diff --git a/mod/directory.php b/mod/directory.php
index b105bf7876..6d0e1f4268 100644
--- a/mod/directory.php
+++ b/mod/directory.php
@@ -4,25 +4,37 @@
 function directory_content(&$a) {
 
 
-	$tpl .= file_get_contents('view/directory_header');
+	$tpl .= file_get_contents('view/directory_header.tpl');
 
-	$o .= replace_macros($tpl);
+	$o .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `profile` WHERE `default` = 1 AND `publish` = 1");
+	));
+
+	$r = q("SELECT `profile`.*, `profile`.`uid` AS `profile_uid`, `user`.`nickname` FROM `profile` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `profile`.`uid` WHERE `is-default` = 1 AND `publish` = 1");
 	if(count($r)) {
 
 		$tpl = file_get_contents('view/directory_item.tpl');
 
 		foreach($r as $rr) {
+			$profile_link = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . ((strlen($rr['nickname'])) ? $rr['nickname'] : $rr['profile_uid']);
 
-			$o .= expand_macros($tpl,array(
 
+			$o .= replace_macros($tpl,array(
+				'$id' => $rr['id'],
+				'$profile-link' => $profile_link,
+				'$photo' => $rr['photo'],
+				'$alt-text' => $rr['name'],
+				'$name' => $rr['name'],
+				'$details' => $details   // FIXME
 
 
 			));
 
 		}
+		$o .= "<div class=\"directory-end\" ></div>\r\n";
 	}
 	else
 		notice("No entries (some entries may be hidden).");
+
+	return $o;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mod/profiles.php b/mod/profiles.php
index a8b6858d79..c6060c8c2f 100644
--- a/mod/profiles.php
+++ b/mod/profiles.php
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 
 	// todo - delete... ensure that all contacts using the to-be-deleted profile are moved to the default. 		
 
-
-
 	if(($a->argc > 1) && ($a->argv[1] != "new") && intval($a->argv[1])) {
 		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `profile` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($a->argv[1]),
@@ -21,6 +19,7 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 			$_SESSION['sysmsg'] .= "Profile not found." . EOL;
 			return;
 		}
+		$is_default = (($r[0]['is-default']) ? 1 : 0);
 
 		$profile_name = notags(trim($_POST['profile_name']));
 		if(! strlen($profile_name)) {
@@ -38,7 +37,8 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 		$marital = notags(trim(implode(', ',$_POST['marital'])));
 		$homepage = notags(trim($_POST['homepage']));
 		$about = str_replace(array('<','>','&'),array('&lt;','&gt;','&amp;'),trim($_POST['about']));
-
+		if(x($_POST,'profile_in_directory'))
+			$publish = (($_POST['profile_in_directory'] == 1) ? 1: 0);
 		if(! in_array($gender,array('','Male','Female','Other')))
 			$gender = '';
 
@@ -72,6 +72,20 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 
 		if($r)
 			$_SESSION['sysmsg'] .= "Profile updated." . EOL;
+
+
+		if($is_default) {
+			$r = q("UPDATE `profile` 
+			SET `publish` = %d
+			WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			intval($publish),
+			intval($a->argv[1]),
+			intval($_SESSION['uid'])
+
+			);
+		}
+
+
 	}
 
 
@@ -134,7 +148,12 @@ function profiles_content(&$a) {
 		require_once('view/profile_selectors.php');
 
 		$tpl = file_get_contents('view/jot-header.tpl');
-		$profile_in_dir = file_get_contents("view/profile-in-directory.tpl");
+		$opt_tpl = file_get_contents("view/profile-in-directory.tpl");
+		$profile_in_dir = replace_macros($opt_tpl,array(
+			'$yes_selected' => (($r[0]['publish']) ? " checked=\"checked\" " : ""),
+			'$no_selected' => (($r[0]['publish'] == 0) ? " checked=\"checked\" " : "")
+		));
+
 
 		$a->page['htmlhead'] .= replace_macros($tpl, array('$baseurl' => $a->get_baseurl()));
 	
diff --git a/view/profile-in-directory.tpl b/view/profile-in-directory.tpl
index a120a24c18..6e04505b08 100644
--- a/view/profile-in-directory.tpl
+++ b/view/profile-in-directory.tpl
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ Publish this profile in site directory?
 
 		<div id="profile-in-dir-yes-wrapper">
 		<label id="profile-in-dir-yes-label" for="profile-in-dir-yes">Yes</label>
-		<input type="radio" name="profile_in_directory" id="profile-in-dir-yes" checked="checked" value="1" />
+		<input type="radio" name="profile_in_directory" id="profile-in-dir-yes" $yes_selected value="1" />
 
 		<div id="profile-in-dir-break" ></div>	
 		</div>
 		<div id="profile-in-dir-no-wrapper">
 		<label id="profile-in-dir-no-label" for="profile-in-dir-no">No</label>
-		<input type="radio" name="profile_in_directory" id="profile-in-dir-no" value="0"  />
+		<input type="radio" name="profile_in_directory" id="profile-in-dir-no" $no_selected value="0"  />
 
 		<div id="profile-in-dir-end"></div>
 		</div>
diff --git a/view/style.css b/view/style.css
index 7114f43944..806d62affc 100644
--- a/view/style.css
+++ b/view/style.css
@@ -463,4 +463,15 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 	color: #3172BD;
 	font-weight: bold;
 	margin-bottom: 20px;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+
+.directory-end {
+	clear: both;
+}
+
+.directory-item {
+	float: left;
+	width: 225px;
+}
+
diff --git a/wip/todo b/wip/todo
index 035f72a8df..0e3f88fecc 100644
--- a/wip/todo
+++ b/wip/todo
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ contact editor
 	remove
 	reputation
 
-publish to directory
 
-directory page
+directory page search, pager, details
 
 publish to external directory
 
 anonymous nav links
+	directory
 
 groups