diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index 2099ccff24ddedb097b7cf6a53c51a92571723b1..1d185fa1c6803fb6ccace572e80b7a1bf860c75b 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+{% macro genurl(string, force=False) %}
+  {% if (force or
+        ( string.startswith('/') and not string.startswith('//') )) %}
+    {% set url = '/'.join([SITEURL.rstrip('/'),string.lstrip('/')]) %}
+    {{- url -}}
+  {% else %}
+    {{- string -}}
+  {% endif %}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro newtab(string, force=False) %}
+  {% if ( string.startswith('http://') or
+          string.startswith('https://')) %}
+    target="_blank"
+  {% endif %}
+{% endmacro %}
+
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="{{ DEFAULT_LANG }}">
 
@@ -31,12 +48,35 @@
             </div>
 
             <!-- Collect the nav links, forms, and other content for toggling -->
-            <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbar-main">
-                <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
-                    {% for name, link in LINKS %}
-                        <li>
-                            <a href="{{ link }}">{{ name }}</a>
-                        </li>
+            <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbar-collapse">
+                <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right" id="menuitem-list">
+                    {% for title,url in MENUITEMS %}
+                        {% if url is string %}
+                            {% if title != 'Search' %}
+                                <li {% if url == link %}class="active"{% endif %}>
+                                    <a href="{{ genurl( url ) }}" {{ newtab(url) }}>{{ title }}</a>
+                                </li>
+                            {% endif %}
+
+                        {% elif url is iterable %}
+                            <li class="btn-group
+                                {%- for title,item_url in url -%}
+                                    {%- if item_url == link -%}
+                                        {{- ' active' -}}
+                                    {%- endif -%}
+                                {%- endfor -%}
+                            ">
+                                <a href="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">
+                                    {{- title }}<b class="caret"></b>
+                                </a>
+                                <ul class="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
+                                {% for title,item_url in url %}
+                                    <li {% if item_url == link %}class="active"{% endif %}>
+                                        <a href="{{ genurl( item_url ) }}" {{ newtab(item_url) }}>{{ title }}</a>
+                                    </li>
+                                {% endfor %}
+                                </ul>
+                        {% endif %}
                     {% endfor %}
                 </ul>
             </div>