diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 1fc65d78f..6b3499a05 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',       1084  );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1085  );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    '<br />' . "\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ define ( 'HUBLOC_FLAGS_PRIMARY',      0x0001);
 define ( 'HUBLOC_FLAGS_UNVERIFIED',   0x0002);
 define ( 'HUBLOC_FLAGS_DELETED',      0x1000);
 
-
+define ( 'XCHAN_FLAGS_NORMAL',		  0x0000);
 define ( 'XCHAN_FLAGS_HIDDEN',        0x0001);
 define ( 'XCHAN_FLAGS_ORPHAN',        0x0002);
 define ( 'XCHAN_FLAGS_CENSORED',      0x0004);
@@ -496,10 +496,11 @@ define ( 'ITEM_MODERATED',       0x0004);
 define ( 'ITEM_SPAM',            0x0008);
 define ( 'ITEM_DELETED',         0x0010);
 define ( 'ITEM_UNPUBLISHED',     0x0020);
-define ( 'ITEM_WEBPAGE',         0x0040);  // is a static web page, not a conversational item
+define ( 'ITEM_WEBPAGE',         0x0040);	// is a static web page, not a conversational item
 define ( 'ITEM_DELAYED_PUBLISH', 0x0080); 
-define ( 'ITEM_BUILDBLOCK',      0x0100);  // Named thusly to make sure nobody confuses this with ITEM_BLOCKED
-define ( 'ITEM_PDL',             0x0200);  // Page Description Language - e.g. Comanche
+define ( 'ITEM_BUILDBLOCK',      0x0100);	// Named thusly to make sure nobody confuses this with ITEM_BLOCKED
+define ( 'ITEM_PDL',			 0x0200);	// Page Description Language - e.g. Comanche
+define ( 'ITEM_BUG',			 0x0400);	// Is a bug, can be used by the internal bug tracker
 /**
  * Item Flags
  */
@@ -518,7 +519,6 @@ define ( 'ITEM_MENTIONSME',      0x0400);
 define ( 'ITEM_NOCOMMENT',       0x0800);  // commenting/followups are disabled
 define ( 'ITEM_OBSCURED',        0x1000);  // bit-mangled to protect from casual browsing by site admin
 define ( 'ITEM_VERIFIED',        0x2000);  // Signature verification was successful
-
 /**
  *
  * Reverse the effect of magic_quotes_gpc if it is enabled.
diff --git a/include/identity.php b/include/identity.php
index 80f02a9c5..2226cdb19 100644
--- a/include/identity.php
+++ b/include/identity.php
@@ -71,22 +71,21 @@ function validate_channelname($name) {
 
 
 /**
- * @function create_dir_account()
+ * @function create_sys_account()
  *     Create a system channel - which has no account attached
  *
- * Currently unused. 
  *
  */
 
-function create_dir_account() {
-	create_identity(array(
-		'account_id' => 'xxx',  // This will create an identity with an (integer) account_id of 0, but account_id is required
-		'nickname' => 'dir',
-		'name' => 'Directory',
-		'pageflags' => PAGE_DIRECTORY_CHANNEL|PAGE_HIDDEN,
-		'publish' => 0
-	));
-}
+//function create_sys_channel() {
+//	create_identity(array(
+//		'nickname' => 'sys',
+//		'name' => 'System',
+//		'pageflags' => PAGE_SYSTEM,
+//		'publish' => 0,
+//		'xchanflags' => XCHAN_FLAGS_SYSTEM
+//	));
+//}
 
 /**
  * @channel_total()
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ function create_identity($arr) {
 
 	$name = escape_tags($arr['name']);
 	$pageflags = ((x($arr,'pageflags')) ? intval($arr['pageflags']) : PAGE_NORMAL);
-
+	$xchanflags = ((x($arr,'xchanflags')) ? intval($arr['xchanflags']) : XCHAN_FLAGS_NORMAL);
 	$name_error = validate_channelname($arr['name']);
 	if($name_error) {
 		$ret['message'] = $name_error;
@@ -243,7 +242,7 @@ function create_identity($arr) {
 
 	$newuid = $ret['channel']['channel_id'];
 
-	$r = q("insert into xchan ( xchan_hash, xchan_guid, xchan_guid_sig, xchan_pubkey, xchan_photo_l, xchan_photo_m, xchan_photo_s, xchan_addr, xchan_url, xchan_follow, xchan_connurl, xchan_name, xchan_network, xchan_photo_date, xchan_name_date ) values ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s')",
+	$r = q("insert into xchan ( xchan_hash, xchan_guid, xchan_guid_sig, xchan_pubkey, xchan_photo_l, xchan_photo_m, xchan_photo_s, xchan_addr, xchan_url, xchan_follow, xchan_connurl, xchan_name, xchan_network, xchan_photo_date, xchan_name_date, xchan_flags ) values ('%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%d')",
 		dbesc($hash),
 		dbesc($guid),
 		dbesc($sig),
@@ -258,7 +257,8 @@ function create_identity($arr) {
 		dbesc($ret['channel']['channel_name']),
 		dbesc('zot'),
 		dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-		dbesc(datetime_convert())
+		dbesc(datetime_convert()),
+		intval($xchanflags)
 	);
 
 	// Not checking return value. 
@@ -1111,22 +1111,18 @@ function get_theme_uid() {
 }
 
 /**
- * @function get_default_profile_photo($size = 175)
- *   Retrieves the path of the default_profile_photo for this system
- *   with the specified size.
- * @param int $size
- *    one of (175, 80, 48)
- * @returns string
- * 
- */
+* @function get_default_profile_photo($size = 175)
+* 	Retrieves the path of the default_profile_photo for this system
+* 	with the specified size.
+* @param int $size
+* 	one of (175, 80, 48)
+* @returns string
+*
+*/
 
 function get_default_profile_photo($size = 175) {
-	$scheme = get_config('system','default_profile_photo');
-	if(! $scheme)
-		$scheme = 'rainbow_man';
-	return 'images/default_profile_photos/' . $scheme . '/' . $size . '.jpg';
+		$scheme = get_config('system','default_profile_photo');
+		if(! $scheme)
+			$scheme = 'rainbow_man';
+		return 'images/default_profile_photos/' . $scheme . '/' . $size . '.jpg';
 }
-
-
-
- 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install/database.sql b/install/database.sql
index ef79862c3..915cecdba 100644
--- a/install/database.sql
+++ b/install/database.sql
@@ -1029,3 +1029,11 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `xtag` (
   KEY `xtag_hash` (`xtag_hash`),
   KEY `xtag_flags` (`xtag_flags`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE if not exists `sys_perms` (
+	`id` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY ,
+	`cat` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
+	`k` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
+	`v` MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL,
+	`public_perm` TINYINT( 1 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL
+) ENGINE = MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8");
diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index f498ec042..05bddba42 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1084 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1085 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -919,3 +919,19 @@ ADD INDEX ( `aid` )");
 	return UPDATE_FAILED;
 }
 
+function update_r1084() {
+
+
+	$r = q("CREATE TABLE if not exists `sys_perms` (
+			`id` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY ,
+			`cat` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
+			`k` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
+			`v` MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL,
+			`public_perm` TINYINT( 1 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL
+) ENGINE = MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET = utf8");
+
+	if($r)
+		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+
+}
diff --git a/mod/achievements.php b/mod/achievements.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1910def73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mod/achievements.php
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?php
+
+function achievements_content(&$a) {
+
+	if(argc() > 1)
+		$which = argv(1);
+	else {
+		notice( t('Requested profile is not available.') . EOL );
+		return;
+}
+
+	$profile = 0;
+	$profile = argv(1);		
+	profile_load($a,$which,$profile);
+
+	$r = q("select channel_id from channel where channel_address = '%s'",
+			dbesc($which)
+			);
+	if($r) {
+		$owner = intval($r[0]['channel_id']);
+		}
+
+	$observer = $a->get_observer();
+	$ob_hash = (($observer) ? $observer['xchan_hash'] : '');
+	$perms = get_all_perms($owner,$ob_hash);
+	if(! $perms['view_profile']) {
+		notice( t('Permission denied.') . EOL);
+	return;
+    }
+
+//	By default, all badges are false
+	$contactbadge = false;
+	$profilebadge = false;
+	$keywordsbadge = false;
+	
+// Check number of contacts.  Award a badge if over 10
+// We'll figure these out on each page load instead of 
+// writing them to the DB because that will mean one needs
+// to retain their achievements - eg, you can't add
+// a bunch of channels just to get your badge, and then
+// delete them all again.  If these become popular or
+// used in profiles or something, we may need to reconsider
+// and add a table for this - because this won't scale.
+    
+    $r = q("select * from abook where abook_channel = %d",
+	intval($owner)
+	);
+
+	if (count($r))
+		$contacts = count($r);
+	// We're checking for 11 to adjust for the abook record for self
+	if ($contacts >= 11)
+			$contactbadge = true;
+		
+//	Check if an about field in the profile has been created.
+
+	$r = q("select * from profile where uid = %d and about <> ''",
+			intval($owner)
+	);
+	
+	if ($r)
+		$profilebadge = 1;
+
+// Check if keywords have been set
+
+	$r = q("select * from profile where uid = %d and keywords <> ''",
+			intval($owner)
+	);
+	
+	if($r)
+		$keywordsbadge = 1;
+
+// FIXME - stick ths in a template, and make it look pretty.
+	$o .= "Template not implemented";
+	$o .= "If this is one, you get the profile badge" . $profilebadge . "<br>";
+	$o .= "If this is one, you get the contact badge" . $contactbadge . "<br>";
+	$o .= "If this is one you get the keywords badge" . $keywordsbadge . "<br>";
+	$o .= "I haven't done the top level posts badge yet" . $toplevelpostsbadge . "<br>";
+	$o .= "I haven't done the number of channels badge yet" . $channelsbadge;
+	
+	
+return $o;
+
+}
diff --git a/mod/xref.php b/mod/xref.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..566de1998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mod/xref.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+	function ref_init(&$a) {
+		// Sets a referral URL using an xchan directly
+		// Link format: example.com/xref/[xchan]/[TargetURL]
+		// Target URL is optional.
+		// Cookie lasts 24 hours to survive a browser restart.  Contains no personal
+		// information at all - just somebody else's xchan.
+			$referrer = argv(1);
+			$expire=time()+60*60*24;
+			$path = 'ref';
+			setcookie(ref, $referrer, $expire, "/"); 
+			$url = '';
+
+		if (argc() > 2)
+			$url = argv(2);
+			
+		goaway (z_root() . '/' . $url);
+			
+}