diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index ccaac7d7f9..4cc426be91 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ or a
 .. _NIST:                 http://www.nist.gov/
 .. _compressed archive:   http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/fipy/download/FiPy-1.1.tar.gz
 .. _tracking system:      http://matforge.org/fipy/report
-.. _mailing list:         http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/fipy/mail.html
+.. _mailing list:         http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/fipy/documentation/MAIL.html
 .. _Sourceforge:          http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/fipy
 .. _Materials Digital Library Pathway: http://matdl.org
 .. _MatForge:             http://matforge.org/
diff --git a/documentation/_themes/nist/layout.html b/documentation/_themes/nist/layout.html
index 534f7d5799..73444ae2b8 100644
--- a/documentation/_themes/nist/layout.html
+++ b/documentation/_themes/nist/layout.html
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.nist.gov/js/spry/SpryDOMUtils.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.nist.gov/js/spry/SpryMenuBar.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.nist.gov/js/spry/menu_bar.js"></script>
+<script language="JavaScript" id="_fed_an_js_tag" src="/js/federated-analytics.all.min.js?agency=NIST&subagency=ctcms&pua=UA-37115410-17&yt=true"></script>
 {{ super() }}
 {% endblock %}
 {% set reldelim1 = ' &gt;' %}
diff --git a/fipy/tools/dimensions/physicalField.py b/fipy/tools/dimensions/physicalField.py
index d0c7e1b4a3..c028a3fd9e 100755
--- a/fipy/tools/dimensions/physicalField.py
+++ b/fipy/tools/dimensions/physicalField.py
@@ -584,7 +584,11 @@ def itemset(self, value):
             >>> print a.allclose("1.8288 m")
             1
             >>> a = PhysicalField(((3.,4.),(5.,6.)),"m")
-            >>> a.itemset(PhysicalField("6 ft"))
+            >>> try:
+            ...     a.itemset(PhysicalField("6 ft"))
+            ... except IndexError:
+            ...     # NumPy 1.7 has changed the exception type
+            ...     raise ValueError("can only place a scalar for an  array of size 1")
             Traceback (most recent call last):
                 ...
             ValueError: can only place a scalar for an  array of size 1
diff --git a/fipy/tools/numerix.py b/fipy/tools/numerix.py
index 9e5d617750..1200dbc0b6 100644
--- a/fipy/tools/numerix.py
+++ b/fipy/tools/numerix.py
@@ -337,8 +337,14 @@ def tostring(arr, max_line_width=75, precision=8, suppress_small=False, separato
             return _formatFloat(arr, format='%%1.%df' % precision)
 
     elif isInt(arr):
-        from numpy.core.arrayprint import _formatInteger
-        return _formatInteger(arr, format='%d')
+        try:
+            ## this is for numpy 1.7 and above
+            ## why has the interface changed again?
+            from numpy.core.arrayprint import IntegerFormat
+            return IntegerFormat(NUMERIX.array((arr,)))(arr).strip()       
+        except:
+            from numpy.core.arrayprint import _formatInteger
+            return _formatInteger(arr, format='%d')
     else:        
         raise TypeError, 'cannot convert ' + str(arr) + ' to string'