diff --git a/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php b/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
index 6f855e8b7..7e8dfe092 100644
--- a/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
+++ b/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
@@ -490,7 +490,8 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 		{
 			if(trim($val))
 			{
-				$words[] = "<a href='".e_BASE."news.php?tag=".$val."'><span class='label label-default'>".$val."</span></a>";	
+				$url = e107::getUrl()->create('news/list/tag',array('tag'=>$val)); // e_BASE."news.php?tag=".$val
+				$words[] = "<a href='".$url."'><span class='label label-default'>".$val."</span></a>";	
 			}
 		}
 		
diff --git a/e107_core/url/news/sef_full_url.php b/e107_core/url/news/sef_full_url.php
index b5976d3d1..0c7078ba5 100644
--- a/e107_core/url/news/sef_full_url.php
+++ b/e107_core/url/news/sef_full_url.php
@@ -35,14 +35,16 @@ class core_news_sef_full_url extends eUrlConfig
 				'Category/<name:{sefsecure}>' 				=> array('list/category', 'allowVars' => array('page'), 'mapVars' => array('category_sef' => 'name'), 'legacyQuery' => 'list.{name}.{page}', 'parseCallback' => 'categoryIdByTitle'),
 				'All' 										=> array('list/all', 'allowVars' => array('page'), 'legacyQuery' => 'all.0.{page}'),
 				
-				'Short/<name:{sefsecure}>' 					=> array('list/short', 'allowVars' => array('page'), 'mapVars' => array('category_sef' => 'name'), 'legacyQuery' => 'cat.{name}.{page}', 'parseCallback' => 'categoryIdByTitle'),
-				'Short/<id:{number}>' 						=> array('list/short', 'allowVars' => array('page'), 'mapVars' => array('category_id' => 'id'), 'legacyQuery' => 'cat.{id}.{page}'),				
-				'Day/<id:{number}>' 						=> array('list/day', 'allowVars' => array('page'), 'legacyQuery' => 'day.{id}.{page}'),
-				'Month/<id:{number}>' 						=> array('list/month', 'allowVars' => array('page'), 'legacyQuery' => 'month.{id}.{page}'),
+				'Short/<name:{sefsecure}>' 					=> array('list/short', 	'allowVars' => array('page'), 'mapVars' => array('category_sef' => 'name'), 'legacyQuery' => 'cat.{name}.{page}', 'parseCallback' => 'categoryIdByTitle'),
+				'Short/<id:{number}>' 						=> array('list/short', 	'allowVars' => array('page'), 'mapVars' => array('category_id' => 'id'), 'legacyQuery' => 'cat.{id}.{page}'),				
+				'Day/<id:{number}>' 						=> array('list/day', 	'allowVars' => array('page'), 'legacyQuery' => 'day.{id}.{page}'),
+				'Month/<id:{number}>' 						=> array('list/month', 	'allowVars' => array('page'), 'legacyQuery' => 'month.{id}.{page}'),
+				'Tag/<tag:{secure}>' 						=> array('list/tag', 	'allowVars' => array('page'), 'legacyQuery' => 'tag={tag}'),
 				
 				'<category:{sefsecure}>/<name:{sefsecure}>' => array('view/item', 'mapVars' => array('category_sef' => 'category', 'news_sef' => 'name'), 'legacyQuery' => 'extend.{name}', 'parseCallback' => 'itemIdByTitle'),
 				'<name:{sefsecure}>' 						=> array('view/item', 'mapVars' => array('news_id' => 'id', 'news_sef' => 'name'), 'legacyQuery' => 'extend.{name}', 'parseCallback' => 'itemIdByTitle'),
 				'<id:{number}>' 							=> array('view/item', 'mapVars' => array('news_id' => 'id'), 'legacyQuery' => 'extend.{id}'),
+				
 			) 
 		);
 		
diff --git a/e107_core/url/news/sef_noid_url.php b/e107_core/url/news/sef_noid_url.php
index 5ad406da4..ded89cd1b 100644
--- a/e107_core/url/news/sef_noid_url.php
+++ b/e107_core/url/news/sef_noid_url.php
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ class core_news_sef_noid_url extends eUrlConfig
 						if($page) $parm = array('page' => $page); // news/All?page=xxx
 				break;
 				
+				case 'tag':				// news/tag/xxxx
+					$r[0] = 'tag';
+					$r[1] = $params['tag']; 
+				break;
+				
 				case 'category':
 				case 'short':
 					if(!vartrue($params['id']))
@@ -154,8 +159,9 @@ class core_news_sef_noid_url extends eUrlConfig
 		}
 		
 		## no controller/action pair - news item view - map to extend.xxx
-		if(strpos($pathInfo, '/') === false && $pathInfo != 'All')
+		if(strpos($pathInfo, '/') === false && strtolower($pathInfo) != 'all')
 		{
+			
 			$route = 'view/item';
 			$id = is_numeric($pathInfo) ? intval($pathInfo) : $this->itemIdByTitle($pathInfo);
 			if(!$id) 
@@ -228,6 +234,11 @@ class core_news_sef_noid_url extends eUrlConfig
 				return 'list/all';
 			break;
 			
+			case 'tag':
+				$this->legacyQueryString = 'tag='.$parts[1];
+				return 'list/tag';
+			break;
+			
 			# force not found
 			default:
 				return false;
diff --git a/e107_core/url/news/sef_url.php b/e107_core/url/news/sef_url.php
index 3e829f48c..7f07e63ef 100644
--- a/e107_core/url/news/sef_url.php
+++ b/e107_core/url/news/sef_url.php
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ class core_news_sef_url extends eUrlConfig
 				// fallback if news sef is missing
 				'View/<id:{number}>/<name:{sefsecure}>' 		=> array('view/item', 'mapVars' => array('news_id' => 'id', 'news_sef' => 'name'), 'legacyQuery' => 'extend.{id}'),
 				
-				'View/<id:{number}>' 						=> array('view/item', 'mapVars' => array('news_id' => 'id'), 'legacyQuery' => 'extend.{id}'),
+				'View/<id:{number}>' 		=> array('view/item', 'mapVars' => array('news_id' => 'id'), 'legacyQuery' => 'extend.{id}'),
+				
+				'Tag/<tag:{secure}>' 	=> array('list/tag', 'allowVars' => array('page'), 'legacyQuery' => 'tag={tag}'),
+			
 				
 			) 
 		);
@@ -113,7 +116,7 @@ class core_news_sef_url extends eUrlConfig
 	
 	/**
 	 * Query mapping in format route?params:
-	 * - item/vew?id=xxx -> ?extend.id
+	 * - item/view?id=xxx -> ?extend.id
 	 * - list/items[?page=xxx] -> default.0.page
 	 * - list/category?id=xxx[&page=xxx] -> list.id.page
 	 * - list/category?id=0[&page=xxx] -> default.0.page
diff --git a/e107_core/url/news/url.php b/e107_core/url/news/url.php
index 60d09ec21..eb36e8042 100644
--- a/e107_core/url/news/url.php
+++ b/e107_core/url/news/url.php
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class core_news_url extends eUrlConfig
 			$route[1] = 'items';
 		}
 		
+	//	return print_a($route,true);
 		## news are passing array as it is retrieved from the DB, map vars to proper values
 		if(isset($params['news_id']) && !empty($params['news_id'])) $params['id'] = $params['news_id'];
 		//if(isset($params['news_sef']) && !empty($params['news_sef'])) $params['id'] = $params['news_sef'];
@@ -142,6 +143,10 @@ class core_news_url extends eUrlConfig
 					$url .= 'all.'.$params['id'].'.'.$page;
 				break;
 				
+				case 'tag':
+					$url .= 'tag='.$params['id'].'&page='.$page;
+				break;
+				
 				case 'short':
 					$url .= 'cat.'.$params['id'].'.'.$page;
 				break;
@@ -158,7 +163,10 @@ class core_news_url extends eUrlConfig
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		else $url = 'news.php';
+		else 
+		{
+			$url = 'news.php';
+		}
 		
 		return $url;
 	}
diff --git a/e107_core/url/page/sef_noid_url.php b/e107_core/url/page/sef_noid_url.php
index a52f76684..f1433b7b1 100644
--- a/e107_core/url/page/sef_noid_url.php
+++ b/e107_core/url/page/sef_noid_url.php
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ class core_page_sef_noid_url extends eUrlConfig
 	public function itemIdByTitle(eRequest $request)
 	{
 		$name = $request->getRequestParam('name');
+		
+		e107::getMessage()->addDebug('name = '.$name);
+		e107::getMessage()->addDebug(print_r($request,true));
+		e107::getAdminLog()->toFile('page_sef_noid_url');
+		
 		if(($id = $request->getRequestParam('id'))) 
 		{
 			$request->setRequestParam('name', $id);
@@ -79,6 +84,9 @@ class core_page_sef_noid_url extends eUrlConfig
 		}
 		elseif(!$name || is_numeric($name)) return;
 		
+		
+		
+		
 		$sql = e107::getDb('url');
 		$name = e107::getParser()->toDB($name);
 		if($sql->db_Select('page', 'page_id', "menu_name='' AND page_sef='{$name}'")) 
diff --git a/e107_handlers/application.php b/e107_handlers/application.php
index 1378f8eb9..621dd24f2 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/application.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/application.php
@@ -1810,6 +1810,7 @@ class eRouter
 
 		$anc = '';
 		
+		
 		if(is_string($params)) parse_str($params, $params);
 		if(isset($params['#']))
 		{
@@ -1897,8 +1898,6 @@ class eRouter
 			break;
 		}
 		
-		
-		
 		# aliases
 		$module = $route[0];
 		$config = $this->getConfig($module);
@@ -1974,7 +1973,10 @@ class eRouter
 		{
 			foreach ($rules as $k => $rule)
 			{
-				if (($url = $rule->createUrl($this, array($route[1], $route[2]), $params, $options)) !== false) return $base.rtrim(($this->isMainModule($module) ? '' : $alias.'/').$url, '/').$anc;
+				if (($url = $rule->createUrl($this, array($route[1], $route[2]), $params, $options)) !== false)
+				{
+					 return $base.rtrim(($this->isMainModule($module) ? '' : $alias.'/').$url, '/').$anc;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -2037,6 +2039,8 @@ class eRouter
 		}
 		$route = implode('/', $route);
 		if(!$route || $route == $alias) $urlSuffix = '';
+		
+		
 		return $format === self::FORMAT_GET ? $base.'?'.$this->routeVar.'='.$route.$anc : $base.$route.$urlSuffix.$anc;
 	}
 	
@@ -2392,6 +2396,8 @@ class eUrlRule
 		
 		if(is_array($route)) $route = implode('/', $route);
 		
+		
+		
 		$tr = array();
 		if ($route !== $this->route)
 		{
@@ -2411,7 +2417,7 @@ class eUrlRule
 				unset($params[$srcKey]);
 			}
 		}	
-		
+			
 		// false means - no vars are allowed, preserve only route vars
 		if($this->allowVars === false) $this->allowVars = array_keys($this->params);
 		// empty array (default) - everything is allowed
@@ -2460,7 +2466,7 @@ class eUrlRule
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		
+	
 		foreach ($this->params as $key => $value)
 		{
 			// FIX - non-latin URLs proper encoded
@@ -2470,9 +2476,19 @@ class eUrlRule
 		
 		$suffix = $this->urlSuffix === null ? $manager->urlSuffix : $this->urlSuffix;
 		
+		$urlFormat = e107::getConfig()->get('url_sef_translate');
+		
+		if($urlFormat == 'dashl' || $urlFormat == 'underscorel' || $urlFormat == 'plusl') // convert template to lowercase when using lowercase SEF URL format.  
+		{
+			$this->template = strtolower($this->template);	
+		}
+		
 		$url = strtr($this->template, $tr);
 		
-		if (empty($params)) return $url !== '' ? $url.$suffix : $url;
+		if(empty($params))
+		{
+			 return $url !== '' ? $url.$suffix : $url;
+		}
 
 		// apppend not supported, maybe in the future...?
 		if ($this->append) $url .= '/'.$manager->createPathInfo($params, '/', '/').$suffix;
@@ -2483,6 +2499,7 @@ class eUrlRule
 			$options['equal'] = '=';
 			$url .= '?'.$manager->createPathInfo($params, $options);
 		}
+	
 
 		return rtrim($url, '/');
 	}
@@ -3540,6 +3557,7 @@ class eRequest
 	public function populateRequestParams()
 	{
 		$rp = $this->getRequestParams();
+		
 		foreach ($rp as $key => $value) 
 		{
 			$_GET[$key] = $value;
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/e_sitelink.php b/e107_plugins/news/e_sitelink.php
index bdd153278..34f36e517 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/e_sitelink.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/e_sitelink.php
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ class news_sitelink // include plugin-folder in the name.
 		$nobody_regexp = "'(^|,)(".str_replace(",", "|", e_UC_NOBODY).")(,|$)'";
 		$query = "SELECT * FROM #news WHERE news_class REGEXP '".e_CLASS_REGEXP."' AND NOT (news_class REGEXP ".$nobody_regexp.") ORDER BY news_datestamp DESC LIMIT 10";
 		
-		if($sql->db_Select_gen($query))
+		if($sql->gen($query))
 		{		
-			while($row = $sql->db_Fetch())
+			while($row = $sql->fetch())
 			{
 				$sublinks[] = array(
 					'link_name'			=> $row['news_title'],
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ class news_sitelink // include plugin-folder in the name.
 			}
 			
 			$sublinks[] = array(
-					'link_name'			=> "More...",
-					'link_url'			=> 'news.php?all', // e107::getUrl()->create('news/list/all'), // XXX TODO FIXME Not behaving the same as legacy url. 
+					'link_name'			=> LAN_MORE,
+					'link_url'			=> e107::getUrl()->create('news/list/all'),  
 					'link_description'	=> '',
 					'link_button'		=> '',
 					'link_category'		=> '',
diff --git a/news.php b/news.php
index 3364c162e..8bbff73b3 100644
--- a/news.php
+++ b/news.php
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ if ($action == 'all' || $action == 'cat')
 	$sub_action = intval(varset($tmp[1],0));
 }
 
+
+
+
+
 /*
 Variables Used:
 $action - the basic display format/filter
@@ -129,9 +133,30 @@ $nobody_regexp = "'(^|,)(".str_replace(",", "|", e_UC_NOBODY).")(,|$)'";
 		$newsRoute = 'list/all';
 		$newsUrlparms['id'] = $sub_action;
 	}
+
 	else $newsRoute = 'list/items';
 	$newsRoute = 'news/'.$newsRoute;
 
+
+if(vartrue($_GET['tag']) || substr($action,0,4) == 'tag=')
+{
+	
+	$newsRoute = 'news/list/tag';	
+	if(!vartrue($_GET['tag']))
+	{
+		list($action,$word) = explode("=",$action,2);	
+		$_GET['tag'] = $word;
+		unset($word,$tmp);
+	}
+
+	$newsfrom = intval(varset($_GET['page'],0));
+}
+
+/*
+echo "route= ".$newsRoute."  ";
+echo "<br />action= ".$action."  ";
+echo "<br />_GET= ".print_a($_GET,true);
+*/
 //------------------------------------------------------
 //		DISPLAY NEWS IN 'CATEGORY' LIST FORMAT HERE
 //------------------------------------------------------
@@ -207,6 +232,7 @@ if ($action == 'cat' || $action == 'all' || vartrue($_GET['tag']))
 		ORDER BY n.news_datestamp DESC
 		LIMIT ".intval($newsfrom).",".NEWSLIST_LIMIT;	
 		$category_name = 'Tag: "'.$tagsearch.'"';
+		
 	}
 
 	$newsList = array();
@@ -292,7 +318,7 @@ if ($action == 'cat' || $action == 'all' || vartrue($_GET['tag']))
 		$NEWSLISTTITLE = str_replace("{NEWSCATEGORY}",$tp->toHTML($category_name,FALSE,'TITLE'),$NEWSLISTTITLE);
 	}
 	
-	$text .= "<div class='center news-list-footer'><a class='btn btn-default' href='".e_REQUEST_SELF."'>".LAN_NEWS_84."</a></div>";
+	$text .= "<div class='center news-list-footer'><a class='btn btn-default' href='".e107::getUrl()->create('news/all')."'>".LAN_NEWS_84."</a></div>";
 	
 	ob_start();
 	$ns->tablerender($NEWSLISTTITLE, $text, 'news');