diff --git a/conf/venice-db-init-mysql.sql b/conf/venice-db-init-mysql.sql
index 63de7df..07a7846 100644
--- a/conf/venice-db-init-mysql.sql
+++ b/conf/venice-db-init-mysql.sql
@@ -889,11 +889,15 @@ INSERT INTO acedata (aceid, perm_nsid, perm_name) VALUES
 UPDATE groups SET gaclid = 4 WHERE gid = 5;
 
 # Create the ACL for the initial community.
-# (ACL 5, ACEs 9, 10)
+# (ACL 5, ACEs 9, 10, 11, 12)
 INSERT INTO acl (aclid, aclname) VALUES (5, 'ACL:piazza');
 INSERT INTO aclowner (aclid, ownerid, flags) VALUES (5, 5, 1);
+INSERT INTO ace (aceid, pri, flags) VALUES (12, 2, 16);
+INSERT INTO acldata (aclid, seq, aceid) VALUES (5, 0, 12);
+INSERT INTO acedata (aceid, perm_nsid, perm_name) VALUES
+  (12, 14, 'unjoin');
 INSERT INTO ace (aceid, pri, flags) VALUES (9, 2, 0);
-INSERT INTO acldata (aclid, seq, aceid) VALUES (5, 0, 9);
+INSERT INTO acldata (aclid, seq, aceid) VALUES (5, 1, 9);
 INSERT INTO acedata (aceid, perm_nsid, perm_name) VALUES
   (9, 14, 'grant.revoke.access'),
   (9, 15, 'set.category'       ),
@@ -901,16 +905,22 @@ INSERT INTO acedata (aceid, perm_nsid, perm_name) VALUES
   (9, 15, 'set.name'           ),
   (9, 15, 'set.alias'          ),
   (9, 15, 'set.property'       ),
-  (9, 15, 'remove.property'    );
+  (9, 15, 'remove.property'    ),
+  (9, 16, 'administration'     );
 INSERT INTO ace (aceid, pri, flags) VALUES (10, 5, 1);
-INSERT INTO acldata (aclid, seq, aceid) VALUES (5, 1, 10);
+INSERT INTO acldata (aclid, seq, aceid) VALUES (5, 2, 10);
 INSERT INTO acedata (aceid, perm_nsid, perm_name) VALUES
   (10, 14, 'grant.revoke.access'),
   (10, 15, 'set.category'       ),
   (10, 15, 'set.visibility'     ),
   (10, 15, 'set.name'           ),
   (10, 15, 'set.alias'          ),
-  (10, 15, 'set.property'       );
+  (10, 15, 'set.property'       ),
+  (10, 16, 'administration'     );
+INSERT INTO ace (aceid, pri, flags) VALUES (11, 3, 1);
+INSERT INTO acldata (aclid, seq, aceid) VALUES (5, 3, 11);
+INSERT INTO acedata (aceid, perm_nsid, perm_name) VALUES
+  (11, 14, 'unjoin');
 
 #### following this line is initialization of Venice-specific tables ####
 
@@ -1352,14 +1362,38 @@ UPDATE menuitems SET ifdef_var = 'use_categories' WHERE menuid = 4 AND sequence
 
 # Create the standard community menu. (ID #5)
 INSERT INTO menus (menuid, menu_nsid, menu_name, title, subtitle)
-  VALUES (5, 16, 'community.menu', '', NULL);
+  VALUES (5, 16, 'community.menu', '${name}', NULL);
+INSERT INTO menuvars (menuid, var_name, default_val) VALUES
+  (5, 'alias', NULL),
+  (5, 'cid',   NULL),
+  (5, 'name',  NULL);
 INSERT INTO menuitems (menuid, sequence, itemtype, text, linktype, link) VALUES
-  (5, 0,     'TEXT',      'Home Page',      'SERVLET', 'TODO'),
-  (5, 60000, 'TEXT',      'Members',        'SERVLET', 'TODO'),
-  (5, 60100, 'TEXT',      'Profile',        'SERVLET', 'TODO'),
-  (5, 60200, 'TEXT',      'Administration', 'SERVLET', 'TODO'),
-  (5, 60300, 'SEPARATOR', NULL,             NULL,      NULL  ),
-  (5, 60400, 'TEXT',      'Unjoin',         'SERVLET', 'TODO');
+  (5, 0,     'TEXT',      'Home Page',      'SERVLET', 'community/${alias}'),
+  (5, 60000, 'TEXT',      'Members',        'SERVLET', 'TODO'              ),
+  (5, 60100, 'TEXT',      'Profile',        'SERVLET', 'TODO'              ),
+  (5, 60200, 'TEXT',      'Administration', 'SERVLET', 'TODO'              ),
+  (5, 60300, 'SEPARATOR', NULL,             NULL,      NULL                ),
+  (5, 60400, 'TEXT',      'Unjoin',         'SERVLET', 'TODO'              );
+UPDATE menuitems SET perm_nsid = 16, perm_name = 'administration' WHERE menuid = 5 AND sequence = 60200;
+UPDATE menuitems SET perm_nsid = 14, perm_name = 'unjoin' WHERE menuid = 5 AND sequence = 60300;
+UPDATE menuitems SET perm_nsid = 14, perm_name = 'unjoin' WHERE menuid = 5 AND sequence = 60400;
+
+# Create the "top" menu (non-community). (ID #6)
+INSERT INTO menus (menuid, menu_nsid, menu_name, title, subtitle)
+  VALUES (6, 1, 'top.menu', 'Services', NULL);
+INSERT INTO menuitems (menuid, sequence, itemtype, text, linktype, link) VALUES
+  (6, 0,   'TEXT', 'Calendar', 'SERVLET', 'TODO'),
+  (6, 100, 'TEXT', 'Chat',     'SERVLET', 'TODO');
+UPDATE menuitems SET enable = 0 WHERE menuid = 6 AND sequence = 0;
+UPDATE menuitems SET enable = 0 WHERE menuid = 6 AND sequence = 100;
+
+# Create the top-level community administration menu. (ID #7)
+INSERT INTO menus (menuid, menu_nsid, menu_name, title, subtitle)
+  VALUES (7, 16, 'admin.menu', 'Community Administration:', '${name}');
+INSERT INTO menuvars (menuid, var_name, default_val) VALUES
+  (7, 'name', NULL);
+INSERT INTO menuitems (menuid, sequence, itemtype, text, linktype, link, perm_nsid, perm_name) VALUES
+  (7, 0, 'TEXT', 'Edit Community Profile', 'SERVLET', 'TODO', 15, 'set.property');
 
 # Create the sideboxes tables.
 INSERT INTO sbox_master (sbid, sb_nsid, sb_name, type_nsid, type_name, descr) VALUES
diff --git a/src/dynamo-framework/com/silverwrist/dynamo/security/AclOperations_mysql.java b/src/dynamo-framework/com/silverwrist/dynamo/security/AclOperations_mysql.java
index 7f55965..94b3e09 100644
--- a/src/dynamo-framework/com/silverwrist/dynamo/security/AclOperations_mysql.java
+++ b/src/dynamo-framework/com/silverwrist/dynamo/security/AclOperations_mysql.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.security.acl.LastOwnerException;
 import java.security.acl.NotOwnerException;
 import java.sql.*;
 import java.util.*;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import com.silverwrist.util.*;
 import com.silverwrist.dynamo.except.*;
 import com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface.*;
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ class AclOperations_mysql extends AclOperations
    *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    */
 
+  private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(AclOperations_mysql.class);
+
   private static final int OWNERFLAG_USER = 0;
   private static final int OWNERFLAG_GROUP = 1;
 
@@ -690,6 +693,8 @@ class AclOperations_mysql extends AclOperations
 
   boolean testUserPermission(int aclid, int uid, PropertyKey perm) throws DatabaseException
   {
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+      logger.debug("testUserPermission(): aclid = " + aclid + ", uid = " + uid + ", perm = " + perm);
     Connection conn = null;
     PreparedStatement stmt = null;
     ResultSet rs = null;
@@ -700,7 +705,7 @@ class AclOperations_mysql extends AclOperations
       int table_index = 0;
 
       // test for positive and negative user values first
-      stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT ace.flags FROM acedata, ace, acldata, groupmembers "
+      stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT DISTINCT ace.aceid, ace.flags FROM acedata, ace, acldata, groupmembers "
 				   + "WHERE acedata.perm_nsid = ? AND acedata.perm_name = ? "
 				   + "AND acedata.aceid = ace.aceid AND ace.aceid = acldata.aceid "
 				   + "AND acldata.aclid = ? AND (ace.flags = 0 OR ace.flags = 16) "
@@ -710,21 +715,35 @@ class AclOperations_mysql extends AclOperations
       stmt.setInt(3,aclid);
       stmt.setInt(4,uid);
       rs = stmt.executeQuery();
+      boolean positive = false, negative = false;
       while (rs.next())
       { // examine flag values
-	int flag = rs.getInt(1);
-	if (flag==0)
-	  table_index += 8;  // positive user
+	if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	  logger.debug("Matched ACE " + rs.getInt(1) + ", flag = " + rs.getInt(2));
+	int flag = rs.getInt(2);
+	if ((flag==0) && !positive)
+	{ // positive user
+	  table_index += 8;
+	  positive = true;
+
+	} // end if
 	else if (flag==16)
-	  table_index += 2;  // negative user
+	{ // negative user
+	  table_index += 2;
+	  negative = true;
+
+	} // end else if
+
+	if (positive && negative)
+	  break;  // can't get better results
 
       } // end while
 
       // then test for positive and negative group values
-      SQLUtils.shutdown(rs);
+      rs.close();
       rs = null;
-      SQLUtils.shutdown(stmt);
-      stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT DISTINCT ace.flags FROM acedata, ace, acldata, groupmembers "
+      stmt.close();
+      stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT DISTINCT ace.aceid, ace.flags FROM acedata, ace, acldata, groupmembers "
 				   + "WHERE acedata.perm_nsid = ? AND acedata.perm_name = ? "
 				   + "AND acedata.aceid = ace.aceid AND ace.aceid = acldata.aceid "
 				   + "AND acldata.aclid = ? AND (ace.flags = 1 OR ace.flags = 17) "
@@ -734,13 +753,27 @@ class AclOperations_mysql extends AclOperations
       stmt.setInt(3,aclid);
       stmt.setInt(4,uid);
       rs = stmt.executeQuery();
+      positive = negative = false;
       while (rs.next())
       { // examine flag values
-	int flag = rs.getInt(1);
+	if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	  logger.debug("Matched ACE " + rs.getInt(1) + ", flag = " + rs.getInt(2));
+	int flag = rs.getInt(2);
 	if (flag==1)
-	  table_index += 4;  // positive group
+	{ // positive group
+	  table_index += 4;
+	  positive = true;
+
+	} // end if
 	else if (flag==17)
-	  table_index += 1;  // negative group
+	{ // negative group
+	  table_index += 1;
+	  negative = true;
+
+	} // end else if
+
+	if (positive && negative)
+	  break;  // can't get better results
 
       } // end while
 
@@ -765,6 +798,8 @@ class AclOperations_mysql extends AclOperations
 
   boolean testGroupPermission(int aclid, int gid, PropertyKey perm) throws DatabaseException
   {
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+      logger.debug("testGroupPermission(): aclid = " + aclid + ", gid = " + gid + ", perm = " + perm);
     Connection conn = null;
     PreparedStatement stmt = null;
     ResultSet rs = null;
@@ -776,8 +811,8 @@ class AclOperations_mysql extends AclOperations
       boolean negative = false;
 
       // test for positive and negative values simultaneously
-      stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT acedata.aceflags FROM acedata, ace, acldata, groupmembers "
-				   + "WHERE acedata.perm_nsid = ? AND acedata.perm_name = ? "
+      stmt = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT DISTINCT acedata.aceid, acedata.aceflags FROM acedata, ace, acldata, "
+				   + "groupmembers WHERE acedata.perm_nsid = ? AND acedata.perm_name = ? "
 				   + "AND acedata.aceid = ace.aceid AND ace.aceid = acldata.aceid "
 				   + "AND acldata.aclid = ? AND (ace.flags = 1 OR ace.flags = 17) "
 				   + "AND ace.pri = ?;");
@@ -788,11 +823,15 @@ class AclOperations_mysql extends AclOperations
       rs = stmt.executeQuery();
       while (rs.next())
       { // examine flag values
-	int flag = rs.getInt(1);
+	if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+	  logger.debug("Matched ACE " + rs.getInt(1) + ", flag = " + rs.getInt(2));
+	int flag = rs.getInt(2);
 	if (flag==1)
 	  positive = true;   // positive group
 	else if (flag==17)
 	  negative = true;   // negative group
+	if (positive && negative)
+	  break;  // can't get better results
 
       } // end while
 
diff --git a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameAssembler.java b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameAssembler.java
index 677859b..45212a2 100644
--- a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameAssembler.java
+++ b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameAssembler.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package com.silverwrist.venice.frame;
 
+import java.security.acl.AclNotFoundException;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.regex.*;
@@ -370,14 +371,71 @@ public class FrameAssembler
 	MenuRenderObject fixed_menu = m_menu_prov.getLeftMenu(user,VeniceNamespaces.FRAME_LAF_NAMESPACE,
 							      "fixed.menu",acls);
 
+	// get the "floating" menu selector
+	String menusel = ((FramedContent)input).getMenuSelector();
+	String menusel_full = menusel;
+	VeniceCommunity comm = null;
+	if ((menusel!=null) && (menusel.equals("community")))
+	{ // figure out which menu selector we want to use...
+	  comm = (VeniceCommunity)(PropertyUtils.getPropertyNoErr(r,VeniceNamespaces.COMMUNITY_NAMESPACE,"current"));
+	  if (comm==null)
+	    menusel = menusel_full = null;
+	  else
+	    menusel_full += (":" + comm.getCID());
+
+	} // end if
+
+	// do we need to reload the floating menu?
+	boolean reload = false;
+	if (menusel!=null)
+	{ // get the current menu selector
+	  Object curr_menusel = PropertyUtils.getPropertyNoErr(session,SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,
+							       SessionInfoParams.ATTR_MENU_SELECTOR);
+	  if ((curr_menusel==null) || !(menusel_full.equals(curr_menusel.toString())))
+	    reload = true;  // need to reload the menu
+
+	} // end if
+
+	MenuRenderObject floating_menu = null;
+        if (reload)
+	{ // which menu do we load?
+	  if (menusel.equals("top"))
+	  { // load the "top" menu
+	    // N.B.: the "acl" array still contains only the global ACL ID
+	    floating_menu = m_menu_prov.getLeftMenu(user,VeniceNamespaces.FRAME_LAF_NAMESPACE,"top.menu",acls);
+
+	  } // end if
+	  else if (menusel.equals("community"))
+	  { // load the "community" menu
+	    acls = new int[2];
+	    acls[0] = comm.getAcl().getAclID();
+	    acls[1] = m_srm.getGlobalAcl().getAclID();
+	    floating_menu = m_menu_prov.getLeftMenu(user,VeniceNamespaces.COMMUNITY_GLOBALS_NAMESPACE,
+						    "community.menu",acls);
+	    floating_menu.setVariable("alias",comm.getAlias());
+	    floating_menu.setVariable("cid",String.valueOf(comm.getCID()));
+	    floating_menu.setVariable("name",comm.getName());
+
+	  } // end else if
+
+	  // save the menu and menu selector into the session
+	  session.setObject(SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,SessionInfoParams.ATTR_MENU,floating_menu);
+	  session.setObject(SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,SessionInfoParams.ATTR_MENU_SELECTOR,menusel_full);
+
+	} // end if
+	else  // get the current menu from the session
+	  floating_menu = (MenuRenderObject)(session.getObject(SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,
+							       SessionInfoParams.ATTR_MENU));
+
 	// get the footer and optionally insert line breaks
 	String footer = (String)(m_blocks.getObject(NAMESPACE,BLOCK_FOOTER));
 	if (m_footer_breaks)
 	  // set up the regular expression system to replace carriage returns to insert a <br />
 	  footer = PAT_LINEBREAK.matcher(footer).replaceAll("<br />\r\n");
 
+	// return the FrameRendering!
 	return new FrameRendering((FramedContent)input,m_frame_template,m_base_params,user,location,
-				  display_login,fixed_menu,footer);
+				  display_login,fixed_menu,floating_menu,footer);
 
       } // end try
       catch (DatabaseException e)
@@ -385,6 +443,11 @@ public class FrameAssembler
 	throw new RenderingException(e);
 
       } // end catch
+      catch (AclNotFoundException e)
+      { // translate this exception into a RenderingException as well
+	throw new RenderingException(FrameAssembler.class,"FrameMessages","frame.noACL",e);
+
+      } // end catch
 
     } // end if
 
diff --git a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameMessages.properties b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameMessages.properties
index 3b3fe21..47f269b 100644
--- a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameMessages.properties
+++ b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameMessages.properties
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ ss.noPrefix=Configuration error: no stylesheet prefix configured for servlet pat
 ss.noTemplate=No stylesheet template name found for property "{0}".
 ss.renderFail=Unable to render stylesheet template {0}: {1}
 generator=Venice Web Communities System {0}; Dynamo Application Framework {1}
+frame.noACL=Unable to locate ACL for menu generation.
diff --git a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameRendering.java b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameRendering.java
index 941d5c6..51d4c8b 100644
--- a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameRendering.java
+++ b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/frame/FrameRendering.java
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class FrameRendering implements VelocityRenderable
    */
 
   FrameRendering(FramedContent content, String templ, VelocityParamSupplier base_params, DynamoUser user,
-		 String location, Boolean display_login, MenuRenderObject fixed_menu, String footer)
+		 String location, Boolean display_login, MenuRenderObject fixed_menu, MenuRenderObject floating_menu,
+		 String footer)
   {
     m_templ = templ;
     m_base_params = base_params;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ class FrameRendering implements VelocityRenderable
     m_local_vars.put("location",location);
     m_local_vars.put("display_login",display_login);
     m_local_vars.put("fixed_menu",fixed_menu);
+    m_local_vars.put("floating_menu",floating_menu);
     m_local_vars.put("footer_text",footer);
 
   } // end constructor
diff --git a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/InlineMenuRendering.java b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/InlineMenuRendering.java
index 37281d8..a812d2f 100644
--- a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/InlineMenuRendering.java
+++ b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/InlineMenuRendering.java
@@ -258,9 +258,11 @@ class InlineMenuRendering implements MenuRenderObject, SelfRenderable
     wr.write("<div class=\"imenu\"><ul>\n");
     if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(m_menudef.getTitle()))
     { // write the title and subtitle
-      wr.write("<li class=\"separator\"><b>" + StringUtils.encodeHTML(m_menudef.getTitle()) + "</b>");
+      wr.write("<li class=\"separator\"><b>"
+	       + StringUtils.encodeHTML(StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(m_menudef.getTitle(),m_local_vars)) + "</b>");
       if (m_menudef.getSubtitle()!=null)
-	wr.write("&nbsp;" + StringUtils.encodeHTML(m_menudef.getSubtitle()));
+	wr.write("&nbsp;"
+		 + StringUtils.encodeHTML(StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(m_menudef.getSubtitle(),m_local_vars)));
       wr.write(":</li>\n");
 
     } // end if
diff --git a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/LeftMenuRendering.java b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/LeftMenuRendering.java
index 201efaa..0179f21 100644
--- a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/LeftMenuRendering.java
+++ b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/menu/LeftMenuRendering.java
@@ -252,9 +252,11 @@ class LeftMenuRendering implements MenuRenderObject, SelfRenderable
     PrintWriter wr = tctrl.getWriter();
     if (m_menudef.getTitle()!=null)
     { // write the title and subtitle
-      wr.write("<b>" + StringUtils.encodeHTML(m_menudef.getTitle()) + "</b><br />\n");
+      wr.write("<b>" + StringUtils.encodeHTML(StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(m_menudef.getTitle(),m_local_vars))
+	       + "</b><br />\n");
       if (m_menudef.getSubtitle()!=null)
-	wr.write(StringUtils.encodeHTML(m_menudef.getSubtitle()) + "<br />\n");
+	wr.write(StringUtils.encodeHTML(StringUtils.replaceAllVariables(m_menudef.getSubtitle(),m_local_vars))
+		 + "<br />\n");
 
     } // end if
 
diff --git a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/script/LibraryVenice.java b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/script/LibraryVenice.java
index 8e88c26..2109273 100644
--- a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/script/LibraryVenice.java
+++ b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/script/LibraryVenice.java
@@ -134,6 +134,20 @@ public class LibraryVenice
 
   } // end dialogFrameTitle
 
+  public void forceReloadMenu(SessionInfo session)
+  {
+    session.removeObject(SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,SessionInfoParams.ATTR_MENU_SELECTOR);
+    session.removeObject(SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,SessionInfoParams.ATTR_MENU);
+
+  } // end forceReloadMenu
+
+  public void forceReloadMenu(Request request)
+  {
+    SessionInfoProvider prov = (SessionInfoProvider)(request.queryService(SessionInfoProvider.class));
+    this.forceReloadMenu(prov.getSessionInfo());
+
+  } // end forceReloadMenu
+
   public VeniceCommunity getCommunity(Request req) throws DatabaseException, ValidationException
   {
     VeniceCommunity rc = (VeniceCommunity)(PropertyUtils.getPropertyNoErr(req,VeniceNamespaces.COMMUNITY_NAMESPACE,
diff --git a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/SessionInfoParams.java b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/SessionInfoParams.java
index 3b4296c..984cba7 100644
--- a/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/SessionInfoParams.java
+++ b/src/venice-base/com/silverwrist/venice/session/SessionInfoParams.java
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ public interface SessionInfoParams
 
   public static final String ATTR_COOKIE_AUTH_SOURCE = "cookie.auth.source";
 
+  public static final String ATTR_MENU_SELECTOR = "menu.selector";
+
+  public static final String ATTR_MENU = "menu";
+
   public static final String RATTR_LOCATION = "location";
 
   public static final String RATTR_DISPLAY_LOGIN = "display.login";
diff --git a/venice-data/scripts/top.js b/venice-data/scripts/top.js
index b446a9e..896d623 100644
--- a/venice-data/scripts/top.js
+++ b/venice-data/scripts/top.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ sidebox_list = sideboxes.getSideboxes(req,VeniceNamespaces.SIDEBOX_CONTEXT_NAMES
 
 // Create the master view and return it.
 rc = new SideboxView(page_content,sidebox_list);
-//rc.menuSelector = "top";
+rc.menuSelector = "top";
 rc.pageTitle = globals.getObject(VeniceNamespaces.FRAME_LAF_NAMESPACE,"frontpage.title").toString();
 rc.pageQID = "top";
 if (!(user.isAnonymous()))
diff --git a/venice-data/util/comm/homepage.js b/venice-data/util/comm/homepage.js
index db14d70..f1e2eb0 100644
--- a/venice-data/util/comm/homepage.js
+++ b/venice-data/util/comm/homepage.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ sidebox_list = sideboxes.getSideboxes(req,VeniceNamespaces.SIDEBOX_CONTEXT_NAMES
 
 // Create the master view and return it.
 rc = new SideboxView(page_content,sidebox_list);
-//rc.menuSelector = "community";
+rc.menuSelector = "community";
 rc.pageTitle = comm.getName() + ": Home";
 rc.pageQID = "community/" + comm.getAlias();
 if (!(user.isAnonymous()))
diff --git a/venice-data/util/session_init.js b/venice-data/util/session_init.js
index c19a80e..c5b20c1 100644
--- a/venice-data/util/session_init.js
+++ b/venice-data/util/session_init.js
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 // 
 // Contributor(s): 
 
+importClass(Packages.com.silverwrist.dynamo.Namespaces);
 importPackage(Packages.com.silverwrist.dynamo.iface);
 importPackage(Packages.com.silverwrist.dynamo.util);
 importClass(Packages.com.silverwrist.venice.VeniceNamespaces);
+importPackage(Packages.com.silverwrist.venice.iface);
 importPackage(Packages.com.silverwrist.venice.session);
 
 req = bsf.lookupBean("request");           // get request
@@ -65,6 +67,13 @@ if (rhelp.isRequestType("_SESSION") && rhelp.isVerb("PUT"))
     // Configure other session attributes.
     session = rhelp.getSession();
     session.setObject("/find.js.vs","last.visited","find_communities.js.vs");
+    session.setObject(SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,SessionInfoParams.ATTR_MENU_SELECTOR,"top");
+    mprov = vcast.queryMenuProvider(rhelp.getRequestObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,"venice-menus"));
+    srm = cast.querySecurityReferenceMonitor(rhelp.getRequestObject(Namespaces.DYNAMO_OBJECT_NAMESPACE,"srm"));
+    aclids = cast.newIntArray(1);
+    aclids[0] = srm.getGlobalAcl().getAclID();
+    menu = mprov.getLeftMenu(user,VeniceNamespaces.FRAME_LAF_NAMESPACE,"top.menu",aclids);
+    session.setObject(SessionInfoParams.NAMESPACE,SessionInfoParams.ATTR_MENU,menu);
 
   } // end if (session is HTTP)
 
diff --git a/venice-data/util/setup_user.js b/venice-data/util/setup_user.js
index 4b118b8..7e21579 100644
--- a/venice-data/util/setup_user.js
+++ b/venice-data/util/setup_user.js
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ session.setObject(DateFormatterTopHalf.NAMESPACE,DateFormatterTopHalf.PROPERTY,d
 
 // clear any password-recovery authentication data for this user
 user.clearAuthenticationData(user,VeniceNamespaces.SESSION_CONTROL_NAMESPACE,"password.recovery");
+
+// Force the menu to be reloaded.
+vlib.forceReloadMenu(session);
diff --git a/venice-data/velocity/frame.vm b/venice-data/velocity/frame.vm
index 44d44be..611f285 100644
--- a/venice-data/velocity/frame.vm
+++ b/venice-data/velocity/frame.vm
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     location                = Current page location string
     display_login           = True if we should display the "Log In | Create Account" or "Log Out | Profile" links
     fixed_menu              = The "fixed" menu
+    floating_menu           = The "floating" menu
     footer_text             = The text of the page footer
     sitetitle               = Site title (from global properties)
     siteurl                 = URL to the site
@@ -116,9 +117,7 @@
       <tr valign="top">
         <td align="left" width="$lbar_width" rowspan="2" class="frameleft">
           #comment( "BEGIN LEFT SIDEBAR" )
-          <div class="frameleft">
-            Top/community menu thingee
-          </div>
+          <div class="frameleft">#render( $floating_menu )</div>
           <div>&nbsp;</div>
           <div class="frameleft">#render( $fixed_menu )</div>
           <img src="#formatURL( "IMAGE" "spacer.gif" )" width="$lbar_width" height="1" border="0" />