diff --git a/mediagoblin/db/migrations.py b/mediagoblin/db/migrations.py
index aacbf079..712f8ab4 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/db/migrations.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/db/migrations.py
@@ -50,5 +50,20 @@ class MediaEntryMigration(DocumentMigration):
                         'description_html': cleaned_markdown_conversion(
                             doc['description'])}}
         
-
-MIGRATE_CLASSES = ['MediaEntry']
+class UserMigration(DocumentMigration):
+    def allmigration01_add_bio_and_url_profile(self):
+        """
+        User can elaborate profile with home page and biography
+        """
+        self.target = {'url': {'$exists': False},
+                       'bio': {'$exists': False}}
+        if not self.status:
+            for doc in self.collection.find(self.target):
+                self.update = {
+                    '$set': {'url': '', 
+                             'bio': ''}}
+                self.collection.update(
+                    self.target, self.update, multi=True, safe=True)
+                        
+                        
+MIGRATE_CLASSES = ['MediaEntry', 'User']
diff --git a/mediagoblin/db/models.py b/mediagoblin/db/models.py
index e034cc29..600b79ff 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/db/models.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/db/models.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ class User(Document):
         'status': unicode,
         'verification_key': unicode,
         'is_admin': bool,
+        'url' : unicode,
+        'bio' : unicode
         }
 
     required_fields = ['username', 'created', 'pw_hash', 'email']
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ class User(Document):
         'status': u'needs_email_verification',
         'verification_key': lambda: unicode(uuid.uuid4()),
         'is_admin': False}
+        
+    migration_handler = migrations.UserMigration
 
     def check_login(self, password):
         """
diff --git a/mediagoblin/edit/forms.py b/mediagoblin/edit/forms.py
index ea25141d..fb4930a2 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/edit/forms.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/edit/forms.py
@@ -25,3 +25,10 @@ class EditForm(wtforms.Form):
     slug = wtforms.TextField(
         'Slug')
     description = wtforms.TextAreaField('Description of this work')
+
+class EditProfileForm(wtforms.Form):
+    url = wtforms.TextField(
+        'website URL',
+        [wtforms.validators.URL(message='Improperly formed URL')])
+    bio = wtforms.TextAreaField('bio',
+        [wtforms.validators.Length(min=0, max=500)])
diff --git a/mediagoblin/edit/routing.py b/mediagoblin/edit/routing.py
index bf0b2498..9604d214 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/edit/routing.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/edit/routing.py
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ from routes.route import Route
 
 edit_routes = [
     # Media editing view handled in user_pages/routing.py
-]
+    Route('mediagoblin.edit.profile', '/{user}/profile/',
+        controller="mediagoblin.edit.views:edit_profile")]
diff --git a/mediagoblin/edit/views.py b/mediagoblin/edit/views.py
index 6c16a61e..3de71a64 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/edit/views.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/edit/views.py
@@ -68,3 +68,24 @@ def edit_media(request, media):
         'mediagoblin/edit/edit.html',
         {'media': media,
          'form': form})
+    
+@require_active_login
+def edit_profile(request):
+
+    user = request.user
+    form = forms.EditProfileForm(request.POST,
+        url = user.get('url'),
+        bio = user.get('bio'))
+
+    if request.method == 'POST' and form.validate():
+            user['url'] = request.POST['url']
+            user['bio'] = request.POST['bio']
+            user.save()
+
+            return redirect(request, "index", user=user['username'])
+
+    return render_to_response(
+        request,
+        'mediagoblin/edit/edit_profile.html',
+        {'user': user,
+         'form': form})
diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/base.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/base.html
index c7313173..8e5fd55b 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/base.html
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/base.html
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
         <div class="mediagoblin_header_right">
           {% if request.user %}
                 {{ request.user['username'] }}'s account 
+                <a href="{{ request.urlgen('mediagoblin.user_pages.user_home',
+                                            user= request.user['username']) }}">home</a> 
                 <a href="{{ request.urlgen('mediagoblin.user_pages.user_gallery',
                                             user= request.user['username']) }}">gallery</a> 
                 (<a href="{{ request.urlgen('mediagoblin.auth.logout') }}">logout</a>)
diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/edit/edit_profile.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/edit/edit_profile.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63bf013f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/edit/edit_profile.html
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{#
+# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc
+#
+# 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/>.
+#}
+{% extends "mediagoblin/base.html" %}
+
+{% import "/mediagoblin/utils/wtforms.html" as wtforms_util %}
+
+{% block mediagoblin_content %}
+  <h1>Edit details for {{ user['username'] }}</h1>
+
+  <form action="{{ request.urlgen('mediagoblin.edit.profile',
+                               user=user.username) }}"
+        method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+    <div class="submit_box form_box">
+      {{ wtforms_util.render_divs(form) }}
+      <div class="form_submit_buttons">
+        <input type="submit" value="submit" class="button" />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </form>
+{% endblock %}    
diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/root.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/root.html
index e5344e08..697ac15b 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/root.html
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/root.html
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 
   {% if request.user %}
   <p>
-    <a href="{{ request.urlgen('mediagoblin.submit.start') }}">Submit an item</a>.
+    <a href="{{ request.urlgen('mediagoblin.submit.start') }}">Submit an item</a> 
+    <a href="{{ request.urlgen(
+            'mediagoblin.edit.profile', 
+            user=request.user.username) }}">Edit profile</a>
   </p>
 
   {% else %}
diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/user_pages/user.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/user_pages/user.html
index b3708c85..f7a9f3c9 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/user_pages/user.html
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/user_pages/user.html
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 {% block mediagoblin_content -%}
   {% if user %}
     <h1>User page for '{{ user.username }}'</h1>
+    
+    {% include "mediagoblin/utils/profile.html" %}
 
     {% include "mediagoblin/utils/object_gallery.html" %}
 
diff --git a/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/profile.html b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/profile.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3f5f0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediagoblin/templates/mediagoblin/utils/profile.html
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{#
+# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc
+#
+# 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/>.
+#}
+
+{% block profile_content -%}
+  <div>
+    <ul>
+      {% if user.url %}
+          <li>
+            <a href="{{ user.url }}">homepage</a>
+          </li>
+      {%  endif %}
+      
+      {% if user.bio %}
+          <li>
+            {{ user.bio }}
+          </li>
+      {%  endif %}
+    </ul>
+  </div>
+{% endblock %}