diff --git a/README b/README
index 9538dbe7a..f35b8c0cf 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 
-  Friendika
-  Distributed Social Network
+    *********
+    Friendika
+    *********
 
-  http://friendika.com
+    Distributed Social Network
 
-What if there was a social network which was free to use, open source - and 
-where your privacy is always under your control? 
+    http://friendika.com
 
-What if this social network could scale to encompass the entire internet, and 
-*not* require a central organisation to provide servers (in exchange for 
+Did you ever wonder what might happen if you ever left Facebook? 
+
+What if there was a social network which provided some of the same interaction 
+you've grown to love, *and* was free to use, open source - and where your 
+privacy is always under your control? 
+
+And what if this social network could scale to encompass the entire internet, 
+and *not* require a central organisation to provide servers (in exchange for 
 selling your private information to advertisers)?
 
 Look no further. 
- 
+
 Friendika is a social network without boundaries. Friendika installations can 
 link together into a global social network which is free from central 
 control. Besides the Friendika network [which is privacy enhanced]; you can 
@@ -36,7 +42,12 @@ Friendika is secure, and as private as you wish it to be. Our privacy settings
 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. 
+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. 
+
+Other social network projects talk about privacy and offering a feature-rich 
+social networking alternative, but all they can deliver is vapour and vague 
+promises. Friendika delivers the goods. Time and time again.   
 
 A single instance of Friendika can easily support hundreds of (and up to
 several thousand) people using commodity hosting hardware. Each of these 
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/include/nav.php b/include/nav.php
index 77cffc3ab..f7c5c4e01 100644
--- a/include/nav.php
+++ b/include/nav.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 
 
 	if($banner === false) 
-		$banner .= '<img id="logo-img" src="images/ff-32.jpg" alt="logo" /><span id="logo-text">Friendika</span>';
+		$banner .= '<a href="http://friendika.com"><img id="logo-img" src="images/ff-32.jpg" alt="logo" /></a><span id="logo-text">Friendika</span>';
 
 
 	$a->page['nav'] .= '<span id="banner">' . $banner . '</span>';
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index e91603a30..2f56d5414 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ if(strlen($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/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index e1370dfd8..65a2c771e 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 
+/**
+ *
+ * Module: dfrn_request
+ *
+ * Purpose: Handles communication associated with the issuance of
+ * friend requests.
+ *
+ */
+
 if(! function_exists('dfrn_request_init')) {
 function dfrn_request_init(&$a) {
 
@@ -7,11 +16,26 @@ function dfrn_request_init(&$a) {
 		$which = $a->argv[1];
 
 	profile_load($a,$which);
-
 	return;
 }}
 
 
+/**
+ * Function: dfrn_request_post
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ * Handles multiple scenarios.
+ *
+ * Scenario 1:
+ * Clicking 'submit' on a friend request page.
+ *
+ * Scenario 2:
+ * Following Scenario 1, we are brought back to our home site
+ * in order to link our friend request with our own server cell.
+ * After logging in, we click 'submit' to approve the linkage.
+ *
+ */
+
 if(! function_exists('dfrn_request_post')) {
 function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 
@@ -24,24 +48,34 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 	} 
 
 
-	// We've introduced ourself to another cell, then have been returned to our own cell
-	// to confirm the request, and then we've clicked submit (perhaps after logging in). 
-	// That brings us here:
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * Scenario 2: We've introduced ourself to another cell, then have been returned to our own cell
+	 * to confirm the request, and then we've clicked submit (perhaps after logging in). 
+	 * That brings us here:
+	 *
+	 */
 
 	if((x($_POST,'localconfirm')) && ($_POST['localconfirm'] == 1)) {
 
-		// Ensure this is a valid request
- 
+		/**
+		 * Ensure this is a valid request
+		 */
+
 		if(local_user() && ($a->user['nickname'] == $a->argv[1]) && (x($_POST,'dfrn_url'))) {
 
 
-			$dfrn_url = notags(trim($_POST['dfrn_url']));
-			$aes_allow = (((x($_POST,'aes_allow')) && ($_POST['aes_allow'] == 1)) ? 1 : 0);
+			$dfrn_url    = notags(trim($_POST['dfrn_url']));
+			$aes_allow   = (((x($_POST,'aes_allow')) && ($_POST['aes_allow'] == 1)) ? 1 : 0);
 			$confirm_key = ((x($_POST,'confirm_key')) ? $_POST['confirm_key'] : "");
 
 			$contact_record = null;
 	
 			if(x($dfrn_url)) {
+
+				/**
+				 * Lookup the contact based on their URL (which is the only unique thing we have at the moment)
+				 */
 	
 				$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = %d AND `url` = '%s' AND `self` = 0 LIMIT 1",
 					intval(local_user()),
@@ -50,6 +84,11 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 	
 				if(count($r)) {
 					if(strlen($r[0]['dfrn-id'])) {
+
+						/**
+						 * We don't need to be here. It has already happened.
+						 */
+
 						notice( t("This introduction has already been accepted.") . EOL );
 						return;
 					}
@@ -65,9 +104,12 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 				}
 				else {
 	
+					/**
+					 * Scrape the other site's profile page to pick up the dfrn links, key, fn, and photo
+					 */
+
 					require_once('Scrape.php');
 	
-	
 					$parms = scrape_dfrn($dfrn_url);
 	
 					if(! count($parms)) {
@@ -88,12 +130,17 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 						}
 					}
 
-
-
 					$dfrn_request = $parms['dfrn-request'];
 
+                    /********* Escape the entire array ********/
+
 					dbesc_array($parms);
 
+					/******************************************/
+
+					/**
+					 * Create a contact record on our site for the other person
+					 */
 
 					$r = q("INSERT INTO `contact` ( `uid`, `created`,`url`, `name`, `nick`, `photo`, `site-pubkey`,
 						`request`, `confirm`, `notify`, `poll`, `aes_allow`) 
@@ -117,14 +164,18 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 					notice( t("Introduction complete.") . EOL);
 				}
 
-				// Allow the blocked remote notification to complete
+				/**
+				 * Allow the blocked remote notification to complete
+				 */
 
 				if(is_array($contact_record))
 					$dfrn_request = $contact_record['request'];
 
 				if(strlen($dfrn_request) && strlen($confirm_key))
 					$s = fetch_url($dfrn_request . '?confirm_key=' . $confirm_key);
-					// ignore reply
+				
+				// (ignore reply, nothing we can do it failed)
+
 				goaway($dfrn_url);
 				return; // NOTREACHED
 
@@ -139,23 +190,27 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 		return; // NOTREACHED
 	}
 
-	// Otherwise:
-
-	// We are the requestee. A person from a remote cell has made an introduction 
-	// on our profile web page and clicked submit. We will use their DFRN-URL to 
-	// figure out how to contact their cell.  
-
-	// Scrape the originating DFRN-URL for everything we need. Create a contact record
-	// and an introduction to show our user next time he/she logs in.
-	// Finally redirect back to the requestor so that their site can record the request.
-	// If our user (the requestee) later confirms this request, a record of it will need 
-	// to exist on the requestor's cell in order for the confirmation process to complete.. 
-
-	// It's possible that neither the requestor or the requestee are logged in at the moment,
-	// and the requestor does not yet have any credentials to the requestee profile.
-
-	// Who is the requestee? We've already loaded their profile which means their nickname should be
-	// in $a->argv[1] and we should have their complete info in $a->profile.
+	/**
+	 * Otherwise:
+	 * 
+	 * Scenario 1:
+	 * We are the requestee. A person from a remote cell has made an introduction 
+	 * on our profile web page and clicked submit. We will use their DFRN-URL to 
+	 * figure out how to contact their cell.  
+	 *
+	 * Scrape the originating DFRN-URL for everything we need. Create a contact record
+	 * and an introduction to show our user next time he/she logs in.
+	 * Finally redirect back to the requestor so that their site can record the request.
+	 * If our user (the requestee) later confirms this request, a record of it will need 
+	 * to exist on the requestor's cell in order for the confirmation process to complete.. 
+	 *
+	 * It's possible that neither the requestor or the requestee are logged in at the moment,
+	 * and the requestor does not yet have any credentials to the requestee profile.
+	 *
+	 * Who is the requestee? We've already loaded their profile which means their nickname should be
+	 * in $a->argv[1] and we should have their complete info in $a->profile.
+	 *
+	 */
 
 	if(! (is_array($a->profile) && count($a->profile))) {
 		notice( t('Profile unavailable.') . EOL);
@@ -343,14 +398,14 @@ function dfrn_request_post(&$a) {
 		elseif($network === 'stat') {
 			
 			/**
-			*
-			* OStatus network
-			* Check contact existence
-			* Try and scrape together enough information to create a contact record, with us as REL_VIP
-			* Substitute our user's feed URL into $url template
-			* Send the subscriber home to subscribe
-			*
-			**/
+			 *
+			 * OStatus network
+			 * Check contact existence
+			 * Try and scrape together enough information to create a contact record, with us as REL_VIP
+			 * Substitute our user's feed URL into $url template
+			 * Send the subscriber home to subscribe
+			 *
+			 */
 
 			$url = str_replace('{uri}', $a->get_baseurl() . '/dfrn_poll/' . $nickname, $url);
 			goaway($url);
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;
+}