diff --git a/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/data/ArchiveIndex.java b/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/data/ArchiveIndex.java
index 10b45c96e..96a5de7cb 100644
--- a/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/data/ArchiveIndex.java
+++ b/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/data/ArchiveIndex.java
@@ -117,6 +117,20 @@ public class ArchiveIndex {
         }
         return tags;
     }
+    public int getBlogEntryCount(Hash blog) {
+        Set uris = new HashSet(64);
+        for (int i = 0; i < _blogs.size(); i++) {
+            BlogSummary summary = (BlogSummary)_blogs.get(i);
+            if (summary.blog.equals(blog)) {
+                uris.addAll(summary.entries);
+                //for (int j = 0; j < summary.entries.size(); j++) {
+                //    EntrySummary entry = (EntrySummary)summary.entries.get(j);
+                //    uris.add(entry.entry);
+                //}
+            }
+        }
+        return uris.size();
+    }
     
     /** how many 'new' blogs are listed */
     public int getNewestBlogCount() { return _newestBlogs.size(); }
@@ -379,6 +393,14 @@ public class ArchiveIndex {
             size = kb;
             entry = uri;
         }
+        public int hashCode() {
+            return entry.hashCode();
+        }
+        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+            if ( (obj instanceof EntrySummary) && (((EntrySummary)obj).entry.equals(entry)) )
+                return true;
+            return false;
+        }
     }
     
     /** export the index into an archive.txt */
diff --git a/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/web/ArchiveViewerBean.java b/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/web/ArchiveViewerBean.java
index 895e7442b..4b47fa7ac 100644
--- a/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/web/ArchiveViewerBean.java
+++ b/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/web/ArchiveViewerBean.java
@@ -118,11 +118,21 @@ public class ArchiveViewerBean {
         
         for (int i = 0; i < index.getNewestBlogCount(); i++) {
             Hash cur = index.getNewestBlog(i);
+            String knownName = user.getPetNameDB().getNameByLocation(cur.toBase64());
+            PetName pn = null;
+            if (knownName != null) {
+                pn = user.getPetNameDB().get(knownName);
+                knownName = pn.getName();
+            }
+            if ( (pn != null) && (pn.isMember("Ignore")) )
+                continue;
             String blog = Base64.encode(cur.getData());
             out.write("<option value=\"blog://" + blog + "\">");
             out.write("New blog: ");
             BlogInfo info = archive.getBlogInfo(cur);
-            String name = info.getProperty(BlogInfo.NAME);
+            String name = knownName;
+            if ( (name == null) && (info != null) ) 
+                name = info.getProperty(BlogInfo.NAME);
             if (name != null)
                 name = HTMLRenderer.sanitizeString(name);
             else
@@ -131,24 +141,43 @@ public class ArchiveViewerBean {
             out.write("</option>\n");
         }
         
-        List allTags = new ArrayList();
+        ////List allTags = new ArrayList();
         // perhaps sort this by name (even though it isnt unique...)
         Set blogs = index.getUniqueBlogs();
         for (Iterator iter = blogs.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
             Hash cur = (Hash)iter.next();
+            String knownName = user.getPetNameDB().getNameByLocation(cur.toBase64());
+            PetName pn = null;
+            if (knownName != null) {
+                pn = user.getPetNameDB().get(knownName);
+                knownName = pn.getName();
+            }
+            if ( (pn != null) && (pn.isMember("Ignore")) )
+                continue;
+         
             String blog = Base64.encode(cur.getData());
             out.write("<option value=\"blog://");
             out.write(blog);
             out.write("\">");
             BlogInfo info = archive.getBlogInfo(cur);
-            String name = info.getProperty(BlogInfo.NAME);
+            String name = knownName;
+            if ( (name == null) && (info != null) ) 
+                name = info.getProperty(BlogInfo.NAME);
             if (name != null)
                 name = HTMLRenderer.sanitizeString(name);
             else
                 name = Base64.encode(cur.getData());
             out.write(name);
-            out.write("- all posts</option>\n");
+            if (info != null) {
+                int howMany = index.getBlogEntryCount(info.getKey().calculateHash());
+                if (howMany == 1)
+                    out.write(" [1 post]");
+                else
+                    out.write(" [" + howMany + " posts]");
+            }
+            out.write("</option>\n");
             
+            /*
             List tags = index.getBlogTags(cur);
             for (int j = 0; j < tags.size(); j++) {
                 String tag = (String)tags.get(j);
@@ -190,7 +219,9 @@ public class ArchiveViewerBean {
                 out.write(tag);
                 out.write("&quot;</option>\n");
             }
+             */
         }
+        /*
         for (int i = 0; i < allTags.size(); i++) {
             String tag = (String)allTags.get(i);
             out.write("<option value=\"tag://");
@@ -199,6 +230,7 @@ public class ArchiveViewerBean {
             out.write(tag);
             out.write("&quot;</option>\n");
         }
+         */
         out.write("</select>");
         
         int numPerPage = getInt(parameters, PARAM_NUM_PER_PAGE, 5);
@@ -224,11 +256,12 @@ public class ArchiveViewerBean {
         String blogStr = getString(parameters, PARAM_BLOG);
         Hash blog = null;
         if (blogStr != null) blog = new Hash(Base64.decode(blogStr));
+        if ( (blog != null) && (blog.getData() == null) ) blog = null;
         String tag = getString(parameters, PARAM_TAG);
         if (tag != null) tag = DataHelper.getUTF8(Base64.decode(tag));
         
         long entryId = -1;
-        if (blogStr != null) {
+        if (blog != null) {
             String entryIdStr = getString(parameters, PARAM_ENTRY);
             try { 
                 entryId = Long.parseLong(entryIdStr); 
@@ -285,11 +318,20 @@ public class ArchiveViewerBean {
                 if (selector.startsWith(SEL_BLOG)) {
                     String blogStr = selector.substring(SEL_BLOG.length());
                     System.out.println("Selector [" + selector + "] blogString: [" + blogStr + "]");
-                    blog = new Hash(Base64.decode(blogStr));
+                    byte h[] = Base64.decode(blogStr);
+                    if (h != null)
+                        blog = new Hash(h);
+                    else
+                        System.out.println("blog string does not decode properly: [" + blogStr + "]");
                 } else if (selector.startsWith(SEL_BLOGTAG)) {
                     int tagStart = selector.lastIndexOf('/');
                     String blogStr = selector.substring(SEL_BLOGTAG.length(), tagStart);
                     blog = new Hash(Base64.decode(blogStr));
+                    if (blog.getData() == null) {
+                        System.out.println("Blog string [" + blogStr + "] does not decode");
+                        blog = null;
+                        return;
+                    }
                     tag = selector.substring(tagStart+1);
                     String origTag = tag;
                     byte rawDecode[] = null;
@@ -336,7 +378,11 @@ public class ArchiveViewerBean {
                     String entryStr = selector.substring(entryStart+1);
                     try {
                         entry = Long.parseLong(entryStr);
-                        blog = new Hash(Base64.decode(blogStr));
+                        Hash h = new Hash(Base64.decode(blogStr));
+                        if (h.getData() != null)
+                            blog = h;
+                        else
+                            System.out.println("Blog does not decode [" + blogStr + "]");
                         System.out.println("Selector [" + selector + "] blogString: [" + blogStr + "] entry: [" + entry + "]");
                     } catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {}
                 } else if (selector.startsWith(SEL_GROUP)) {
@@ -444,6 +490,8 @@ public class ArchiveViewerBean {
     }
     
     private static List pickEntryURIs(User user, ArchiveIndex index, Hash blog, String tag, long entryId, String group) {
+        if ( (blog != null) && ( (blog.getData() == null) || (blog.getData().length != Hash.HASH_LENGTH) ) ) 
+            blog = null;
         List rv = new ArrayList(16);
         if ( (blog != null) && (entryId >= 0) ) {
             rv.add(new BlogURI(blog, entryId));
diff --git a/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/web/RemoteArchiveBean.java b/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/web/RemoteArchiveBean.java
index 4af26cb5e..c1f448227 100644
--- a/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/web/RemoteArchiveBean.java
+++ b/apps/syndie/java/src/net/i2p/syndie/web/RemoteArchiveBean.java
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ public class RemoteArchiveBean {
         return buf.toString();
     }
     
+    private boolean ignoreBlog(User user, Hash blog) {
+        PetNameDB db = user.getPetNameDB();
+        String name = db.getNameByLocation(blog.toBase64());
+        return ( (name != null) && (db.get(name).isMember("Ignore")) );
+    }
+    
     public void fetchMetadata(User user, Map parameters) {
         String meta = ArchiveViewerBean.getString(parameters, "blog");
         if (meta == null) return;
@@ -61,11 +67,17 @@ public class RemoteArchiveBean {
             for (Iterator iter = remoteBlogs.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
                 Hash blog = (Hash)iter.next();
                 if (!localBlogs.contains(blog)) {
-                    blogs.add(blog);
+                    if (!ignoreBlog(user, blog))
+                        blogs.add(blog);
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            blogs.add(new Hash(Base64.decode(meta.trim())));
+            byte h[] = Base64.decode(meta.trim());
+            if (h != null) {
+                Hash blog = new Hash(h);
+                if (!ignoreBlog(user, blog))
+                    blogs.add(blog);
+            }
         }
         List urls = new ArrayList(blogs.size());
         List tmpFiles = new ArrayList(blogs.size());
@@ -96,7 +108,10 @@ public class RemoteArchiveBean {
         List urls = new ArrayList(entries.length);
         List tmpFiles = new ArrayList(entries.length);
         for (int i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
-            urls.add(buildEntryURL(new BlogURI(entries[i])));
+            BlogURI uri = new BlogURI(entries[i]);
+            if (ignoreBlog(user, uri.getKeyHash()))
+                continue;
+            urls.add(buildEntryURL(uri));
             try {
                 tmpFiles.add(File.createTempFile("fetchBlog", ".txt", BlogManager.instance().getTempDir()));
             } catch (IOException ioe) {
@@ -118,6 +133,9 @@ public class RemoteArchiveBean {
             List matches = new ArrayList();
             for (Iterator iter = _remoteIndex.getUniqueBlogs().iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
                 Hash blog = (Hash)iter.next();
+                if (ignoreBlog(user, blog))
+                    continue;
+                
                 _remoteIndex.selectMatchesOrderByEntryId(matches, blog, null);
                 for (int i = 0; i < matches.size(); i++) {
                     BlogURI uri = (BlogURI)matches.get(i);
@@ -177,6 +195,8 @@ public class RemoteArchiveBean {
         List entries = new ArrayList();
         for (Iterator iter = _remoteIndex.getUniqueBlogs().iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
             Hash blog = (Hash)iter.next();
+            if (ignoreBlog(user, blog))
+                continue;
             _remoteIndex.selectMatchesOrderByEntryId(entries, blog, null);
             for (int i = 0; i < entries.size(); i++) {
                 BlogURI uri = (BlogURI)entries.get(i);
@@ -486,6 +506,8 @@ public class RemoteArchiveBean {
         int newBlogs = 0;
         for (Iterator iter = remoteBlogs.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
             Hash blog = (Hash)iter.next();
+            if (ignoreBlog(user, blog))
+                continue;
             if (!localBlogs.contains(blog)) {
                 buf.append("<option value=\"" + blog.toBase64() + "\">" + blog.toBase64() + "</option>\n");
                 newBlogs++;
@@ -502,6 +524,8 @@ public class RemoteArchiveBean {
         List entries = new ArrayList();
         for (Iterator iter = remoteBlogs.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
             Hash blog = (Hash)iter.next();
+            if (ignoreBlog(user, blog))
+                continue;
             buf.setLength(0);
             int shownEntries = 0;
             buf.append("<tr><td colspan=\"5\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n");
diff --git a/apps/syndie/jsp/addresses.jsp b/apps/syndie/jsp/addresses.jsp
index 9ada773bc..08d1d918d 100644
--- a/apps/syndie/jsp/addresses.jsp
+++ b/apps/syndie/jsp/addresses.jsp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ if (!user.getAuthenticated()) {
           cur.setIsPublic(null != request.getParameter("isPublic"));
           cur.setLocation(request.getParameter("location"));
           cur.setGroups(request.getParameter("groups"));
+          names.remove(oldPetname);
+          names.set(cur.getName(), cur);
           names.store(user.getAddressbookLocation());
           %><b>Address updated</b><%
         }