diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index a6fecbef5..0459df817 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ ADD INDEX ( `event_hash` )");
 
 
 function update_r1019() {
-	$r = q"ALTER TABLE `event` DROP `message_id` ");
+	$r = q("ALTER TABLE `event` DROP `message_id` ");
 	if($r)
 		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
 	return UPDATE_FAILED;
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 34de31340..347b26eb3 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -181,6 +181,37 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 
 	}
 
+	if(argc() > 1 && (argv(1) === 'all_events')) {
+
+		$result = array();
+
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM event left join xchan on event_xchan = xchan_hash
+			WHERE `event`.`uid` = %d AND start < '%s' AND start > '%s' and `ignore` = 0
+			ORDER BY `start` DESC ",
+			intval(local_user()),
+			dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),'now + 7 days')),
+			dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),'now - 1 days'))
+		);
+
+		if($r) {
+			foreach($r as $rr) {
+				$result[] = array(
+					'notify_link' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/events/' . $rr['event_hash'],
+					'name'        => $rr['xchan_name'],
+					'url'         => $rr['xchan_url'],
+					'photo'       => $rr['xchan_photo_s'],
+					'when'        => relative_date($rr['start']), 
+					'class'       => ('notify-unseen'), 
+					'message'     => t('posted an event')
+				);
+			}
+		}			
+		logger('ping: ' . print_r($result,true));
+		echo json_encode(array('notify' => $result));
+		killme();
+
+	}
+
 
 	// Normal ping - just the counts
 
diff --git a/view/tpl/nav.tpl b/view/tpl/nav.tpl
index 19635e6a0..dc4e50e33 100644
--- a/view/tpl/nav.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/nav.tpl
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
 	{{ endif }}
 
 	{{ if $nav.all_events }}
-		<li id="nav-all-events-link" class="nav-menu $sel.all_events">
+		<li id="nav-all_events-link" class="nav-menu $sel.all_events">
 			<a class="$nav.all_events.2" href="$nav.all_events.0" title="$nav.all_events.3" ><span class="icon events">$nav.all_events.1</span></a>
-			<span id="all-events-update" class="nav-notify fakelink" rel="#nav-events-menu"></span>
-			<ul id="nav-events-menu" class="menu-popup notify-menus" rel="events">
-				<li id="nav-events-see-all"><a href="$nav.events.all.0">$nav.events.all.1</a></li>
-				<li id="nav-events-mark-all"><a href="#" onclick="/*fixme*/ return false;">$nav.events.mark.1</a></li>
+			<span id="all-all_events-update" class="nav-notify fakelink" rel="#nav-all_events-menu"></span>
+			<ul id="nav-all_events-menu" class="menu-popup notify-menus" rel="all_events">
+				<li id="nav-all_events-see-all"><a href="$nav.all_events.all.0">$nav.all_events.all.1</a></li>
+				<li id="nav-all_events-mark-all"><a href="#" onclick="/*fixme*/ return false;">$nav.all_events.mark.1</a></li>
 				<li class="empty">$emptynotifications</li>
 			</ul>
 		</li>