diff --git a/bridges/AcrimedBridge.php b/bridges/AcrimedBridge.php
index 54c6f873..39ba87b3 100644
--- a/bridges/AcrimedBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/AcrimedBridge.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class AcrimedBridge extends FeedExpander {
     const DESCRIPTION = "Returns the newest articles.";
 
     public function collectData(){
-        $this->collectExpandableDatas("http://www.acrimed.org/spip.php?page=backend");
+        $this->collectExpandableDatas(static::URI.'spip.php?page=backend');
     }
 
     protected function parseItem($newsItem){
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class AcrimedBridge extends FeedExpander {
         $hs = new HTMLSanitizer();
         $articlePage = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($newsItem->link);
         $article = $hs->sanitize($articlePage->find('article.article1', 0)->innertext);
-        $article = HTMLSanitizer::defaultImageSrcTo($article, "http://www.acrimed.org/");
+        $article = HTMLSanitizer::defaultImageSrcTo($article, static::URI);
         $item['content'] = $article;
 
         return $item;
diff --git a/bridges/FourchanBridge.php b/bridges/FourchanBridge.php
index f17f38a2..3b6d1057 100644
--- a/bridges/FourchanBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/FourchanBridge.php
@@ -3,35 +3,35 @@ class FourchanBridge extends BridgeAbstract{
 
 	const MAINTAINER = "mitsukarenai";
 	const NAME = "4chan";
-	const URI = "https://www.4chan.org/";
+	const URI = "https://boards.4chan.org/";
 	const DESCRIPTION = "Returns posts from the specified thread";
 
     const PARAMETERS = array( array(
-        't'=>array(
-            'name'=>'Thread URL',
-            'pattern'=>'(https:\/\/)?boards\.4chan\.org\/.*thread\/.*',
+          'c'=>array(
+            'name'=>'Thread category',
             'required'=>true
-        )
+          ),
+          't'=>array(
+            'name'=>'Thread number',
+            'type'=>'number',
+            'required'=>true
+          )
     ));
 
+    public function getURI(){
+      return static::URI.$this->getInput('c').'/thread/'.$this->getInput('t');
+
+    }
+
   public function collectData(){
 
-      $thread = parse_url($this->getInput('t'))
-          or $this->returnClientError('This URL seems malformed, please check it.');
-	if($thread['host'] !== 'boards.4chan.org')
-		$this->returnClientError('4chan thread URL only.');
-
-	if(strpos($thread['path'], 'thread/') === FALSE)
-		$this->returnClientError('You must specify the thread URL.');
-
-	$url = 'https://boards.4chan.org'.$thread['path'];
-    $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($url)
-        or $this->returnServerError("Could not request 4chan, thread not found");
+    $html = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($this->getURI())
+      or $this->returnServerError("Could not request 4chan, thread not found");
 
 	foreach($html->find('div.postContainer') as $element) {
 		$item = array();
 		$item['id'] = $element->find('.post', 0)->getAttribute('id');
-		$item['uri'] = $url.'#'.$item['id'];
+		$item['uri'] = $this->getURI().'#'.$item['id'];
 		$item['timestamp'] = $element->find('span.dateTime', 0)->getAttribute('data-utc');
 		$item['author'] = $element->find('span.name', 0)->plaintext;
 
@@ -45,10 +45,21 @@ class FourchanBridge extends BridgeAbstract{
 		if(!empty($element->find('span.subject', 0)->innertext )) {
 			$item['subject'] = $element->find('span.subject', 0)->innertext;
 		}
-		$item['title'] = (isset($item['subject']) ? $item['subject'].' - ' : '' ) . 'reply '.$item['id'].' | '.$item['author'];
 
+		$item['title'] = 'reply '.$item['id'].' | '.$item['author'];
+        if(isset($item['subject'])){
+          $item['title'] = $item['subject'].' - '.$item['title'];
+        }
 
-		$item['content'] = (isset($item['image']) ? '<a href="'.$item['image'].'"><img alt="'.$item['id'].'" src="'.$item['imageThumb'].'" /></a><br>' : '') . '<span id="'.$item['id'].'">'.$element->find('.postMessage', 0)->innertext.'</span>';
+        $content = $element->find('.postMessage', 0)->innertext;
+        $content = str_replace('href="#p','href="'.$this->getURI().'#p',$content);
+		$item['content'] = '<span id="'.$item['id'].'">'.$content.'</span>';
+        if(isset($item['image'])){
+          $item['content'] = '<a href="'.$item['image'].'">'
+            .'<img alt="'.$item['id'].'" src="'.$item['imageThumb'].'" />'
+            .'</a><br>'
+            .$item['content'];
+        }
 		$this->items[] = $item;
 	}
 	$this->items = array_reverse($this->items);
diff --git a/bridges/NovelUpdatesBridge.php b/bridges/NovelUpdatesBridge.php
index b865737a..95dfc7fb 100644
--- a/bridges/NovelUpdatesBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/NovelUpdatesBridge.php
@@ -7,23 +7,22 @@ class NovelUpdatesBridge extends BridgeAbstract{
 	const DESCRIPTION = "Returns releases from Novel Updates";
 	const PARAMETERS = array( array(
         'n'=>array(
-            'name'=>'Novel URL',
-            'patterns'=>'http:\/\/www.novelupdates.com\/.*',
-            'required'=>true
+          'name'=>'Novel name as found in the url',
+          'exampleValue'=>'spirit-realm',
+          'required'=>true
         )
     ));
 
     private $seriesTitle='';
 
+    public function getURI(){
+      return static::URI.'/series/'.$this->getInput('n').'/';
+    }
+
     public function collectData(){
-        $thread = parse_url($this->getInput('n'))
-            or $this->returnClientError('This URL seems malformed, please check it.');
-        if($thread['host'] !== 'www.novelupdates.com')
-            $this->returnClientError('NovelUpdates URL only.');
-      	if(strpos($thread['path'], 'series/') === FALSE)
-            $this->returnClientError('You must specify the novel URL.');
-        $url = self::URI.$thread['path'].'';
-        $fullhtml = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($url) or $this->returnServerError("Could not request NovelUpdates, novel not found");
+        $fullhtml = $this->getSimpleHTMLDOM($this->getURI())
+          or $this->returnServerError('Could not request NovelUpdates, novel "'.$this->getInput('n').'" not found');
+
         $this->seriesTitle = $fullhtml->find('h4.seriestitle', 0)->plaintext;
         // dirty fix for nasty simpledom bug: https://github.com/sebsauvage/rss-bridge/issues/259
         // forcefully removes tbody
@@ -37,13 +36,17 @@ class NovelUpdatesBridge extends BridgeAbstract{
             $item['title'] = $element->find('td', 2)->find('a', 0)->plaintext;
             $item['team'] = $element->find('td', 1)->innertext;
             $item['timestamp'] = strtotime($element->find('td', 0)->plaintext);
-            $item['content'] = '<a href="'.$item['uri'].'">'.$this->seriesTitle.' - '.$item['title'].'</a> by '.$item['team'].'<br><a href="'.$item['uri'].'">'.$fullhtml->find('div.seriesimg', 0)->innertext.'</a>';
+            $item['content'] =
+              '<a href="'.$item['uri'].'">'
+              .$this->seriesTitle.' - '.$item['title']
+              .'</a> by '.$item['team'].'<br>'
+              .'<a href="'.$item['uri'].'">'.$fullhtml->find('div.seriesimg', 0)->innertext.'</a>';
             $this->items[] = $item;
         }
     }
 
     public function getName(){
-        return (!empty($this->seriesTitle) ? $this->seriesTitle.' - ' : '') .'Novel Updates';
+        return $this->seriesTitle. ' - ' . static::NAME;
     }
 
     public function getCacheDuration(){
diff --git a/bridges/VkBridge.php b/bridges/VkBridge.php
index feaafa48..54895996 100644
--- a/bridges/VkBridge.php
+++ b/bridges/VkBridge.php
@@ -6,18 +6,21 @@ class VkBridge extends BridgeAbstract {
     const NAME = "VK.com";
     const URI = "http://vk.com/";
     const DESCRIPTION = "Working with open pages";
-    const PARAMETERS=array(
-        'Url on page group or user' => array(
+    const PARAMETERS=array( array(
             'u'=>array(
-                'name'=>'Url',
+                'name'=>'Group or user name',
                 'required'=>true
             )
         )
     );
 
+    public function getURI(){
+      return static::URI.urlencode($this->getInput('u'));
+    }
     public function collectData(){
-        $text_html = $this->getContents(urldecode($this->getInput('u')))
-            or $this->returnServerError('No results for this query.');
+        $text_html = $this->getContents($this->getURI())
+          or $this->returnServerError('No results for group or user name "'.$this->getInput('u').'".');
+
         $text_html = iconv('windows-1251', 'utf-8', $text_html);
         $html = str_get_html($text_html);
         foreach ($html->find('div.post_table') as $post) {