diff --git a/actions/attachment.php b/actions/attachment.php
index 981882a5bb..b9187ff081 100644
--- a/actions/attachment.php
+++ b/actions/attachment.php
@@ -53,18 +53,6 @@ class AttachmentAction extends Action
 
     var $attachment = null;
 
-    /**
-     * Profile of the notice object
-     */
-
-//    var $profile = null;
-
-    /**
-     * Avatar of the profile of the notice object
-     */
-
-//    var $avatar = null;
-
     /**
      * Load attributes based on database arguments
      *
@@ -112,8 +100,6 @@ class AttachmentAction extends Action
         return $a->title();
     }
 
-
-
     /**
      * Last-modified date for page
      *
@@ -213,38 +199,11 @@ class AttachmentAction extends Action
      *
      * @return void
      */
-
-    function showAside() {
-        $notice = new Notice;
-        $f2p = new File_to_post;
-        $f2p->file_id = $this->attachment->id;
-        $notice->joinAdd($f2p);
-        $notice->orderBy('created desc');
-        $x = $notice->find();
-        $this->elementStart('ol');
-        while($notice->fetch()) {
-            $this->elementStart('li');
-            $profile = $notice->getProfile();
-            $this->element('a', array('href' => $notice->uri), $profile->nickname . ' on ' . $notice->created);
-            $this->elementEnd('li');
-        }
-        $this->elementEnd('ol');
-        $notice->free();
-        $f2p->free();
-
-        $notice_tag = new Notice_tag;
-        $attachment = new File;
-
-        $query = 'select tag,count(tag) as c from notice_tag join file_to_post on (notice_tag.notice_id=post_id) join notice on notice_id = notice.id where file_id=' . $notice_tag->escape($this->attachment->id) . ' group by tag order by c desc';
-
-        $notice_tag->query($query);
-        $this->elementStart('ol');
-        while($notice_tag->fetch()) {
-            $this->elementStart('li');
-            $href = common_local_url('tag', array('tag' => $notice_tag->tag));
-            $this->element('a', array('href' => $href), $notice_tag->tag . ' (' . $notice_tag->c . ')');
-            $this->elementEnd('li');
-        }
-        $this->elementEnd('ol');
+    function showSections() {
+        $ns = new AttachmentNoticeSection($this);
+        $ns->show();
+        $atcs = new AttachmentTagCloudSection($this);
+        $atcs->show();
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/actions/tag.php b/actions/tag.php
index 2202f9bb07..47420e4c33 100644
--- a/actions/tag.php
+++ b/actions/tag.php
@@ -49,17 +49,8 @@ class TagAction extends Action
     {
         $pop = new PopularNoticeSection($this);
         $pop->show();
-
-        $notice_tag = new Notice_tag;
-        $query = 'select file_id, count(file_id) as c from notice_tag join file_to_post on post_id = notice_id where tag="' . $notice_tag->escape($this->tag) . '" group by file_id order by c desc';
-        $notice_tag->query($query);
-        $this->elementStart('ol');
-        while ($notice_tag->fetch()) {
-            $this->elementStart('li');
-            $this->element('a', array('class' => 'attachment', 'href' => common_local_url('attachment', array('attachment' => $notice_tag->file_id))), "Attachment tagged {$notice_tag->c} times");
-            $this->elementEnd('li');
-        }
-        $this->elementEnd('ol');
+        $freqatt = new FrequentAttachmentSection($this);
+        $freqatt->show();
     }
 
     function title()
diff --git a/classes/Notice.php b/classes/Notice.php
index 30508070e5..f6ac4f7802 100644
--- a/classes/Notice.php
+++ b/classes/Notice.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
             return _('Too many notices too fast; take a breather and post again in a few minutes.');
         }
 
-        if (common_config('site', 'dupelimit') > 0 && !Notice::checkDupes($profile_id, $final)) {
+        if (common_config('site', 'dupelimit') > 0 && !Notice::checkDupes($profile_id, $content)) {
             common_log(LOG_WARNING, 'Dupe posting by profile #' . $profile_id . '; throttled.');
 			return _('Too many duplicate messages too quickly; take a breather and post again in a few minutes.');
         }
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ class Notice extends Memcached_DataObject
     }
 
     function hasAttachments() {
-        $post = clone($this);
-        $query = "select count(file_id) as n_attachments from file join file_to_post on (file_id = file.id) join notice on (post_id = notice.id) where post_id = " . $post->escape($this->id);
+        $post = clone $this;
+        $query = "select count(file_id) as n_attachments from file join file_to_post on (file_id = file.id) join notice on (post_id = notice.id) where post_id = " . $post->escape($post->id);
         $post->query($query);
         $post->fetch();
         $n_attachments = intval($post->n_attachments);
diff --git a/config.php.sample b/config.php.sample
index 0e6bf0e5f6..826b086a3b 100644
--- a/config.php.sample
+++ b/config.php.sample
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ $config['site']['path'] = 'laconica';
 #Make the site invisible to  non-logged-in users
 #$config['site']['private'] = true;
 
+# 'direct' for direct notice links in sections
+# 'attachment' for notice attachment links in sections
+# left undefined, no link is showed
+#$config['site']['notice_link'] = 'attachment';
+#$config['site']['notice_link'] = 'direct';
+
 # If you want logging sent to a file instead of syslog
 #$config['site']['logfile'] = '/tmp/laconica.log';
 
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index cfef211896..1b4fbf81ba 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function handleError($error)
 function main()
 {
     // quick check for fancy URL auto-detection support in installer.
-    if ('/check-fancy' === $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL']) {
+    if (isset($_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL']) && ('/check-fancy' === $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL'])) {
         die("Fancy URL support detection succeeded. We suggest you enable this to get fancy (pretty) URLs.");
     }
     global $user, $action, $config;
diff --git a/lib/attachmentnoticesection.php b/lib/attachmentnoticesection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb31763764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/attachmentnoticesection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Laconica, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * FIXME
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Widget
+ * @package   Laconica
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @copyright 2009 Control Yourself, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * FIXME
+ *
+ * These are the widgets that show interesting data about a person * group, or site.
+ *
+ * @category Widget
+ * @package  Laconica
+ * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+class AttachmentNoticeSection extends NoticeSection
+{
+    function showContent() {
+        parent::showContent();
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    function getNotices()
+    {
+        $notice = new Notice;
+        $f2p = new File_to_post;
+        $f2p->file_id = $this->out->attachment->id;
+        $notice->joinAdd($f2p);
+        $notice->orderBy('created desc');
+        $notice->selectAdd('post_id as id');
+        $notice->find();
+        return $notice; 
+    }
+
+    function title()
+    {
+        return _('Notices where this attachment appears');
+    }
+
+    function divId()
+    {
+        return 'popular_notices';
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/attachmentsection.php b/lib/attachmentsection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20e620b9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/attachmentsection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Laconica, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * Base class for sections showing lists of attachments
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Widget
+ * @package   Laconica
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @copyright 2009 Control Yourself, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+define('ATTACHMENTS_PER_SECTION', 6);
+
+/**
+ * Base class for sections showing lists of attachments
+ *
+ * These are the widgets that show interesting data about a person
+ * group, or site.
+ *
+ * @category Widget
+ * @package  Laconica
+ * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+class AttachmentSection extends Section
+{
+    function showContent()
+    {
+        $attachments = $this->getAttachments();
+
+        $cnt = 0;
+
+        $this->out->elementStart('ul', 'attachments');
+
+        while ($attachments->fetch() && ++$cnt <= ATTACHMENTS_PER_SECTION) {
+            $this->showAttachment($attachments);
+        }
+
+        $this->out->elementEnd('ul');
+
+        return ($cnt > ATTACHMENTS_PER_SECTION);
+    }
+
+    function getAttachments()
+    {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    function showAttachment($attachment)
+    {
+        $this->out->elementStart('li');
+        $this->out->element('a', array('class' => 'attachment', 'href' => common_local_url('attachment', array('attachment' => $attachment->file_id))), "Attachment tagged {$attachment->c} times");
+        $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/attachmenttagcloudsection.php b/lib/attachmenttagcloudsection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50bfceccb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/attachmenttagcloudsection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Laconica, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * Attachment tag cloud section
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Widget
+ * @package   Laconica
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @copyright 2009 Control Yourself, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Attachment tag cloud section
+ *
+ * @category Widget
+ * @package  Laconica
+ * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+class AttachmentTagCloudSection extends TagCloudSection
+{
+    function title()
+    {
+        return _('Tags for this attachment');
+    }
+
+    function showTag($tag, $weight, $relative)
+    {
+        if ($relative > 0.5) {
+            $rel =  'tag-cloud-7';
+        } else if ($relative > 0.4) {
+            $rel = 'tag-cloud-6';
+        } else if ($relative > 0.3) {
+            $rel = 'tag-cloud-5';
+        } else if ($relative > 0.2) {
+            $rel = 'tag-cloud-4';
+        } else if ($relative > 0.1) {
+            $rel = 'tag-cloud-3';
+        } else if ($relative > 0.05) {
+            $rel = 'tag-cloud-2';
+        } else {
+            $rel = 'tag-cloud-1';
+        }
+
+        $this->out->elementStart('li', $rel);
+        $this->out->element('a', array('href' => $this->tagUrl($tag)),
+                       $tag);
+        $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+    }
+
+    function getTags()
+    {
+        $notice_tag = new Notice_tag;
+        $query = 'select tag,count(tag) as weight from notice_tag join file_to_post on (notice_tag.notice_id=post_id) join notice on notice_id = notice.id where file_id=' . $notice_tag->escape($this->out->attachment->id) . ' group by tag order by weight desc';
+        $notice_tag->query($query);
+        return $notice_tag;
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/frequentattachmentsection.php b/lib/frequentattachmentsection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ce0d18714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/frequentattachmentsection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Laconica, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * FIXME
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Widget
+ * @package   Laconica
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @copyright 2009 Control Yourself, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * FIXME
+ *
+ * These are the widgets that show interesting data about a person
+ * group, or site.
+ *
+ * @category Widget
+ * @package  Laconica
+ * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@controlyourself.ca>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://laconi.ca/
+ */
+
+class FrequentAttachmentSection extends AttachmentSection
+{
+    function getAttachments() {
+        $notice_tag = new Notice_tag;
+        $query = 'select file_id, count(file_id) as c from notice_tag join file_to_post on post_id = notice_id where tag="' . $notice_tag->escape($this->out->tag) . '" group by file_id order by c desc';
+        $notice_tag->query($query);
+        return $notice_tag;
+    }
+
+    function title()
+    {
+        return sprintf(_('Attachments frequently tagged with %s'), $this->out->tag);
+    }
+
+    function divId()
+    {
+        return 'frequent_attachments';
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/noticesection.php b/lib/noticesection.php
index 94c2738efd..37aafdaf6c 100644
--- a/lib/noticesection.php
+++ b/lib/noticesection.php
@@ -51,17 +51,13 @@ class NoticeSection extends Section
     function showContent()
     {
         $notices = $this->getNotices();
-
         $cnt = 0;
-
         $this->out->elementStart('ul', 'notices');
-
         while ($notices->fetch() && ++$cnt <= NOTICES_PER_SECTION) {
             $this->showNotice($notices);
         }
 
         $this->out->elementEnd('ul');
-
         return ($cnt > NOTICES_PER_SECTION);
     }
 
@@ -100,6 +96,37 @@ class NoticeSection extends Section
 
         $this->out->elementStart('p', 'entry-content');
         $this->out->raw($notice->rendered);
+
+        $notice_link_cfg = common_config('site', 'notice_link');
+        if ('direct' === $notice_link_cfg) {
+            $this->out->text(' (');
+            $this->out->element('a', array('href' => $notice->uri), 'see');
+            $this->out->text(')');
+        } elseif ('attachment' === $notice_link_cfg) {
+            if ($count = $notice->hasAttachments()) {
+            // link to attachment(s) pages
+                if (1 === $count) {
+                    $f2p = File_to_post::staticGet('post_id', $notice->id);
+                    $href = common_local_url('attachment', array('attachment' => $f2p->file_id));
+                    $att_class = 'attachment';
+                } else {
+                    $href = common_local_url('attachments', array('notice' => $notice->id));
+                    $att_class = 'attachments';
+                }
+
+                $clip = theme_path('images/icons/clip.png', 'base');
+                $this->out->elementStart('a', array('class' => $att_class, 'style' => "font-style: italic;", 'href' => $href, 'title' => "# of attachments: $count"));
+                $this->out->raw(" ($count&nbsp");
+                $this->out->element('img', array('style' => 'display: inline', 'align' => 'top', 'width' => 20, 'height' => 20, 'src' => $clip, 'alt' => 'alt'));
+                $this->out->text(')');
+                $this->out->elementEnd('a');
+            } else {
+                $this->out->text(' (');
+                $this->out->element('a', array('href' => $notice->uri), 'see');
+                $this->out->text(')');
+            }
+        }
+
         $this->out->elementEnd('p');
         if (!empty($notice->value)) {
             $this->out->elementStart('p');
diff --git a/lib/popularnoticesection.php b/lib/popularnoticesection.php
index a8d47ef542..375d5538be 100644
--- a/lib/popularnoticesection.php
+++ b/lib/popularnoticesection.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class PopularNoticeSection extends NoticeSection
         if (common_config('db', 'type') == 'pgsql') {
             $weightexpr='sum(exp(-extract(epoch from (now() - fave.modified)) / %s))';
             if (!empty($this->out->tag)) {
-                $tag = pg_escape_string($this->tag);
+                $tag = pg_escape_string($this->out->tag);
             }
         } else {
             $weightexpr='sum(exp(-(now() - fave.modified) / %s))';