diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 884378146..07d879029 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 7.4.0
+ - rfe: snippets should have titles too!
+ - Added a mechanism for using external folders for custom code. See
+   sbin/preload.custom.example for details.
  - Added a realtime workflow option for content publishing.
  - Added switches to auto request commit operations and skip adding comments.
  - fix: old recurring events were not deleted when changing recurrence pattern
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Snippet.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Snippet.pm
index 282f95788..572686086 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Snippet.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Snippet.pm
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ sub view {
 	WebGUI::Macro::process($self->session,\$output);
 	$output = $self->getToolbar.$output if ($self->session->var->get("adminOn") && !$calledAsWebMethod);
 	if ($self->getValue("processAsTemplate")) {
-		$output = WebGUI::Asset::Template->processRaw($self->session, $output);
+		$output = WebGUI::Asset::Template->processRaw($self->session, $output, $self->get);
 	}
 	if (!$self->session->var->isAdminOn && $self->get("cacheTimeout") > 10) {
 		WebGUI::Cache->new($self->session,"view_".$calledAsWebMethod."_".$self->getId)->set($output,$self->get("cacheTimeout"));
diff --git a/sbin/preload.custom.example b/sbin/preload.custom.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38e3fb571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbin/preload.custom.example
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Add paths to lib folders where you have custom plugins for WebGUI.
+# Note that the folder must contain the same directory structure of
+# of WebGUI itself. This file should reside at WebGUI/sbin/preload.custom
+/data/Custom/lib
diff --git a/sbin/preload.exclude.example b/sbin/preload.exclude.example
index c97f18d54..345993c2c 100644
--- a/sbin/preload.exclude.example
+++ b/sbin/preload.exclude.example
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Create preload.exclude in your WebGUI/sbin directory and add modules to it
+# that you don't want to be loaded by modperl. This will decrease the overall
+# size of your modperl instances, which will increase performance, and reduce
+# memory use.
 WebGUI::Cache::Database
 WebGUI::Auth::LDAP
 WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::WSClient
diff --git a/sbin/preload.perl b/sbin/preload.perl
index e4da6e26d..bddc64e7a 100644
--- a/sbin/preload.perl
+++ b/sbin/preload.perl
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 my $webguiRoot;
+my $customLibs;
 
 BEGIN {
         $webguiRoot = "/data/WebGUI";
         unshift (@INC, $webguiRoot."/lib");
+        @{$customLibs} = ();
+        open(FILE,"<".$webguiRoot."/sbin/preload.custom");
+        while (my $line = <FILE>) {
+            next if $line =~ m/^#/;
+	        chomp $line;
+	        push(@{$customLibs}, $line);
+        }
+        close(FILE);
+        foreach my $lib (@customLibs) {
+            unshift (@INC, $lib);
+        }
 }
 
 $|=1;
@@ -10,7 +22,6 @@ $|=1;
 use strict;
 print "\nStarting WebGUI ".$WebGUI::VERSION."\n";
 
-
 #----------------------------------------
 # Logger
 #----------------------------------------
@@ -39,12 +50,17 @@ my @modules = ();
 # these modules should always be skipped
 my @excludes = qw(WebGUI::i18n::English::Automated_Information WebGUI::PerformanceProfiler);
 open(FILE,"<".$webguiRoot."/sbin/preload.exclude");
-while (<FILE>) {
-	chomp;
-	push(@excludes,$_);
+while (my $line = <FILE>) {
+    next if $line =~ m/^#/;
+	chomp $line;
+	push(@excludes, $line);
 }
 close(FILE);
-File::Find::find(\&getWebGUIModules, $webguiRoot."/lib/WebGUI");
+my @folders = ($webguiRoot."/lib/WebGUI");
+foreach my $lib (@{$customLibs}) {
+    push(@folders, $lib."/WebGUI");
+}
+File::Find::find(\&getWebGUIModules, @folders);
 foreach my $package (@modules) {
 	next if (WebGUI::Utility::isIn($package,@excludes));
 	my $use = "use ".$package." ()";
@@ -79,7 +95,7 @@ sub getWebGUIModules {
         my $filename = $File::Find::dir."/".$_;
         return unless $filename =~ m/\.pm$/;
         my $package = $filename;
-        $package =~ s/^$webguiRoot\/lib\/(.*)\.pm$/$1/;
+        $package =~ s/.*\/lib\/(.*)\.pm$/$1/;
         $package =~ s/\//::/g;
         push(@modules,$package);
 }