diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index d9d7c62dc..021775013 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -920,6 +920,10 @@ class App {
 	}
 
 	function get_cached_avatar_image($avatar_image){
+		// Just remove the base url. This avoid mixed content
+		$avatar_image = normalise_link($avatar_image);
+		$base = normalise_link($this->get_baseurl());
+		$avatar_image = str_replace($base."/", "", $avatar_image);
 		return $avatar_image;
 
 		// The following code is deactivated. It doesn't seem to make any sense and it slows down the system.
diff --git a/include/ForumManager.php b/include/ForumManager.php
index 49417d183..73eb511de 100644
--- a/include/ForumManager.php
+++ b/include/ForumManager.php
@@ -89,18 +89,18 @@ class ForumManager {
 		if(count($contacts)) {
 
 			$id = 0;
-
+$a = get_app();
 			foreach($contacts as $contact) {
 
 				$selected = (($cid == $contact['id']) ? ' forum-selected' : '');
 
 				$entry = array(
-					'url' => z_root() . '/network?f=&cid=' . $contact['id'],
-					'external_url' => z_root() . '/redir/' . $contact['id'],
+					'url' => 'network?f=&cid=' . $contact['id'],
+					'external_url' => 'redir/' . $contact['id'],
 					'name' => $contact['name'],
 					'cid' => $contact['id'],
 					'selected' 	=> $selected,
-					'micro' => proxy_url($contact['micro'], false, PROXY_SIZE_MICRO),
+					'micro' => $a->get_cached_avatar_image(proxy_url($contact['micro'], false, PROXY_SIZE_MICRO)),
 					'id' => ++$id,
 				);
 				$entries[] = $entry;
@@ -187,4 +187,4 @@ class ForumManager {
 		return $r;
 	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/include/nav.php b/include/nav.php
index 6512d3560..fb7225af9 100644
--- a/include/nav.php
+++ b/include/nav.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function nav_info(&$a) {
 	if(($a->config['register_policy'] == REGISTER_OPEN) && (! local_user()) && (! remote_user()))
 		$nav['register'] = array('register',t('Register'), "", t('Create an account'));
 
-	$help_url = $a->get_baseurl($ssl_state) . '/help';
+	$help_url = 'help';
 
 	if(! get_config('system','hide_help'))
 		$nav['help'] = array($help_url, t('Help'), "", t('Help and documentation'));
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index 0010a3d82..a9f369a89 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ function network_init(&$a) {
 
 	$a->page['aside'] .= (feature_enabled(local_user(),'groups') ? group_side('network/0','network','standard',$group_id) : '');
 	$a->page['aside'] .= (feature_enabled(local_user(),'forumlist_widget') ? ForumManager::widget(local_user(),$cid) : '');
-	$a->page['aside'] .= posted_date_widget($a->get_baseurl() . '/network',local_user(),false);
-	$a->page['aside'] .= networks_widget($a->get_baseurl(true) . '/network',(x($_GET, 'nets') ? $_GET['nets'] : ''));
+	$a->page['aside'] .= posted_date_widget('network',local_user(),false);
+	$a->page['aside'] .= networks_widget('network',(x($_GET, 'nets') ? $_GET['nets'] : ''));
 	$a->page['aside'] .= saved_searches($search);
-	$a->page['aside'] .= fileas_widget($a->get_baseurl(true) . '/network',(x($_GET, 'file') ? $_GET['file'] : ''));
+	$a->page['aside'] .= fileas_widget('network',(x($_GET, 'file') ? $_GET['file'] : ''));
 
 }
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 	$tabs = array(
 		array(
 			'label'	=> t('Commented Order'),
-			'url'	=> $a->get_baseurl(true) . '/' . str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . '?f=&order=comment' . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : ''),
+			'url'	=> str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . '?f=&order=comment' . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : ''),
 			'sel'	=> $all_active,
 			'title'	=> t('Sort by Comment Date'),
 			'id'	=> 'commented-order-tab',
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		),
 		array(
 			'label'	=> t('Posted Order'),
-			'url'	=> $a->get_baseurl(true) . '/' . str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . '?f=&order=post' . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : ''),
+			'url'	=> str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . '?f=&order=post' . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : ''),
 			'sel'	=> $postord_active,
 			'title'	=> t('Sort by Post Date'),
 			'id'	=> 'posted-order-tab',
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 	if(feature_enabled(local_user(),'personal_tab')) {
 		$tabs[] = array(
 			'label'	=> t('Personal'),
-			'url'	=> $a->get_baseurl(true) . '/' . str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?f=&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '/?f=') . '&conv=1',
+			'url'	=> str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?f=&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '/?f=') . '&conv=1',
 			'sel'	=> $conv_active,
 			'title'	=> t('Posts that mention or involve you'),
 			'id'	=> 'personal-tab',
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 	if(feature_enabled(local_user(),'new_tab')) {
 		$tabs[] = array(
 			'label'	=> t('New'),
-			'url'	=> $a->get_baseurl(true) . '/' . str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . ($len_naked_cmd ? '/' : '') . 'new' . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?f=&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : ''),
+			'url'	=> str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . ($len_naked_cmd ? '/' : '') . 'new' . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?f=&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : ''),
 			'sel'	=> $new_active,
 			'title'	=> t('Activity Stream - by date'),
 			'id'	=> 'activitiy-by-date-tab',
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 	if(feature_enabled(local_user(),'link_tab')) {
 		$tabs[] = array(
 			'label'	=> t('Shared Links'),
-			'url'	=> $a->get_baseurl(true) . '/' . str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?f=&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '/?f=') . '&bmark=1',
+			'url'	=> str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?f=&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '/?f=') . '&bmark=1',
 			'sel'	=> $bookmarked_active,
 			'title'	=> t('Interesting Links'),
 			'id'	=> 'shared-links-tab',
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 	if(feature_enabled(local_user(),'star_posts')) {
 		$tabs[] = array(
 			'label'	=> t('Starred'),
-			'url'	=> $a->get_baseurl(true) . '/' . str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?f=&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '/?f=') . '&star=1',
+			'url'	=> str_replace('/new', '', $cmd) . ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '/?f=&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '/?f=') . '&star=1',
 			'sel'	=> $starred_active,
 			'title'	=> t('Favourite Posts'),
 			'id'	=> 'starred-posts-tab',
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 			if($update)
 				killme();
 			notice( t('No such group') . EOL );
-			goaway($a->get_baseurl(true) . '/network/0');
+			goaway('network/0');
 			// NOTREACHED
 		}
 
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		}
 		else {
 			notice( t('Invalid contact.') . EOL);
-			goaway($a->get_baseurl(true) . '/network');
+			goaway('network');
 			// NOTREACHED
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/object/Item.php b/object/Item.php
index 04c1a707e..7b542c472 100644
--- a/object/Item.php
+++ b/object/Item.php
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ class Item extends BaseObject {
 				'$profile_uid' =>  $conv->get_profile_owner(),
 				'$mylink' => $a->contact['url'],
 				'$mytitle' => t('This is you'),
-				'$myphoto' => $a->contact['thumb'],
+				'$myphoto' => $a->get_cached_avatar_image($a->contact['thumb']),
 				'$comment' => t('Comment'),
 				'$submit' => t('Submit'),
 				'$edbold' => t('Bold'),
diff --git a/view/templates/head.tpl b/view/templates/head.tpl
index 17c459c4d..fdf9a7716 100644
--- a/view/templates/head.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/head.tpl
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
 <base href="{{$baseurl}}/" />
 <meta name="generator" content="{{$generator}}" />
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{$baseurl}}/view/global.css" type="text/css" media="all" />
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{$baseurl}}/library/colorbox/colorbox.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{$baseurl}}/library/jgrowl/jquery.jgrowl.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{$baseurl}}/library/datetimepicker/jquery.datetimepicker.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{$baseurl}}/library/perfect-scrollbar/perfect-scrollbar.min.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="view/global.css" type="text/css" media="all" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="library/colorbox/colorbox.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="library/jgrowl/jquery.jgrowl.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="library/datetimepicker/jquery.datetimepicker.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
+<link rel="stylesheet" href="library/perfect-scrollbar/perfect-scrollbar.min.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
 
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{$stylesheet}}" media="all" />
 
 <!--
-<link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{$baseurl}}/images/friendica-32.png" />
-<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="{{$baseurl}}/images/friendica-128.png"/>
+<link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/friendica-32.png" />
+<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="images/friendica-128.png"/>
 -->
 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{$shortcut_icon}}" />
 <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="{{$touch_icon}}"/>
@@ -28,20 +28,20 @@
 <!--[if IE]>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="https://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
 <![endif]-->
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/js/modernizr.js" ></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/js/jquery.js" ></script>
-<!-- <script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/js/jquery-migrate.js" ></script>-->
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/js/jquery-migrate.js" ></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/js/jquery.textinputs.js" ></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/js/fk.autocomplete.js" ></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/library/colorbox/jquery.colorbox-min.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/library/jgrowl/jquery.jgrowl_minimized.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/library/datetimepicker/jquery.datetimepicker.js"></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/library/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_src.js" ></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/library/perfect-scrollbar/perfect-scrollbar.jquery.js" ></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/js/acl.js" ></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/js/webtoolkit.base64.js" ></script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="{{$baseurl}}/js/main.js" ></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/modernizr.js" ></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js" ></script>
+<!-- <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-migrate.js" ></script>-->
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-migrate.js" ></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.textinputs.js" ></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/fk.autocomplete.js" ></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="library/colorbox/jquery.colorbox-min.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="library/jgrowl/jquery.jgrowl_minimized.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="library/datetimepicker/jquery.datetimepicker.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="library/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_src.js" ></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="library/perfect-scrollbar/perfect-scrollbar.jquery.js" ></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/acl.js" ></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/webtoolkit.base64.js" ></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="js/main.js" ></script>
 <script>
 
 	var updateInterval = {{$update_interval}};
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/theme.php b/view/theme/vier/theme.php
index c2669f5a9..25954350f 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/theme.php
+++ b/view/theme/vier/theme.php
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ function vier_init(&$a) {
 
 	set_template_engine($a, 'smarty3');
 
-	$baseurl = $a->get_baseurl();
-
 	$a->theme_info = array();
 
 	if ($a->argv[0].$a->argv[1] === "profile".$a->user['nickname'] or $a->argv[0] === "network" && local_user()) {
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 				$entry = replace_macros($tpl,array(
 					'$id' => $rr['id'],
 					//'$profile_link' => zrl($rr['url']),
-					'$profile_link' => $a->get_baseurl().'/follow/?url='.urlencode($rr['url']),
+					'$profile_link' => 'follow/?url='.urlencode($rr['url']),
 					'$photo' => proxy_url($rr['photo'], false, PROXY_SIZE_MICRO),
 					'$alt_text' => $rr['name'],
 				));
@@ -186,7 +184,7 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 			$aside['$lastusers_items'] = array();
 
 			foreach($r as $rr) {
-				$profile_link = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . ((strlen($rr['nickname'])) ? $rr['nickname'] : $rr['profile_uid']);
+				$profile_link = 'profile/' . ((strlen($rr['nickname'])) ? $rr['nickname'] : $rr['profile_uid']);
 				$entry = replace_macros($tpl,array(
 					'$id' => $rr['id'],
 					'$profile_link' => $profile_link,
@@ -207,7 +205,7 @@ function vier_community_info() {
 		$nv['suggest'] = Array('suggest', t('Friend Suggestions'), "", "");
 		$nv['invite'] = Array('invite', t('Invite Friends'), "", "");
 
-		$nv['search'] = '<form name="simple_bar" method="get" action="'.$a->get_baseurl().'/dirfind">
+		$nv['search'] = '<form name="simple_bar" method="get" action="dirfind">
 						<span class="sbox_l"></span>
 						<span class="sbox">
 						<input type="text" name="search" size="13" maxlength="50">