diff --git a/actions/showstream.php b/actions/showstream.php
index 4f48060378..663638c18a 100644
--- a/actions/showstream.php
+++ b/actions/showstream.php
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
 }
 
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/personalgroupnav.php';
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/userprofile.php';
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/noticelist.php';
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/profileminilist.php';
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/groupminilist.php';
@@ -181,262 +182,8 @@ class ShowstreamAction extends ProfileAction
 
     function showProfile()
     {
-        $this->showProfileData();
-        $this->showEntityActions();
-    }
-
-    function showProfileData()
-    {
-        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageProfileSection', array(&$this, $this->profile))) {
-
-            $this->elementStart('div', 'entity_profile vcard author');
-            $this->element('h2', null, _('User profile'));
-
-            if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageProfileElements', array(&$this, $this->profile))) {
-
-                $this->showAvatar();
-                $this->showNickname();
-                $this->showFullName();
-                $this->showLocation();
-                $this->showHomepage();
-                $this->showBio();
-                $this->showProfileTags();
-
-                Event::handle('EndProfilePageProfileElements', array(&$this, $this->profile));
-            }
-
-            $this->elementEnd('div');
-            Event::handle('EndProfilePageProfileSection', array(&$this, $this->profile));
-        }
-    }
-
-    function showAvatar()
-    {
-        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageAvatar', array($this, $this->profile))) {
-
-            $avatar = $this->profile->getAvatar(AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE);
-
-            $this->elementStart('dl', 'entity_depiction');
-            $this->element('dt', null, _('Photo'));
-            $this->elementStart('dd');
-            $this->element('img', array('src' => ($avatar) ? $avatar->displayUrl() : Avatar::defaultImage(AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE),
-                                        'class' => 'photo avatar',
-                                        'width' => AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE,
-                                        'height' => AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE,
-                                        'alt' => $this->profile->nickname));
-            $this->elementEnd('dd');
-
-            $user = User::staticGet('id', $this->profile->id);
-
-            $cur = common_current_user();
-            if ($cur && $cur->id == $user->id) {
-                $this->elementStart('dd');
-                $this->element('a', array('href' => common_local_url('avatarsettings')), _('Edit Avatar'));
-                $this->elementEnd('dd');
-            }
-
-            $this->elementEnd('dl');
-
-            Event::handle('EndProfilePageAvatar', array($this, $this->profile));
-        }
-    }
-
-    function showNickname()
-    {
-        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageNickname', array($this, $this->profile))) {
-
-            $this->elementStart('dl', 'entity_nickname');
-            $this->element('dt', null, _('Nickname'));
-            $this->elementStart('dd');
-            $hasFN = ($this->profile->fullname) ? 'nickname url uid' : 'fn nickname url uid';
-            $this->element('a', array('href' => $this->profile->profileurl,
-                                      'rel' => 'me', 'class' => $hasFN),
-                           $this->profile->nickname);
-            $this->elementEnd('dd');
-            $this->elementEnd('dl');
-
-            Event::handle('EndProfilePageNickname', array($this, $this->profile));
-        }
-    }
-
-    function showFullName()
-    {
-        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageFullName', array($this, $this->profile))) {
-            if ($this->profile->fullname) {
-                $this->elementStart('dl', 'entity_fn');
-                $this->element('dt', null, _('Full name'));
-                $this->elementStart('dd');
-                $this->element('span', 'fn', $this->profile->fullname);
-                $this->elementEnd('dd');
-                $this->elementEnd('dl');
-            }
-            Event::handle('EndProfilePageFullName', array($this, $this->profile));
-        }
-    }
-
-    function showLocation()
-    {
-        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageLocation', array($this, $this->profile))) {
-            if ($this->profile->location) {
-                $this->elementStart('dl', 'entity_location');
-                $this->element('dt', null, _('Location'));
-                $this->element('dd', 'label', $this->profile->location);
-                $this->elementEnd('dl');
-            }
-            Event::handle('EndProfilePageLocation', array($this, $this->profile));
-        }
-    }
-
-    function showHomepage()
-    {
-        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageHomepage', array($this, $this->profile))) {
-            if ($this->profile->homepage) {
-                $this->elementStart('dl', 'entity_url');
-                $this->element('dt', null, _('URL'));
-                $this->elementStart('dd');
-                $this->element('a', array('href' => $this->profile->homepage,
-                                          'rel' => 'me', 'class' => 'url'),
-                               $this->profile->homepage);
-                $this->elementEnd('dd');
-                $this->elementEnd('dl');
-            }
-            Event::handle('EndProfilePageHomepage', array($this, $this->profile));
-        }
-    }
-
-    function showBio()
-    {
-        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageBio', array($this, $this->profile))) {
-            if ($this->profile->bio) {
-                $this->elementStart('dl', 'entity_note');
-                $this->element('dt', null, _('Note'));
-                $this->element('dd', 'note', $this->profile->bio);
-                $this->elementEnd('dl');
-            }
-            Event::handle('EndProfilePageBio', array($this, $this->profile));
-        }
-    }
-
-    function showProfileTags()
-    {
-        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageProfileTags', array($this, $this->profile))) {
-            $tags = Profile_tag::getTags($this->profile->id, $this->profile->id);
-
-            if (count($tags) > 0) {
-                $this->elementStart('dl', 'entity_tags');
-                $this->element('dt', null, _('Tags'));
-                $this->elementStart('dd');
-                $this->elementStart('ul', 'tags xoxo');
-                foreach ($tags as $tag) {
-                    $this->elementStart('li');
-                    // Avoid space by using raw output.
-                    $pt = '<span class="mark_hash">#</span><a rel="tag" href="' .
-                      common_local_url('peopletag', array('tag' => $tag)) .
-                      '">' . $tag . '</a>';
-                    $this->raw($pt);
-                    $this->elementEnd('li');
-                }
-                $this->elementEnd('ul');
-                $this->elementEnd('dd');
-                $this->elementEnd('dl');
-            }
-            Event::handle('EndProfilePageProfileTags', array($this, $this->profile));
-        }
-    }
-
-    function showEntityActions()
-    {
-        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageActionsSection', array(&$this, $this->profile))) {
-
-            $cur = common_current_user();
-
-            $this->elementStart('div', 'entity_actions');
-            $this->element('h2', null, _('User actions'));
-            $this->elementStart('ul');
-
-            if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageActionsElements', array(&$this, $this->profile))) {
-                if (empty($cur)) { // not logged in
-                    $this->elementStart('li', 'entity_subscribe');
-                    $this->showRemoteSubscribeLink();
-                    $this->elementEnd('li');
-                } else {
-                    if ($cur->id == $this->profile->id) { // your own page
-                        $this->elementStart('li', 'entity_edit');
-                        $this->element('a', array('href' => common_local_url('profilesettings'),
-                                                  'title' => _('Edit profile settings')),
-                                       _('Edit'));
-                        $this->elementEnd('li');
-                    } else { // someone else's page
-
-                        // subscribe/unsubscribe button
-
-                        $this->elementStart('li', 'entity_subscribe');
-
-                        if ($cur->isSubscribed($this->profile)) {
-                            $usf = new UnsubscribeForm($this, $this->profile);
-                            $usf->show();
-                        } else {
-                            $sf = new SubscribeForm($this, $this->profile);
-                            $sf->show();
-                        }
-                        $this->elementEnd('li');
-
-                        if ($cur->mutuallySubscribed($this->user)) {
-
-                            // message
-
-                            $this->elementStart('li', 'entity_send-a-message');
-                            $this->element('a', array('href' => common_local_url('newmessage', array('to' => $this->user->id)),
-                                                      'title' => _('Send a direct message to this user')),
-                                           _('Message'));
-                            $this->elementEnd('li');
-
-                            // nudge
-
-                            if ($this->user->email && $this->user->emailnotifynudge) {
-                                $this->elementStart('li', 'entity_nudge');
-                                $nf = new NudgeForm($this, $this->user);
-                                $nf->show();
-                                $this->elementEnd('li');
-                            }
-                        }
-
-                        // block/unblock
-
-                        $blocked = $cur->hasBlocked($this->profile);
-                        $this->elementStart('li', 'entity_block');
-                        if ($blocked) {
-                            $ubf = new UnblockForm($this, $this->profile,
-                                                   array('action' => 'showstream',
-                                                         'nickname' => $this->profile->nickname));
-                            $ubf->show();
-                        } else {
-                            $bf = new BlockForm($this, $this->profile,
-                                                array('action' => 'showstream',
-                                                      'nickname' => $this->profile->nickname));
-                            $bf->show();
-                        }
-                        $this->elementEnd('li');
-                    }
-                }
-
-                Event::handle('EndProfilePageActionsElements', array(&$this, $this->profile));
-            }
-
-            $this->elementEnd('ul');
-            $this->elementEnd('div');
-
-            Event::handle('EndProfilePageActionsSection', array(&$this, $this->profile));
-        }
-    }
-
-    function showRemoteSubscribeLink()
-    {
-        $url = common_local_url('remotesubscribe',
-                                array('nickname' => $this->profile->nickname));
-        $this->element('a', array('href' => $url,
-                                  'class' => 'entity_remote_subscribe'),
-                       _('Subscribe'));
+        $profile = new UserProfile($this, $this->user, $this->profile);
+        $profile->show();
     }
 
     function showEmptyListMessage()
diff --git a/lib/userprofile.php b/lib/userprofile.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca1b38c8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/userprofile.php
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * StatusNet, the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ *
+ * Profile for a particular user
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * LICENCE: This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @category  Action
+ * @package   StatusNet
+ * @author    Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @author    Sarven Capadisli <csarven@status.net>
+ * @copyright 2008 StatusNet, Inc.
+ * @license   http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link      http://status.net/
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET') && !defined('LACONICA')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/widget.php';
+
+/**
+ * Profile of a user
+ *
+ * Shows profile information about a particular user
+ *
+ * @category Output
+ * @package  StatusNet
+ * @author   Evan Prodromou <evan@status.net>
+ * @author   Sarven Capadisli <csarven@status.net>
+ * @license  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0
+ * @link     http://status.net/
+ *
+ * @see      HTMLOutputter
+ */
+
+class UserProfile extends Widget
+{
+    var $user = null;
+    var $profile = null;
+
+    function __construct($action=null, $user=null, $profile=null)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($action);
+        $this->user = $user;
+        $this->profile = $profile;
+    }
+
+    function show()
+    {
+        $this->showProfileData();
+        $this->showEntityActions();
+    }
+
+    function showProfileData()
+    {
+        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageProfileSection', array(&$this, $this->profile))) {
+
+            $this->out->elementStart('div', 'entity_profile vcard author');
+            $this->out->element('h2', null, _('User profile'));
+
+            if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageProfileElements', array(&$this, $this->profile))) {
+
+                $this->showAvatar();
+                $this->showNickname();
+                $this->showFullName();
+                $this->showLocation();
+                $this->showHomepage();
+                $this->showBio();
+                $this->showProfileTags();
+
+                Event::handle('EndProfilePageProfileElements', array(&$this, $this->profile));
+            }
+
+            $this->out->elementEnd('div');
+            Event::handle('EndProfilePageProfileSection', array(&$this, $this->profile));
+        }
+    }
+
+    function showAvatar()
+    {
+        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageAvatar', array($this, $this->profile))) {
+
+            $avatar = $this->profile->getAvatar(AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE);
+
+            $this->out->elementStart('dl', 'entity_depiction');
+            $this->out->element('dt', null, _('Photo'));
+            $this->out->elementStart('dd');
+            $this->out->element('img', array('src' => ($avatar) ? $avatar->displayUrl() : Avatar::defaultImage(AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE),
+                                        'class' => 'photo avatar',
+                                        'width' => AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE,
+                                        'height' => AVATAR_PROFILE_SIZE,
+                                        'alt' => $this->profile->nickname));
+            $this->out->elementEnd('dd');
+
+            $user = User::staticGet('id', $this->profile->id);
+
+            $cur = common_current_user();
+            if ($cur && $cur->id == $user->id) {
+                $this->out->elementStart('dd');
+                $this->out->element('a', array('href' => common_local_url('avatarsettings')), _('Edit Avatar'));
+                $this->out->elementEnd('dd');
+            }
+
+            $this->out->elementEnd('dl');
+
+            Event::handle('EndProfilePageAvatar', array($this, $this->profile));
+        }
+    }
+
+    function showNickname()
+    {
+        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageNickname', array($this, $this->profile))) {
+
+            $this->out->elementStart('dl', 'entity_nickname');
+            $this->out->element('dt', null, _('Nickname'));
+            $this->out->elementStart('dd');
+            $hasFN = ($this->profile->fullname) ? 'nickname url uid' : 'fn nickname url uid';
+            $this->out->element('a', array('href' => $this->profile->profileurl,
+                                      'rel' => 'me', 'class' => $hasFN),
+                           $this->profile->nickname);
+            $this->out->elementEnd('dd');
+            $this->out->elementEnd('dl');
+
+            Event::handle('EndProfilePageNickname', array($this, $this->profile));
+        }
+    }
+
+    function showFullName()
+    {
+        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageFullName', array($this, $this->profile))) {
+            if ($this->profile->fullname) {
+                $this->out->elementStart('dl', 'entity_fn');
+                $this->out->element('dt', null, _('Full name'));
+                $this->out->elementStart('dd');
+                $this->out->element('span', 'fn', $this->profile->fullname);
+                $this->out->elementEnd('dd');
+                $this->out->elementEnd('dl');
+            }
+            Event::handle('EndProfilePageFullName', array($this, $this->profile));
+        }
+    }
+
+    function showLocation()
+    {
+        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageLocation', array($this, $this->profile))) {
+            if ($this->profile->location) {
+                $this->out->elementStart('dl', 'entity_location');
+                $this->out->element('dt', null, _('Location'));
+                $this->out->element('dd', 'label', $this->profile->location);
+                $this->out->elementEnd('dl');
+            }
+            Event::handle('EndProfilePageLocation', array($this, $this->profile));
+        }
+    }
+
+    function showHomepage()
+    {
+        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageHomepage', array($this, $this->profile))) {
+            if ($this->profile->homepage) {
+                $this->out->elementStart('dl', 'entity_url');
+                $this->out->element('dt', null, _('URL'));
+                $this->out->elementStart('dd');
+                $this->out->element('a', array('href' => $this->profile->homepage,
+                                          'rel' => 'me', 'class' => 'url'),
+                               $this->profile->homepage);
+                $this->out->elementEnd('dd');
+                $this->out->elementEnd('dl');
+            }
+            Event::handle('EndProfilePageHomepage', array($this, $this->profile));
+        }
+    }
+
+    function showBio()
+    {
+        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageBio', array($this, $this->profile))) {
+            if ($this->profile->bio) {
+                $this->out->elementStart('dl', 'entity_note');
+                $this->out->element('dt', null, _('Note'));
+                $this->out->element('dd', 'note', $this->profile->bio);
+                $this->out->elementEnd('dl');
+            }
+            Event::handle('EndProfilePageBio', array($this, $this->profile));
+        }
+    }
+
+    function showProfileTags()
+    {
+        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageProfileTags', array($this, $this->profile))) {
+            $tags = Profile_tag::getTags($this->profile->id, $this->profile->id);
+
+            if (count($tags) > 0) {
+                $this->out->elementStart('dl', 'entity_tags');
+                $this->out->element('dt', null, _('Tags'));
+                $this->out->elementStart('dd');
+                $this->out->elementStart('ul', 'tags xoxo');
+                foreach ($tags as $tag) {
+                    $this->out->elementStart('li');
+                    // Avoid space by using raw output.
+                    $pt = '<span class="mark_hash">#</span><a rel="tag" href="' .
+                      common_local_url('peopletag', array('tag' => $tag)) .
+                      '">' . $tag . '</a>';
+                    $this->out->raw($pt);
+                    $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+                }
+                $this->out->elementEnd('ul');
+                $this->out->elementEnd('dd');
+                $this->out->elementEnd('dl');
+            }
+            Event::handle('EndProfilePageProfileTags', array($this, $this->profile));
+        }
+    }
+
+    function showEntityActions()
+    {
+        if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageActionsSection', array(&$this, $this->profile))) {
+
+            $cur = common_current_user();
+
+            $this->out->elementStart('div', 'entity_actions');
+            $this->out->element('h2', null, _('User actions'));
+            $this->out->elementStart('ul');
+
+            if (Event::handle('StartProfilePageActionsElements', array(&$this, $this->profile))) {
+                if (empty($cur)) { // not logged in
+                    $this->out->elementStart('li', 'entity_subscribe');
+                    $this->showRemoteSubscribeLink();
+                    $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+                } else {
+                    if ($cur->id == $this->profile->id) { // your own page
+                        $this->out->elementStart('li', 'entity_edit');
+                        $this->out->element('a', array('href' => common_local_url('profilesettings'),
+                                                  'title' => _('Edit profile settings')),
+                                       _('Edit'));
+                        $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+                    } else { // someone else's page
+
+                        // subscribe/unsubscribe button
+
+                        $this->out->elementStart('li', 'entity_subscribe');
+
+                        if ($cur->isSubscribed($this->profile)) {
+                            $usf = new UnsubscribeForm($this->out, $this->profile);
+                            $usf->show();
+                        } else {
+                            $sf = new SubscribeForm($this->out, $this->profile);
+                            $sf->show();
+                        }
+                        $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+
+                        if ($cur->mutuallySubscribed($this->user)) {
+
+                            // message
+
+                            $this->out->elementStart('li', 'entity_send-a-message');
+                            $this->out->element('a', array('href' => common_local_url('newmessage', array('to' => $this->user->id)),
+                                                      'title' => _('Send a direct message to this user')),
+                                           _('Message'));
+                            $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+
+                            // nudge
+
+                            if ($this->user->email && $this->user->emailnotifynudge) {
+                                $this->out->elementStart('li', 'entity_nudge');
+                                $nf = new NudgeForm($this->out, $this->user);
+                                $nf->show();
+                                $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        // block/unblock
+
+                        $blocked = $cur->hasBlocked($this->profile);
+                        $this->out->elementStart('li', 'entity_block');
+                        if ($blocked) {
+                            $ubf = new UnblockForm($this->out, $this->profile,
+                                                   array('action' => 'showstream',
+                                                         'nickname' => $this->profile->nickname));
+                            $ubf->show();
+                        } else {
+                            $bf = new BlockForm($this->out, $this->profile,
+                                                array('action' => 'showstream',
+                                                      'nickname' => $this->profile->nickname));
+                            $bf->show();
+                        }
+                        $this->out->elementEnd('li');
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Event::handle('EndProfilePageActionsElements', array(&$this, $this->profile));
+            }
+
+            $this->out->elementEnd('ul');
+            $this->out->elementEnd('div');
+
+            Event::handle('EndProfilePageActionsSection', array(&$this, $this->profile));
+        }
+    }
+
+    function showRemoteSubscribeLink()
+    {
+        $url = common_local_url('remotesubscribe',
+                                array('nickname' => $this->profile->nickname));
+        $this->out->element('a', array('href' => $url,
+                                  'class' => 'entity_remote_subscribe'),
+                       _('Subscribe'));
+    }
+}