diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4af0db2287c9cbcb77e28893738320ca5ed4406a..2b12c7027b90ede1a30510ca3fda74004df270b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ BASE=rules_shipping
 BASE_ADV=rules_shipping_advanced
 PLUGINTYPE=vmshipment
 ZIPBASE=opentools_vm
-VERSION=6.1.7
+VERSION=6.2
 
 PLUGINFILES=$(BASE).php $(BASE)_base.php $(BASE)_framework_joomla.php $(BASE).script.php $(BASE).xml index.html
 PLUGINFILES_ADV=$(BASE_ADV).php $(BASE)_base.php $(BASE)_framework_joomla.php $(BASE_ADV).script.php $(BASE_ADV).xml index.html
diff --git a/images/plg_vmshipping_rules_shipping_messages.png b/images/plg_vmshipping_rules_shipping_messages.png
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diff --git a/images/plg_vmshipping_rules_shipping_plugins_icon.png b/images/plg_vmshipping_rules_shipping_plugins_icon.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/library/rules_shipping_framework.php b/library/rules_shipping_framework.php
index 93fd054f7c672a3928cc1e8fc3984ac2dad059d8..f3d42dd0fa9e6e4f0f6bb65b7b1f2eb6f6f1dc80 100644
--- a/library/rules_shipping_framework.php
+++ b/library/rules_shipping_framework.php
@@ -171,13 +171,33 @@ class RulesShippingFramework {
 		return $this->custom_functions;
 	}
 	
-	/** @tag system-specific
-	 *  @function printWarning()
-	 *    Print a warning in the system-specific way.
-	 *  @param $message the warning message to be printed (already properly translated)
+	/** @tag public-api
+	 *  @tag system-specific
+	 *  @function message()
+	 *    Print a message (to be translated) with given type in the system-specific way.
+	 *  @param $message the message to be printed
+	 *  @param $type the type of message (one of "error", "warning", "message"/"notice" or "debug")
+	 *  @param $args optional arguments to be inserted into the translated message in sprintf-style
 	 */
-	protected function printWarning($message) {
-		echo($message);
+	public function message($message, $type) {
+		$args = func_get_args();
+		// Remove the $type from the args passed to __
+		unset($args[1]);
+		$msg = call_user_func_array(array($this, "__"), $args);
+		$this->printMessage($msg, $type);
+	}
+	
+	/** @tag public-api
+	 *  @tag system-specific
+	 *  @function error()
+	 *    Print an error message (to be translated) in the system-specific way.
+	 *  @param $message the error message to be printed 
+	 *  @param $args optional arguments to be inserted into the translated message in sprintf-style
+	 */
+	public function error($message) {
+		$args = func_get_args();
+		array_splice($args, 1, 0, 'error'); // insert msg type in second position
+		call_user_func_array(array($this, "message"), $args);
 	}
 	
 	/** @tag public-api
@@ -189,16 +209,44 @@ class RulesShippingFramework {
 	 */
 	public function warning($message) {
 		$args = func_get_args();
-		$msg = call_user_func_array(array($this, "__"), $args);
-		$this->printWarning($msg);
+		array_splice($args, 1, 0, 'warning'); // insert msg type in second position
+		call_user_func_array(array($this, "message"), $args);
+	}
+	
+	/** @tag public-api
+	 *  @tag system-specific
+	 *  @function notice()
+	 *    Print a message (to be translated) in the system-specific way.
+	 *  @param $message the message to be printed 
+	 *  @param $args optional arguments to be inserted into the translated message in sprintf-style
+	 */
+	public function notice($message) {
+		$args = func_get_args();
+		array_splice($args, 1, 0, 'notice'); // insert msg type in second position
+		call_user_func_array(array($this, "message"), $args);
 	}
 	
 	/** @tag public-api
+	 *  @tag system-specific
 	 *  @function debug()
-	 *    Print a debug message (untranslated) in the system-specific way.
-	 *  @param $message the debug message to be printed 
+	 *    Print a debug message in the system-specific way.
+	 *  @param $message the message to be printed 
+	 *  @param $args optional arguments to be inserted into the translated message in sprintf-style
 	 */
 	public function debug($message) {
+		$args = func_get_args();
+		array_splice($args, 1, 0, 'debug'); // insert msg type in second position
+		call_user_func_array(array($this, "message"), $args);
+	}
+	
+	/** @tag system-specific
+	 *  @function printMessage()
+	 *    Print a message of given type in the system-specific way.
+	 *  @param $message the message to be printed (already properly translated)
+	 *  @param $type the type of message (one of "error", "warning", "message"/"notice" or "debug")
+	 */
+	protected function printMessage($message, $type) {
+		echo($message);
 	}
 	
 	/** @tag public-api
@@ -422,6 +470,12 @@ class RulesShippingFramework {
 									$this->warning('OTSHIPMENT_RULES_UNKNOWN_TYPE', $r->getType(), $r->rulestring);
 									break;
 						}
+						// Handle messages (error, warning, message/notice, debug:
+						foreach ($r->messages as $k=>$msgs) {
+							foreach ($msgs as $msg) {
+								$this->message($msg, $k);
+							}
+						}
 					}
 					if (!is_null($result["rule"])) {
 						$this->match[$id] = $result;
@@ -599,6 +653,7 @@ class ShippingRule {
 	var $countries = array();
 	var $ruleinfo = 0;
 	var $includes_tax = 0;
+	var $messages = array('error' => array(), 'warning' => array(), 'notice' => array(), 'debug' => array());
 	
 	function __construct ($framework, $rule, $countries, $ruleinfo) {
 		$this->framework = $framework;
@@ -630,6 +685,11 @@ class ShippingRule {
 			case 'extrashippingcharge': $this->shipping = $value; $this->ruletype = 'modifiers_add'; break; // modifiers are also stored in the shipping member!
 			case 'extrashippingmultiplier': $this->shipping = $value; $this->ruletype = 'modifiers_multiply'; break; // modifiers are also stored in the shipping member!
 			case 'comment':         break; // Completely ignore all comments!
+			case 'error':			$this->messages['error'][] = $value; break;
+			case 'warning':			$this->messages['warning'][] = $value; break;
+			case 'notice':
+			case 'message':			$this->messages['notice'][] = $value; break;
+			case 'debug':			$this->messages['debug'][] = $value; break;
 			case 'condition':       $this->conditions[] = $value; break;
 			default:                $this->framework->warning('OTSHIPMENT_RULES_UNKNOWN_VARIABLE', $var, $rulepart);
 		}
@@ -652,9 +712,8 @@ class ShippingRule {
 		$rulepart = trim($rulepart);
 		if (!isset($rulepart) || $rulepart==='') return;
 
-		
 		// Special-case the name assignment, where we don't want to interpret the value as an arithmetic expression!
-		if (preg_match('/^\s*(name|variable|definition)\s*=\s*(["\']?)(.*)\2\s*$/i', $rulepart, $matches)) {
+		if (preg_match('/^\s*(name|variable|definition|error|warning|message|notice|debug)\s*=\s*(["\']?)(.*)\2\s*$/i', $rulepart, $matches)) {
 			$this->handleAssignment ($matches[1], $matches[3], $rulepart);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -1033,9 +1092,25 @@ class ShippingRule {
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected function calculateShipping ($vals, $products, $cartvals_callback) {
+	protected function calculateShipping($vals, $products, $cartvals_callback) {
 		return $this->evaluateTerm($this->shipping, $vals, $products, $cartvals_callback);
 	}
+	
+	protected function stringReplaceVariables($str, $vals) {
+		// Evaluate the rule name as a translatable string with variables inserted:
+		// Replace all {variable} tags in the name by the variables from $vals
+		$matches = array();
+		preg_match_all('/{([A-Za-z0-9_]+)}/', $str, $matches);
+		
+		foreach ($matches[1] as $m) {
+			$val = $this->evaluateVariable($m, $vals);
+			if ($val !== null) {
+				$str = str_replace("{".$m."}", $val, $str);
+			}
+		}
+		return $str;
+	
+	}
 
 	protected function evaluateRule (&$vals, $products, $cartvals_callback) {
 		if ($this->evaluated) 
@@ -1059,21 +1134,15 @@ class ShippingRule {
 		}
 		// All conditions match
 		$this->match = True;
+		foreach ($this->messages as $k=>$msgs) {
+			foreach ($msgs as $i=>$m) {
+				$this->messages[$k][$i] = $this->stringReplaceVariables($m, $vals);
+			}
+		}
 		// Calculate the value (i.e. shipping cost or modifier)
 		$this->value = $this->calculateShipping($vals, $products, $cartvals_callback);
-		// Evaluate the rule name as a translatable string with variables inserted:
-		// Replace all {variable} tags in the name by the variables from $vals
-		$matches = array();
-		$name = $this->framework->__($this->name);
-		preg_match_all('/{([A-Za-z0-9_]+)}/', $name, $matches);
 		
-		foreach ($matches[1] as $m) {
-			$val = $this->evaluateVariable($m, $vals);
-			if ($val !== null) {
-				$name = str_replace("{".$m."}", $val, $name);
-			}
-		}
-		$this->rulename = $name;
+		$this->rulename = $this->stringReplaceVariables($this->framework->__($this->name), $vals);
 	}
 
 	function matches(&$vals, $products, $cartvals_callback) {
@@ -1158,7 +1227,7 @@ class ShippingRule_Advanced extends ShippingRule {
 
 		
 		// Special-case the name assignment, where we don't want to interpret the value as an arithmetic expression!
-		if (preg_match('/^\s*(name|variable|definition)\s*=\s*(["\']?)(.*)\2\s*$/i', $rulepart, $matches)) {
+		if (preg_match('/^\s*(name|variable|definition|error|warning|message|notice|debug)\s*=\s*(["\']?)(.*)\2\s*$/i', $rulepart, $matches)) {
 			$this->handleAssignment ($matches[1], $matches[3], $rulepart);
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/releases/plg_opentools_vm_rules_shipping_advanced_v6.2.zip b/releases/plg_opentools_vm_rules_shipping_advanced_v6.2.zip
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diff --git a/releases/plg_opentools_vm_rules_shipping_v6.2.zip b/releases/plg_opentools_vm_rules_shipping_v6.2.zip
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/rules_shipping.xml b/rules_shipping.xml
index 433c537ab35f8e5ab6f9b2f388060e56fa6c2030..90eb54301ebfa235d624a422e7db14d719b9f8d0 100644
--- a/rules_shipping.xml
+++ b/rules_shipping.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <authorUrl>http://www.open-tools.net</authorUrl>
     <copyright>Copyright (C) 2013-2014, Reinhold Kainhofer</copyright>
     <license>GPL v3+</license>
-    <version>6.1.7</version>
+    <version>6.2</version>
     <description>OTSHIPMENT_RULES_DESC</description>
     <files>
         <filename plugin="rules_shipping">rules_shipping.php</filename>
diff --git a/rules_shipping_advanced.xml b/rules_shipping_advanced.xml
index 1af779b22664c4a5d7990c5a864ef7d0f5f9c658..98fe4c5190e838607537923511682ff600d131ba 100644
--- a/rules_shipping_advanced.xml
+++ b/rules_shipping_advanced.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <authorUrl>http://www.open-tools.net</authorUrl>
     <copyright>Copyright (C) 2013-2014, Reinhold Kainhofer</copyright>
     <license>GPL v3+</license>
-    <version>6.1.7</version>
+    <version>6.2</version>
     <description>OTSHIPMENT_RULES_ADV_DESC</description>
     <files>
         <filename plugin="rules_shipping_advanced">rules_shipping_advanced.php</filename>
diff --git a/rules_shipping_framework_joomla.php b/rules_shipping_framework_joomla.php
index a050e7e0fbede80d658e2a020c31e72749639e87..cea80d4f3bfba5a9638a354a76dbde8d5a602423 100644
--- a/rules_shipping_framework_joomla.php
+++ b/rules_shipping_framework_joomla.php
@@ -44,24 +44,20 @@ class RulesShippingFrameworkJoomla extends RulesShippingFramework {
 		return $custfuncdefs;
 	}
 	
-	protected function printWarning($message) {
-		// Keep track of warning messages, so we don't print them twice:
-		global $printed_warnings;
-		if (!isset($printed_warnings))
-			$printed_warnings = array();
-		if (!in_array($message, $printed_warnings)) {
-			JFactory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($message, 'error');
-			$printed_warnings[] = $message;
+	protected function printMessage($message, $type) {
+		// Keep track of messages, so we don't print them twice:
+		global $printed_messages;
+		if (!isset($printed_messages))
+			$printed_messages = array();
+		if (!in_array($message, $printed_messages)) {
+			if ($type=='debug') {
+				vmDebug($message);
+			} else {
+				JFactory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage($message, $type);
+			}
+			$printed_messages[] = $message;
 		}
 	}
-	/** @tag public-api
-	 *  @function debug()
-	 *    Print a debug message (untranslated) in the system-specific way.
-	 *  @param $message the debug message to be printed 
-	 */
-	public function debug($message) {
-		vmDebug($message);
-	}
 
 	public function __($string) {
 		$args = func_get_args();