diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 7e630eba89..3a6886fd11 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1118,6 +1118,23 @@ function set_config($family,$key,$value) {
 }}
 
 
+if(! function_exists('load_pconfig')) {
+function load_pconfig($uid,$family) {
+	global $a;
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `pconfig` WHERE `cat` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
+		dbesc($family),
+		intval($uid)
+	);
+	if(count($r)) {
+		foreach($r as $rr) {
+			$k = $rr['k'];
+			$a->config[$uid][$family][$k] = $rr['v'];
+		}
+	}
+}}
+
+
+
 if(! function_exists('get_pconfig')) {
 function get_pconfig($uid,$family, $key, $instore = false) {
 
@@ -1759,6 +1776,8 @@ function contact_block() {
 		$o .=  '<div id="viewcontacts"><a id="viewcontacts-link" href="viewcontacts/' . $a->profile['nickname'] . '">' . t('View Contacts') . '</a></div>';
 		
 	}
+
+	call_hooks('contact_block_end', $o);
 	return $o;
 
 }}
@@ -2018,6 +2037,8 @@ function profile_sidebar($profile) {
 		'$homepage' => $homepage
 	));
 
+	call_hooks('profile_sidebar', $o);
+
 	return $o;
 }}
 
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index b40617d03b..b1f0209307 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 				require_once("view/$profile_lang/profile_advanced.php");
 			else
 				require_once('view/profile_advanced.php');
+
+			call_hooks('profile_advanced',$o);
+
 			return $o;
 		}
 
diff --git a/mod/settings.php b/mod/settings.php
index b86ff4c1c8..4743ecd661 100644
--- a/mod/settings.php
+++ b/mod/settings.php
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ function settings_post(&$a) {
 		notice( t('Permission denied.') . EOL);
 		return;
 	}
+
+	call_hooks('settings_post', $_POST);
+
 	if(count($a->user) && x($a->user,'uid') && $a->user['uid'] != local_user()) {
 		notice( t('Permission denied.') . EOL);
 		return;
@@ -298,6 +301,9 @@ function settings_content(&$a) {
 		'$pagetype' => $pagetype
 	));
 
+	call_hooks('settings_page',$o);
+
 	return $o;
 
-}}
\ No newline at end of file
+}}
+
diff --git a/view/en/profile_advanced.php b/view/en/profile_advanced.php
index 7e2036890b..82c66adece 100644
--- a/view/en/profile_advanced.php
+++ b/view/en/profile_advanced.php
@@ -223,3 +223,4 @@ $o .= <<< EOT
 EOT;
 }
 
+