--- ECHO_content/ECHO_Nav.py	2006/02/03 20:41:29	1.72
+++ ECHO_content/ECHO_Nav.py	2006/03/02 19:59:03	1.74
@@ -437,6 +437,15 @@ class ECHO_navigation(Folder):
     """Navigations Element"""
     meta_type="ECHO_Navigation"
     management_page_charset="utf-8"
+    
+    def getUsername(self):
+        """get name of user"""
+        username=str(self.REQUEST['AUTHENTICATED_USER'])
+        if username=='Anonymous User':
+            return None
+        else:
+            return username
+        
     def searchExternalCollection(self,url,simpleSearch):
         """search external collection via xmlrpc"""
         server=xmlrpclib.Server(url)
@@ -489,8 +498,10 @@ class ECHO_navigation(Folder):
         if not str:
             return ""
         if type(str) is StringType:
-            
-            return str.decode('utf-8')
+	    try:            
+            	return str.decode('utf-8')
+	    except:
+		return str.decode('latin-1')
         else:
             
             return str