diff --git a/wire/core/Field.php b/wire/core/Field.php
index 1ab0e7ba..c0875c19 100644
--- a/wire/core/Field.php
+++ b/wire/core/Field.php
@@ -448,6 +448,20 @@ class Field extends WireData implements Saveable, Exportable {
 			if(strpos($key, '_') === 0) unset($data[$key]);
 		}
 
+		// convert access roles from IDs to names
+		if($this->useRoles) {
+			foreach(array('viewRoles', 'editRoles') as $roleType) {
+				if(!is_array($data[$roleType])) $data[$roleType] = array();
+				$roleNames = array();
+				foreach($data[$roleType] as $key => $roleID) {
+					$role = $this->wire('roles')->get($roleID);
+					if(!$role || !$role->id) continue;
+					$roleNames[] = $role->name;
+				}
+				$data[$roleType] = $roleNames;
+			}
+		}
+
 		return $data;
 	}
 
@@ -497,7 +511,11 @@ class Field extends WireData implements Saveable, Exportable {
 			$this->type = $this->wire('fieldtypes')->get($data['type']);
 		}
 
-		if(!$this->type) $this->type = $this->wire('fieldtypes')->get('FieldtypeText');
+		if(!$this->type) {
+			if(!empty($data['type'])) $this->error("Unable to locate field type: $data[type]"); 
+			$this->type = $this->wire('fieldtypes')->get('FieldtypeText');
+		}
+
 		$data = $this->type->importConfigData($this, $data);
 
 		// populate import data
@@ -632,6 +650,15 @@ class Field extends WireData implements Saveable, Exportable {
 				$ids[] = (int) $role;
 			} else if($role instanceof Role) {
 				$ids[] = (int) $role->id;
+			} else if(is_string($role) && strlen($role)) {
+				$rolePage = $this->wire('roles')->get($role); 
+				if($rolePage && $rolePage->id) {
+					$ids[] = $rolePage->id;
+				} else {
+					$this->error("Unknown role '$role'"); 
+				}
+			} else {
+				// invalid
 			}
 		}
 		if($type == 'view') {
diff --git a/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypePageTable.module b/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypePageTable.module
index c6c47360..f489c2db 100644
--- a/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypePageTable.module
+++ b/wire/modules/Fieldtype/FieldtypePageTable.module
@@ -450,7 +450,16 @@ class FieldtypePageTable extends FieldtypeMulti implements Module {
 	 *
 	 */
 	public function ___exportConfigData(Field $field, array $data) {
-		$data = $this->wire('fieldtypes')->get('FieldtypePage')->exportConfigData($field, $data); 
+		$data = $this->wire('fieldtypes')->get('FieldtypePage')->exportConfigData($field, $data);
+		if(is_array($data['template_id'])) {
+			// convert template IDs to names
+			$names = array();
+			foreach($data['template_id'] as $id) {
+				$template = $this->wire('templates')->get((int) $id); 
+				if($template) $names[] = $template->name;
+			}
+			$data['template_id'] = $names;
+		}
 		return $data;
 	}
 	
@@ -464,7 +473,25 @@ class FieldtypePageTable extends FieldtypeMulti implements Module {
 	 *
 	 */
 	public function ___importConfigData(Field $field, array $data) {
+		$templateIDs = array();
+		if(!empty($data['template_id'])) {
+			if(!is_array($data['template_id'])) $data['template_id'] = array($data['template_id']); 
+			$errorTemplates = array();
+			foreach($data['template_id'] as $name) {
+				$template = $this->wire('templates')->get($name); 	
+				if($template) {
+					$templateIDs[] = $template->id;
+				} else {
+					$errorTemplates[] = $name;
+				}
+			}
+			$data['template_id'] = 0;
+			if(count($errorTemplates)) {
+				$data['errors']['template_id'] = "Unable to find template(s): " . implode(', ', $errorTemplates);
+			}
+		}
 		$data = $this->wire('fieldtypes')->get('FieldtypePage')->importConfigData($field, $data);
+		$data['template_id'] = $templateIDs; 
 		return $data;
 	}