diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index ebb88c7391..52c1fc3616 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -42,42 +42,59 @@ function photos_init(&$a) {
 
 		$sql_extra = permissions_sql($a->data['user']['uid']);
 
-		$albums = q("SELECT distinct(`album`) AS `album` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d $sql_extra order by created desc",
-			intval($a->data['user']['uid'])
+		$albums = q("SELECT count(distinct `resource-id`) AS `total`, `album` FROM `photo` WHERE `uid` = %d  AND `album` != '%s' AND `album` != '%s' 
+                        $sql_extra group by album order by created desc",
+			intval($a->data['user']['uid']),
+                        dbesc('Contact Photos'),
+                        dbesc( t('Contact Photos'))
 		);
 
-		if(count($albums)) {
-			$a->data['albums'] = $albums;
+                $albums_visible = ((intval($a->data['user']['hidewall']) && (! local_user()) && (! remote_user())) ? false : true);
 
-			$albums_visible = ((intval($a->data['user']['hidewall']) && (! local_user()) && (! remote_user())) ? false : true);	
+                // add various encodings to the array so we can just loop through and pick them out in a template
+                $ret = array('success' => false);
 
-			if($albums_visible) {
-				$o .= '<div id="side-bar-photos-albums" class="widget">';
-				$o .= '<h3>' . '<a href="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/photos/' . $a->data['user']['nickname'] . '">' . t('Photo Albums') . '</a></h3>';
+                if($albums) {
+                        $a->data['albums'] = $albums;
+                        if ($albums_visible)
+                                $ret['success'] = true;
 
-				$o .= '<ul>';
-				foreach($albums as $album) {
+                        $ret['albums'] = array();
+                        foreach($albums as $k => $album) {
+                                $entry = array(
+                                        'text'      => $album['album'],
+                                        'total'     => $album['total'],
+                                        'url'       => z_root() . '/photos/' . $a->data['user']['nickname'] . '/album/' . bin2hex($album['album']),
+                                        'urlencode' => urlencode($album['album']),
+                                        'bin2hex'   => bin2hex($album['album'])
+                                );
+                                $ret['albums'][] = $entry;
+                        }
+                }
 
-					// don't show contact photos. We once translated this name, but then you could still access it under
-					// a different language setting. Now we store the name in English and check in English (and translated for legacy albums).
+                $albums = $ret;
 
-					if((! strlen($album['album'])) || ($album['album'] === 'Contact Photos') || ($album['album'] === t('Contact Photos')))
-						continue;
-					$o .= '<li>' . '<a href="photos/' . $a->argv[1] . '/album/' . bin2hex($album['album']) . '" >' . $album['album'] . '</a></li>'; 
-				}
-				$o .= '</ul>';
-			}
-			if(local_user() && $a->data['user']['uid'] == local_user()) {
-				$o .= '<div id="photo-albums-upload-link"><a href="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/photos/' . $a->data['user']['nickname'] . '/upload" >' .t('Upload New Photos') . '</a></div>';
-			}
+                if(local_user() && $a->data['user']['uid'] == local_user())
+                        $can_post = true;
+
+                if($albums['success']) {
+                        $photo_albums_widget = replace_macros(get_markup_template('photo_albums.tpl'),array(
+                                '$nick'     => $a->data['user']['nickname'],
+                                '$title'    => t('Photo Albums'),
+                                'recent'    => t('Recent Photos'),
+                                '$albums'   => $albums['albums'],
+                                '$baseurl'  => z_root(),
+                                '$upload'   => array( t('Upload New Photos'), $a->get_baseurl() . '/photos/' . $a->data['user']['nickname'] . '/upload/' . bin2hex($album)),
+                                '$can_post' => $can_post
+                        ));
+                }
 
-			$o .= '</div>';
-		}
 
 		if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
 			$a->page['aside'] = '';
                 $a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;
 		$a->page['aside'] .= $o;
+                $a->page['aside'] .= $photo_albums_widget;
 
 
 		$tpl = get_markup_template("photos_head.tpl");
diff --git a/view/templates/photo_albums.tpl b/view/templates/photo_albums.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02b4392957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/templates/photo_albums.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<div id="side-bar-photos-albums" class="widget">
+	<h3>{{$title}}</h3>
+	<ul>
+		<li><a href="{{$baseurl}}/photos/{{$nick}}" title="{{$title}}" >{{$recent}}</a></li>
+		{{if $albums}}
+		{{foreach $albums as $al}}
+		{{if $al.text}}
+		<li><a href="{{$baseurl}}/photos/{{$nick}}/album/{{$al.bin2hex}}"><span class="badge pull-right">{{$al.total}}</span>{{$al.text}}</a></li>
+		{{/if}}
+		{{/foreach}}
+		{{/if}}
+	</ul>
+
+        {{if $can_post}}
+        <div class="photos-upload-link" ><a href="{{$upload.1}}">{{$upload.0}}</a></div>
+        {{/if}}
+</div>
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
index 34d7f1c25c..63322035e1 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ blockquote {
 	margin-right: 5px;
 }
 
+.pull-right { float: right }
+
 
 
 /* nav */
@@ -3367,7 +3369,7 @@ ul.menu-popup {
 #recip {
 
 }
-.autocomplete-w1 { background: #ffffff; no-repeat bottom right; position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px; margin:6px 0 0 6px; /* IE6 fix: */ _background:none; _margin:1px 0 0 0; }
+.autocomplete-w1 { background: #ffffff no-repeat bottom right; position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px; margin:6px 0 0 6px; /* IE6 fix: */ _background:none; _margin:1px 0 0 0; }
 .autocomplete { color:#000; border:1px solid #999; background:#FFF; cursor:default; text-align:left; max-height:350px; overflow:auto; margin:-6px 6px 6px -6px; /* IE6 specific: */ _height:350px;  _margin:0; _overflow-x:hidden; }
 .autocomplete .selected { background:#F0F0F0; }
 .autocomplete div { padding:2px 5px; white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; }
@@ -3443,7 +3445,7 @@ ul.menu-popup {
 	.nav-ajax-left {margin-left: -1em; margin-top: 0px;	}
 	nav #site-location,
 	nav #banner { position: relative; clear:both; }
-	ul.menu-popup { left: 0px; top 20px; }
+	ul.menu-popup { left: 0px; top: 20px; }
 
 }
 
diff --git a/view/theme/frost/style.css b/view/theme/frost/style.css
index 74ae6c90aa..8b87c3bd42 100644
--- a/view/theme/frost/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/frost/style.css
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ body {
 
 div.container {
 	display: block;
-	width: 785 px;
+	width: 785px;
 	margin-top: 0px;
 	margin-bottom: 0px;
 	margin-left: auto;
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ blockquote {
 	margin-right: 5px;
 }
 
+.pull-right { float: right }
+
 
 
 /* nav */
@@ -4094,7 +4096,7 @@ ul.notifications-menu-popup {
 #recip {
 	
 }
-.autocomplete-w1 { background: #ffffff; no-repeat bottom right; position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px; margin:6px 0 0 6px; /* IE6 fix: */ _background:none; _margin:1px 0 0 0; }
+.autocomplete-w1 { background: #ffffff no-repeat bottom right; position:absolute; top:0px; left:0px; margin:6px 0 0 6px; /* IE6 fix: */ _background:none; _margin:1px 0 0 0; }
 .autocomplete { color:#000; border:1px solid #999; background:#FFF; cursor:default; text-align:left; max-height:350px; overflow:auto; margin:-6px 6px 6px -6px; /* IE6 specific: */ _height:350px;  _margin:0; _overflow-x:hidden; }
 .autocomplete .selected { background:#F0F0F0; }
 .autocomplete div { padding:2px 5px; white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; }
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/dark/style.css b/view/theme/quattro/dark/style.css
index c8bd7d406b..16d261432e 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/dark/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/dark/style.css
@@ -414,7 +414,8 @@ a:hover {
 .left {
   float: left;
 }
-.right {
+.right,
+.pull-right {
   float: right;
 }
 .hidden {
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css b/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css
index 9c18771fff..2073f2ccdd 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css
@@ -414,7 +414,8 @@ a:hover {
 .left {
   float: left;
 }
-.right {
+.right,
+.pull-right {
   float: right;
 }
 .hidden {
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css b/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css
index 97cf540fc2..28e0e107bf 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css
@@ -414,7 +414,8 @@ a:hover {
 .left {
   float: left;
 }
-.right {
+.right,
+.pull-right {
   float: right;
 }
 .hidden {
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less b/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less
index fbfb4bcb30..d38db76486 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ a:visited { color: @LinkVisited; text-decoration: none; }
 a:hover {color: @LinkHover; text-decoration: underline; }
 
 .left { float: left; }
-.right { float: right; }
+.right, .pull-right { float: right; }
 .hidden { display: none; }
 .clear { clear: both; }
 
diff --git a/view/theme/smoothly/style.css b/view/theme/smoothly/style.css
index 46d8902aeb..f3ca397284 100644
--- a/view/theme/smoothly/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/smoothly/style.css
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ input[type=submit]:active {
 	top: 1px;
 }
 
+.pull-right { float: right }
+
 #search-text,
 #search-submit,
 #search-save {