famdylan wrote Sorry added the provider to the web.config but was not sure how it gets loded to the menu could you show me an example of using it in the skin?   I get an error that value can not be null - not even sure what that really means   Here is what i did - I copied the solpart menu navigation provider nto a new project and linked up the dotnetnuke dll to it then in the bind i put a simple test to see if this logic would work For Each objNode In objNodes                            If CheckNode(CType(objNode.ID, Integer)) = True Then ;;;;;;;Continue normal processing etc   Check node is a simple function that will check for a node of a certain known id and hide it if it come through

Did you try putting a breakpoint in your provider and debug it?

Does your new provider work without any custom modifications?

No the new provider doesnt work without any mods - i really need only the

SolpartMenuNavigationProvider.vb file to use to build the new provider right - is there any specific dnn stuff i need to reference - what can i check to see what i am doing wrong is there maybe a generic navigation provider template to look at ?