diff --git a/public/src/ajaxify.js b/public/src/ajaxify.js
index bba039ea66..24f1e2e105 100644
--- a/public/src/ajaxify.js
+++ b/public/src/ajaxify.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 
 			translator.load(tpl_url);
 
-			jQuery('#footer, #content').addClass('ajaxifying');
+			jQuery('#footer, #content').removeClass('hide').addClass('ajaxifying');
 
 			templates.flush();
 			templates.load_template(function () {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 				return;
 			}
 
-			if (!e.ctrlKey && e.which === 1) {
+			if ((!e.ctrlKey && !e.shiftKey) && e.which === 1) {
 				if (this.host === window.location.host) {
 					// Internal link
 					var url = this.href.replace(rootUrl + '/', '');
diff --git a/public/src/forum/category.js b/public/src/forum/category.js
index 44a11eaea9..6b25a85701 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/category.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/category.js
@@ -83,36 +83,39 @@ define(function () {
 	Category.onNewTopic = function(data) {
 		var html = templates.prepare(templates['category'].blocks['topics']).parse({
 			topics: [data]
-		}),
-			topic = $(html),
-			container = $('#topics-container'),
-			topics = $('#topics-container').children('.category-item'),
-			numTopics = topics.length;
-
-		jQuery('#topics-container, .category-sidebar').removeClass('hidden');
-		jQuery('#category-no-topics').remove();
-
-		if (numTopics > 0) {
-			for (var x = 0; x < numTopics; x++) {
-				if ($(topics[x]).find('.fa-thumb-tack').length) {
-					if(x === numTopics - 1) {
-						topic.insertAfter(topics[x]);
+		});
+		
+		translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
+			var topic = $(translatedHTML),
+				container = $('#topics-container'),
+				topics = $('#topics-container').children('.category-item'),
+				numTopics = topics.length;
+
+			jQuery('#topics-container, .category-sidebar').removeClass('hidden');
+			jQuery('#category-no-topics').remove();
+
+			if (numTopics > 0) {
+				for (var x = 0; x < numTopics; x++) {
+					if ($(topics[x]).find('.fa-thumb-tack').length) {
+						if(x === numTopics - 1) {
+							topic.insertAfter(topics[x]);
+						}
+						continue;
 					}
-					continue;
+					topic.insertBefore(topics[x]);
+					break;
 				}
-				topic.insertBefore(topics[x]);
-				break;
+			} else {
+				container.append(topic);
 			}
-		} else {
-			container.append(topic);
-		}
 
-		topic.hide().fadeIn('slow');
-		socket.emit('api:categories.getRecentReplies', templates.get('category_id'));
+			topic.hide().fadeIn('slow');
+			socket.emit('api:categories.getRecentReplies', templates.get('category_id'));
 
-		addActiveUser(data);
+			addActiveUser(data);
 
-		$('#topics-container span.timeago').timeago();
+			$('#topics-container span.timeago').timeago();
+		});
 	}
 
 	function addActiveUser(data) {
@@ -131,20 +134,22 @@ define(function () {
 	}
 
 	Category.onTopicsLoaded = function(topics) {
-
 		var html = templates.prepare(templates['category'].blocks['topics']).parse({
 			topics: topics
-		}),
-			container = $('#topics-container');
+		});
+		
+		translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
+			var container = $('#topics-container');
 
-		jQuery('#topics-container, .category-sidebar').removeClass('hidden');
-		jQuery('#category-no-topics').remove();
+			jQuery('#topics-container, .category-sidebar').removeClass('hidden');
+			jQuery('#category-no-topics').remove();
 
-		html = $(html);
-		container.append(html);
+			html = $(translatedHTML);
+			container.append(html);
 
-		$('#topics-container span.timeago').timeago();
-		app.makeNumbersHumanReadable(html.find('.human-readable-number'));
+			$('#topics-container span.timeago').timeago();
+			app.makeNumbersHumanReadable(html.find('.human-readable-number'));
+		});
 	}
 
 	Category.loadMoreTopics = function(cid) {
diff --git a/public/src/forum/footer.js b/public/src/forum/footer.js
index eb8d0f3e20..046a7e8186 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/footer.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/footer.js
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 		});
 	});
 
-	socket.on('chatMessage', function(data) {
+	socket.on('event:chats.receive', function(data) {
 		require(['chat'], function(chat) {
 			var modal = null;
 			if (chat.modalExists(data.fromuid)) {
diff --git a/public/src/forum/recent.js b/public/src/forum/recent.js
index 6b162db34f..c883c9c54b 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/recent.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/recent.js
@@ -81,18 +81,20 @@ define(function() {
 	}
 
 	Recent.onTopicsLoaded = function(topics) {
-
 		var html = templates.prepare(templates['recent'].blocks['topics']).parse({
 			topics: topics
-		}),
-			container = $('#topics-container');
+		});
+		
+		translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
+			var container = $('#topics-container');
 
-		$('#category-no-topics').remove();
+			$('#category-no-topics').remove();
 
-		html = $(html);
-		container.append(html);
-		$('span.timeago').timeago();
-		app.makeNumbersHumanReadable(html.find('.human-readable-number'));
+			html = $(html);
+			container.append(html);
+			$('span.timeago').timeago();
+			app.makeNumbersHumanReadable(html.find('.human-readable-number'));
+		});
 	}
 
 	Recent.loadMoreTopics = function() {
diff --git a/public/src/forum/unread.js b/public/src/forum/unread.js
index 6debeeba84..e0dd1dd7d7 100644
--- a/public/src/forum/unread.js
+++ b/public/src/forum/unread.js
@@ -71,18 +71,20 @@ define(function() {
 		});
 
 		function onTopicsLoaded(topics) {
-
 			var html = templates.prepare(templates['unread'].blocks['topics']).parse({
 				topics: topics
-			}),
-				container = $('#topics-container');
+			});
 
-			$('#category-no-topics').remove();
+			translator.translate(html, function(translatedHTML) {
+				var container = $('#topics-container');
 
-			html = $(html);
-			container.append(html);
-			$('span.timeago').timeago();
-			app.makeNumbersHumanReadable(html.find('.human-readable-number'));
+				$('#category-no-topics').remove();
+
+				html = $(translatedHTML);
+				container.append(html);
+				$('span.timeago').timeago();
+				app.makeNumbersHumanReadable(html.find('.human-readable-number'));
+			});
 		}
 
 		function loadMoreTopics() {
diff --git a/public/src/modules/chat.js b/public/src/modules/chat.js
index 2aeb2f02bf..8c3b551330 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/chat.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/chat.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ define(['taskbar'], function(taskbar) {
 	}
 
 	function getChatMessages(chatModal, callback) {
-		socket.emit('getChatMessages', {touid:chatModal.touid}, function(messages) {
+		socket.emit('api:chats.get', {touid:chatModal.touid}, function(messages) {
 			for(var i = 0; i<messages.length; ++i) {
 				module.appendChatMessage(chatModal, messages[i].content, messages[i].timestamp);
 			}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ define(['taskbar'], function(taskbar) {
 		var msg = app.strip_tags(chatModal.find('#chat-message-input').val());
 		if(msg.length) {
 			msg = msg +'\n';
-			socket.emit('sendChatMessage', { touid:chatModal.touid, message:msg});
+			socket.emit('api:chats.send', { touid:chatModal.touid, message:msg});
 			chatModal.find('#chat-message-input').val('');
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/public/src/templates.js b/public/src/templates.js
index 6772f998b7..51dfd0dc65 100644
--- a/public/src/templates.js
+++ b/public/src/templates.js
@@ -320,14 +320,16 @@
 									if (conditionalBlock[1]) {
 										// there is an else statement
 										if (!value) {
-											template = template.replace(matches[i], conditionalBlock[1]);
+											template = template.replace(matches[i], conditionalBlock[1].replace(/<!-- ((\IF\b)|(\bENDIF\b))(.*?)-->/gi, ''));
 										} else {
-											template = template.replace(matches[i], conditionalBlock[0]);
+											template = template.replace(matches[i], conditionalBlock[0].replace(/<!-- ((\IF\b)|(\bENDIF\b))(.*?)-->/gi, ''));
 										}
 									} else {
 										// regular if statement
 										if (!value) {
 											template = template.replace(matches[i], '');
+										} else {
+											template = template.replace(matches[i], matches[i].replace(/<!-- ((\IF\b)|(\bENDIF\b))(.*?)-->/gi, ''));
 										}
 									}
 								}
@@ -351,6 +353,9 @@
 				var regex = new RegExp("{" + namespace + "[\\s\\S]*?}", 'g');
 				template = template.replace(regex, '');
 			}
+			
+			// clean up all undefined conditionals
+			template = template.replace(/<!-- IF([\s\S]*?)ENDIF([\s\S]*?)-->/gi, '');
 
 			return template;
 
diff --git a/public/templates/footer.tpl b/public/templates/footer.tpl
index a9f51f2242..4434336ed8 100644
--- a/public/templates/footer.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/footer.tpl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	<div id="alert_window"></div>
 
 
-	<footer id="footer" class="container footer">
+	<footer id="footer" class="container footer hide">
 		{footerHTML}
 		<div class="copyright">
 			Copyright &copy; 2013 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nodebb.com">NodeBB Forums</a> | <a target="_blank" href="//github.com/designcreateplay/NodeBB/graphs/contributors">Contributors</a>
diff --git a/src/database/mongo.js b/src/database/mongo.js
index c803e3a541..d6af3bc0b2 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo.js
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@
 			stats.raw = JSON.stringify(stats, null, 4);
 
 			stats.mongo = true;
-			//remove this when andrew adds in undefined checking to templates
-			stats.redis = false;
+
 			callback(err, stats);
 
 		});
diff --git a/src/database/redis.js b/src/database/redis.js
index b3a27ef895..d24573384b 100644
--- a/src/database/redis.js
+++ b/src/database/redis.js
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@
 			}
 			redisData.raw = JSON.stringify(redisData, null, 4);
 			redisData.redis = true;
-			//remove this when andrew adds in undefined checking to templates
-			redisData.mongo = false;
 
 			callback(null, redisData);
 		});
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index 8a76ca3402..341038b508 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ websockets.init = function(io) {
 			});
 		});
 
-		socket.on('getChatMessages', function(data, callback) {
+		socket.on('api:chats.get', function(data, callback) {
 			var touid = data.touid;
 			Messaging.getMessages(uid, touid, function(err, messages) {
 				if (err)
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ websockets.init = function(io) {
 			});
 		});
 
-		socket.on('sendChatMessage', function(data) {
+		socket.on('api:chats.send', function(data) {
 
 			var touid = data.touid;
 			if (touid === uid || uid === 0) {
@@ -696,9 +696,15 @@ websockets.init = function(io) {
 
 			var msg = utils.strip_tags(data.message);
 
-			user.getUserField(uid, 'username', function(err, username) {
+			user.getMultipleUserFields([uid, touid], ['username'], function(err, usersData) {
+				if(err) {
+					return;
+				}
+
 				var finalMessage = username + ' : ' + msg,
-					notifText = 'New message from <strong>' + username + '</strong>';
+					notifText = 'New message from <strong>' + username + '</strong>',
+					username = usersData[0].username,
+					toUsername = usersData[1].username;
 
 				if (!isUserOnline(touid)) {
 					notifications.create(notifText, 'javascript:app.openChat(&apos;' + username + '&apos;, ' + uid + ');', 'notification_' + uid + '_' + touid, function(nid) {
@@ -715,7 +721,7 @@ websockets.init = function(io) {
 						numSockets = userSockets[touid].length;
 
 						for (var x = 0; x < numSockets; ++x) {
-							userSockets[touid][x].emit('chatMessage', {
+							userSockets[touid][x].emit('event:chats.receive', {
 								fromuid: uid,
 								username: username,
 								message: finalMessage,
@@ -729,9 +735,9 @@ websockets.init = function(io) {
 						numSockets = userSockets[uid].length;
 
 						for (var x = 0; x < numSockets; ++x) {
-							userSockets[uid][x].emit('chatMessage', {
+							userSockets[uid][x].emit('event:chats.receive', {
 								fromuid: touid,
-								username: username,
+								username: toUsername,
 								message: 'You : ' + msg,
 								timestamp: Date.now()
 							});