diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 5725e21a2..a029f4c6e 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ ReleaseDebug
 DebugFast
 ReleaseDebugStatic
 DebugFastStatic
-nel_tools_win*
-ryzom_tools_win*
 
 # Test and application directories
 screenshots
@@ -228,3 +226,14 @@ code\ryzom\tools\server\ryzom_ams\old
 
 # AMS ignore
 code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.php
+
+#tools and external dir's 
+external
+external_stlport
+nel_tools*
+ryzom_tools*
+
+#Dumps
+*.dmp
+
+
diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/helpers.php b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/helpers.php
index 9f8d61cbc..40a96f6c1 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/helpers.php
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/ams_lib/autoload/helpers.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Helpers{
          $smarty -> debugging = false;
          // caching must be disabled for multi-language support
          $smarty -> caching = false;
-         $smarty -> cache_lifetime = 120;
+         $smarty -> cache_lifetime = 5;
 
           //needed by smarty.
          helpers :: create_folders ();
diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.default.php b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.default.php
index 222f0eba0..c20ad4cdc 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.default.php
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/config.default.php
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ $AMS_CACHEDIR = $AMS_LIB . '/cache';
 $SITEBASE = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/html/' ;
 
 //the paths to your website url
-$BASE_WEBPATH = dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
-$IMAGELOC_WEBPATH = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'].'/img';
+$BASE_WEBPATH = '';
+$IMAGELOC_WEBPATH = $BASE_WEBPATH.'img';
 $WEBPATH = $BASE_WEBPATH . '/index.php';
 $INGAME_WEBPATH = $BASE_WEBPATH . '/index.php';
 $CONFIG_PATH = dirname( __FILE__ );
diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/html/cache/placeholder b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/html/cache/placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/html/installer/libsetup.php b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/html/installer/libsetup.php
index b27598e15..56a9c5b24 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/html/installer/libsetup.php
+++ b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/html/installer/libsetup.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         error_reporting( E_ALL );
 
         $return = array();
+        $return['no_visible_elements'] = false;
             
         helpers :: loadTemplate( "install" , $return );
         exit;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/html/templates_c/placeholder b/code/ryzom/tools/server/ryzom_ams/www/html/templates_c/placeholder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb