--- VSyncer/VSyncer.py	2008/01/04 15:25:04	1.3
+++ VSyncer/VSyncer.py	2008/01/04 15:34:43	1.4
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from cgi import escape
 import logging
 # import our own things.
 from Config import *
-from BaseSyncer import BaseSyncer
+from BaseSyncer import *
 from SysConfig import *
 
 manage_addVSServerForm = DTMLFile('dtml/VAdd', globals()) 
@@ -306,10 +306,7 @@ class VSSyncer(BaseSyncer):
                     src += data.data
                     data=data.next
             #return self._encode(src)
-        if isinstance(src,unicode):
-            # encode unicode to string
-            src = src.encode('utf-8')
-        return self._encode(md5.new(src).digest())
+        return self._encode(md5.new(utf8ify(src)).digest())
 
     ###############################
     # internal only