diff --git a/e107_admin/newspost.php b/e107_admin/newspost.php
index 30f0e8ee9..6d1519e07 100644
--- a/e107_admin/newspost.php
+++ b/e107_admin/newspost.php
@@ -762,6 +762,12 @@ class news_admin_ui extends e_admin_ui
 			$this->saveSettings();
 		}
 
+		if(e_DEBUG == true) // allowing manual fixing of comment total in DEBUG mode.
+		{
+			$this->fields['news_comment_total']['noedit'] = false;
+			$this->fields['news_comment_total']['inline'] = true;
+		}
+
 
 		$this->fields['news_email_notify']['writeParms']['post'] = "<span class='radio-inline radio inline'><a class='e-modal btn btn-xs btn-mini btn-primary' data-modal-caption='".ADLAN_149."' href='notify.php?iframe=1&type=admin_news_notify#/tab-news-events'>".LAN_CONFIGURE."</a></span>";
 
diff --git a/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php b/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
index 7c90929e2..49bfb5c37 100644
--- a/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
+++ b/e107_core/shortcodes/batch/news_shortcodes.php
@@ -251,6 +251,59 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 	}
 
 
+	//New v2.x Aliases
+
+	public function sc_news_id($parm=null)
+	{
+		return $this->sc_newsid();
+	}
+
+	public function sc_news_title($parm=null)
+	{
+		return (!empty($parm['link'])) ? $this->sc_newstitlelink($parm) : $this->sc_newstitle($parm);
+	}
+
+	public function sc_news_body($parm=null)
+	{
+		return $this->sc_newsbody($parm);
+	}
+
+	public function sc_news_author($parm=null)
+	{
+		return $this->sc_newsauthor($parm);
+	}
+
+	public function sc_news_summary($parm=null)
+	{
+		return $this->sc_newssummary($parm);
+	}
+
+	public function sc_news_description($parm=null)
+	{
+		return $this->sc_newsmetadiz($parm);
+	}
+
+	public function sc_news_tags($parm=null)
+	{
+		return $this->sc_newstags($parm);
+	}
+
+	public  function sc_news_comment_count($parm=null)
+	{
+		return $this->sc_newscommentcount($parm);
+	}
+
+	public function sc_news_date($parm=null)
+	{
+		return $this->sc_newsdate($parm);
+	}
+
+	public function sc_news_user_avatar($parm=null)
+	{
+		return $this->sc_newsavatar($parm);
+	}
+
+// ----------------------------------- BC compatible Shortcodes ------------------------------------------- //
 
 	function sc_newscategory($parm=null)
 	{
@@ -286,7 +339,7 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 	}
 
 
-	function sc_newsavatar()
+	function sc_newsavatar($parm=null)
 	{
 		return vartrue($this->news_item['user_id']) ? e107::getParser()->parseTemplate("{USER_AVATAR=".$this->news_item['user_id']."}",true) : '';
 	} 
@@ -425,7 +478,7 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 		return "<div class='".(defined('ADMINNAME') ? ADMINNAME : 'null')."'>".$news_body.'</div>';
 	}
 
-	function sc_newssummary()
+	function sc_newssummary($parm=null)
 	{
 		if($this->news_item['news_summary'])
 		{
@@ -887,7 +940,7 @@ class news_shortcodes extends e_shortcode
 	}
 
 
-	function sc_newsmetadiz()
+	function sc_newsmetadiz($parm=null)
 	{
   		return e107::getParser()->toHtml($this->news_item['news_meta_description'],true);
 	}
diff --git a/e107_core/templates/comment_template.php b/e107_core/templates/comment_template.php
index 16a79bbd7..f3b6ae551 100644
--- a/e107_core/templates/comment_template.php
+++ b/e107_core/templates/comment_template.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ $sc_style['MODERATE']['post']	= '</div>';
 
 
 $COMMENT_TEMPLATE['form']			= "
-	{SETIMAGE: w=100&h=100}
+	{SETIMAGE: w=90&h=90&crop=1}
 	<div class='media comment-box comment-box-form clearfix'>
 		<div class='comment-box-left media-object pull-left' >
 		{COMMENT_AVATAR}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ $COMMENT_TEMPLATE['form']			= "
 
 
 $COMMENT_TEMPLATE['item'] = '
-		{SETIMAGE: w=80&h=80}
+		{SETIMAGE: w=90&h=90&crop=1}
 		<div class="media-object comment-box-left pull-left span1">
 			{COMMENT_AVATAR}
 		</div>	
diff --git a/e107_handlers/comment_class.php b/e107_handlers/comment_class.php
index 2c47faa5b..ec5287690 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/comment_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/comment_class.php
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ class comment
 				{ 
 					if ($sql2->select("user", "*", "user_name='".$tp->toDB($_POST['author_name'])."' "))
 					{
-						if ($sql2->select("user", "*", "user_name='".$tp->toDB($_POST['author_name'])."' AND user_ip='".$tp->toDB($ip, true)."' "))
+						if ($sql2->select("user", "*", "user_name='".$tp->toDB($_POST['author_name'])."' AND user_ip='".USERIP."' "))
 						{
 							//list($cuser_id, $cuser_name) = $sql2->db_Fetch();
 							$tmp = $sql2->fetch();
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ class comment
 						e107::getCache()->clear("comment");
 
 
-						if ((empty($type) || $type == "news") && !$this->moderateComment($pref['comments_moderate']))
+						if ((empty($table) || $table == "news") && !$this->moderateComment($pref['comments_moderate']))
 						{
 							$sql->update("news", "news_comment_total=news_comment_total+1 WHERE news_id=".intval($id));
 						}
diff --git a/e107_plugins/banner/banner_menu.php b/e107_plugins/banner/banner_menu.php
index 6a1fde378..eadde56c4 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/banner/banner_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/banner/banner_menu.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ if(!empty($menu_pref['banner_campaign']) && !empty($menu_pref['banner_amount']))
 				$ret[$cat][] = $tp->simpleParse($BANNER_MENU_ITEM, $var); 
 			}			
 		}
-		elseif(e_DEBUG == true)
+		elseif(e_DEBUG == true && getperms('0'))
 		{
 			echo "no banner data";
 			print_a($menu_pref);