diff --git a/include/main.js b/include/main.js
index d17d923e42..dc39a72816 100644
--- a/include/main.js
+++ b/include/main.js
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 
 		msie = $.browser.msie ;
 		
+		/* setup navbar menus */
+		
+		
 		
 		/* setup onoff widgets */
 		$(".onoff input").each(function(){
@@ -55,34 +58,46 @@
 		
 		/* setup field_richtext */
 		setupFieldRichtext();
-		
-		/* load tinyMCE if needed and setup field_richtext */
-		/*if(typeof tinyMCE == "undefined") {
-			window.tinyMCEPreInit = {
-				suffix:"",
-				base: baseurl+"/library/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/",
-				query:"",
-			};
-			$.getScript(baseurl	+"/library/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_src.js", setupFieldRichtext);
-		} else {
-		}*/
+
+		/* popup menus */
+		$('a[rel^=#]').click(function(e){
+			e.stopPropagation();
+			menu = $( $(this).attr('rel') );
+			$(this).parent().toggleClass("selected");
+			menu.toggle();
+			return false;
+		});
 		
 		
+
+		/* notifications template */
+		var notifications_tpl= unescape($("#nav-notifications-template[rel=template]").html());
 		
 		/* nav update event  */
 		$('nav').bind('nav-update', function(e,data){;
 			var net = $(data).find('net').text();
-			if(net == 0) { net = ''; $('#net-update').hide() } else { $('#net-update').show() }
+			if(net == 0) { net = ''; $('#net-update').removeClass('show') } else { $('#net-update').addClass('show') }
 			$('#net-update').html(net);
+
 			var home = $(data).find('home').text();
-			if(home == 0) { home = '';  $('#home-update').hide() } else { $('#home-update').show() }
+			if(home == 0) { home = '';  $('#home-update').removeClass('show') } else { $('#home-update').addClass('show') }
 			$('#home-update').html(home);
-			var mail = $(data).find('mail').text();
-			if(mail == 0) { mail = '';  $('#mail-update').hide() } else { $('#mail-update').show() }
-			$('#mail-update').html(mail);
-			var intro = $(data).find('intro').text();
-			if(intro == 0) { intro = ''; $('#notify-update').hide() } else { $('#notify-update').show() }
-			$('#notify-update').html(intro);
+
+			var eNotif = $(data).find('notif')
+			notif = eNotif.attr('count');
+			if (notif>0){
+				nnm = $("#nav-notifications-menu");
+				nnm.html("");
+				eNotif.children("note").each(function(){
+					e = $(this);
+					text = e.text().format("<span class='contactname'>"+e.attr('name')+"</span>");
+					html = notifications_tpl.format(e.attr('href'),e.attr('photo'), text, e.attr('date'));
+					nnm.append(html);
+				});
+			}
+			if(notif == 0) { notif = ''; $('#notify-update').removeClass('show') } else { $('#notify-update').addClass('show') }
+			$('#notify-update').html(notif);
+			
 		});
 		
 		
diff --git a/mod/ping.php b/mod/ping.php
index 7c31f00c9c..e7f366095d 100644
--- a/mod/ping.php
+++ b/mod/ping.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-
+require_once("include/datetime.php");
 
 
 function ping_init(&$a) {
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 	if(! local_user())
 		xml_status(0);
 
+	
 	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `item` 
 		WHERE `unseen` = 1 AND `visible` = 1 AND `deleted` = 0 AND `uid` = %d AND `wall` = 0 ",
 		intval(local_user())
@@ -19,23 +20,51 @@ function ping_init(&$a) {
 	);
 	$home = $r[0]['total'];
 
-	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `intro` 
-		WHERE `uid` = %d  AND `blocked` = 0 AND `ignore` = 0 ",
+	$intros = q("SELECT COUNT(`intro`.`id`) AS `total`, `intro`.`id`, `intro`.`datetime`, 
+		`fcontact`.`name`, `fcontact`.`url`, `fcontact`.`photo` 
+		FROM `intro` LEFT JOIN `fcontact` ON `intro`.`fid` = `fcontact`.`id`
+		WHERE `intro`.`uid` = %d  AND `intro`.`blocked` = 0 AND `intro`.`ignore` = 0 ",
 		intval(local_user())
 	);
-	$intro = $r[0]['total'];
+	$intro = $intros[0]['total'];
 
 	$myurl = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . $a->user['nickname'] ;
-	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `mail`
+	$mails = q("SELECT *,  COUNT(*) AS `total` FROM `mail`
 		WHERE `uid` = %d AND `seen` = 0 AND `from-url` != '%s' ",
 		intval(local_user()),
 		dbesc($myurl)
 	);
-
-	$mail = $r[0]['total'];
+	$mail = $mails[0]['total'];
+	
+	
 	
 	header("Content-type: text/xml");
-	echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>\r\n<result><intro>$intro</intro><mail>$mail</mail><net>$network</net><home>$home</home></result>\r\n";
+	echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>
+		<result>
+			<intro>$intro</intro>
+			<mail>$mail</mail>
+			<net>$network</net>
+			<home>$home</home>
+			<notif count=\"".($mail+$intro)."\">";
+	if ($intro>0){
+		foreach ($intros as $i) { 
+			echo sprintf ('<note href="%s" name="%s" url="%s" photo="%s" date="%s">%s</note>', 
+				$a->get_baseurl().'/notification/'.$i['id'], $i['name'], $i['url'], $i['photo'], relative_date($i['datetime']), t("{0} wants to be your friend")
+			);
+		};
+	}
+	if ($mail>0){
+		foreach ($mails as $i) { 
+			var_dump($i);
+			echo sprintf ('<note href="%s" name="%s" url="%s" photo="%s" date="%s">%s</note>',
+				$a->get_baseurl().'/message/'.$i['id'], $i['from-name'], $i['from-url'], $i['from-photo'], relative_date($i['created']), t("{0} sent you a message")
+			);
+		};
+	}
+
+	echo "  </notif>
+		</result>
+	";
 
 	killme();
 }