diff --git a/mod/suggest.php b/mod/suggest.php
index b66b06e65..f891ebefc 100644
--- a/mod/suggest.php
+++ b/mod/suggest.php
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ function suggest_init(&$a) {
 }
 		
 
+function suggest_aside(&$a) {
 
+	$a->set_widget('follow', follow_widget());
+	$a->set_widget('findpeople', findpeople_widget());
+}
 
 
 function suggest_content(&$a) {
@@ -31,37 +35,36 @@ function suggest_content(&$a) {
 
 	$_SESSION['return_url'] = $a->get_baseurl() . '/' . $a->cmd;
 
-	$a->page['aside'] .= follow_widget();
-	$a->page['aside'] .= findpeople_widget();
-
-
-	$o .= '<h2>' . t('Friend Suggestions') . '</h2>';
-
 	$r = suggestion_query(local_user(),get_observer_hash());
 
 	if(! $r) {
-		$o .= t('No suggestions available. If this is a new site, please try again in 24 hours.');
-		return $o;
+		info( t('No suggestions available. If this is a new site, please try again in 24 hours.'));
+		return;
 	}
 
-	$tpl = get_markup_template('suggest_friends.tpl');
+	$arr = array();
 
 	foreach($r as $rr) {
 
 		$connlnk = $a->get_baseurl() . '/follow/?url=' . $rr['xchan_addr'];
 
-		$o .= replace_macros($tpl,array(
-			'$url' => chanlink_url($rr['xchan_url']),
-			'$name' => $rr['xchan_name'],
-			'$photo' => $rr['xchan_photo_m'],
-			'$ignlnk' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/suggest?ignore=' . $rr['xchan_hash'],
-			'$conntxt' => t('Connect'),
-			'$connlnk' => $connlnk,
-			'$ignore' => t('Ignore/Hide')
-		));
+		$arr[] = array(
+			'url' => chanlink_url($rr['xchan_url']),
+			'name' => $rr['xchan_name'],
+			'photo' => $rr['xchan_photo_m'],
+			'ignlnk' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/suggest?ignore=' . $rr['xchan_hash'],
+			'conntxt' => t('Connect'),
+			'connlnk' => $connlnk,
+			'ignore' => t('Ignore/Hide')
+		);
 	}
 
-	$o .= cleardiv();
-//	$o .= paginate($a);
+
+	$o = replace_macros(get_markup_template('suggest_page.tpl'),array(
+		'$title' => t('Channel Suggestions'),
+		'$entries' => $arr
+	));
+
 	return $o;
+
 }
diff --git a/view/tpl/smarty3/suggest_friends.tpl b/view/tpl/smarty3/suggest_friends.tpl
index f7c030919..4445a4693 100644
--- a/view/tpl/smarty3/suggest_friends.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/smarty3/suggest_friends.tpl
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
  *
  *}}
 <div class="profile-match-wrapper">
-	<a href="{{$ignlnk}}" title="{{$ignore}}" class="icon drophide smalldrop profile-match-ignore" onmouseout="imgdull(this);" onmouseover="imgbright(this);" onclick="return confirmDelete();" ></a>
+	<a href="{{$entry.ignlnk}}" title="{{$entry.ignore}}" class="icon drophide smalldrop profile-match-ignore" onmouseout="imgdull(this);" onmouseover="imgbright(this);" onclick="return confirmDelete();" ></a>
 	<div class="profile-match-photo">
-		<a href="{{$url}}">
-			<img src="{{$photo}}" alt="{{$name}}" width="80" height="80" title="{{$name}} [{{$url}}]" />
+		<a href="{{$entry.url}}">
+			<img src="{{$entry.photo}}" alt="{{$entry.name}}" width="80" height="80" title="{{$entry.name}} [{{$entry.url}}]" />
 		</a>
 	</div>
 	<div class="profile-match-break"></div>
 	<div class="profile-match-name">
-		<a href="{{$url}}" title="{{$name}}">{{$name}}</a>
+		<a href="{{$entry.url}}" title="{{$entry.name}}">{{$entry.name}}</a>
 	</div>
 	<div class="profile-match-end"></div>
-	{{if $connlnk}}
-	<div class="profile-match-connect"><a href="{{$connlnk}}" title="{{$conntxt}}">{{$conntxt}}</a></div>
+	{{if $entry.connlnk}}
+	<div class="profile-match-connect"><a href="{{$entry.connlnk}}" title="{{$entry.conntxt}}">{{$entry.conntxt}}</a></div>
 	{{/if}}
 </div>
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diff --git a/view/tpl/smarty3/suggest_page.tpl b/view/tpl/smarty3/suggest_page.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07999abfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/tpl/smarty3/suggest_page.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{{*
+ *	AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED TEMPLATE
+ *	DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
+ *
+ *}}
+<h3>{{$title}}</h3>
+
+{{if $entries}}
+{{foreach $entries as $child}}
+{{include file="suggest_friends.tpl" entry=$child}}
+{{/foreach}}
+{{/if}}
+
+<div class="clear"></div>
diff --git a/view/tpl/suggest_friends.tpl b/view/tpl/suggest_friends.tpl
index d8913c91c..47b74fee4 100644
--- a/view/tpl/suggest_friends.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/suggest_friends.tpl
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 <div class="profile-match-wrapper">
-	<a href="$ignlnk" title="$ignore" class="icon drophide smalldrop profile-match-ignore" onmouseout="imgdull(this);" onmouseover="imgbright(this);" onclick="return confirmDelete();" ></a>
+	<a href="$entry.ignlnk" title="$entry.ignore" class="icon drophide smalldrop profile-match-ignore" onmouseout="imgdull(this);" onmouseover="imgbright(this);" onclick="return confirmDelete();" ></a>
 	<div class="profile-match-photo">
-		<a href="$url">
-			<img src="$photo" alt="$name" width="80" height="80" title="$name [$url]" />
+		<a href="$entry.url">
+			<img src="$entry.photo" alt="$entry.name" width="80" height="80" title="$entry.name [$entry.url]" />
 		</a>
 	</div>
 	<div class="profile-match-break"></div>
 	<div class="profile-match-name">
-		<a href="$url" title="$name">$name</a>
+		<a href="$entry.url" title="$entry.name">$entry.name</a>
 	</div>
 	<div class="profile-match-end"></div>
-	{{ if $connlnk }}
-	<div class="profile-match-connect"><a href="$connlnk" title="$conntxt">$conntxt</a></div>
+	{{ if $entry.connlnk }}
+	<div class="profile-match-connect"><a href="$entry.connlnk" title="$entry.conntxt">$entry.conntxt</a></div>
 	{{ endif }}
 </div>
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diff --git a/view/tpl/suggest_page.tpl b/view/tpl/suggest_page.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab9150138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/tpl/suggest_page.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<h3>$title</h3>
+
+{{ if $entries }}
+{{ for $entries as $child }}
+{{ inc suggest_friends.tpl with $entry=$child }}{{ endinc }}
+{{ endfor }}
+{{ endif }}
+
+<div class="clear"></div>