module NavbarHelper

def menu_item(name=nil, path="#", *args, &block)
  path = name || path if block_given?
  options = args.extract_options!
  content_tag :li, :class => is_active?(path, options) do
    if block_given?
      link_to path, options, &block
    else
      link_to name, path, options, &block
    end 
  end
end