diff --git a/actions/avatar.php b/actions/avatar.php
index 8a4557f382..0b1025a3c4 100644
--- a/actions/avatar.php
+++ b/actions/avatar.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class AvatarAction extends SettingsAction {
 		$avatar->filename = $filename;
 		$avatar->original = true;
 		$avatar->url = common_avatar_url($filename);
-
+		$avatar->created = date(DATE_RFC822); # current time
 		foreach (array(AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE, AVATAR_STREAM_SIZE, AVATAR_MINI_SIZE) as $size) {
 			$scaled[] = $this->scale_avatar($user, $avatar, $size);
 		}
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ class AvatarAction extends SettingsAction {
 		$scaled->mediatype = ($avatar->mediattype == 'image/jpeg') ? 'image/jpeg' : 'image/png';
 		$scaled->filename = $filename;
 		$scaled->url = common_avatar_url($filename);
+		$scaled->created = date(DATE_RFC822); # current time
 		
 		return $scaled;
 	}
diff --git a/actions/newnotice.php b/actions/newnotice.php
index ff5b7ccd30..96726fafbb 100644
--- a/actions/newnotice.php
+++ b/actions/newnotice.php
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ class NewnoticeAction extends Action {
 			common_user_error(_t('Not logged in.'));
 		} else if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
 			$id = $this->save_new_notice();
-
-			if ($id) {
+#			if ($id) {
 				common_broadcast_notices($id);
 				common_redirect(common_local_url('shownotice',
 												 array('notice' => $id)), 303);
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ class NewnoticeAction extends Action {
 		assert($notice);
 		$notice->profile_id = $user->id; # user id *is* profile id
 		$notice->content = $this->arg('content');
-		$notice->created = time();
+		$notice->created = date(DATE_RFC822); # current time
 		return $notice->insert();
 	}
 	
@@ -57,7 +56,9 @@ class NewnoticeAction extends Action {
 		common_element_start('form', array('id' => 'newnotice', 'method' => 'POST',
 										   'action' => common_local_url('newnotice')));
 		common_element('span', 'nickname', $profile->nickname);
-		common_element('textarea', array('rows' => 4, 'cols' => 80, 'id' => 'content'));
+		common_element('textarea', array('rows' => 4, 'cols' => 80,
+										 'name' => 'content', 
+										 'id' => 'content'));
 		common_element('input', array('type' => 'submit', 'value' => 'Send'));
 		common_element_end('form');
 	}
diff --git a/actions/register.php b/actions/register.php
index 096eded79d..c156b46b2e 100644
--- a/actions/register.php
+++ b/actions/register.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class RegisterAction extends Action {
 		# TODO: wrap this in a transaction!
 		$profile = new Profile();
 		$profile->nickname = $nickname;
-		$profile->created = time();
+		$profile->created = date(DATE_RFC822); # current time
 		$id = $profile->insert();
 		if (!$id) {
 			return FALSE;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class RegisterAction extends Action {
 		$user->nickname = $nickname;
 		$user->password = common_munge_password($password, $id);
 		$user->email = $email;
-		$user->created = time();
+		$user->created = date(DATE_RFC822); # current time
 		$result = $user->insert();
 		if (!$result) {
 			# Try to clean up...
@@ -135,5 +135,6 @@ class RegisterAction extends Action {
 									  'id' => 'cancel',
 									  'value' => _t('Cancel')));
 		common_element_end('form');
+		common_show_footer();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/actions/showstream.php b/actions/showstream.php
index 5c49832229..45e155feab 100644
--- a/actions/showstream.php
+++ b/actions/showstream.php
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ class ShowstreamAction extends StreamAction {
 	function notice_form() {
 		common_element_start('form', array('id' => 'newnotice', 'method' => 'POST',
 										   'action' => common_local_url('newnotice')));
-		common_element('textarea', array('rows' => 4, 'cols' => 80, 'id' => 'content'));
+		common_element('textarea', array('rows' => 4, 'cols' => 80,
+										 'name' => 'content', 
+										 'id' => 'content'));
 		common_element('input', array('type' => 'submit', 'value' => 'Send'));
 		common_element_end('form');
 	}
diff --git a/lib/common.php b/lib/common.php
index fbe90e0306..730dae3957 100644
--- a/lib/common.php
+++ b/lib/common.php
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ function common_local_url($action, $args=NULL) {
 
 function common_date_string($dt) {
 	// XXX: do some sexy date formatting
-	return date(DATE_RFC822);
+	return date(DATE_RFC822, $dt);
 }
 
 function common_redirect($url, $code=307) {
diff --git a/lib/settingsaction.php b/lib/settingsaction.php
index af7fcb2581..ae5b537f8c 100644
--- a/lib/settingsaction.php
+++ b/lib/settingsaction.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class SettingsAction extends Action {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	function show_message($msg, $success) {
+	function message($msg, $success) {
 		if ($msg) {
 			common_element('div', ($success) ? 'success' : 'error',
 						   $msg);