diff --git a/actions/recoverpassword.php b/actions/recoverpassword.php
index 3d839e7514..eeb6b2516c 100644
--- a/actions/recoverpassword.php
+++ b/actions/recoverpassword.php
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ define(MAX_RECOVERY_TIME, 24 * 60 * 60);
 
 class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
 {
+    var $mode = null;
+    var $msg = null;
+    var $success = null;
 
     function handle($args)
     {
@@ -34,22 +37,22 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
             return;
         } else if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
             if ($this->arg('recover')) {
-                $this->recover_password();
+                $this->recoverPassword();
             } else if ($this->arg('reset')) {
-                $this->reset_password();
+                $this->resetPassword();
             } else {
                 $this->clientError(_('Unexpected form submission.'));
             }
         } else {
             if ($this->trimmed('code')) {
-                $this->check_code();
+                $this->checkCode();
             } else {
-                $this->show_form();
+                $this->showForm();
             }
         }
     }
 
-    function check_code()
+    function checkCode()
     {
 
         $code = $this->trimmed('code');
@@ -88,7 +91,7 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
         # Note: it's still deleted; let's avoid a second attempt!
 
         if ((time() - $touched) > MAX_RECOVERY_TIME) {
-            common_log(LOG_WARNING, 
+            common_log(LOG_WARNING,
                        'Attempted redemption on recovery code ' .
                        'that is ' . $touched . ' seconds old. ');
             $this->clientError(_('This confirmation code is too old. ' .
@@ -112,17 +115,17 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
 
         # Success!
 
-        $this->set_temp_user($user);
-        $this->show_password_form();
+        $this->setTempUser($user);
+        $this->showPasswordForm();
     }
 
-    function set_temp_user(&$user)
+    function setTempUser(&$user)
     {
         common_ensure_session();
         $_SESSION['tempuser'] = $user->id;
     }
 
-    function get_temp_user()
+    function getTempUser()
     {
         common_ensure_session();
         $user_id = $_SESSION['tempuser'];
@@ -132,44 +135,51 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
         return $user;
     }
 
-    function clear_temp_user()
+    function clearTempUser()
     {
         common_ensure_session();
         unset($_SESSION['tempuser']);
     }
 
-    function show_top($msg=null)
+    function showPageNotice()
     {
-        if ($msg) {
-            $this->element('div', 'error', $msg);
+        if ($this->msg) {
+            $this->element('div', ($this->success) ? 'success' : 'error', $this->msg);
         } else {
             $this->elementStart('div', 'instructions');
-            $this->element('p', null, 
-                           _('If you\'ve forgotten or lost your' .
-                              ' password, you can get a new one sent to' .
-                              ' the email address you have stored ' .
-                              ' in your account.'));
+            if ($this->mode == 'recover') {
+                $this->element('p', null,
+                               _('If you\'ve forgotten or lost your' .
+                                 ' password, you can get a new one sent to' .
+                                 ' the email address you have stored ' .
+                                 ' in your account.'));
+            } else if ($this->mode == 'reset') {
+                $this->element('p', null,
+                               _('You\'ve been identified. Enter a ' .
+                                 ' new password below. '));
+            }
             $this->elementEnd('div');
         }
     }
 
-    function show_password_top($msg=null)
+    function showForm($msg=null)
     {
-        if ($msg) {
-            $this->element('div', 'error', $msg);
-        } else {
-            $this->element('div', 'instructions',
-                           _('You\'ve been identified. Enter a ' .
-                              ' new password below. '));
+        $this->msg = $msg;
+        $this->mode = 'recover';
+        $this->showPage();
+    }
+
+    function showContent()
+    {
+        if ($this->mode == 'recover') {
+            $this->showRecoverForm();
+        } else if ($this->mode == 'reset') {
+            $this->showResetForm();
         }
     }
 
-    function show_form($msg=null)
+    function showRecoverForm()
     {
-
-        common_show_header(_('Recover password'), null,
-        $msg, array($this, 'show_top'));
-
         $this->elementStart('form', array('method' => 'post',
                                            'id' => 'recoverpassword',
                                            'action' => common_local_url('recoverpassword')));
@@ -179,15 +189,29 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
                         'or your registered email address.'));
         $this->submit('recover', _('Recover'));
         $this->elementEnd('form');
-        common_show_footer();
     }
 
-    function show_password_form($msg=null)
+    function title()
     {
+        switch ($this->mode) {
+         case 'reset': return _('Reset password');
+         case 'recover': return _('Recover password');
+         case 'sent': return _('Password recovery requested');
+         case 'saved': return _('Password saved.');
+         default:
+            return _('Unknown action');
+        }
+    }
 
-        common_show_header(_('Reset password'), null,
-        $msg, array($this, 'show_password_top'));
+    function showPasswordForm($msg=null)
+    {
+        $this->msg = $msg;
+        $this->mode = 'reset';
+        $this->showPage();
+    }
 
+    function showResetForm()
+    {
         $this->elementStart('form', array('method' => 'post',
                                            'id' => 'recoverpassword',
                                            'action' => common_local_url('recoverpassword')));
@@ -198,14 +222,13 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
                         _('Same as password above'));
         $this->submit('reset', _('Reset'));
         $this->elementEnd('form');
-        common_show_footer();
     }
 
-    function recover_password()
+    function recoverPassword()
     {
         $nore = $this->trimmed('nicknameoremail');
         if (!$nore) {
-            $this->show_form(_('Enter a nickname or email address.'));
+            $this->showForm(_('Enter a nickname or email address.'));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -225,7 +248,7 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
         }
 
         if (!$user) {
-            $this->show_form(_('No user with that email address or username.'));
+            $this->showForm(_('No user with that email address or username.'));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -277,25 +300,24 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
 
         mail_to_user($user, _('Password recovery requested'), $body, $confirm->address);
 
-        common_show_header(_('Password recovery requested'));
-        $this->element('p', null,
-                       _('Instructions for recovering your password ' .
+        $this->mode = 'sent';
+        $this->msg = _('Instructions for recovering your password ' .
                           'have been sent to the email address registered to your ' .
-                          'account.'));
-        common_show_footer();
+                          'account.');
+        $this->success = true;
+        $this->showPage();
     }
 
-    function reset_password()
+    function resetPassword()
     {
-
         # CSRF protection
         $token = $this->trimmed('token');
         if (!$token || $token != common_session_token()) {
-            $this->show_form(_('There was a problem with your session token. Try again, please.'));
+            $this->showForm(_('There was a problem with your session token. Try again, please.'));
             return;
         }
 
-        $user = $this->get_temp_user();
+        $user = $this->getTempUser();
 
         if (!$user) {
             $this->clientError(_('Unexpected password reset.'));
@@ -306,11 +328,11 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
         $confirm = $this->trimmed('confirm');
 
         if (!$newpassword || strlen($newpassword) < 6) {
-            $this->show_password_form(_('Password must be 6 chars or more.'));
+            $this->showPasswordForm(_('Password must be 6 chars or more.'));
             return;
         }
         if ($newpassword != $confirm) {
-            $this->show_password_form(_('Password and confirmation do not match.'));
+            $this->showPasswordForm(_('Password and confirmation do not match.'));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -326,7 +348,7 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
             return;
         }
 
-        $this->clear_temp_user();
+        $this->clearTempUser();
 
         if (!common_set_user($user->nickname)) {
             $this->serverError(_('Error setting user.'));
@@ -335,9 +357,10 @@ class RecoverpasswordAction extends Action
 
         common_real_login(true);
 
-        common_show_header(_('Password saved.'));
-        $this->element('p', null, _('New password successfully saved. ' .
-                                     'You are now logged in.'));
-        common_show_footer();
+        $this->mode = 'saved';
+        $this->msg = _('New password successfully saved. ' .
+                       'You are now logged in.');
+        $this->success = true;
+        $this->showPage();
     }
 }
diff --git a/actions/remotesubscribe.php b/actions/remotesubscribe.php
index 32e9bf3d37..3c8346fbed 100644
--- a/actions/remotesubscribe.php
+++ b/actions/remotesubscribe.php
@@ -23,100 +23,112 @@ require_once(INSTALLDIR.'/lib/omb.php');
 
 class RemotesubscribeAction extends Action
 {
+    var $nickname;
+    var $profile_url;
+    var $err;
 
-    function handle($args)
+    function prepare($args)
     {
-
-        parent::handle($args);
+        parent::prepare($args);
 
         if (common_logged_in()) {
             $this->clientError(_('You can use the local subscription!'));
-            return;
+            return false;
         }
 
-        if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
+        $this->nickname = $this->trimmed('nickname');
+        $this->profile_url = $this->trimmed('profile_url');
 
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    function handle($args)
+    {
+        parent::handle($args);
+
+        if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
             # CSRF protection
             $token = $this->trimmed('token');
             if (!$token || $token != common_session_token()) {
-                $this->show_form(_('There was a problem with your session token. Try again, please.'));
+                $this->showForm(_('There was a problem with your session token. '.
+                                  'Try again, please.'));
                 return;
             }
-
-            $this->remote_subscription();
+            $this->remoteSubscription();
         } else {
-            $this->show_form();
+            $this->showForm();
         }
     }
 
-    function get_instructions()
+    function showForm($err=null)
     {
-        return _('To subscribe, you can [login](%%action.login%%),' .
-                  ' or [register](%%action.register%%) a new ' .
-                  ' account. If you already have an account ' .
-                  ' on a [compatible microblogging site](%%doc.openmublog%%), ' .
-                  ' enter your profile URL below.');
+        $this->err = $err;
+        $this->showPage();
     }
 
-    function show_top($err=null)
+    function showPageNotice()
     {
-        if ($err) {
-            $this->element('div', 'error', $err);
+        if ($this->err) {
+            $this->element('div', 'error', $this->err);
         } else {
-            $instructions = $this->get_instructions();
-            $output = common_markup_to_html($instructions);
+            $inst = _('To subscribe, you can [login](%%action.login%%),' .
+                      ' or [register](%%action.register%%) a new ' .
+                      ' account. If you already have an account ' .
+                      ' on a [compatible microblogging site](%%doc.openmublog%%), ' .
+                      ' enter your profile URL below.');
+            $output = common_markup_to_html($inst);
             $this->elementStart('div', 'instructions');
             $this->raw($output);
-            $this->elementEnd('p');
+            $this->elementEnd('div');
         }
     }
 
-    function show_form($err=null)
+    function title()
+    {
+        return _('Remote subscribe');
+    }
+
+    function showContent()
     {
-        $nickname = $this->trimmed('nickname');
-        $profile = $this->trimmed('profile_url');
-        common_show_header(_('Remote subscribe'), null, $err,
-                           array($this, 'show_top'));
         # id = remotesubscribe conflicts with the
         # button on profile page
         $this->elementStart('form', array('id' => 'remsub', 'method' => 'post',
                                            'action' => common_local_url('remotesubscribe')));
         $this->hidden('token', common_session_token());
-        $this->input('nickname', _('User nickname'), $nickname,
+        $this->input('nickname', _('User nickname'), $this->nickname,
                      _('Nickname of the user you want to follow'));
-        $this->input('profile_url', _('Profile URL'), $profile,
+        $this->input('profile_url', _('Profile URL'), $this->profile_url,
                      _('URL of your profile on another compatible microblogging service'));
         $this->submit('submit', _('Subscribe'));
         $this->elementEnd('form');
-        common_show_footer();
     }
 
-    function remote_subscription()
+    function remoteSubscription()
     {
-        $user = $this->get_user();
+        $user = $this->getUser();
 
         if (!$user) {
-            $this->show_form(_('No such user.'));
+            $this->showForm(_('No such user.'));
             return;
         }
 
-        $profile = $this->trimmed('profile_url');
+        $this->profile_url = $this->trimmed('profile_url');
 
-        if (!$profile) {
-            $this->show_form(_('No such user.'));
+        if (!$this->profile_url) {
+            $this->showForm(_('No such user.'));
             return;
         }
 
-        if (!Validate::uri($profile, array('allowed_schemes' => array('http', 'https')))) {
-            $this->show_form(_('Invalid profile URL (bad format)'));
+        if (!Validate::uri($this->profile_url, array('allowed_schemes' => array('http', 'https')))) {
+            $this->showForm(_('Invalid profile URL (bad format)'));
             return;
         }
 
         $fetcher = Auth_Yadis_Yadis::getHTTPFetcher();
-        $yadis = Auth_Yadis_Yadis::discover($profile, $fetcher);
+        $yadis = Auth_Yadis_Yadis::discover($this->profile_url, $fetcher);
 
         if (!$yadis || $yadis->failed) {
-            $this->show_form(_('Not a valid profile URL (no YADIS document).'));
+            $this->showForm(_('Not a valid profile URL (no YADIS document).'));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -125,52 +137,50 @@ class RemotesubscribeAction extends Action
         $xrds =& Auth_Yadis_XRDS::parseXRDS(trim($yadis->response_text));
 
         if (!$xrds) {
-            $this->show_form(_('Not a valid profile URL (no XRDS defined).'));
+            $this->showForm(_('Not a valid profile URL (no XRDS defined).'));
             return;
         }
 
         $omb = $this->getOmb($xrds);
 
         if (!$omb) {
-            $this->show_form(_('Not a valid profile URL (incorrect services).'));
+            $this->showForm(_('Not a valid profile URL (incorrect services).'));
             return;
         }
 
         if (omb_service_uri($omb[OAUTH_ENDPOINT_REQUEST]) ==
             common_local_url('requesttoken'))
         {
-            $this->show_form(_('That\'s a local profile! Login to subscribe.'));
+            $this->showForm(_('That\'s a local profile! Login to subscribe.'));
             return;
         }
 
         if (User::staticGet('uri', omb_local_id($omb[OAUTH_ENDPOINT_REQUEST]))) {
-            $this->show_form(_('That\'s a local profile! Login to subscribe.'));
+            $this->showForm(_('That\'s a local profile! Login to subscribe.'));
             return;
         }
 
-        list($token, $secret) = $this->request_token($omb);
+        list($token, $secret) = $this->requestToken($omb);
 
         if (!$token || !$secret) {
-            $this->show_form(_('Couldn\'t get a request token.'));
+            $this->showForm(_('Couldn\'t get a request token.'));
             return;
         }
 
-        $this->request_authorization($user, $omb, $token, $secret);
+        $this->requestAuthorization($user, $omb, $token, $secret);
     }
 
-    function get_user()
+    function getUser()
     {
         $user = null;
-        $nickname = $this->trimmed('nickname');
-        if ($nickname) {
-            $user = User::staticGet('nickname', $nickname);
+        if ($this->nickname) {
+            $user = User::staticGet('nickname', $this->nickname);
         }
         return $user;
     }
 
     function getOmb($xrds)
     {
-
         static $omb_endpoints = array(OMB_ENDPOINT_UPDATEPROFILE, OMB_ENDPOINT_POSTNOTICE);
         static $oauth_endpoints = array(OAUTH_ENDPOINT_REQUEST, OAUTH_ENDPOINT_AUTHORIZE,
                                         OAUTH_ENDPOINT_ACCESS);
@@ -265,7 +275,7 @@ class RemotesubscribeAction extends Action
         return true;
     }
 
-    function request_token($omb)
+    function requestToken($omb)
     {
         $con = omb_oauth_consumer();
 
@@ -310,7 +320,7 @@ class RemotesubscribeAction extends Action
         return array($return['oauth_token'], $return['oauth_token_secret']);
     }
 
-    function request_authorization($user, $omb, $token, $secret)
+    function requestAuthorization($user, $omb, $token, $secret)
     {
         global $config; # for license URL
 
@@ -391,9 +401,4 @@ class RemotesubscribeAction extends Action
         common_redirect($req->to_url());
         return;
     }
-
-    function make_nonce()
-    {
-        return common_good_rand(16);
-    }
 }