diff --git a/include/nav.php b/include/nav.php
index dd2655e84..77cffc3ab 100644
--- a/include/nav.php
+++ b/include/nav.php
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 
-	if(! x($a->page,'nav'))
-		$a->page['nav'] = '';
-
 	$a->page['nav'] .= '<div id="panel" style="display: none;"></div>' ;
 
 	if(local_user()) {
@@ -56,7 +53,9 @@
 
 	$banner = get_config('system','banner');
 
+
 	if($banner === false) 
 		$banner .= '<img id="logo-img" src="images/ff-32.jpg" alt="logo" /><span id="logo-text">Friendika</span>';
 
+
 	$a->page['nav'] .= '<span id="banner">' . $banner . '</span>';
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index f2c43a8b3..e91603a30 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ else
  * "module"_afterpost
  * "module"_content - the string return of this function contains our page body
  *
+ * Modules which emit other serialisations besides HTML (XML,JSON, etc.) should do 
+ * so within the module init and/or post functions and then invoke killme() to terminate
+ * further processing.
  */
 
 if(strlen($a->module)) {
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ $a->page['content'] .=  '<div id="pause"></div>';
  */
 
 if($a->module != 'install')
-	require_once("nav.php");
+	require_once('nav.php');
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_request.php b/mod/dfrn_request.php
index ce422aa9f..e1370dfd8 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_request.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_request.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function dfrn_request_init(&$a) {
 	if($a->argc > 1)
 		$which = $a->argv[1];
 
-	profile_init($a,$which);
+	profile_load($a,$which);
 
 	return;
 }}
diff --git a/mod/directory.php b/mod/directory.php
index 703c08ce1..e9bbf47ab 100644
--- a/mod/directory.php
+++ b/mod/directory.php
@@ -3,11 +3,22 @@ function directory_init(&$a) {
 	$a->set_pager_itemspage(60);
 }
 
+
+function directory_post(&$a) {
+	if(x($_POST,'search'))
+		$a->data['search'] = $_POST['search'];
+}
+
+
+
 function directory_content(&$a) {
 	$o = '';
 	$o .= '<script>	$(document).ready(function() { $(\'#nav-directory-link\').addClass(\'nav-selected\'); });</script>';
 
-	$search = ((x($_GET,'search')) ? notags(trim($_GET['search'])) : '');
+	if(x($a->data,'search'))
+		$search = notags(trim($a->data['search']));
+	else
+		$search = ((x($_GET,'search')) ? notags(trim($_GET['search'])) : '');
 
 	$tpl = load_view_file('view/directory_header.tpl');
 
diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index 1049b28a0..990d0b431 100644
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ function display_content(&$a) {
 
 	$o = '<div id="live-display"></div>' . "\r\n";
 
-	profile_init($a);
+	$nick = (($a->argc > 1) ? $a->argv[1] : '');
+	profile_load($a,$nick);
 
 	$item_id = (($a->argc > 2) ? intval($a->argv[2]) : 0);
 
diff --git a/mod/home.php b/mod/home.php
index b8f16158e..59cc31d3b 100644
--- a/mod/home.php
+++ b/mod/home.php
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ if(! function_exists('home_content')) {
 function home_content(&$a) {
 
 	$o = '';
-	if(! (x($a->page,'footer')))
-		$a->page['footer'] = '';
-	$a->page['footer'] .= "<div class=\"powered\" >Powered by <a href=\"http://friendika.com\" title=\"friendika\" >friendika</a></div>";
+/*
+ *	if(! (x($a->page,'footer')))
+ *		$a->page['footer'] = '';
+ *	$a->page['footer'] .= "<div class=\"powered\" >Powered by <a href=\"http://friendika.com\" title=\"friendika\" >friendika</a></div>";
+ */
 	$o .= '<h1>Welcome' . ((x($a->config,'sitename')) ? " to {$a->config['sitename']}" : "" ) . '</h1>';
 	if(file_exists('home.html'))
-		$o .= file_get_contents('home.html');
+ 		$o .= file_get_contents('home.html');
 
 	$o .= login(($a->config['register_policy'] == REGISTER_CLOSED) ? 0 : 1);
 	return $o;
diff --git a/mod/search.php b/mod/search.php
index 78a4a3d53..7605e9ae2 100644
--- a/mod/search.php
+++ b/mod/search.php
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 <?php
 
 
+function search_post(&$a) {
+	if(x($_POST,'search'))
+		$a->data['search'] = $_POST['search'];
+}
+
+
 function search_content(&$a) {
 
 	$o = '<div id="live-search"></div>' . "\r\n";
 
 	$o .= '<h3>' . t('Search') . '</h3>';
 
-	$search = ((x($_GET,'search')) ? rawurldecode($_GET['search']) : '');
+	if(x($a->data,'search'))
+		$search = notags(trim($a->data['search']));
+	else
+		$search = ((x($_GET,'search')) ? notags(trim(rawurldecode($_GET['search']))) : '');
 
 	$o .= search($search);
 
diff --git a/view/theme/default/style.css b/view/theme/default/style.css
index c5f535527..f20341dd6 100644
--- a/view/theme/default/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/default/style.css
@@ -178,10 +178,13 @@ img.photo {
 	font-weight: bold;
 	margin-left: 280px;
 }
-#page-footer {
-	height: 20px;
-/*	border-bottom: 3px dashed #15607B; */
-}
+
+/*
+ * #page-footer {
+ *	height: 20px;
+ *
+ * }
+ */
 
 .heart {
 	color: #FF0000;
@@ -224,18 +227,16 @@ nav {
 	background: #15607B;
 }
 
-footer {
-	/*position: absolute;*/
-	left: 0px;
-	/*right: 0px;*/
-	bottom: 0px;
-	/*margin: 20px 20px 20px 20px;*/
-
-	position: fixed;
-	background-color: #0CBEFE;
-	width: 100%;
-	padding: 2px 3%;
-}
+/*
+ * footer {
+ *	left: 0px;
+ *	bottom: 0px;
+ *	position: fixed;
+ *	background-color: #0CBEFE;
+ *	width: 100%;
+ *	padding: 2px 3%;
+ * }
+ */
 
 .fn {
 	font-size: 1.4em;