diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
index 4fd330461a..293576622d 100644
--- a/doc/TODO
+++ b/doc/TODO
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 + configuration system ($config)
 + release 0.1
 - doc action
-- default to doc, title = main
+- default to public stream
 - default avatar
 - default HTML type
 - set Content-Type
diff --git a/lib/common.php b/lib/common.php
index 7379026f40..38efe34033 100644
--- a/lib/common.php
+++ b/lib/common.php
@@ -179,6 +179,14 @@ function common_input($id, $label, $value=NULL) {
 	common_element('input', $attrs);
 }
 
+function common_password($id, $label) {
+	common_element('label', array('for' => $id), $label);
+	$attrs = array('name' => $id,
+				   'type' => 'password',
+				   'id' => $id);
+	common_element('input', $attrs);
+}
+
 # salted, hashed passwords are stored in the DB
 
 function common_munge_password($id, $password) {