1.7.0 Artisteer Template Errors

There are reports for upgrades of sites using Artisteer Templates: Fatal error: Cannot access protected property ContentViewArticle::$user in /home/xyz/public_html/templates/bpmusic_v1/functions.php on line 561

And others report this: Fatal error: Call to a member function getMessageQueue() on a non-object in /home1/xyz/public_html/templates/otd_white/functions.php on line 165

It is also reported that Artisteer plans to release a Joomla 1.7 compatibility release in the next few days.

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