diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb5d478fe8..0c0fde8010 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ _darcs/*
 config.php
 .htaccess
 *.tmproj
+dataobject.ini
diff --git a/lib/action.php b/lib/action.php
index cc00699c4f..9ba9f36fc0 100644
--- a/lib/action.php
+++ b/lib/action.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
-require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/form.php';
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/noticeform.php';
 require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/htmloutputter.php';
 
 /**
@@ -238,25 +238,25 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
         $user = common_current_user();
         $this->elementStart('ul', array('id' => 'nav'));
         if ($user) {
-            common_menu_item(common_local_url('all', array('nickname' => $user->nickname)),
+            $this->menuItem(common_local_url('all', array('nickname' => $user->nickname)),
                              _('Home'));
         }
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('peoplesearch'), _('Search'));
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('peoplesearch'), _('Search'));
         if ($user) {
-            common_menu_item(common_local_url('profilesettings'),
+            $this->menuItem(common_local_url('profilesettings'),
                              _('Settings'));
-            common_menu_item(common_local_url('invite'),
+            $this->menuItem(common_local_url('invite'),
                              _('Invite'));
-            common_menu_item(common_local_url('logout'),
+            $this->menuItem(common_local_url('logout'),
                              _('Logout'));
         } else {
-            common_menu_item(common_local_url('login'), _('Login'));
+            $this->menuItem(common_local_url('login'), _('Login'));
             if (!common_config('site', 'closed')) {
-                common_menu_item(common_local_url('register'), _('Register'));
+                $this->menuItem(common_local_url('register'), _('Register'));
             }
-            common_menu_item(common_local_url('openidlogin'), _('OpenID'));
+            $this->menuItem(common_local_url('openidlogin'), _('OpenID'));
         }
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'help')),
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'help')),
                          _('Help'));
         $this->elementEnd('ul');
         $this->elementEnd('dl');
@@ -290,25 +290,11 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
         $this->elementEnd('div');
     }
 
-    // SHOULD overload (perhaps this should be a MUST because sometimes it is not used)
+    // SHOULD overload
 
-    function showLocalNav($menu)
+    function showLocalNav()
     {
-        $action = $this->trimmed('action');
-
-        $this->elementStart('dl', array('id' => 'site_nav_local_views'));
-        $this->element('dt', null, _('Local views'));
-        $this->elementStart('ul', array('id' => 'nav'));
-        foreach ($menu as $menuaction => $menudesc) {
-            common_menu_item(common_local_url($menuaction,
-                                              isset($menudesc[2]) ? $menudesc[2] : null),
-                             $menudesc[0],
-                             $menudesc[1],
-                             $action == $menuaction);
-        }
-        $this->elementEnd('ul');
-        $this->elementEnd('dd');
-        $this->elementEnd('dl');
+        // does nothing by default
     }
 
     function showContentBlock()
@@ -377,17 +363,17 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
     function showSecondaryNav()
     {
         $this->elementStart('ul', array('id' => 'nav_sub'));
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'help')),
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'help')),
                          _('Help'));
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'about')),
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'about')),
                          _('About'));
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'faq')),
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'faq')),
                          _('FAQ'));
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'privacy')),
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'privacy')),
                          _('Privacy'));
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'source')),
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'source')),
                          _('Source'));
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'contact')),
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('doc', array('title' => 'contact')),
                          _('Contact'));
         $this->elementEnd('ul');
     }
@@ -546,7 +532,7 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
         $action = $this->trimmed('action');
         $this->elementStart('ul', array('id' => 'nav_views'));
         foreach ($menu as $menuaction => $menudesc) {
-            common_menu_item(common_local_url($menuaction,
+            $this->menuItem(common_local_url($menuaction,
                                               isset($menudesc[2]) ? $menudesc[2] : null),
                              $menudesc[0],
                              $menudesc[1],
@@ -577,8 +563,10 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
         $this->elementStart('div', array('id' => 'content'));
     }
 
-    // Added @id to li for some control. We might want to move this to htmloutputter.php
-    function common_menu_item($id=null, $url, $text, $title=null, $is_selected=false)
+    // Added @id to li for some control.
+    // XXX: We might want to move this to htmloutputter.php
+
+    function menuItem($url, $text, $id=null, $title=null, $is_selected=false)
     {
         $lattrs = array();
         if ($is_selected) {
diff --git a/lib/publicgroupnav.php b/lib/publicgroupnav.php
index c95d9acba6..c858824963 100644
--- a/lib/publicgroupnav.php
+++ b/lib/publicgroupnav.php
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
     exit(1);
 }
 
+require_once INSTALLDIR.'/lib/widget.php';
+
 /**
  * Base class for all actions
  *
@@ -55,29 +57,42 @@ class PublicGroupNav
 {
     var $action = null;
 
+    /**
+     * Construction
+     *
+     * @param Action $action current action, used for output
+     */
+
     function __construct($action=null)
     {
+        parent::__construct($action);
         $this->action = $action;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Show the menu
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+
     function show()
     {
         $this->action->elementStart('ul', array('class' => 'nav'));
 
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('public'), _('Public'),
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('public'), _('Public'),
             _('Public timeline'), $this->action == 'public');
 
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('tag'), _('Recent tags'),
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('tag'), _('Recent tags'),
             _('Recent tags'), $this->action == 'tag');
 
         if (count(common_config('nickname', 'featured')) > 0) {
-            common_menu_item(common_local_url('featured'), _('Featured'),
+            $this->menuItem(common_local_url('featured'), _('Featured'),
                 _('Featured users'), $this->action == 'featured');
         }
 
-        common_menu_item(common_local_url('favorited'), _('Popular'),
+        $this->menuItem(common_local_url('favorited'), _('Popular'),
             _("Popular notices"), $this->action == 'favorited');
 
-        common_element_end('ul');
+        $this->action->elementEnd('ul');
     }
 }