diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fb9a97a2..04da5561 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ os:
   - linux
   # - osx
 julia:
-  # - 0.7
+  - 0.7
+  - 1.0
   - nightly
 # matrix:
 #   allow_failures:
@@ -43,10 +44,10 @@ before_install:
 notifications:
   email: true
 # uncomment the following lines to override the default test script
-script:
- - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
- - julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.add(Pkg.PackageSpec(path=pwd())); Pkg.build("Plots")'
- - julia test/travis_commands.jl
+# script:
+#  - if [[ -a .git/shallow ]]; then git fetch --unshallow; fi
+#  - julia -e 'import Pkg; Pkg.add(Pkg.PackageSpec(path=pwd())); Pkg.build("Plots")'
+#  - julia test/travis_commands.jl
  # - julia -e 'Pkg.clone("ImageMagick"); Pkg.build("ImageMagick")'
  # - julia -e 'Pkg.clone("GR"); Pkg.build("GR")'
  # # - julia -e 'Pkg.clone("https://github.com/tbreloff/ImageMagick.jl.git"); Pkg.checkout("ImageMagick","tb_write"); Pkg.build("ImageMagick")'
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index a626cae5..c2588f1d 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,23 @@
 environment:
   matrix:
-  # - JULIA_URL: "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/0.7/julia-0.7-latest-win32.exe"
-  # - JULIA_URL: "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/0.7/julia-0.7-latest-win64.exe"
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
-  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
+  - julia_version: 0.7
+  - julia_version: 1
+  - julia_version: nightly
 
+platform:
+  - x86 # 32-bit
+  - x64 # 64-bit
+
+# # Uncomment the following lines to allow failures on nightly julia
+# # (tests will run but not make your overall status red)
 # matrix:
 #   allow_failures:
-#   - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
-#   - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
+#   - julia_version: nightly
+
+branches:
+  only:
+    - master
+    - /release-.*/
 
 notifications:
   - provider: Email
@@ -17,22 +26,18 @@ notifications:
     on_build_status_changed: false
 
 install:
-  - ps: "[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12"
-# If there's a newer build queued for the same PR, cancel this one
-  - ps: if ($env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER -and $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER -ne ((Invoke-RestMethod `
-        https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/$env:APPVEYOR_ACCOUNT_NAME/$env:APPVEYOR_PROJECT_SLUG/history?recordsNumber=50).builds | `
-        Where-Object pullRequestId -eq $env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER)[0].buildNumber) { `
-        throw "There are newer queued builds for this pull request, failing early." }
-# Download most recent Julia Windows binary
-  - ps: (new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile($env:JULIA_URL, "C:\projects\julia-binary.exe")
-# Run installer silently, output to C:\projects\julia
-  - C:\projects\julia-binary.exe /S /D=C:\projects\julia
+  - ps: iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JuliaCI/Appveyor.jl/version-1/bin/install.ps1"))
 
 build_script:
-# Need to convert from shallow to complete for Pkg.clone to work
-  - IF EXIST .git\shallow (git fetch --unshallow)
-  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "versioninfo(); Pkg.clone(pwd(), \"Plots\"); Pkg.build(\"Plots\")"
+  - echo "%JL_BUILD_SCRIPT%"
+  - C:\julia\bin\julia -e "%JL_BUILD_SCRIPT%"
 
 test_script:
-  # - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "Pkg.test(\"Plots\")"
-  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "include(Pkg.dir(\"Plots\", \"test\", \"travis_commands.jl\"))"
+  - echo "%JL_TEST_SCRIPT%"
+  - C:\julia\bin\julia -e "%JL_TEST_SCRIPT%"
+
+# # Uncomment to support code coverage upload. Should only be enabled for packages
+# # which would have coverage gaps without running on Windows
+# on_success:
+#   - echo "%JL_CODECOV_SCRIPT%"
+#   - C:\julia\bin\julia -e "%JL_CODECOV_SCRIPT%"
diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index 2b96c5cb..502996ba 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ ignorenan_minimum(x) = Base.minimum(x)
 ignorenan_maximum(x::AbstractArray{F}) where {F<:AbstractFloat} = NaNMath.maximum(x)
 ignorenan_maximum(x) = Base.maximum(x)
 ignorenan_mean(x::AbstractArray{F}) where {F<:AbstractFloat} = NaNMath.mean(x)
-ignorenan_mean(x) = Base.mean(x)
+ignorenan_mean(x) = mean(x)
 ignorenan_extrema(x::AbstractArray{F}) where {F<:AbstractFloat} = NaNMath.extrema(x)
 ignorenan_extrema(x) = Base.extrema(x)
 
diff --git a/src/examples.jl b/src/examples.jl
index 71c41a8c..759a5127 100644
--- a/src/examples.jl
+++ b/src/examples.jl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ the `z` argument to turn on series gradients.
     [:(begin
 y = rand(100)
 plot(0:10:100,rand(11,4),lab="lines",w=3,palette=:grays,fill=0, α=0.6)
-scatter!(y, zcolor=abs.(y.-0.5), m=(:heat,0.8,stroke(1,:green)), ms=10*abs.(y.-0.5).+4,
+scatter!(y, zcolor=abs.(y.-0.5), m=(:heat,0.8,Plots.stroke(1,:green)), ms=10*abs.(y.-0.5).+4,
          lab="grad")
     end)]
 ),
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ the preprocessing step. You can also use shorthand functions: `title!`, `xaxis!`
 `yaxis!`, `xlabel!`, `ylabel!`, `xlims!`, `ylims!`, `xticks!`, `yticks!`
 """,
     [:(begin
+using Statistics
 y = rand(20,3)
 plot(y, xaxis=("XLABEL",(-5,30),0:2:20,:flip), background_color = RGB(0.2,0.2,0.2),
      leg=false)
@@ -85,8 +86,8 @@ yaxis!("YLABEL", :log10)
 PlotExample("Images",
     "Plot an image.  y-axis is set to flipped",
     [:(begin
-        import FileIO
-        img = FileIO.load(Pkg.dir("PlotReferenceImages","Plots","pyplot","0.7.0","ref1.png"))
+        import FileIO, PlotReferenceImages
+        img = FileIO.load(joinpath(dirname(pathof(PlotReferenceImages)), "..", "Plots","pyplot","0.7.0","ref1.png"))
         plot(img)
     end)]
 ),
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ series.
 """,
     [:(begin
         ys = Vector[rand(10), rand(20)]
-        plot(ys, color=[:black :orange], line=(:dot,4), marker=([:hex :d],12,0.8,stroke(3,:gray)))
+        plot(ys, color=[:black :orange], line=(:dot,4), marker=([:hex :d],12,0.8,Plots.stroke(3,:gray)))
     end)]
 ),
 
@@ -202,7 +203,8 @@ plot(Plots.fakedata(100,10), layout=4, palette=[:grays :blues :heat :lightrainbo
 PlotExample("",
     "",
     [:(begin
-        Random.srand(111)
+        using Random
+        Random.seed!(111)
         plot!(Plots.fakedata(100,10))
     end)]
 ),
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ PlotExample("3D",
         x = ts .* map(cos,ts)
         y = 0.1ts .* map(sin,ts)
         z = 1:n
-        plot(x, y, z, zcolor=reverse(z), m=(10,0.8,:blues,stroke(0)), leg=false, cbar=true, w=5)
+        plot(x, y, z, zcolor=reverse(z), m=(10,0.8,:blues,Plots.stroke(0)), leg=false, cbar=true, w=5)
         plot!(zeros(n),zeros(n),1:n, w=10)
     end)]
 ),
@@ -382,8 +384,9 @@ various different nonzero values, a colorbar is added. The colorbar can be disab
 `legend = nothing`.
 """,
     [:(begin
-    a = spdiagm((ones(50), ones(49), ones(49), ones(40), ones(40)),(0, 1, -1, 10, -10))
-    b = spdiagm((1:50, 1:49, 1:49, 1:40, 1:40),(0, 1, -1, 10, -10))
+    using SparseArrays
+    a = spdiagm(0 => ones(50), 1 => ones(49), -1 => ones(49), 10 => ones(40), -10 => ones(40))
+    b = spdiagm(0 => 1:50, 1 => 1:49, -1 => 1:49, 10 => 1:40, -10 => 1:40)
     plot(spy(a), spy(b), title = ["Unique nonzeros" "Different nonzeros"])
     end)]
 ),
@@ -411,7 +414,7 @@ attribute. The default framestyle is `:axes`.
     scatter(fill(randn(10), 6), fill(randn(10), 6),
         framestyle = [:box :semi :origin :zerolines :grid :none],
         title = [":box" ":semi" ":origin" ":zerolines" ":grid" ":none"],
-        color = RowVector(1:6), layout = 6, label = "", markerstrokewidth = 0,
+        color = permutedims(1:6), layout = 6, label = "", markerstrokewidth = 0,
         ticks = -2:2)
     end)]
 ),
diff --git a/test/REQUIRE b/test/REQUIRE
index 6cd6a973..0d9a15c5 100644
--- a/test/REQUIRE
+++ b/test/REQUIRE
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ImageMagick
 @osx QuartzImageIO
 GR 0.31.0
 RDatasets
-VisualRegressionTests
+VisualRegressionTests 0.2
 UnicodePlots
 LaTeXStrings
+Gtk
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index abc08b13..2a01c24f 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-using VisualRegressionTests
+using VisualRegressionTests, Gtk, PlotReferenceImages
 # using ExamplePlots
 
 # import DataFrames, RDatasets
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ using VisualRegressionTests
 
 using Plots
 # using StatPlots
-using Test
+using Test, Random
 
 default(size=(500,300))
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ default(size=(500,300))
 const _current_plots_version = v"0.17.4"
 
 
-function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], eps = 1e-2)
+function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = isinteractive(), sigma = [1,1], tol = 1e-2)
     Plots._debugMode.on = debug
     example = Plots._examples[idx]
     @info("Testing plot: $pkg:$idx:$(example.header)")
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = is
 
     # reference image directory setup
     # refdir = joinpath(Pkg.dir("ExamplePlots"), "test", "refimg", string(pkg))
-    refdir = Pkg.dir("PlotReferenceImages", "Plots", string(pkg))
+    refdir = joinpath(dirname(pathof(PlotReferenceImages)), "..", "Plots", string(pkg))
     fn = "ref$idx.png"
 
     # firgure out version info
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = is
 
     # the test
     vtest = VisualTest(func, reffn, idx)
-    test_images(vtest, popup=popup, sigma=sigma, eps=eps, newfn = newfn)
+    test_images(vtest, popup=popup, sigma=sigma, tol=tol, newfn = newfn)
 end
 
 function image_comparison_facts(pkg::Symbol;
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ function image_comparison_facts(pkg::Symbol;
                                 only = nothing, # limit to these examples (int index)
                                 debug = false,  # print debug information?
                                 sigma = [1,1],  # number of pixels to "blur"
-                                eps = 1e-2)     # acceptable error (percent)
+                                tol = 1e-2)     # acceptable error (percent)
   for i in 1:length(Plots._examples)
     i in skip && continue
     if only == nothing || i in only
-      @test image_comparison_tests(pkg, i, debug=debug, sigma=sigma, eps=eps) |> success == true
+      @test image_comparison_tests(pkg, i, debug=debug, sigma=sigma, tol=tol) |> success == true
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index fd9f00bf..41f91229 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 module PlotsTests
 
+using Pkg
+Pkg.add(PackageSpec(url="https://github.com/tkf/PlotReferenceImages.jl"))
+
 include("imgcomp.jl")
 
 # don't actually show the plots
 Random.seed!(1234)
 default(show=false, reuse=true)
-img_eps = isinteractive() ? 1e-2 : 10e-2
+img_tol = isinteractive() ? 1e-2 : 10e-2
 
 @testset "GR" begin
     ENV["PLOTS_TEST"] = "true"
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ img_eps = isinteractive() ? 1e-2 : 10e-2
     @test gr() == Plots.GRBackend()
     @test backend() == Plots.GRBackend()
 
-    image_comparison_facts(:gr, eps=img_eps, skip = [25, 30])
+    image_comparison_facts(:gr, tol=img_tol, skip = [25, 30])
 end
 
 
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ end
 #    @test pyplot() == Plots.PyPlotBackend()
 #    @test backend() == Plots.PyPlotBackend()
 #
-#    image_comparison_facts(:pyplot, eps=img_eps)
+#    image_comparison_facts(:pyplot, tol=img_tol)
 #end
 
 @testset "UnicodePlots" begin
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ end
 #                 27, # (polar plots) takes very long / not working
 #                 31, # animation (skipped for speed)
 #             ],
-#             eps=img_eps)
+#             tol=img_tol)
 #     end
 # end
 
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ end
 #             28, # heatmap not defined
 #             31, # animation
 #         ],
-#         eps=img_eps)
+#         tol=img_tol)
 # end
 
 
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ end
 #     @test backend() == Plots.PlotlyBackend()
 #
 #     # # until png generation is reliable on OSX, just test on linux
-#     # @static Sys.islinux() && image_comparison_facts(:plotly, only=[1,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,20,22,23,27], eps=img_eps)
+#     # @static Sys.islinux() && image_comparison_facts(:plotly, only=[1,3,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,20,22,23,27], tol=img_tol)
 # end
 
 
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ end
 #     @test backend() == Plots.ImmerseBackend()
 #
 #     # as long as we can plot anything without error, it should be the same as Gadfly
-#     image_comparison_facts(:immerse, only=[1], eps=img_eps)
+#     image_comparison_facts(:immerse, only=[1], tol=img_tol)
 # end
 
 
@@ -97,7 +100,7 @@ end
 #     @test backend() == Plots.PlotlyJSBackend()
 #
 #     # as long as we can plot anything without error, it should be the same as Plotly
-#     image_comparison_facts(:plotlyjs, only=[1], eps=img_eps)
+#     image_comparison_facts(:plotlyjs, only=[1], tol=img_tol)
 # end
 
 
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ end
 #     @test plot(sort(rand(10)), rand(Int, 10, 3)) == not(nothing)
 #     @test plot!(rand(10,3), rand(10,3)) == not(nothing)
 #
-#     image_comparison_facts(:gadfly, skip=[4,6,23,24,27], eps=img_eps)
+#     image_comparison_facts(:gadfly, skip=[4,6,23,24,27], tol=img_tol)
 # end