diff --git a/includes/config.example.php b/includes/config.example.php
index 3370379..e4d7af9 100644
--- a/includes/config.example.php
+++ b/includes/config.example.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ define( 'OPENSIM_DB_HOST', 'localhost' );
 define( 'OPENSIM_DB_NAME', 'opensim' );
 define( 'OPENSIM_DB_USER', 'opensim' );
 define( 'OPENSIM_DB_PASS', 'password' );
+define( 'SEARCH_TABLE_EVENTS', 'events' );
 
 /**
  * Search database credentials and settings.
diff --git a/includes/functions.php b/includes/functions.php
index a3c8ed5..58e19d1 100644
--- a/includes/functions.php
+++ b/includes/functions.php
@@ -81,14 +81,23 @@ function opensim_sanitize_uri( $url, $gatekeeperURL = null, $array_outout = fals
 			} else {
 				$port = 8002;
 			}
-		} else {
+			$region = preg_replace( ':^/*:', '', @$split[0] );
+		} else if(function_exists('w4os_grid_login_uri')) {
 			$host = parse_url( w4os_grid_login_uri(), PHP_URL_HOST );
 			$port = parse_url( w4os_grid_login_uri(), PHP_URL_HOST );
 			if ( preg_match( '/^[0-9]+$/', $split[0] ) ) {
 				array_shift( $split );
 			}
+			$region = preg_replace( ':^/*:', '', @$split[0] );
+		} else {
+			if( empty($gatekeeperURL)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			$region = $split[2];
+			$split = explode( ':', preg_replace( '#.*://([^/]+)/?.*#', '$1', $gatekeeperURL ) );
+			$host = $split[0];
+			$port = $split[1];
 		}
-		$region = preg_replace( ':^/*:', '', @$split[0] );
 	}
 	if ( empty( $host ) & ! empty( $gatekeeperURL ) ) {
 		$split = explode( ':', preg_replace( '#.*://([^/]+)/?.*#', '$1', $gatekeeperURL ) );
@@ -99,7 +108,7 @@ function opensim_sanitize_uri( $url, $gatekeeperURL = null, $array_outout = fals
 		$port = 80;
 	}
 	$host   = strtolower( trim( $host ) );
-	$region = trim( $region );
+	$region = trim(str_replace("_", " ", $region ));
 	if ( is_numeric( $region ) ) {
 		$pos    = "$region/$pos";
 		$region = '';
@@ -225,6 +234,7 @@ function opensim_link_region( $args, $var = null ) {
 		$link_region                           = oxXmlRequest( $gatekeeper, 'link_region', array( 'region_name' => "$region" ) );
 		$OSSEARCH_CACHE['link_region'][ $key ] = $link_region;
 	}
+
 	if ( $link_region ) {
 		if ( $var ) {
 			return $link_region[ $var ];
@@ -232,21 +242,37 @@ function opensim_link_region( $args, $var = null ) {
 			return $link_region;
 		}
 	}
+	
 	return array();
 }
 
+/**
+ * Build region URL from array
+ *
+ * @param  array $region sanitized region array
+ * @return string
+ */
+function opensim_region_url($region) {
+    if(!is_array($region)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return $region['gatekeeper'] . ( empty($region['region']) ? '' : ':' . $region['region'])  . ( empty($region['pos']) ? '' : '/' . $region['pos'] );
+}
+
 function opensim_get_region( $region_uri, $var = null ) {
 	if ( empty( $region_uri ) ) {
 		return array();
 	}
 	global $OSSEARCH_CACHE;
-
 	$region     = opensim_sanitize_uri( $region_uri, '', true );
+
 	$gatekeeper = $region['gatekeeper'];
 
 	$link_region = opensim_link_region( $region );
+
 	$uuid        = @$link_region['uuid'];
 	if ( ! opensim_isuuid( $uuid ) ) {
+		// error_log( "opensim_get_region $region_uri invalid uuid $uuid" );
 		return array();
 	}
 
@@ -379,6 +405,42 @@ function osXmlDie( $message = '' ) {
 	die;
 }
 
+function osNotice( $message ) {
+	echo $message . "\n";
+}
+
+function osAdminNotice( $message, $error_code = 0, $die = false) {
+	// get calling function and file
+	$trace = debug_backtrace();
+
+	
+	if(isset($trace[1])) {
+		$caller = $trace[1];
+	} else {
+		$caller = $trace[0];
+	}
+	$file = empty($caller['file']) ? '' : $caller['file'];
+	$function = $caller['function'] . "()" ?? 'main';
+	$line = $caller['line'] ?? 0;
+	$class = $caller['class'] ?? 'main';
+	$type = $caller['type'] ?? '::';
+	if($class != 'main') {
+		$function = $class . $type . $function;
+	}
+	$file = $file . ':' . $line;
+	$message = sprintf(
+		'%s%s: %s in %s',
+		$function,
+		empty($error_code) ? '' : " Error $error_code",
+		$message,
+		$file,
+	);
+	error_log( $message );
+	if($die == true) {
+		die( $error_code );
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Flush output and free client so following commands are executed in background
  *