diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/snippets_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/snippets_controller.rb
index 6baebe8a3..4e94206f1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/snippets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/snippets_controller.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ class Admin::SnippetsController < ApplicationController
   def new
     @snippet = Snippet.new
 
+    if params[:menu]
+      @snippet.name = "#{params[:menu]}_nav"
+      lis = Page.find(:all, :conditions => { :parent_page_id => params[:menu], :is_published => true }, :order => "position" ).map do |page| 
+        if page.external_link.blank?
+          "<li><a href='/#{page.name}'>#{page.name}</a></li>\n"
+        else
+          "<li><a href='#{page.external_link}'>#{page.name}</a></li>\n"
+        end
+      end
+      
+      @snippet.content = "<ul>\n#{lis}</ul>"
+    end
+    
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html # new.html.erb
       format.xml  { render :xml => @snippets }
diff --git a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
index 5b01f1820..2cc43220b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ class PagesController < ApplicationController
   Liquid::Template.register_filter(SnippetFilter)
   
   def show
-    @page = Page.find_by_name(params[:page_name])
-    @layout = @page.layout
+    @page = Page.find(:first, :conditions => { :name => params[:page_name], :is_published => true })
     
     if @page && @page.external_link
       redirect_to @page.external_link
     elsif @page
-       @page_content = Liquid::Template.parse(@page.content).render
-       @layout_content = (@page.layout)? @layout.content : "{{page_content}}"
-       render :text => Liquid::Template.parse(@layout_content).render( 'page_content' => @page_content )
+      @layout = @page.layout
+      @page_content = Liquid::Template.parse(@page.content).render
+      @layout_content = (@page.layout)? @layout.content : "{{page_content}}"
+      render :text => Liquid::Template.parse(@layout_content).render( 'page_content' => @page_content )
     else
       render :text => '404 not found'
     end
diff --git a/app/models/page.rb b/app/models/page.rb
index dde0dd4e6..e29f4bd98 100644
--- a/app/models/page.rb
+++ b/app/models/page.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class Page < CouchFoo::Base
    property :content, String
    property :layout_id, String
    property :layout_name, String
+   property :load_model, String
    property :external_link, String
    property :position, Integer
    property :is_published, Boolean
diff --git a/app/views/admin/pages/_form.html.erb b/app/views/admin/pages/_form.html.erb
index 1e733a4a8..b2268de87 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/pages/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/pages/_form.html.erb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 <p>
 <%= f.label :is_published, "Is Published" %>
-<%= f.radio_button :is_published, true %>Yes <%= f.radio_button :is_published, false %> No
+<%= f.radio_button :is_published, 1 %>Yes <%= f.radio_button :is_published, 0 %> No
 </p>
 
 <p>
diff --git a/app/views/admin/pages/index.html.erb b/app/views/admin/pages/index.html.erb
index fb13788bf..ba38eaf05 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/pages/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/pages/index.html.erb
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@
 
 <br />
 
-<%= link_to 'New pages', new_admin_page_path, :class => 'button positive' %>
\ No newline at end of file
+<%= link_to 'New pages', new_admin_page_path, :class => 'button positive' %>
+<%= link_to 'New root menu snippets', new_admin_snippet_path( :menu => 'root' ), :class => 'button positive' %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/admin/snippets/index.html.erb b/app/views/admin/snippets/index.html.erb
index 354f0f9a5..40eba30bd 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/snippets/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/snippets/index.html.erb
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@
 
 <br />
 
-<%= link_to 'New snippets', new_admin_snippet_path, :class => 'button positive' %>
-<%= link_to 'New menu snippets', new_admin_snippet_path, :class => 'button positive' %>
\ No newline at end of file
+<%= link_to 'New snippets', new_admin_snippet_path, :class => 'button positive' %>
\ No newline at end of file