
-
-	</entry>    
-    {{/foreach}}
-</feed>
diff --git a/view/tpl/api_timeline_rss.tpl b/view/tpl/api_timeline_rss.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index 86c645e99..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/api_timeline_rss.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:twitter="http://api.twitter.com">
-  <channel>
-    <title>Friendika</title>
-    <link>{{$rss.alternate}}</link>
-    <atom:link type="application/rss+xml" rel="self" href="{{$rss.self}}"/>
-    <description>Friendika timeline</description>
-    <language>{{$rss.language}}</language>
-    <ttl>40</ttl>
-	<image>
-		<link>{{$user.link}}</link>
-		<title>{{$user.name}}'s items</title>
-		<url>{{$user.profile_image_url}}</url>
-	</image>
-	
-{{foreach $statuses as $status}}
-  <item>
-    <title>{{$status.user.name}}: {{$status.text}}</title>
-    <description>{{$status.text}}</description>
-    <pubDate>{{$status.created_at}}</pubDate>
-    <guid>{{$status.url}}</guid>
-    <link>{{$status.url}}</link>
-    <twitter:source>{{$status.source}}</twitter:source>
-  </item>
-{{/foreach}}
-  </channel>
-</rss>
diff --git a/view/tpl/api_timeline_xml.tpl b/view/tpl/api_timeline_xml.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index f14d73e9c..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/api_timeline_xml.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<statuses type="array" xmlns:statusnet="http://status.net/schema/api/1/">
-{{foreach $statuses as $status}} <status>
-  <text>{{$status.text}}</text>
-  <truncated>{{$status.truncated}}</truncated>
-  <created_at>{{$status.created_at}}</created_at>
-  <in_reply_to_status_id>{{$status.in_reply_to_status_id}}</in_reply_to_status_id>
-  <source>{{$status.source}}</source>
-  <id>{{$status.id}}</id>
-  <in_reply_to_user_id>{{$status.in_reply_to_user_id}}</in_reply_to_user_id>
-  <in_reply_to_screen_name>{{$status.in_reply_to_screen_name}}</in_reply_to_screen_name>
-  <geo>{{$status.geo}}</geo>
-  <favorited>{{$status.favorited}}</favorited>
-{{include file="api_user_xml.tpl" user=$status.user}}  <statusnet:html>{{$status.statusnet_html}}</statusnet:html>
-  <statusnet:conversation_id>{{$status.statusnet_conversation_id}}</statusnet:conversation_id>
-  <url>{{$status.url}}</url>
-  <coordinates>{{$status.coordinates}}</coordinates>
-  <place>{{$status.place}}</place>
-  <contributors>{{$status.contributors}}</contributors>
- </status>
-{{/foreach}}</statuses>
diff --git a/view/tpl/api_user_xml.tpl b/view/tpl/api_user_xml.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index 3b51992f6..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/api_user_xml.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-  <user>
-   <id>{{$user.id}}</id>
-   <name>{{$user.name}}</name>
-   <screen_name>{{$user.screen_name}}</screen_name>
-   <location>{{$user.location}}</location>
-   <description>{{$user.description}}</description>
-   <profile_image_url>{{$user.profile_image_url}}</profile_image_url>
-   <url>{{$user.url}}</url>
-   <protected>{{$user.protected}}</protected>
-   <followers_count>{{$user.followers_count}}</followers_count>
-   <friends_count>{{$user.friends_count}}</friends_count>
-   <created_at>{{$user.created_at}}</created_at>
-   <favourites_count>{{$user.favourites_count}}</favourites_count>
-   <utc_offset>{{$user.utc_offset}}</utc_offset>
-   <time_zone>{{$user.time_zone}}</time_zone>
-   <statuses_count>{{$user.statuses_count}}</statuses_count>
-   <following>{{$user.following}}</following>
-   <profile_background_color>{{$user.profile_background_color}}</profile_background_color>
-   <profile_text_color>{{$user.profile_text_color}}</profile_text_color>
-   <profile_link_color>{{$user.profile_link_color}}</profile_link_color>
-   <profile_sidebar_fill_color>{{$user.profile_sidebar_fill_color}}</profile_sidebar_fill_color>
-   <profile_sidebar_border_color>{{$user.profile_sidebar_border_color}}</profile_sidebar_border_color>
-   <profile_background_image_url>{{$user.profile_background_image_url}}</profile_background_image_url>
-   <profile_background_tile>{{$user.profile_background_tile}}</profile_background_tile>
-   <profile_use_background_image>{{$user.profile_use_background_image}}</profile_use_background_image>
-   <notifications>{{$user.notifications}}</notifications>
-   <geo_enabled>{{$user.geo_enabled}}</geo_enabled>
-   <verified>{{$user.verified}}</verified>
-   <lang>{{$user.lang}}</lang>
-   <contributors_enabled>{{$user.contributors_enabled}}</contributors_enabled>
-   <status>{{if $user.status}}
-    <created_at>{{$user.status.created_at}}</created_at>
-    <id>{{$user.status.id}}</id>
-    <text>{{$user.status.text}}</text>
-    <source>{{$user.status.source}}</source>
-    <truncated>{{$user.status.truncated}}</truncated>
-    <in_reply_to_status_id>{{$user.status.in_reply_to_status_id}}</in_reply_to_status_id>
-    <in_reply_to_user_id>{{$user.status.in_reply_to_user_id}}</in_reply_to_user_id>
-    <favorited>{{$user.status.favorited}}</favorited>
-    <in_reply_to_screen_name>{{$user.status.in_reply_to_screen_name}}</in_reply_to_screen_name>
-    <geo>{{$user.status.geo}}</geo>
-    <coordinates>{{$user.status.coordinates}}</coordinates>
-    <place>{{$user.status.place}}</place>
-    <contributors>{{$user.status.contributors}}</contributors>
-  {{/if}}</status>
-  </user>
diff --git a/view/tpl/birthdays_reminder.tpl b/view/tpl/birthdays_reminder.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index d0500364a..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/birthdays_reminder.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{{if $count}}
-<div id="birthday-notice" class="birthday-notice fakelink {{$classtoday}}" onclick="openClose('birthday-wrapper');">{{$event_reminders}} ({{$count}})</div>
-<div id="birthday-wrapper" style="display: none;" ><div id="birthday-title">{{$event_title}}</div>
-<div id="birthday-title-end"></div>
-{{foreach $events as $event}}
-<div class="birthday-list" id="birthday-{{$event.id}}"></a> <a href="{{$event.link}}">{{$event.title}}</a> {{$event.date}} </div>
-{{/foreach}}
-</div>
-{{/if}}
-
diff --git a/view/tpl/contact_head.tpl b/view/tpl/contact_head.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index 72e7edbfb..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/contact_head.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"
-          src="{{$baseurl}}/library/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_src.js"></script>
-          <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
-
-tinyMCE.init({
-	theme : "advanced",
-	mode : "{{$editselect}}",
-	elements: "contact-edit-info",
-	plugins : "bbcode",
-	theme_advanced_buttons1 : "bold,italic,underline,undo,redo,link,unlink,image,forecolor",
-	theme_advanced_buttons2 : "",
-	theme_advanced_buttons3 : "",
-	theme_advanced_toolbar_location : "top",
-	theme_advanced_toolbar_align : "center",
-	theme_advanced_styles : "blockquote,code",
-	gecko_spellcheck : true,
-	entity_encoding : "raw",
-	add_unload_trigger : false,
-	remove_linebreaks : false,
-	force_p_newlines : false,
-	force_br_newlines : true,
-	forced_root_block : '',
-	content_css: "{{$baseurl}}/view/custom_tinymce.css"
-
-
-});
-
-
-</script>
-
diff --git a/view/tpl/delegate.tpl b/view/tpl/delegate.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index cbaa8da86..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/delegate.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-<h3>{{$header}}</h3>
-
-<div id="delegate-desc" class="delegate-desc">{{$desc}}</div>
-
-{{if $managers}}
-<h3>{{$head_managers}}</h3>
-
-{{foreach $managers as $x}}
-
-<div class="contact-block-div">
-<a class="contact-block-link" href="#" >
-<img class="contact-block-img" src="{{$base}}/photo/thumb/{{$x.uid}}" title="{{$x.username}} ({{$x.nickname}})" />
-</a>
-</div>
-
-{{/foreach}}
-<div class="clear"></div>
-<hr />
-{{/if}}
-
-
-<h3>{{$head_delegates}}</h3>
-
-{{if $delegates}}
-{{foreach $delegates as $x}}
-
-<div class="contact-block-div">
-<a class="contact-block-link" href="{{$base}}/delegate/remove/{{$x.uid}}" >
-<img class="contact-block-img" src="{{$base}}/photo/thumb/{{$x.uid}}" title="{{$x.username}} ({{$x.nickname}})" />
-</a>
-</div>
-
-{{/foreach}}
-<div class="clear"></div>
-{{else}}
-{{$none}}
-{{/if}}
-<hr />
-
-
-<h3>{{$head_potentials}}</h3>
-{{if $potentials}}
-{{foreach $potentials as $x}}
-
-<div class="contact-block-div">
-<a class="contact-block-link" href="{{$base}}/delegate/add/{{$x.uid}}" >
-<img class="contact-block-img" src="{{$base}}/photo/thumb/{{$x.uid}}" title="{{$x.username}} ({{$x.nickname}})" />
-</a>
-</div>
-
-{{/foreach}}
-<div class="clear"></div>
-{{else}}
-{{$none}}
-{{/if}}
-<hr />
-
diff --git a/view/tpl/display-head.tpl b/view/tpl/display-head.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index 913784d98..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/display-head.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-$(document).ready(function() {
-	$(".comment-edit-wrapper textarea").editor_autocomplete(baseurl+"/acl?f=&n=1");
-	// make auto-complete work in more places
-	$(".wall-item-comment-wrapper textarea").editor_autocomplete(baseurl+"/acl?f=&n=1");
-});
-</script>
-
diff --git a/view/tpl/events_menu_side.tpl b/view/tpl/events_menu_side.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index b9a9062b1..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/events_menu_side.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<div class="widget">
-	<h3>{{$title}}</h3>
-	<ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked">
-		<li><a href="#" onclick="changeView('changeView', 'month'); return false;">{{$month}}</a></li>
-		<li><a href="#" onclick="changeView('changeView', 'agendaWeek'); return false;">{{$week}}</a></li>
-		<li><a href="#" onclick="changeView('changeView', 'agendaDay'); return false;">{{$day}}</a></li>
-	</ul>
-</div>
diff --git a/view/tpl/events_reminder.tpl b/view/tpl/events_reminder.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index fd6a1a5c7..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/events_reminder.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{{if $count}}
-<div id="event-notice" class="birthday-notice fakelink {{$classtoday}}" onclick="openClose('event-wrapper');">{{$event_reminders}} ({{$count}})</div>
-<div id="event-wrapper" style="display: none;" ><div id="event-title">{{$event_title}}</div>
-<div id="event-title-end"></div>
-{{foreach $events as $event}}
-<div class="event-list" id="event-{{$event.id}}"></a> <a href="events/{{$event.link}}">{{$event.title}}</a> {{$event.date}} </div>
-{{/foreach}}
-</div>
-{{/if}}
-
diff --git a/view/tpl/group_drop.tpl b/view/tpl/group_drop.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index 627debc80..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/group_drop.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<div class="group-delete-wrapper button" id="group-delete-wrapper-{{$id}}" >
-	<a href="group/drop/{{$id}}?t={{$form_security_token}}" 
-		onclick="return confirmDelete();" 
-		id="group-delete-icon-{{$id}}" 
-		class="group-delete-icon btn btn-outline-secondary" title="{{$delete}}" ><i class="fa fa-trash-o drop-icons"></i></a>
-</div>
-<div class="group-delete-end"></div>
diff --git a/view/tpl/match.tpl b/view/tpl/match.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index a5ebb043c..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/match.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<div class="profile-match-wrapper">
-	<div class="profile-match-photo">
-		<a href="{{$url}}">
-			<img src="{{$photo}}" alt="{{$name}}" title="{{$name}}[{{$tags}}]" />
-		</a>
-	</div>
-	<div class="profile-match-break"></div>
-	<div class="profile-match-name">
-		<a href="{{$url}}" title="{{$name}}[{{$tags}}]">{{$name}}</a>
-	</div>
-	<div class="profile-match-end"></div>
-	{{if $connlnk}}
-	<div class="profile-match-connect"><a href="{{$connlnk}}" title="{{$conntxt}}"><i class="fa fa-plus connect-icon"></i> {{$conntxt}}</a></div>
-	{{/if}}
-
-</div>
diff --git a/view/tpl/safesearch.tpl b/view/tpl/safesearch.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 58ce22741..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/safesearch.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<div id="directory_safemode" class="widget">
-<h3>{{$safemode}}</h3>
-<ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked">
-	<li><a href="toggle_safesearch">{{$toggle}}</a></li>
-</ul>
-</div>
diff --git a/view/tpl/select_timezone.tpl b/view/tpl/select_timezone.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 2820a54f4..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/select_timezone.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{{* TODO: Make id configurabel *}}
-<select id='timezone_select' name='timezone'>
-{{foreach $continents as $continent => $cities}}
-<optgroup label="{{$continent}}">
-{{foreach $cities as $city => $value}}
-<option value='{{$value}}' {{if $value == $selected}}selected='selected'{{/if}}>{{$city}}</option>
-{{/foreach}}
-</optgroup>
-{{/foreach}}
-</select>
-
diff --git a/view/tpl/settings_connectors.tpl b/view/tpl/settings_connectors.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index 8bea9ca63..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/settings_connectors.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<div class="generic-content-wrapper-styled">
-<h1>{{$title}}</h1>
-
-<form action="settings/connectors" method="post" autocomplete="off">
-<input type='hidden' name='form_security_token' value='{{$form_security_token}}'>
-
-{{$settings_connectors}}
-
-</form>
-</div>
diff --git a/view/tpl/toggle_mobile_footer.tpl b/view/tpl/toggle_mobile_footer.tpl
deleted file mode 100755
index 82c0197ba..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/toggle_mobile_footer.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-<a id="toggle_mobile_link" href="{{$toggle_link}}">{{$toggle_text}}</a>
-
diff --git a/view/tpl/write_pages.tpl b/view/tpl/write_pages.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 53146ee30..000000000
--- a/view/tpl/write_pages.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<div id="write-pages" class="bigwidget">
-<span id="wp-new"><a href="{{$newurl}}">{{$new}}</a></span> <span id="wp-edit"><a href="{{$editurl}}">{{$edit}}</a></span>
-</div>