--- ECHO_content/ECHO_Nav.py	2006/02/13 16:41:49	1.73
+++ ECHO_content/ECHO_Nav.py	2006/05/15 16:04:52	1.75
@@ -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)
@@ -970,7 +979,7 @@ def createPath(self,url1,url2):
     
     if self.REQUEST.has_key('VirtualRootPhysicalPath'):
         vp="/".join(self.REQUEST['VirtualRootPhysicalPath'])
-        if vp[0]=="/":
+        if (len(vp)>0) and vp[0]=="/":
             vp=vp[1:]
         
         url2=url2.replace(vp+"/",'')