diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 18d66fc93c..7c42ed057e 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -10741,3 +10741,14 @@ David  24 Dec 2009
         rr_sim.cpp
     sched/
         handle_request.cpp
+
+David  24 Dec 2009
+    - web: if someone edits their profile, remove it from the cache
+        so that they and others will see the new version.
+
+    html/
+        inc/
+            cache.inc
+        user/
+            view_profile.php
+            create_profile.php
diff --git a/html/inc/cache.inc b/html/inc/cache.inc
index 98ddc91980..f861c23013 100644
--- a/html/inc/cache.inc
+++ b/html/inc/cache.inc
@@ -41,10 +41,14 @@ function make_cache_dirs() {
     }
 }
 
-function get_path($params) {
+function get_path($params, $phpfile=null) {
     if (!@filemtime("../cache/00")) make_cache_dirs();
-    $y = pathinfo($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);
-    $z = $y["basename"];
+    if ($phpfile) {
+        $z = $phpfile;
+    } else {
+        $y = pathinfo($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);
+        $z = $y["basename"];
+    }
 
     // add a layer of subdirectories for reducing file lookup time
     $sz = substr(md5($z."_".urlencode($params)),1,2);
@@ -241,7 +245,20 @@ function set_cache_data($data,$params=""){
     }
     $path = get_path($params);
     //echo $path;
-    $fhandle=fopen($path, "w");
+    $fhandle = fopen($path, "w");
     fwrite($fhandle, $data);
     fclose($fhandle);
-}?>
+}
+
+function clear_cache_entry($phpfile, $params) {
+    if (strstr($phpfile, "..")) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (strstr($params, "..")) {
+        return;
+    }
+    $path = get_path($params, $phpfile);
+    unlink($path);
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/html/user/create_profile.php b/html/user/create_profile.php
index df5985dab1..0b78cc855c 100644
--- a/html/user/create_profile.php
+++ b/html/user/create_profile.php
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ if ($min_credit && $user->expavg_credit < $min_credit) {
 
 if (post_str("submit", true)) {
     process_create_profile($user, $profile);
+    clear_cache_entry("view_profile.php", "userid=$user->id");
     exit;
 }
 
diff --git a/html/user/view_profile.php b/html/user/view_profile.php
index 34af59ce3f..e507537f21 100644
--- a/html/user/view_profile.php
+++ b/html/user/view_profile.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 // along with BOINC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- 
+
 require_once("../inc/profile.inc");
 
 $userid = get_int('userid');
@@ -31,29 +31,31 @@ $logged_in_user = get_logged_in_user(false);
 check_whether_to_show_profile($user, $logged_in_user);
 
 $cache_args = "userid=$userid";
-$cacheddata=get_cached_data(USER_PROFILE_TTL, $cache_args);
+$cacheddata = get_cached_data(USER_PROFILE_TTL, $cache_args);
 if ($cacheddata){
     // Already got a cached version of the information
     $community_links_object = unserialize($cacheddata);
 } else {
     // Need to generate a new bunch of data
     $community_links_object = get_community_links_object($user);
-    set_cache_data(serialize($community_links_object),$cache_args);    
+    set_cache_data(serialize($community_links_object), $cache_args);
 }
-    
+
 page_head("Profile: $user->name");
 
 start_table();
 echo "<tr><td valign=\"top\">";
-    start_table();
-    show_profile($user, $logged_in_user);
-    end_table();
+start_table();
+show_profile($user, $logged_in_user);
+end_table();
 echo "</td><td valign=\"top\">";
-    start_table();
-    row2(tra("Account data"), "<a href=\"show_user.php?userid=".$userid."\">".tra("View")."</a>");
+start_table();
+row2(tra("Account data"),
+    "<a href=\"show_user.php?userid=".$userid."\">".tra("View")."</a>"
+);
 
-    community_links($community_links_object, $logged_in_user);
-    end_table();
+community_links($community_links_object, $logged_in_user);
+end_table();
 echo "</td></tr>";
 end_table();
 
diff --git a/html/user/white.css b/html/user/white.css
index a430baf7b2..b135f5c1df 100644
--- a/html/user/white.css
+++ b/html/user/white.css
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ a, a:link, a:visited, a:active {
 }
 
 body {
-	background: #fff url("img/gray_gradient.png") repeat-x;
+	#background: #fff url("img/gray_gradient.png") repeat-x;
 	color: black;
 }