diff --git a/client/css/main.css b/client/css/main.css
index 4e00500a..db8fcfa6 100644
--- a/client/css/main.css
+++ b/client/css/main.css
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ nav ul li img {
     vertical-align: top; /* fix ghost margin under the image */
 }
 
+nav.plain-nav ul li {
+    display: block;
+}
+nav.plain-nav ul li a {
+    display: inline;
+}
+
 nav.text-nav {
     margin: 1em 0;
 }
diff --git a/client/css/users.css b/client/css/users.css
index c28f5dcc..7abbd7cc 100644
--- a/client/css/users.css
+++ b/client/css/users.css
@@ -36,3 +36,27 @@
 #login .buttons a {
     margin-left: 1em;
 }
+
+#user {
+    width: 30em;
+}
+#user .text-nav {
+    margin-bottom: 1.5em;
+}
+#user-summary img {
+    width: 6em;
+    margin: 0 1.5em 1.5em 0;
+    float: left;
+}
+#user-summary div {
+    clear: both;
+}
+#user-summary .basic-info {
+    list-style-type: none;
+    margin: 0;
+}
+#user-summary nav {
+    float: left;
+    width: 45%;
+    margin-right: 1em;
+}
diff --git a/client/html/home.hbs b/client/html/home.hbs
index 3c7bcf93..6f428ff5 100644
--- a/client/html/home.hbs
+++ b/client/html/home.hbs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div class='content-wrapper transparent' id='home'>
     <div class='messages'></div>
     <h1>{{name}}</h1>
-    <footer>Version: <span class='version'>{{version}}</span> (built {{#reltime}}{{buildDate}}{{/reltime}})</footer>
+    <footer>Version: <span class='version'>{{version}}</span> (built {{reltime buildDate}})</footer>
 </div>
diff --git a/client/html/user.hbs b/client/html/user.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4fe6f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/html/user.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<div class='messages'></div>
+
+<div class='content-wrapper' id='user'>
+    <h1>{{this.name}}</h1>
+    <nav class='text-nav'><!--
+        --><ul><!--
+            --><li data-name='summary'><a href='/user/{{this.name}}'>Summary</a></li><!--
+            --><li data-name='edit'><a href='/user/{{this.name}}/edit'>Account settings</a></li><!--
+        --></ul><!--
+    --></nav>
+    <div id='user-content-holder'></div>
+</div>
diff --git a/client/html/user_edit.hbs b/client/html/user_edit.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf3be1e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/html/user_edit.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<div id='user-edit'>
+    <strong>Placeholder for account settings form</strong>
+</div>
diff --git a/client/html/user_summary.hbs b/client/html/user_summary.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7519f502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/html/user_summary.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<div id='user-summary'>
+    <img src='{{this.user.avatarUrl}}' alt='{{this.user.name}}&rsquo;s avatar'/>
+    <ul class='basic-info'>
+        <li>Registered: {{reltime this.user.creationTime}}</li>
+        <li>Last seen: {{reltime this.user.lastLoginTime}}</li>
+        <li>Rank: {{toLowerCase this.user.rankName}}</li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <div>
+        <nav class='plain-nav'>
+            <p><strong>Quick links</strong></p>
+            <ul>
+                <li><a href='/posts/submit:{{this.user.name}}'>Uploads</a></li>
+                <li><a href='/posts/fav:{{this.user.name}}'>Favorites</a></li>
+                <li><a href='/posts/commented:{{this.user.name}}'>Posts commented on</a></li>
+            </ul>
+        </nav>
+
+        {{#if this.isPrivate}}
+            <nav class='plain-nav'>
+                <p><strong>Only visible to you</strong></p>
+                <ul>
+                    <li><a href='/posts/special:liked'>Liked posts</a></li>
+                    <li><a href='/posts/special:disliked'>Disliked posts</a></li>
+                </ul>
+            </nav>
+        {{/if}}
+    </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/client/js/controllers/users_controller.js b/client/js/controllers/users_controller.js
index 9390e2ae..b7d3e2b9 100644
--- a/client/js/controllers/users_controller.js
+++ b/client/js/controllers/users_controller.js
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ class UsersController {
         page('/users', () => { this.listUsersRoute(); });
         page(
             '/user/:name',
-            (ctx, next) => { this.showUserRoute(ctx.params.name); });
+            (ctx, next) => { this.loadUserRoute(ctx, next); },
+            (ctx, next) => { this.showUserRoute(ctx, next); });
         page(
             '/user/:name/edit',
-            (ctx, next) => { this.editUserRoute(ctx.params.name); });
+            (ctx, next) => { this.loadUserRoute(ctx, next); },
+            (ctx, next) => { this.editUserRoute(ctx, next); });
+        page.exit('/user/', (ctx, next) => { this.user = null; });
     }
 
     listUsersRoute() {
@@ -57,22 +60,42 @@ class UsersController {
         });
     }
 
-    showUserRoute(name) {
-        if (api.isLoggedIn() && name == api.userName) {
+    loadUserRoute(ctx, next) {
+        if (ctx.state.user) {
+            next();
+        } else if (this.user && this.user.name == ctx.params.name) {
+            ctx.state.user = this.user;
+            next();
+        } else {
+            api.get('/user/' + ctx.params.name).then(response => {
+                ctx.state.user = response.user;
+                ctx.save();
+                this.user = response.user;
+                next();
+            }).catch(response => {
+                this.userView.empty();
+                this.userView.notifyError(response.description);
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    _show(user, section) {
+        const isPrivate = api.isLoggedIn() && user.name == api.userName;
+        if (isPrivate) {
             topNavController.activate('account');
         } else {
             topNavController.activate('users');
         }
-        this.userView.empty();
-        api.get('/user/' + name).then(response => {
-            this.userView.render({user: response.user});
-        }).catch(response => {
-            this.userView.notifyError(response.description);
-        });
+        this.userView.render({
+            user: user, section: section, isPrivate: isPrivate});
     }
 
-    editUserRoute(user) {
-        topNavController.activate('users');
+    showUserRoute(ctx, next) {
+        this._show(ctx.state.user, 'summary');
+    }
+
+    editUserRoute(ctx, next) {
+        this._show(ctx.state.user, 'edit');
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/client/js/util/handlebars-helpers.js b/client/js/util/handlebars-helpers.js
index 8d121d51..03eb7f1a 100644
--- a/client/js/util/handlebars-helpers.js
+++ b/client/js/util/handlebars-helpers.js
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 const handlebars = require('handlebars');
 const misc = require('./misc.js');
 
-handlebars.registerHelper('reltime', function(options) {
+handlebars.registerHelper('reltime', function(time) {
     return new handlebars.SafeString(
-        '<time datetime="' +
-            options.fn(this) +
-            '" title="' +
-            options.fn(this) +
-            '">' +
-        misc.formatRelativeTime(options.fn(this)) +
+        '<time datetime="' + time + '" title="' + time + '">' +
+        misc.formatRelativeTime(time) +
         '</time>');
 });
+
+handlebars.registerHelper('toLowerCase', function(str) {
+    return str.toLowerCase();
+});
diff --git a/client/js/views/user_edit_view.js b/client/js/views/user_edit_view.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c4b907a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/js/views/user_edit_view.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const BaseView = require('./base_view.js');
+
+class UserEditView extends BaseView {
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+        this.template = this.getTemplate('user-edit-template');
+    }
+
+    render(options) {
+        options.target.innerHTML = this.template(options.user);
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = UserEditView;
diff --git a/client/js/views/user_summary_view.js b/client/js/views/user_summary_view.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3535cc06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/js/views/user_summary_view.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const BaseView = require('./base_view.js');
+
+class UserSummaryView extends BaseView {
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+        this.template = this.getTemplate('user-summary-template');
+    }
+
+    render(options) {
+        options.target.innerHTML = this.template({
+            user: options.user, isPrivate: options.isPrivate});
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = UserSummaryView;
diff --git a/client/js/views/user_view.js b/client/js/views/user_view.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6339ac7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/js/views/user_view.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const BaseView = require('./base_view.js');
+const UserSummaryView = require('./user_summary_view.js');
+const UserEditView = require('./user_edit_view.js');
+
+class UserView extends BaseView {
+    constructor() {
+        super();
+        this.template = this.getTemplate('user-template');
+        this.summaryView = new UserSummaryView();
+        this.editView = new UserEditView();
+    }
+
+    render(options) {
+        let section = options.section;
+        if (!section) {
+            section = 'summary';
+        }
+
+        let view = null;
+        if (section == 'edit') {
+            view = this.editView;
+        } else {
+            view = this.summaryView;
+        }
+
+        this.showView(this.template(options.user));
+
+        options.target = this.contentHolder.querySelector(
+            '#user-content-holder');
+        view.render(options);
+
+        const allItemsSelector = '#content-holder [data-name]';
+        for (let item of document.querySelectorAll(allItemsSelector)) {
+            if (item.getAttribute('data-name') === section) {
+                item.className = 'active';
+            } else {
+                item.className = '';
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = UserView;
diff --git a/config.yaml.dist b/config.yaml.dist
index 8e844b98..8491ea51 100644
--- a/config.yaml.dist
+++ b/config.yaml.dist
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ secret: change
 api_url: # where frontend connects to, example: http://api.example.com/
 base_url: # used to form absolute links, example: http://example.com/
 
+avatar_thumbnail_size: 200
+post_thumbnail_size: 300
+
 database:
     schema: postgres
     host: # example: localhost
@@ -42,6 +45,13 @@ ranks:
     - mod
     - admin
     - nobody
+rank_names:
+    anonymous:      'Anonymous user'
+    regular_user:   'Regular user'
+    power_user:     'Power user'
+    mod:            'Moderator'
+    admin:          'Administrator'
+    nobody:         'God'
 default_rank: regular_user
 
 # don't change these, unless you want to annoy people. if you do customize
diff --git a/server/szurubooru/api/user_api.py b/server/szurubooru/api/user_api.py
index fd4cc262..fa6a4e4b 100644
--- a/server/szurubooru/api/user_api.py
+++ b/server/szurubooru/api/user_api.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from szurubooru import errors, search
+import hashlib
+from szurubooru import config, errors, search
 from szurubooru.util import auth, users
 from szurubooru.api.base_api import BaseApi
 
@@ -7,12 +8,23 @@ def _serialize_user(authenticated_user, user):
         'id': user.user_id,
         'name': user.name,
         'rank': user.rank,
+        'rankName': config.config['rank_names'].get(user.rank, 'Unknown'),
         'creationTime': user.creation_time,
         'lastLoginTime': user.last_login_time,
         'avatarStyle': user.avatar_style
     }
+
+    if user.avatar_style == user.AVATAR_GRAVATAR:
+        md5 = hashlib.md5()
+        md5.update((user.email or user.name).lower().encode('utf-8'))
+        digest = md5.hexdigest()
+        ret['avatarUrl'] = 'http://gravatar.com/avatar/%s?s=%d' % (
+            digest, config.config['avatar_thumbnail_size'])
+    # TODO: else construct a link
+
     if authenticated_user.user_id == user.user_id:
         ret['email'] = user.email
+
     return ret
 
 class UserListApi(BaseApi):
diff --git a/server/szurubooru/tests/api/test_user_api.py b/server/szurubooru/tests/api/test_user_api.py
index daac68fd..a714c011 100644
--- a/server/szurubooru/tests/api/test_user_api.py
+++ b/server/szurubooru/tests/api/test_user_api.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ class TestRetrievingUsers(DatabaseTestCase):
                 'users:view': 'regular_user',
                 'users:create': 'regular_user',
             },
+            'avatar_thumbnail_size': 200,
             'ranks': ['anonymous', 'regular_user', 'mod', 'admin'],
+            'rank_names': {},
         })
         util.mock_context(self)
 
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ class TestCreatingUser(DatabaseTestCase):
             'user_name_regex': '.{3,}',
             'password_regex': '.{3,}',
             'default_rank': 'regular_user',
+            'avatar_thumbnail_size': 200,
             'ranks': ['anonymous', 'regular_user', 'mod', 'admin'],
+            'rank_names': {},
             'privileges': {
                 'users:create': 'anonymous',
             },
@@ -130,7 +134,9 @@ class TestUpdatingUser(DatabaseTestCase):
             'secret': '',
             'user_name_regex': '.{3,}',
             'password_regex': '.{3,}',
+            'avatar_thumbnail_size': 200,
             'ranks': ['anonymous', 'regular_user', 'mod', 'admin'],
+            'rank_names': {},
             'privileges': {
                 'users:edit:self:name': 'regular_user',
                 'users:edit:self:pass': 'regular_user',