diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 56d85f6382..5efa9a24f4 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -96,9 +96,14 @@ class App {
 		$this->path = ltrim(trim($p),'/');
 	} 
 
+	function get_path() {
+		return $this->path;
+	}
+
 	function set_pager_total($n) {
 		$this->pager['total'] = intval($n);
 	}
+
 	function set_pager_itemspage($n) {
 		$this->pager['itemspage'] = intval($n);
 		$this->pager['start'] = ($this->pager['page'] * $this->pager['itemspage']) - $this->pager['itemspage'];
diff --git a/include/nav.php b/include/nav.php
index a7a2cf3f88..b788ed48a3 100644
--- a/include/nav.php
+++ b/include/nav.php
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 		$a->page['nav'] .= "<a id=\"nav-notify-link\" class=\"nav-commlink\" href=\"notifications\">Notifications</a>\r\n";
 
 		$a->page['nav'] .= "<a id=\"nav-messages-link\" class=\"nav-commlink\" href=\"Messages\">Messages</a>\r\n";
-
+		
+		$a->page['nav'] .= "<div id=\"nav-notify\" class=\"nav-notify\"></div>\r\n";
 
 		$a->page['nav'] .= "<a id=\"nav-logout-link\" class=\"nav-link\" href=\"logout\">Logout</a>\r\n";
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 
 		$a->page['nav'] .= "<a id=\"nav-contacts-link\" class=\"nav-link\" href=\"contacts\">Contacts</a>\r\n";
 
-		$a->page['nav'] .= "<a id=\"nav-home-link\" class=\"nav-link\" href=\"profile/{$_SESSION['uid']}\">Home</a>\r\n";
+		$a->page['nav'] .= "<a id=\"nav-home-link\" class=\"nav-link\" href=\"profile/{$a->user['nickname']}\">Home</a>\r\n";
 
 		$a->page['nav'] .= "<a id=\"nav-network-link\" class=\"nav-link\" href=\"network\">Network</a>\r\n";
 		
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc160ade7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+
+
+function ping_init(&$a) {
+
+	if(! local_user())
+		xml_status(0);
+
+	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `item` 
+		WHERE `unseen` = 1 AND `uid` = %d",
+		intval($_SESSION['uid'])
+	);
+	$network = $r[0]['total'];
+
+	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `item` 
+		WHERE `unseen` = 1 AND `uid` = %d AND `type` != 'remote' ",
+		intval($_SESSION['uid'])
+	);
+	$home = $r[0]['total'];
+
+	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `intro` 
+		WHERE `uid` = %d  AND `blocked` = 0 AND `ignore` = 0 ",
+		intval($_SESSION['uid'])
+	);
+	$intro = $r[0]['total'];
+
+	// TODO
+	$mail = 0;
+
+	header("Content-type: text/xml");
+	echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>\r\n<result><intro>$intro</intro><mail>$mail</mail><net>$network</net><home>$home</home></result>\r\n";
+
+	killme();
+}
+
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index 54fca992cf..bd779ad4e5 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@
 
 function settings_init(&$a) {
 
-	if((! x($_SESSION,'authenticated')) && (x($_SESSION,'uid'))) {
-		$_SESSION['sysmsg'] .= "Permission denied." . EOL;
+	if(! local_user()) {
+		notice("Permission denied." . EOL);
 		$a->error = 404;
 		return;
 	}
 	require_once("mod/profile.php");
-	profile_load($a,$_SESSION['uid']);
+	profile_load($a,$a->user['nickname']);
 }
 
 
 function settings_post(&$a) {
 
-	if((! x($_SESSION['authenticated'])) && (! (x($_SESSION,'uid')))) {
-		$_SESSION['sysmsg'] .= "Permission denied." . EOL;
+	if(! local_user()) {
+		notice( "Permission denied." . EOL);
 		return;
 	}
 	if(count($a->user) && x($a->user,'uid') && $a->user['uid'] != $_SESSION['uid']) {
@@ -128,15 +128,26 @@ function settings_content(&$a) {
 	$timezone = $a->user['timezone'];
 
 
-	if(x($nickname))
-		$nickname_block = file_get_contents("view/settings_nick_set.tpl");
-	else
-		$nickname_block = file_get_contents("view/settings_nick_unset.tpl");
+
+	$nickname_block = file_get_contents("view/settings_nick_set.tpl");
+	
+
+	$nickname_subdir = '';
+	if(strlen($a->get_path())) {
+		$subdir_tpl = file_get_contents('view/settings_nick_subdir.tpl');
+		$nickname_subdir = replace_macros($subdir_tpl, array(
+			'$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl(),
+			'$nickname' => $nickname,
+			'$hostname' => $a->get_hostname()
+		));
+	}
+
 
 	$nickname_block = replace_macros($nickname_block,array(
 		'$nickname' => $nickname,
 		'$uid' => $_SESSION['uid'],
-		'$basepath' => substr($a->get_baseurl(),strpos($a->get_baseurl(),'://') + 3), 
+		'$subdir' => $nickname_subdir,
+		'$basepath' => $a->get_hostname(),
 		'$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl()));	
 
 	$o = file_get_contents('view/settings.tpl');
diff --git a/view/dfrn_request.tpl b/view/dfrn_request.tpl
index df935ae2ad..c1a7b1d9b0 100644
--- a/view/dfrn_request.tpl
+++ b/view/dfrn_request.tpl
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 <h1>Personal Introduction</h1>
 
 <p id="dfrn-request-intro">
-You may introduce yourself to this member if you have a valid <a href="http://dfrn.org">DFRN profile</a>.
+You may introduce yourself to this member if you have a valid profile locator<br />
+on the <a href="http://dfrn.org">Distributed Friends and Relations Network (DFRN)</a>.
 </p>
 
 <form action="dfrn_request/$uid" method="post" />
 
 <div id="dfrn-request-url-wrapper" >
-	<label id="dfrn-url-label" for="dfrn-url" >Your DFRN Profile URL:</label>
+	<label id="dfrn-url-label" for="dfrn-url" >Your profile location:</label>
 	<input type="text" name="dfrn_url" id="dfrn-url" size="32" />
 	<div id="dfrn-request-url-end"></div>
 </div>
diff --git a/view/head.tpl b/view/head.tpl
index 8ffd639330..b384d6fc05 100644
--- a/view/head.tpl
+++ b/view/head.tpl
@@ -7,3 +7,20 @@
 <![endif]-->
 <script type="text/javascript" src="$baseurl/include/jquery.js" ></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="$baseurl/include/main.js" ></script>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+//	$(document).ready(function() { setTimeout(NavUpdate,10 * 1000); });
+
+function NavUpdate()
+	{
+		$.get("ping",function(data)
+			{
+			$(data).find('result').each(function() {
+				var net = $(this).find('net').text();
+			alert(net);
+			});
+		}) ;
+		setTimeout(NavUpdate,10 * 1000);
+	}
+</script>
+
diff --git a/view/profile.php b/view/profile.php
index d95edb952e..e8de331e1f 100644
--- a/view/profile.php
+++ b/view/profile.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 	<div id="profile-extra-links">
 
-	<a id="dfrn-request-link" href="dfrn_request/<?php echo $profile['uid']; ?>">Introductions</a>
+	<a id="dfrn-request-link" href="dfrn_request/<?php echo $profile['nickname']; ?>">Introductions</a>
 
 	</div>
 
diff --git a/view/settings.tpl b/view/settings.tpl
index d73e45a413..baf1178447 100644
--- a/view/settings.tpl
+++ b/view/settings.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <h1>Account Settings</h1>
 
+$nickname_block
+
+
 <form action="settings" id="settings-form" method="post" >
 
 <div id="settings-username-wrapper" >
@@ -14,7 +17,6 @@
 </div>
 <div id="settings-email-end" ></div>
 
-$nickname_block
 
 
 <div id="settings-timezone-wrapper" >
diff --git a/view/settings_nick_set.tpl b/view/settings_nick_set.tpl
index 8b110457c0..3524fc1bc3 100644
--- a/view/settings_nick_set.tpl
+++ b/view/settings_nick_set.tpl
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 
 <div id="settings-nick-wrapper" >
 <p id="settings-nickname-desc">
-Your nickname cannot be changed. It is set to <strong>$nickname</strong>.<br />
-Your profile is located at <strong>'$baseurl/profile/$nickname'</strong>,<br />
-and you may use this as your profile URL when communicating with other<br />
-sites or simply <strong>'$nickname@$basepath'</strong>.
+Your site nickname is <strong>$nickname</strong> and cannot be changed.<br />
+Your profile locator is <strong>'$nickname@$basepath'</strong>.
 </p>
+$subdir
+
 </div>
 <div id="settings-nick-end" ></div>
diff --git a/view/settings_nick_subdir.tpl b/view/settings_nick_subdir.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..401a6fd4bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/settings_nick_subdir.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<p>
+It appears that your website is located in a subdirectory of the<br />
+$hostname website and this setting may not work reliably.<br />
+</p>
+<p>If you have any issues, you may have better results using the profile<br />
+locator '<strong>$baseurl/profile/$nickname</strong>'.
+</p>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/view/style.css b/view/style.css
index 128464b1d5..58579ae480 100644
--- a/view/style.css
+++ b/view/style.css
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 	margin-left: 50px;
 }
 
+#settings-nick-wrapper {
+	margin-bottom: 30px;
+}
+
 #settings-username-end, #settings-email-end, #settings-nick-end, #settings-timezone-end, #settings-password-end, #settings-confirm-end {
 	margin-bottom: 5px;
 	clear: both;