diff --git a/actions/login.php b/actions/login.php
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+<?php
+
+function handle_login() {
+	if ($_REQUEST['METHOD'] == 'POST') {
+		if (login_check_user($_REQUEST['user'], $_REQUEST['password'])) {
+			
+		} else {
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (user_logged_in()) {
+		} else {
+			login_show_form();
+		}
+	}
+}
+	
+function login_show_form() {
+	html_start();
+	html_head("Login");
+	html_body();
+}
+	
+function login_check_user($username, $password) {
+	
+}
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diff --git a/actions/showstream.php b/actions/showstream.php
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+++ b/actions/showstream.php
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+<?php
+
+function handle_showstream() {
+	$profile_name = $_REQUEST['profile'];
+}
+
diff --git a/classes/profile.php b/classes/profile.php
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diff --git a/classes/remote_profile.php b/classes/remote_profile.php
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/classes/update.php b/classes/update.php
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/classes/user.php b/classes/user.php
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/common.php b/common.php
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+++ b/common.php
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+<?php
+
+# global configuration object
+
+// default configuration, overwritten in config.php
+
+$config =
+  array('site' => 
+		array('name' => 'Just another µB'),
+		'dsn' =>
+		array('phptype' => 'mysql',
+			  'username' => 'stoica',
+			  'password' => 'apasswd',
+			  'hostspec' => 'localhost',
+			  'database' => 'thedb')
+		'dboptions' =>
+		array('debug' => 2,
+			  'portability' => DB_PORTABILITY_ALL));
+
+require_once(INSTALLDIR . '/config.php');
+require_once('DB.php');
+
+function common_database() {
+	global $config;
+	$db =& DB::connect($config['dsn'], $config['dboptions']);
+	if (PEAR::isError($db)) {
+		common_server_error($db->getMessage());
+	} else {
+		return $db;
+	}
+}
+
+function common_read_database() {
+	// XXX: read from slave server
+	return common_database();
+}
+
+function common_server_error($msg) {
+	header('Status: 500 Server Error');
+	header('Content-type: text/plain');
+
+	print $msg;
+	exit();
+}
diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
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+++ b/config.php
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+<?php
+
+$dsn = array(
+			     'phptype'  => 'pgsql',
+			     'username' => 'someuser',
+			     'password' => 'apasswd',
+			     'hostspec' => 'localhost',
+			     'database' => 'thedb',
+			 );
+
+$options = array(
+				     'debug'       => 2,
+				     'portability' => DB_PORTABILITY_ALL,
+				 );
+
+$db =& DB::connect($dsn, $options);
+if (PEAR::isError($db)) {
+	    die($db->getMessage());
+}
+
+$config['db'] =
+  array( 'username' => 'stoica',
+		 'password' => 'replaceme',
+
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
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+++ b/index.php
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+<?php
+
+define('INSTALLDIR', dirname(__FILE__));
+
+require_once(INSTALLDIR . "/common.php");
+
+$action = $_REQUEST['action'];
+$actionfile = INSTALLDIR."/actions/$action.php";
+
+if (file_exists($actionfile)) {
+	require_once($actionfile);
+	$action_function = 'handle_' . $action;
+	if (function_exists($action_function)) {
+	call_user_func($action_function);
+} else {
+	// redirect to main
+}
+
+?>
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