diff --git a/mod/allfriends.php b/mod/allfriends.php
index f675b8e29..c32a05a2c 100644
--- a/mod/allfriends.php
+++ b/mod/allfriends.php
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ function allfriends_content(&$a) {
 		intval(local_user())
 	);
 
-	$a->page['aside'] .= '<div class="vcard">' 
-		. '<div class="fn label">' . $c[0]['name'] . '</div>' 
-		. '<div id="profile-photo-wrapper">'
-		. '<a href="/contacts/' . $cid . '"><img class="photo" width="175" height="175" 
-		src="' . $c[0]['photo'] . '" alt="' . $c[0]['name'] . '" /></div>'
-		. '</div>';
-	
+	$vcard_widget .= replace_macros(get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl"),array(
+                '$name' => $c[0]['name'],
+                '$photo' => $c[0]['photo'],
+                'url' => z_root() . '/contacts/' . $cid
+                ));
+
+        if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
+                $a->page['aside'] = '';
+        $a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;
 
 	if(! count($c))
 		return;
diff --git a/mod/common.php b/mod/common.php
index 617b5b670..a4320f9eb 100644
--- a/mod/common.php
+++ b/mod/common.php
@@ -28,13 +28,15 @@ function common_content(&$a) {
 		);
 	}	
 
-	$a->page['aside'] .= '<div class="vcard">' 
-		. '<div class="fn label">' . $c[0]['name'] . '</div>' 
-		. '<div id="profile-photo-wrapper">'
-		. '<img class="photo" width="175" height="175" 
-		src="' . $c[0]['photo'] . '" alt="' . $c[0]['name'] . '" /></div>'
-		. '</div>';
-	
+	$vcard_widget .= replace_macros(get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl"),array(
+                '$name' => $c[0]['name'],
+                '$photo' => $c[0]['photo'],
+                'url' => z_root() . '/contacts/' . $cid
+                ));
+
+        if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
+                $a->page['aside'] = '';
+        $a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;
 
 	if(! count($c))
 		return;
diff --git a/mod/crepair.php b/mod/crepair.php
index 55231faf7..457a06685 100644
--- a/mod/crepair.php
+++ b/mod/crepair.php
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ function crepair_init(&$a) {
 
 	if($contact_id) {
 			$a->data['contact'] = $r[0];
-			$o .= '<div class="vcard">';
-			$o .= '<div class="fn">' . $a->data['contact']['name'] . '</div>';
-			$o .= '<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;" src="' . $a->data['contact']['photo'] . '" alt="' . $a->data['contact']['name'] . '" /></div>';
-			$o .= '</div>';
-			$a->page['aside'] .= $o;
+                        $tpl = get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl");
+                        $vcard_widget .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
+                                '$name' => $a->data['contact']['name'],
+                                '$photo' => $a->data['contact']['photo']
+                        ));
+			$a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;
 
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index f8bba01b0..ebb88c739 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ function photos_init(&$a) {
 
 		$a->data['user'] = $r[0];
 
-		$o .= '<div class="vcard">';
-		$o .= '<div class="fn">' . $a->data['user']['username'] . '</div>';
-		$o .= '<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;" src="' . $a->get_cached_avatar_image($a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/profile/' . $a->data['user']['uid'] . '.jpg') . '" alt="' . $a->data['user']['username'] . '" /></div>';
-		$o .= '</div>';
+                $profilephoto = $a->get_cached_avatar_image($a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/profile/' . $a->data['user']['uid'] . '.jpg');
+
+                $tpl = get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl");
+
+		$vcard_widget .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
+                        '$name' => $a->data['user']['username'],
+                        '$photo' => $profilephoto
+                ));
 
 
 		$sql_extra = permissions_sql($a->data['user']['uid']);
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ function photos_init(&$a) {
 
 		if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
 			$a->page['aside'] = '';
+                $a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;
 		$a->page['aside'] .= $o;
 
 
diff --git a/mod/videos.php b/mod/videos.php
index 607c900eb..943a9d09f 100644
--- a/mod/videos.php
+++ b/mod/videos.php
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ function videos_init(&$a) {
 
 		$a->data['user'] = $r[0];
 
-		$o .= '<div class="vcard">';
-		$o .= '<div class="fn">' . $a->data['user']['username'] . '</div>';
-		$o .= '<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="photo" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;" src="' . $a->get_cached_avatar_image($a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/profile/' . $a->data['user']['uid'] . '.jpg') . '" alt="' . $a->data['user']['username'] . '" /></div>';
-		$o .= '</div>';
+                $profilephoto = $a->get_cached_avatar_image($a->get_baseurl() . '/photo/profile/' . $a->data['user']['uid'] . '.jpg');
+
+                $tpl = get_markup_template("vcard-widget.tpl");
+
+		$vcard_widget = replace_macros($tpl, array(
+                        '$name' => $a->data['user']['username'],
+                        '$photo' => $profilephoto
+                ));
 
 
 		/*$sql_extra = permissions_sql($a->data['user']['uid']);
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ function videos_init(&$a) {
 
 		if(! x($a->page,'aside'))
 			$a->page['aside'] = '';
-		$a->page['aside'] .= $o;
+		$a->page['aside'] .= $vcard_widget;
 
 
 		$tpl = get_markup_template("videos_head.tpl");
diff --git a/view/templates/vcard-widget.tpl b/view/templates/vcard-widget.tpl
index bc1a571be..04e26607a 100644
--- a/view/templates/vcard-widget.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/vcard-widget.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
-	<div class="vcard">
-		<div class="fn"><a href="{{$url}}">{{$name}}</a></div>
-		<div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><a href="{{$url}}"><img class="photo" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;" src="{{$photo}}" alt="{{$name}}" /></a></div>
-	</div>
-
+<div class="vcard">
+        <div class="fn">{{$name}}</div>
+        {{if $url}}
+        <div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><a href="{{$url}}"><img class="vcard-photo photo" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;" src="{{$photo}}" alt="{{$name}}" /></a></div>
+        {{else}}
+        <div id="profile-photo-wrapper"><img class="vcard-photo photo" style="width: 175px; height: 175px;" src="{{$photo}}" alt="{{$name}}" /></div>
+        {{/if}}
+</div>