diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 1467d56..dedc6fd 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -551,15 +551,35 @@ async def tag_by_name(
     db_session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db_session),
     _: httpsig.HTTPSigInfo = Depends(httpsig.httpsig_checker),
 ) -> ActivityPubResponse | templates.TemplateResponse:
+    where = [
+        models.TaggedOutboxObject.tag == tag,
+        models.OutboxObject.visibility == ap.VisibilityEnum.PUBLIC,
+        models.OutboxObject.is_deleted.is_(False),
+    ]
+    tagged_count = await db_session.scalar(
+        select(func.count(models.OutboxObject.id))
+        .join(models.TaggedOutboxObject)
+        .where(*where)
+    )
+    if not tagged_count:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404)
+
+    outbox_objects = await db_session.execute(
+        select(models.OutboxObject.ap_id)
+        .join(models.TaggedOutboxObject)
+        .where(*where)
+        .order_by(models.OutboxObject.ap_published_at.desc())
+        .limit(20)
+    )
     # TODO(ts): implement HTML version
     # if is_activitypub_requested(request):
     return ActivityPubResponse(
         {
-            "@context": ap.AS_CTX,  # XXX: extended ctx?
+            "@context": ap.AS_CTX,
             "id": BASE_URL + f"/t/{tag}",
             "type": "OrderedCollection",
-            "totalItems": 0,
-            "orderedItems": [],
+            "totalItems": tagged_count,
+            "orderedItems": [outbox_object.ap_id for outbox_object in outbox_objects],
         }
     )
 
@@ -876,7 +896,8 @@ async def robots_file():
     return """User-agent: *
 Disallow: /followers
 Disallow: /following
-Disallow: /admin"""
+Disallow: /admin
+Disallow: /remote_follow"""
 
 
 async def _get_outbox_for_feed(db_session: AsyncSession) -> list[models.OutboxObject]:
diff --git a/app/scss/main.scss b/app/scss/main.scss
index e1d3125..dd60191 100644
--- a/app/scss/main.scss
+++ b/app/scss/main.scss
@@ -1,20 +1,92 @@
+$font-stack: Helvetica, sans-serif;
+$background: #002B36;  // solarized background color    
+// font-family: Inconsolata, monospace;
+$primary-color: #e14eea;
+$secondary-color: #32cd32;
+$muted-color: #586e75; // solarized comment text
+// #93a1a1; solarized body text
+
+
 body {
-    margin: 0;
-    padding: 0;
-    display: flex;
-    min-height: 100vh;
-    flex-direction: column;
+  font-family: $font-stack;
+  font-size: 20px;
+  line-height: 32px;
+  background: $background;
+  color: #ccc;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  min-height: 100vh;
+  flex-direction: column;
+}
+a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.activity-main {
+  a {
+    color: #ddd;
+  }
+}
+.activity-wrap {
+}
+code, pre {
+  color: #859900; // #cb4b16; // #268bd2; // #2aa198;
+  font-family: 'Inconsolata, monospace';
+}
+header {
+  .title {
+    font-size: 1.3em;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    .handle {
+      font-size: 0.85em;
+      color: #93a1a1;
+    }
+  }
+  .counter {
+    color: #93a1a1;
+  }
+}
+.purple {
+  color: #e14eea;
+}
+a {
+  color: #e14eea;
+}
+
+.green, a:hover {
+  color: #32cd32;
 }
 #main {
     flex: 1; 
 }
 main {
-    max-width: 800px;
-    margin: 20px auto;
+    width: 100%;
+    max-width: 960px;
+    margin: 30px auto;
 }
 footer {
-    max-width: 800px;
+    width: 100%;
+    max-width: 960px;
     margin: 20px auto;
+    color: #93a1a1;
+}
+.actor-box {
+  display: flex;
+  column-gap: 20px;
+  margin:20px 0 10px 0;
+  .icon-box {
+    flex: 0 0 50px;
+  }
+  .actor-handle {
+    font-size: 0.85em;
+    line-height: 1em;
+    color: #93a1a1;
+  }
+  .actor-icon {
+    margin-top: 5px;
+    max-width: 50px;
+  }
 }
 #notifications, #followers, #following {
     ul {
@@ -26,47 +98,47 @@ footer {
         display: inline-block;
     }
 }
-.actor-box {
-    a {
-        text-decoration: none;
+
+#admin {
+}
+
+.activity-bar {
+input[type=submit], button {
+  font-size: 20px;
+  line-height: 32px;
+  font-family: "Inconsolata, monospace";
+  background: none!important;
+  border: none;
+  padding: 0!important;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: #e14eea;
+    }
+    input[type=submit]:hover, button:hover {
+      color: #32cd32;
+
     }
 }
 
-#admin {
-.navbar {
-  display: grid;
-  grid-template-rows: auto;
-  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
-  grid-auto-flow: dense;
-  justify-items: stretch;
-  align-items: stretch;
-  column-gap: 20px;
-}
-
-.logo {
-  grid-column:-3;
-  padding: 5px;
-}
-
-.menus {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: row;
-  justify-content: start;
-  grid-column: 1;
-}
-
-.menus * {
-  padding: 5px;
-}
-}
-
 nav.flexbox {
-    display: flex;
-    justify-content: space-between;
-    align-items: center;
+
+    input[type=submit] {
+  font-size: 20px;
+  line-height: 32px;
+  font-family: "Inconsolata, monospace";
+  background: none!important;
+  border: none;
+  padding: 0!important;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: #e14eea;
+    }
+    input[type=submit]:hover {
+      color: #32cd32;
+
+    }
 
     ul {        
         display: flex;
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
         align-items: center;
         list-style-type: none;
         margin: 0;
@@ -81,12 +153,13 @@ nav.flexbox {
             margin-right: 0px;
         }
     }
-}
-#admin {
-    a.active {
-        font-weight: bold;
+    a {
         text-decoration: none;
     }
+    a.active {
+        color: #32cd32;
+        font-weight: bold;
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -94,12 +167,11 @@ nav.flexbox {
   margin: 0 auto;
   padding: 30px 0;
   .actor-icon {
-    width:48px;
+    width: 50px;
     margin-right: 15px;
-    img {
-      max-width: 48px;
-    }
+    margin-top: 5px;
   }
+
   .activity-content {
     display: flex;
     align-items:flex-start;
@@ -112,6 +184,9 @@ nav.flexbox {
         font-weight:normal;
         margin-left: 5px;
       }
+      .actor-handle {
+        color: #93a1a1;
+      }
       .activity-date { float:right; }
     }
   }
diff --git a/app/templates/admin_new.html b/app/templates/admin_new.html
index 0c3b49b..b1221bd 100644
--- a/app/templates/admin_new.html
+++ b/app/templates/admin_new.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     </select>
     </p>
     {% for emoji in emojis %}
-    <span class="ji">{{ emoji | emojify | safe }}</span>
+    <span class="ji">{{ emoji | emojify(True) | safe }}</span>
     {% endfor %}
     {% for emoji in custom_emojis %}
     <span class="ji"><img src="{{ emoji.icon.url }}" alt="{{ emoji.name }}" title="{{ emoji.name }}" class="custom-emoji"></span>
diff --git a/app/templates/header.html b/app/templates/header.html
index b5be09f..a7e4988 100644
--- a/app/templates/header.html
+++ b/app/templates/header.html
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 <div class="h-card p-author">
 <data class="u-photo" value="{{ local_actor.icon_url }}"></data>
 <a href="{{ local_actor.url }}" class="u-url u-uid no-hover title">
-	<span style="font-size:1.1em;">{{ local_actor.name }}</span>
-	<span  style="font-size:0.85em;" class="p-name subtitle-username">{{ local_actor.handle }}</span>
+	<span class="name">{{ local_actor.name }}</span>
+	<span class="p-name handle">{{ local_actor.handle }}</span>
 </a>
 
 <div class="p-note summary">
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 <nav class="flexbox">
     <ul>
         <li>{{ header_link("index", "Notes") }}</li>
-        <li>{{ header_link("followers", "Followers") }} <span>{{ followers_count }}</span></li>
-        <li>{{ header_link("following", "Following") }} <span>{{ following_count }}</span></li>
+        <li>{{ header_link("followers", "Followers") }} <span class="counter">{{ followers_count }}</span></li>
+        <li>{{ header_link("following", "Following") }} <span class="counter">{{ following_count }}</span></li>
         <li>{{ header_link("get_remote_follow", "Remote follow") }}</li>
     </ul>
 </nav>
diff --git a/app/templates/object.html b/app/templates/object.html
index 1bcb5e1..9b0e59d 100644
--- a/app/templates/object.html
+++ b/app/templates/object.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {% extends "layout.html" %}
 
 {% block head %}
+{% if outbox_object %}
 <link rel="alternate" href="{{ request.url }}" type="application/activity+json">
 <meta name="description" content="{{ outbox_object.content | html2text | trim | truncate(50) }}">
 <meta content="article" property="og:type" />
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 <meta content="{{ outbox_object.content | html2text | trim | truncate(50) }}" property="og:description" />
 <meta content="{{ local_actor.icon_url }}" property="og:image" />
 <meta content="summary" property="twitter:card" />
+{% endif %}
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
diff --git a/app/templates/utils.html b/app/templates/utils.html
index 1f115d9..393fc0c 100644
--- a/app/templates/utils.html
+++ b/app/templates/utils.html
@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@
 
 {% macro display_actor(actor, actors_metadata) %}
 {% set metadata = actors_metadata.get(actor.ap_id) %}
-<div style="display: flex;column-gap: 20px;margin:20px 0 10px 0;" class="actor-box h-card p-author">
-    <div style="flex: 0 0 48px;">
-        <img src="{{ actor.resized_icon_url }}" style="max-width:45px;">
+<div class="actor-box h-card p-author">
+    <div class="icon-box">
+        <img src="{{ actor.resized_icon_url }}" class="actor-icon">
     </div>
     <a href="{{ actor.url }}" class="u-url" style="">
         <div><strong>{{ actor.display_name | clean_html(actor) | safe  }}</strong></div>
-        <div class="p-name">{{ actor.handle }}</div>
+        <div class="actor-handle p-name">{{ actor.handle }}</div>
     </a>
 </div>
 {% if is_admin and metadata %}
@@ -171,14 +171,13 @@
 {% macro display_og_meta(object) %}
 {% if object.og_meta %}
 {% for og_meta in object.og_meta %}
-<div style="display:flex;column-gap: 20px;margin:20px 0;">
+<div class="activity-og-meta" style="display:flex;column-gap: 20px;margin:20px 0;">
     {% if og_meta.image %}
     <div>
     <img src="{{ og_meta.image | media_proxy_url }}" style="max-width:200px;">
     </div>
     <div>
     <a href="{{ og_meta.url }}">{{ og_meta.title }}</a>
-    {% if og_meta.description %}<p>{{ og_meta.description }}</p>{% endif %}
     <small style="display:block;">{{ og_meta.site_name }}</small>
     </div>
     {% endif %}
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@
       <img src="{{ object.actor.resized_icon_url }}" alt="" class="actor-icon">
     <div class="activity-header">
         <strong>{{ object.actor.display_name }}</strong>
-        <a href="{{ object.actor.url}}" class="p-author h-card">{{ object.actor.handle }}</a>
+        <a href="{{ object.actor.url}}" class="actor-handle p-author h-card">{{ object.actor.handle }}</a>
         <span class="activity-date" title="{{ object.ap_published_at.isoformat() }}">
             {{ object.visibility.value }}
             <a href="{{ object.url }}" class="u-url u-uid"><time class="dt-published" datetime="{{ object.ap_published_at }}">{{ object.ap_published_at | timeago }}</time></a>
diff --git a/tests/test_outbox.py b/tests/test_outbox.py
index 81ec561..6a198d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_outbox.py
+++ b/tests/test_outbox.py
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ from tests import factories
 from tests.utils import generate_admin_session_cookies
 
 
+def test_outbox__no_activities(
+    db: Session,
+    client: TestClient,
+) -> None:
+    response = client.get("/outbox", headers={"Accept": ap.AP_CONTENT_TYPE})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    json_response = response.json()
+    assert json_response["totalItems"] == 0
+    assert json_response["orderedItems"] == []
+
+
 def test_send_follow_request(
     db: Session,
     client: TestClient,
diff --git a/tests/test_tags.py b/tests/test_tags.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70d2977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_tags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+
+from app import activitypub as ap
+
+
+def test_tags__no_tags(
+    db: Session,
+    client: TestClient,
+) -> None:
+    response = client.get("/t/nope", headers={"Accept": ap.AP_CONTENT_TYPE})
+
+    assert response.status_code == 404