diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 1fd0d2172..02162bb6a 100755
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require_once('include/taxonomy.php');
 define ( 'RED_PLATFORM',            'Red Matrix' );
 define ( 'RED_VERSION',             trim(file_get_contents('version.inc')) . 'R');
 define ( 'ZOT_REVISION',            1     ); 
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1058  );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1059  );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    '<br />' . "\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
@@ -288,6 +288,10 @@ define ( 'ATTACH_FLAG_OS',     0x0002);
 
 
 
+define ( 'MENU_ITEM_ZID',      0x0001);
+
+
+
 /**
  * Maximum number of "people who like (or don't like) this"  that we will list by name
  */
diff --git a/include/menu.php b/include/menu.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98c18a45b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/menu.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php /** @file */
+
+require_once('include/security.php');
+
+function menu_fetch($name,$uid,$observer_xchan) {
+
+	$sql_options = permission_sql($uid);
+
+	$r = q("select * from menu where menu_channel_id = %d and menu_name = '%s' limit 1",
+		intval($uid),
+		dbesc($name)
+	);
+	if($r) {
+		$x = q("select * from menu_item where mitem_menu_id = %d and mitem_channel_id = %d
+			$sql_options 
+			order by mitem_order asc, mitem_desc asc",
+			intval($x[0]['menu_id']),
+			intval($uid)
+		);
+		
+		$result = array('menu' => $r[0], 'items' => $x );
+
+
+	}
+	return null;
+}
+	
+
+function menu_render($menu) {
+	if(! $menu)
+		return '';
+	for($x = 0; $x < count($menu['items']); $x ++)
+		if($menu['items']['mitem_flags'] & MENU_ITEM_ZID)
+			$menu['items']['link'] = zid($menu['items']['link']);
+
+	return replace_macros(get_markup_template('usermenu.tpl'),array(
+		'$menu' => $menu['menu'],
+		'$items' => $menu['items']
+	));
+}
diff --git a/install/database.sql b/install/database.sql
index cd1c72ac6..0a86b8321 100644
--- a/install/database.sql
+++ b/install/database.sql
@@ -530,15 +530,18 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `manage` (
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `menu` (
   `menu_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `menu_channel_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
+  `menu_name` char(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `menu_desc` char(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   PRIMARY KEY (`menu_id`),
-  KEY `menu_channel_id` (`menu_channel_id`)
+  KEY `menu_channel_id` (`menu_channel_id`),
+  KEY `menu_name` (`menu_name`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `menu_item` (
   `mitem_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `mitem_link` char(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `mitem_desc` char(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `mitem_flags` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `allow_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
   `allow_gid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
   `deny_cid` mediumtext NOT NULL,
@@ -547,6 +550,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `menu_item` (
   `mitem_menu_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `mitem_order` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   PRIMARY KEY (`mitem_id`),
+  KEY `mitem_flags` (`mitem_flags`),
   KEY `mitem_channel_id` (`mitem_channel_id`),
   KEY `mitem_menu_id` (`mitem_menu_id`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index c09bc9d64..c97b5619f 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1058 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1059 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -670,3 +670,15 @@ function update_r1057() {
 		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
 	return UPDATE_FAILED;
 }
+
+function update_r1058() {
+	$r1 = q("ALTER TABLE `menu` ADD `menu_name` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT '' AFTER `menu_channel_id` ,
+ADD INDEX ( `menu_name` ) ");
+
+	$r2 = q("ALTER TABLE `menu_item` ADD `mitem_flags` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' AFTER `mitem_desc` ,
+ADD INDEX ( `mitem_flags` ) ");
+
+	if($r1 && $r2)
+		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+}
diff --git a/view/tpl/usermenu.tpl b/view/tpl/usermenu.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1eb3f9127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/tpl/usermenu.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<div class="pmenu">
+  <div class="pmenu-title">{{$menu.menu_desc}}</div>
+{{if $items }}
+<ul class="pmenu-body">
+{{foreach $items as $mitem }}
+<li class="pmenu-item"><a href="{{$mitem.mitem_link}}">{{$mitem.mitem_desc}}</a></li>
+{{/foreach }}
+</ul>
+{{/if}}
+<div class="pmenu-end"></div>
+</div>