Modifications for menu in Design

app/controllers/admin/items_controller.rb

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class Admin::ItemsController < ApplicationController
     if params[:item_id]
       @item = Item.find(params[:item_id])
     else
-      @item = Item.first(:conditions => {:parent_id => nil})
+      @item = get_homepage
     end
   end
 

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -73,5 +73,9 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
       ''
     end
   end
+  
+  def get_homepage
+    Item.first(:conditions => {:parent_id => nil})
+  end
 
 end