diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 11248902ba..580bd95fc7 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -268,90 +268,89 @@ function hex2bin($s) {
 }}
 
 
-if(! function_exists('paginate_data')) {
 /**
- * Automatica pagination data.
+ * @brief Paginator function. Pushes relevant links in a pager array structure.
+ *
+ * Links are generated depending on the current page and the total number of items.
+ * Inactive links (like "first" and "prev" on page 1) are given the "disabled" class.
+ * Current page link is given the "active" CSS class
  *
  * @param App $a App instance
- * @param int $count [optional] item count (used with alt pager)
+ * @param int $count [optional] item count (used with minimal pager)
  * @return Array data for pagination template
  */
-function paginate_data(App $a, $count=null) {
-	$stripped = preg_replace('/([&?]page=[0-9]*)/','',$a->query_string);
+function paginate_data(App $a, $count = null) {
+	$stripped = preg_replace('/([&?]page=[0-9]*)/', '', $a->query_string);
 
-	$stripped = str_replace('q=','',$stripped);
-	$stripped = trim($stripped,'/');
+	$stripped = str_replace('q=', '', $stripped);
+	$stripped = trim($stripped, '/');
 	$pagenum = $a->pager['page'];
 
-	if (($a->page_offset != "") AND !preg_match('/[?&].offset=/', $stripped))
-		$stripped .= "&offset=".urlencode($a->page_offset);
+	if (($a->page_offset != '') AND !preg_match('/[?&].offset=/', $stripped)) {
+		$stripped .= '&offset=' . urlencode($a->page_offset);
+	}
 
 	$url = $stripped;
 
 	$data = array();
-	function _l(&$d, $name, $url, $text, $class="") {
-		if (!strpos($url, "?")) {
-			if ($pos = strpos($url, "&"))
-				$url = substr($url, 0, $pos)."?".substr($url, $pos + 1);
+	function _l(&$d, $name, $url, $text, $class = '') {
+		if (strpos($url, '?') === false && ($pos = strpos($url, '&')) !== false) {
+			$url = substr($url, 0, $pos) . '?' . substr($url, $pos + 1);
 		}
 
-		$d[$name] = array('url'=>$url, 'text'=>$text, 'class'=>$class);
+		$d[$name] = array('url' => $url, 'text' => $text, 'class' => $class);
 	}
 
-	if (!is_null($count)){
-		// alt pager
-		if($a->pager['page']>1)
-			_l($data,  "prev", $url.'&page='.($a->pager['page'] - 1), t('newer'));
-		if($count>0)
-			_l($data,  "next", $url.'&page='.($a->pager['page'] + 1), t('older'));
+	if (!is_null($count)) {
+		// minimal pager (newer / older)
+		$data['class'] = 'pager';
+		_l($data, 'prev', $url . '&page=' . ($a->pager['page'] - 1), t('newer'), 'previous' . ($a->pager['page'] == 1 ? ' disabled' : ''));
+		_l($data, 'next', $url . '&page=' . ($a->pager['page'] + 1), t('older'), 'next' . ($count <= 0 ? ' disabled' : ''));
 	} else {
-		// full pager
-		if($a->pager['total'] > $a->pager['itemspage']) {
-			if($a->pager['page'] != 1)
-				_l($data,  "prev", $url.'&page='.($a->pager['page'] - 1), t('prev'));
-
-			_l($data, "first", $url."&page=1",  t('first'));
-
+		// full pager (first / prev / 1 / 2 / ... / 14 / 15 / next / last)
+		$data['class'] = 'pagination';
+		if ($a->pager['total'] > $a->pager['itemspage']) {
+			_l($data, 'first', $url . '&page=1',  t('first'), $a->pager['page'] == 1 ? 'disabled' : '');
+			_l($data, 'prev', $url . '&page=' . ($a->pager['page'] - 1), t('prev'), $a->pager['page'] == 1 ? 'disabled' : '');
 
 			$numpages = $a->pager['total'] / $a->pager['itemspage'];
 
 			$numstart = 1;
 			$numstop = $numpages;
 
-			if($numpages > 14) {
+			if ($numpages > 14) {
 				$numstart = (($pagenum > 7) ? ($pagenum - 7) : 1);
 				$numstop = (($pagenum > ($numpages - 7)) ? $numpages : ($numstart + 14));
 			}
 
 			$pages = array();
 
-			for($i = $numstart; $i <= $numstop; $i++){
-				if($i == $a->pager['page'])
-					_l($pages, $i, "#",  $i, "current");
-				else
-					_l($pages, $i, $url."&page=$i", $i, "n");
+			for ($i = $numstart; $i <= $numstop; $i++) {
+				if ($i == $a->pager['page']) {
+					_l($pages, $i, '#',  $i, 'current active');
+				} else {
+					_l($pages, $i, $url . '&page='. $i, $i, 'n');
+				}
 			}
 
-			if(($a->pager['total'] % $a->pager['itemspage']) != 0) {
-				if($i == $a->pager['page'])
-					_l($pages, $i, "#",  $i, "current");
-				else
-					_l($pages, $i, $url."&page=$i", $i, "n");
+			if (($a->pager['total'] % $a->pager['itemspage']) != 0) {
+				if ($i == $a->pager['page']) {
+					_l($pages, $i, '#',  $i, 'current active');
+				} else {
+					_l($pages, $i, $url . '&page=' . $i, $i, 'n');
+				}
 			}
 
 			$data['pages'] = $pages;
 
 			$lastpage = (($numpages > intval($numpages)) ? intval($numpages)+1 : $numpages);
-			_l($data, "last", $url."&page=$lastpage", t('last'));
-
-			if(($a->pager['total'] - ($a->pager['itemspage'] * $a->pager['page'])) > 0)
-				_l($data, "next", $url."&page=".($a->pager['page'] + 1), t('next'));
-
+			_l($data, 'next', $url . '&page=' . ($a->pager['page'] + 1), t('next'), $a->pager['page'] == $lastpage ? 'disabled' : '');
+			_l($data, 'last', $url . '&page=' . $lastpage, t('last'), $a->pager['page'] == $lastpage ? 'disabled' : '');
 		}
 	}
-	return $data;
 
-}}
+	return $data;
+}
 
 if(! function_exists('paginate')) {
 /**
diff --git a/view/templates/paginate.tpl b/view/templates/paginate.tpl
index 21d56509aa..fcd580b071 100644
--- a/view/templates/paginate.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/paginate.tpl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	{{if $pager}}
 	{{if $pager.prev}}<span class="pager_prev {{$pager.prev.class}}"><a href="{{$pager.prev.url}}">{{$pager.prev.text}}</a></span>{{/if}}
 
-	{{if $pager.first}}<span class="pager_first $pager.first.class"><a href="{{$pager.first.url}}">{{$pager.first.text}}</a></span>{{/if}}
+	{{if $pager.first}}<span class="pager_first {{$pager.first.class}}"><a href="{{$pager.first.url}}">{{$pager.first.text}}</a></span>{{/if}}
 
 	{{foreach $pager.pages as $p}}<span class="pager_{{$p.class}}"><a href="{{$p.url}}">{{$p.text}}</a></span>{{/foreach}}
 
diff --git a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
index c1e8067443..8e2c5d4478 100644
--- a/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/duepuntozero/style.css
@@ -1552,6 +1552,9 @@ blockquote.shared_content {
   clear:left;
 }
 
+.pager .disabled {
+	display: none;
+}
 
 .pager_first,
 .pager_last,
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/css/style.css b/view/theme/frio/css/style.css
index df9585d070..34bcb833db 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/css/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/frio/css/style.css
@@ -2508,6 +2508,24 @@ body .tread-wrapper .hovercard:hover .hover-card-content a {
     color: $link_color !important;
 }
 
+/* Pagination improvements */
+.pagination > li > a,
+.pagination > li > span {
+	color: $link_color;
+}
+.pagination>.active>a,
+.pagination>.active>a:focus,
+.pagination>.active>a:hover,
+.pagination>.active>span,
+.pagination>.active>span:focus,
+.pagination>.active>span:hover {
+	background-color: $link_color;
+    border-color: $link_color;
+}
+.disabled > a {
+	pointer-events: none;
+}
+
 /*
  * some temporary workarounds until this will solved
  * elsewhere (e.g. new templates)
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/paginate.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/paginate.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab65cdd406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/paginate.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{{* Pager template, uses output of paginate_data() in include/text.php *}}
+{{if $pager}}
+<div class="{{$pager.class}}">
+	{{if $pager.first}}<li class="pager_first {{$pager.first.class}}"><a href="{{$pager.first.url}}">{{$pager.first.text}}</a></li>{{/if}}
+
+	{{if $pager.prev}}<li class="pager_prev {{$pager.prev.class}}"><a href="{{$pager.prev.url}}">{{$pager.prev.text}}</a></li>{{/if}}
+
+	{{foreach $pager.pages as $p}}<li class="pager_{{$p.class}}"><a href="{{$p.url}}">{{$p.text}}</a></li>{{/foreach}}
+
+	{{if $pager.next}}<li class="pager_next {{$pager.next.class}}"><a href="{{$pager.next.url}}">{{$pager.next.text}}</a></li>{{/if}}
+
+	{{if $pager.last}}&nbsp;<li class="pager_last {{$pager.last.class}}"><a href="{{$pager.last.url}}">{{$pager.last.text}}</a></li>{{/if}}
+</div>
+{{/if}}
diff --git a/view/theme/frost-mobile/style.css b/view/theme/frost-mobile/style.css
index c005e838f1..7c5d2c7609 100644
--- a/view/theme/frost-mobile/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/frost-mobile/style.css
@@ -1909,6 +1909,9 @@ input#profile-jot-email {
 	-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
 }
 
+.pager .disabled {
+	display: none;
+}
 
 .pager_first,
 .pager_last,
diff --git a/view/theme/frost/style.css b/view/theme/frost/style.css
index 46eb650ec1..9b65da9c8c 100644
--- a/view/theme/frost/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/frost/style.css
@@ -1866,6 +1866,9 @@ input#dfrn-url {
 	-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
 }
 
+.pager .disabled {
+	display: none;
+}
 
 .pager_first,
 .pager_last,
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css b/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css
index 8eba0e4cf7..af5cfcedf0 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/green/style.css
@@ -2481,6 +2481,9 @@ footer {
   margin-top: 25px;
   clear: both;
 }
+.pager .disabled {
+	display: none;
+}
 /**
  * ADMIN
  */
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css b/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css
index b424534206..0c17b00331 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/lilac/style.css
@@ -2481,6 +2481,9 @@ footer {
   margin-top: 25px;
   clear: both;
 }
+.pager .disabled {
+	display: none;
+}
 /**
  * ADMIN
  */
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less b/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less
index 6c01986888..53bb7e38a6 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/quattro.less
@@ -1675,6 +1675,9 @@ footer { height: 100px; display: table-row; }
         margin-top: 25px;
         clear: both;
 }
+.pager .disabled {
+	display: none;
+}
 
 /**
  * ADMIN
diff --git a/view/theme/smoothly/style.css b/view/theme/smoothly/style.css
index e91eccfe17..ec52277bdd 100644
--- a/view/theme/smoothly/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/smoothly/style.css
@@ -396,6 +396,10 @@ ul.menu-popup li a:hover {
 	margin: 4px;
 }
 
+.pager .disabled {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 .pager_current {
 	background-color: #1873a2;
 	color: #ffffff;
diff --git a/view/theme/vier/style.css b/view/theme/vier/style.css
index 8454c7e0ae..32617867cb 100644
--- a/view/theme/vier/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/vier/style.css
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ div.pager {
   float: left;
 }
 
+.pager .disabled {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 .hide-comments-outer {
   margin-left: 80px;
   margin-bottom: 5px;