diff --git a/includes/rules_shipping_framework_woocommerce.php b/includes/rules_shipping_framework_woocommerce.php
index aeb05b6a7cf1f6fb55bfe44f6e6f2ba800c6028c..75381e9e7d252f61dda1571ad0f408af0c479659 100644
--- a/includes/rules_shipping_framework_woocommerce.php
+++ b/includes/rules_shipping_framework_woocommerce.php
@@ -49,29 +49,31 @@ class RulesShippingFrameworkWooCommerce extends RulesShippingFramework {
 		return apply_filters( 'opentools_shipping_by_rules_replacements', array());
 	}
 	
-	public function printWarning($message) {
+	public function printMessage($message, $type) {
 		// 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)) {
-			wc_add_notice( $message, 'error');
-			$printed_warnings[] = $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) {
-		if ( true === WP_DEBUG ) {
-			if ( is_array( $message ) || is_object( $message ) ) {
-				error_log( print_r( $message, true ) );
-			} else {
-				error_log( $message );
+		global $printed_messages;
+		if (!isset($printed_messages))
+			$printed_messages = array();
+		if ($type == "debug") {
+			if ( true === WP_DEBUG ) {
+				if ( is_array( $message ) || is_object( $message ) ) {
+					error_log( print_r( $message, true ) );
+				} else {
+					error_log( $message );
+				}
+			}
+		} elseif (!in_array($message, $printed_messages)) {
+			switch ($type) {
+				case 'error':
+				case 'warning':
+					wc_add_notice( $message, 'error'); break;
+				case 'message':
+					wc_add_notice( $message, 'success'); break;
+				case 'notice':
+				default:
+					wc_add_notice( $message, 'notice'); break;
 			}
+			$printed_messages[] = $message;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/library/rules_shipping_framework.php b/library/rules_shipping_framework.php
index 0c5123cb64119fb01fd43121a8ecb71013cf63bb..fce5baf695d10bfffbc6326e8c904401f8d60cbe 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
@@ -416,6 +464,12 @@ 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;
@@ -593,6 +647,7 @@ 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;
@@ -624,6 +679,11 @@ 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);
 		}
@@ -646,9 +706,8 @@ 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;
 		}
@@ -1027,9 +1086,25 @@ 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) 
@@ -1053,21 +1128,15 @@ 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) {
@@ -1152,7 +1221,7 @@ 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;
 		}