diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b1d645b6f..4374d3fbd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-10-12  Brian Matherly <brian@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py: 
+	* src/Sort.py: (use locale.strcoll for sorting)
+	0001238: Web report: sort references for places and media
+
 2007-10-12  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/gen/lib/note.py (Note.get): fix typo
 
diff --git a/src/Sort.py b/src/Sort.py
index 7d9ea35c1..d58e48654 100644
--- a/src/Sort.py
+++ b/src/Sort.py
@@ -128,4 +128,13 @@ class Sort:
             return 0
         a_obj = self.database.get_place_from_handle(a_id)
         b_obj = self.database.get_place_from_handle(b_id)
-        return cmp(a_obj.title, b_obj.title)
+        return locale.strcoll(a_obj.title, b_obj.title)
+    
+    def by_media_title(self,a_id,b_id):
+        """Sort routine for comparing two media objects by their title. """
+        if not (a_id and b_id):
+            return False
+        a = self.database.get_object_from_handle(a_id)
+        b = self.database.get_object_from_handle(b_id)
+        return locale.strcoll(a.desc,b.desc)
+    
diff --git a/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py b/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py
index 8acab0a30..976142837 100644
--- a/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py
+++ b/src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py
@@ -1529,7 +1529,8 @@ class GalleryPage(BasePage):
 
         index = 1
         mlist = media_list.keys()
-        mlist.sort(self.by_media_title)
+        sort = Sort.Sort(self.db)
+        mlist.sort(sort.by_media_title)
         for handle in mlist:
             media = db.get_object_from_handle(handle)
             date = _dd.display(media.get_date_object())
@@ -1554,15 +1555,6 @@ class GalleryPage(BasePage):
         self.display_footer(of,db)
         self.close_file(of)
 
-    def by_media_title(self,a_id,b_id):
-        """Sort routine for comparing two events by their dates. """
-        if not (a_id and b_id):
-            return False
-        a = self.db.get_object_from_handle(a_id)
-        b = self.db.get_object_from_handle(b_id)
-        return cmp(a.desc,b.desc)
-
-
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # 
@@ -2589,7 +2581,8 @@ class WebReport(Report):
         total = len(self.photo_list)
         index = 1
         photo_keys = self.photo_list.keys()
-        photo_keys.sort(self.by_media_title)
+        sort = Sort.Sort(self.database)
+        photo_keys.sort(sort.by_media_title)
         
         for photo_handle in photo_keys:
             gc.collect() # Reduce memory usage when there are many images.
@@ -2604,14 +2597,6 @@ class WebReport(Report):
             prev = photo_handle
             index += 1
 
-    def by_media_title(self,a_id,b_id):
-        """Sort routine for comparing two events by their dates. """
-        if not (a_id and b_id):
-            return False
-        a = self.database.get_object_from_handle(a_id)
-        b = self.database.get_object_from_handle(b_id)
-        return cmp(a.desc,b.desc)
-
     def base_pages(self, photo_list, archive):
 
         if self.use_home: