diff --git a/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php b/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
index 24e598455..813674033 100644
--- a/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
+++ b/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 	protected $commentsEngine = 'e107';
 	
 	private $imageItem;
+
+	public $param = array();
 	
 	
 	function __construct($eVars = null)
@@ -80,7 +82,10 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 	{
 		$tp = e107::getParser();
 		e107::getBB()->setClass("news"); // For automatic bbcode image resizing. 
-		
+
+
+		$news_body = '';
+
 		if($parm != 'extended')
 		{
 			$news_body = $tp->toHTML($this->news_item['news_body'], true, 'BODY, fromadmin', $this->news_item['news_author']);
@@ -90,7 +95,9 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 		{
 			$news_body .= $tp->toHTML($this->news_item['news_extended'], true, 'BODY, fromadmin', $this->news_item['news_author']);
 		}
+
 		e107::getBB()->clearClass();
+
 		return $news_body;
 	}
 
@@ -511,7 +518,8 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 		{
 			$tp = e107::getParser();
 			$text = $tp->toHtml($this->news_item['news_body'],true);
-			$text = str_replace("<br />","\n",$text);
+			$breaks = array('<br />','<br>');
+			$text = str_replace($breaks,"\n",$text);
 			$text = strip_tags($text);	
 			$tmp = preg_split('/(\.\s|!|\r|\n|\?)/i', trim($text));	
 			$tmp = array_filter($tmp);
@@ -597,18 +605,23 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 			$_src = $src = ($newsThumb[0] == '{' || $parms[1] == 'placeholder') ? e107::getParser()->replaceConstants($newsThumb, 'abs') : e_IMAGE_ABS."newspost_images/".$newsThumb;
 		
 		
-			if($parms[2] || $parms[1] == 'placeholder')
+			if(!empty($parms[2]) || $parms[1] == 'placeholder')
 			{
 				//  $srcset = "srcset='".$tp->thumbSrcSet($src,'all')."' size='100vw' ";
-				  $src = e107::getParser()->thumbUrl($src, $parms[2]);
+				  $attr = !empty($parms[2]) ? $parms[2] : null;
+				  $src = e107::getParser()->thumbUrl($src, $attr);
 				  $dimensions = e107::getParser()->thumbDimensions();
 
 			}
 		}
 		
-		
-		
-				
+
+		if(empty($parms[1]))
+		{
+			$parms = array(1 => null);
+		}
+
+
 		switch($parms[1])
 		{
 			case 'src':
diff --git a/e107_plugins/download/download.php b/e107_plugins/download/download.php
index f9528ba43..2daaec3b2 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/download/download.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/download/download.php
@@ -19,6 +19,24 @@ if (!e107::isInstalled('download'))
 }
 
 	e107::lan('download',false, true); // Loads e_PLUGIN.'download/languages/'.e_LANGUAGE.'/English_front.php'
+
+	$bcList = array(
+		'LAN_dl_19' => 'LAN_CATEGORY',
+		'LAN_dl_17' => 'LAN_FILES',
+		"LAN_dl_20" => "LAN_FILES",
+		"LAN_dl_21" => "LAN_SIZE",
+		"LAN_dl_22" => "LAN_DATE",
+		"LAN_dl_23" => "LAN_FILE",
+		"LAN_dl_24" => "LAN_AUTHOR",
+		"LAN_dl_25" => "LAN_ASCENDING",
+		"LAN_dl_26" => "LAN_DESCENDING",
+		"LAN_dl_27" => "LAN_GO",
+		"LAN_dl_28" => "LAN_NAME"
+	);
+
+	e107::getLanguage()->bcDefs($bcList);
+
+
 	
 	require_once(e_PLUGIN.'download/handlers/download_class.php');
 	require_once(e_PLUGIN.'download/handlers/category_class.php');
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/news_carousel_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/news_carousel_menu.php
index 1851c3cb6..02387dd8a 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/news_carousel_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/news_carousel_menu.php
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ if(isset($parms['caption'][e_LANGUAGE]))
 
 $limit      = vartrue($parms['count'],5);
 $tp         = e107::getParser();
-$template   = e107::getTemplate('news', 'news_menu', 'carousel');
+$template   = e107::getTemplate('news', 'news_menu', 'carousel', false, true);
 
 $nobody_regexp = "'(^|,)(".str_replace(",", "|", e_UC_NOBODY).")(,|$)'";
+
+e107::getDebug()->log("News Carousel Menu ".print_a($parms,true));
 	
 $query = "
 		SELECT n.*, nc.category_id, nc.category_name, nc.category_sef, nc.category_icon,
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/other_news2_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/other_news2_menu.php
index 44baf4852..918951dcd 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/other_news2_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/other_news2_menu.php
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ if(!$OTHERNEWS2_STYLE)
 {
 	if(deftrue('BOOTSTRAP')) // v2.x
 	{
-		define("OTHERNEWS_COLS",false);
+		if(!defined("OTHERNEWS_COLS"))
+		{
+			define("OTHERNEWS_COLS",false);
+		}
+
 		$template = e107::getTemplate('news', 'news_menu', 'other2');
 		$OTHERNEWS2_STYLE = $template['item'];
 
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/other_news_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/other_news_menu.php
index fc02371f5..8ce2186eb 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/other_news_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/other_news_menu.php
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ if(!$OTHERNEWS_STYLE)
 {
 	if(deftrue('BOOTSTRAP')) // v2.x
 	{
-		define("OTHERNEWS_COLS",false);
+		if(!defined("OTHERNEWS_COLS"))
+		{
+			define("OTHERNEWS_COLS",false);
+		}
 		$template = e107::getTemplate('news', 'news_menu', 'other');
 		
 		$item_selector = '<div class="btn-group pull-right"><a class="btn btn-mini btn-xs btn-default" href="#otherNews" data-slide="prev">‹</a>  
diff --git a/e107_plugins/newsfeed/newsfeed_functions.php b/e107_plugins/newsfeed/newsfeed_functions.php
index 11000e7b3..ee4a79b89 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/newsfeed/newsfeed_functions.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/newsfeed/newsfeed_functions.php
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class newsfeedClass
 
 		if($which == 'all')
 		{
-			$ret['title'] = $NEWSFEED_MENU_CAPTION;
+			$ret['title'] = (!empty($NEWSFEED_MENU_CAPTION)) ? $NEWSFEED_MENU_CAPTION : '';
 		}
 		else
 		{