diff --git a/README b/README
index e07e95320..f35b8c0cf 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ are straight-forward and simple, because we know that relationships rarely are
 (straight-forward and simple). Whether you're communicating with drinking 
 buddies or potential employers, you can rest assured that each is only able to 
 see the side of you that you wish to present. If you send a private message to 
-your aunt Mary, we encrypt it with military grade encryption.
+your aunt Mary, we encrypt it with military grade encryption. 
 
 Other social network projects talk about privacy and offering a feature-rich 
 social networking alternative, but all they can deliver is vapour and vague 
diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 4625f64f0..1546429c3 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set_time_limit(0);
 
-define ( 'BUILD_ID',               1022   );
+define ( 'BUILD_ID',               1023   );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.0'  );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ if(! class_exists('App')) {
 class App {
 
 	public  $module_loaded = false;
+	public  $query_string;
 	public  $config;
 	public  $page;
 	public  $profile;
@@ -189,6 +190,8 @@ class App {
 		$this->page = array();
 		$this->pager= array();
 
+		$this->query_string = '';
+
 		$this->scheme = ((isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && ($_SERVER['HTTPS']))	?  'https' : 'http' );
 
 		if(x($_SERVER,'SERVER_NAME'))
@@ -197,7 +200,7 @@ class App {
 		set_include_path("include/$this->hostname" . PATH_SEPARATOR . 'include' . PATH_SEPARATOR . '.' );
 
 		if((x($_SERVER,'QUERY_STRING')) && substr($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'],0,2) === "q=")
-			$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] = substr($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'],2);
+			$this->query_string = substr($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'],2);
 		if(x($_GET,'q'))
 			$this->cmd = trim($_GET['q'],'/');
 
@@ -881,7 +884,7 @@ function hex2bin($s) {
 if(! function_exists('paginate')) {
 function paginate(&$a) {
 	$o = '';
-	$stripped = preg_replace('/(&page=[0-9]*)/','',$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
+	$stripped = preg_replace('/(&page=[0-9]*)/','',$a->query_string);
 	$stripped = str_replace('q=','',$stripped);
 	$stripped = trim($stripped,'/');
 	$url = $a->get_baseurl() . '/' . $stripped;
@@ -1040,6 +1043,96 @@ function set_config($family,$key,$value) {
 	return $ret;
 }}
 
+
+if(! function_exists('get_pconfig')) {
+function get_pconfig($uid,$family, $key, $instore = false) {
+
+	global $a;
+
+	if(! $instore) {
+		if(isset($a->config[$uid][$family][$key])) {
+			if($a->config[$uid][$family][$key] === '!<unset>!') {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return $a->config[$uid][$family][$key];
+		}
+	}
+	$ret = q("SELECT `v` FROM `pconfig` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `cat` = '%s' AND `k` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		intval($uid),
+		dbesc($family),
+		dbesc($key)
+	);
+	if(count($ret)) {
+		$a->config[$uid][$family][$key] = $ret[0]['v'];
+		return $ret[0]['v'];
+	}
+	else {
+		$a->config[$uid][$family][$key] = '!<unset>!';
+	}
+	return false;
+}}
+
+if(! function_exists('del_config')) {
+function del_config($family,$key) {
+
+	global $a;
+	if(x($a->config[$family],$key))
+		unset($a->config[$family][$key]);
+	$ret = q("DELETE FROM `config` WHERE `cat` = '%s' AND `k` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		dbesc($cat),
+		dbesc($key)
+	);
+	return $ret;
+}}
+
+
+
+// Same as above functions except these are for personal config storage and take an
+// additional $uid argument.
+
+if(! function_exists('set_pconfig')) {
+function set_pconfig($uid,$family,$key,$value) {
+
+	global $a;
+	$a->config[$uid][$family][$key] = $value;
+
+	if(get_pconfig($uid,$family,$key,true) === false) {
+		$ret = q("INSERT INTO `pconfig` ( `uid`, `cat`, `k`, `v` ) VALUES ( %d, '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
+			intval($uid),
+			dbesc($family),
+			dbesc($key),
+			dbesc($value)
+		);
+		if($ret) 
+			return $value;
+		return $ret;
+	}
+	$ret = q("UPDATE `pconfig` SET `v` = '%s' WHERE `uid` = %d AND `cat` = '%s' AND `k` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		intval($uid),
+		dbesc($value),
+		dbesc($family),
+		dbesc($key)
+	);
+	if($ret)
+		return $value;
+	return $ret;
+}}
+
+if(! function_exists('del_pconfig')) {
+function del_pconfig($uid,$family,$key) {
+
+	global $a;
+	if(x($a->config[$uid][$family],$key))
+		unset($a->config[$uid][$family][$key]);
+	$ret = q("DELETE FROM `pconfig` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `cat` = '%s' AND `k` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		intval($uid),
+		dbesc($cat),
+		dbesc($key)
+	);
+	return $ret;
+}}
+
+
 // convert an XML document to a normalised, case-corrected array
 // used by webfinger
 
@@ -1654,12 +1747,34 @@ function aes_encrypt($val,$ky)
     return mcrypt_encrypt($enc, $key, $val, $mode, mcrypt_create_iv( mcrypt_get_iv_size($enc, $mode), MCRYPT_DEV_URANDOM));
 }} 
 
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Function: linkify
+ *
+ * Replace naked text hyperlink with HTML formatted hyperlink
+ *
+ */
+
 if(! function_exists('linkify')) {
 function linkify($s) {
 	$s = preg_replace("/(https?\:\/\/[a-zA-Z0-9\:\/\-\?\&\.\=\_\~\#\'\%]*)/", ' <a href="$1" >$1</a>', $s);
 	return($s);
 }}
 
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * Function: smilies
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * Replaces text emoticons with graphical images
+ *
+ * @Parameter: string $s
+ *
+ * Returns string
+ */
+
 if(! function_exists('smilies')) {
 function smilies($s) {
 	$a = get_app();
@@ -1739,14 +1854,95 @@ function profile_load(&$a, $nickname, $profile = 0) {
 
 	$a->profile = $r[0];
 
-	$a->page['template'] = 'profile';
 
 	$a->page['title'] = $a->profile['name'];
 	$_SESSION['theme'] = $a->profile['theme'];
 
 	if(! (x($a->page,'aside')))
 		$a->page['aside'] = '';
+
+	$a->page['aside'] .= profile_sidebar($a->profile);
 	$a->page['aside'] .= contact_block();
 
 	return;
 }}
+
+
+/**
+ *
+ * Function: profile_sidebar
+ *
+ * Formats a profile for display in the sidebar.
+ * It is very difficult to templatise the HTML completely
+ * because of all the conditional logic.
+ *
+ * @parameter: array $profile
+ *
+ * Returns HTML string stuitable for sidebar inclusion
+ * Exceptions: Returns empty string if passed $profile is wrong type or not populated
+ *
+ */
+
+
+if(! function_exists('profile_sidebar')) {
+function profile_sidebar($profile) {
+
+	$o = '';
+	$location = '';
+	$address = false;
+
+	if((! is_array($profile)) && (! count($profile)))
+		return $o;
+
+	$fullname = '<div class="fn">' . $profile['name'] . '</div>';
+
+	$tabs = '';
+
+	$photo = '<div id="profile=photo-wrapper"><img class="photo" src="' . $profile['photo'] . '" alt="' . $profile['name'] . '" /></div>';
+
+	$connect = (($profile['uid'] != local_user()) ? '<li><a id="dfrn-request-link" href="dfrn_request/' . $profile['nickname'] . '">' . t('Connect') . '</a></li>' : '');
+ 
+	if((x($profile,'address') == 1) 
+		|| (x($profile,'locality') == 1) 
+		|| (x($profile,'region') == 1) 
+		|| (x($profile,'postal-code') == 1) 
+		|| (x($profile,'country-name') == 1))
+		$address = true;
+
+	if($address) {
+		$location .= '<div class="location"><span class="location-label">' . t('Location:') . '</span> <div class="adr">';
+		$location .= ((x($profile,'address') == 1) ? '<div class="street-address">' . $profile['address'] . '</div>' : '');
+		$location .= (((x($profile,'locality') == 1) || (x($profile,'region') == 1) || (x($profile,'postal-code') == 1)) 
+			? '<span class="city-state-zip"><span class="locality">' . $profile['locality'] . '</span>' 
+			. ((x($profile['locality']) == 1) ? t(', ') : '') 
+			. '<span class="region">' . $profile['region'] . '</span>'
+			. ' <span class="postal-code">' . $profile['postal-code'] . '</span></span>' : '');
+		$location .= ((x($profile,'country-name') == 1) ? ' <span class="country-name">' . $profile['country-name'] . '</span>' : '');  
+		$location .= '</div></div><div class="profile-clear"></div>';
+
+	}
+
+	$gender = ((x($profile,'gender') == 1) ? '<div class="mf"><span class="gender-label">' . t('Gender:') . '</span> <span class="x-gender">' . $profile['gender'] . '</span></div><div class="profile-clear"></div>' : '');
+
+	$pubkey = ((x($profile,'key') == 1) ? '<div class="key" style="display:none;">' . $profile['pubkey'] . '</div>' : '');
+
+	$marital = ((x($profile,'marital') == 1) ? '<div class="marital"><span class="marital-label"><span class="heart">&hearts;</span> ' . t('Status:') . ' </span><span class="marital-text">' . $profile['marital'] . '</span></div></div><div class="profile-clear"></div>' : '');
+
+	$homepage = ((x($profile,'homepage') == 1) ? '<div class="homepage"><span class="homepage-label">' . t('Homepage:') . ' </span><span class="homepage-url">' . linkify($profile['homepage']) . '</span></div></div><div class="profile-clear"></div>' : '');
+
+	$tpl = load_view_file('view/profile_vcard.tpl');
+
+	$o .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
+		'$fullname' => $fullname,
+		'$tabs'     => $tabs,
+		'$photo'    => $photo,
+		'$connect'  => $connect,		
+		'$location' => $location,
+		'$gender'   => $gender,
+		'$pubkey'   => $pubkey,
+		'$marital'  => $marital,
+		'$homepage' => $homepage
+	));
+
+	return $o;
+}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 0b322e9e0..148a8d0d8 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -419,3 +419,13 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `queue` (
 `last` DATETIME NOT NULL ,
 `content` MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL
 ) ENGINE = MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `pconfig` (
+`id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY ,
+`uid` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+`cat` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
+`k` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
+`v` MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL
+) ENGINE = MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
+
+
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index e91603a30..2f56d5414 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ if(strlen($a->module)) {
 		$a->module_loaded = true;
 	}
 	else {
+		logger('index.php: page not found: ' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . ' QUERY: ' . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 		header($_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"] . ' 404 ' . t('Not Found'));
 		notice( t('Page not found.' ) . EOL);
 	}
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 92b240798..b3fab6720 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -228,3 +228,12 @@ function update_1021() {
 	q("ALTER TABLE `item` ADD `private` TINYINT( 1 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' AFTER `deny_gid` ");
 }
 
+function update_1022() {
+	q("CREATE TABLE `pconfig` (
+		`id` INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY ,
+		`uid` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+		`cat` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
+		`k` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
+		`v` MEDIUMTEXT NOT NULL
+		) ENGINE = MYISAM CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci ");
+}
diff --git a/view/profile_vcard.tpl b/view/profile_vcard.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81659af6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/profile_vcard.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<div class="vcard">
+
+	$fullname
+
+	$tabs
+
+	$photo
+
+	<div id="profile-extra-links">
+		<ul>
+			$connect
+		</ul>
+	</div>
+
+	$location
+
+	$gender
+
+	$pubkey
+
+</div>
+
+$marital
+
+$homepage
+
diff --git a/view/theme/default/style.css b/view/theme/default/style.css
index f20341dd6..491486794 100644
--- a/view/theme/default/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/default/style.css
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ img.photo {
 
 .heart {
 	color: #FF0000;
-	font-size: 120%;
+	font-size: 100%;
 }
 
 aside {
@@ -1893,4 +1893,21 @@ a.mail-list-link {
 
 #search-box {
 	margin-bottom: 25px;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+.location-label, .gender-label, .marital-label, .homepage-label {
+	float: left;
+	text-align: right;
+	display: block;
+	width: 65px;
+}
+
+.adr, .x-gender, .marital-text, .homepage-url {
+	float: left;
+	display: block;
+	margin-left: 8px;
+}
+
+.profile-clear {
+	clear: both;
+}