--- a/app/soc/content/css/soc-090120.css	Sat Jan 31 16:15:53 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/content/css/soc-090120.css	Sat Jan 31 16:16:44 2009 +0000
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@
   margin-bottom: 1em;
 }
 
+span.unread {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: #FF0000;
+}
+
  
 /* SEARCH FIELD */ 
 #search {

--- a/app/soc/views/models/user_self.py	Sat Jan 31 16:15:53 2009 +0000
+++ b/app/soc/views/models/user_self.py	Sat Jan 31 16:16:44 2009 +0000
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 from soc.views import helper
 from soc.views.helper import access
 from soc.views.helper import decorators
+from soc.views.helper import redirects
 from soc.views.helper import widgets
 from soc.views.models import base
 from soc.views.models import user as user_view
@@ -209,10 +210,13 @@
     count = len(list(notifications))
 
     if count > 0:
-      link_title = '<b>%s (%d)</b>' % (force_unicode(link_title), count)
+      link_title = '<span class="unread">%s (%d)</span>' % (force_unicode(link_title), count)
       link_title = mark_safe(link_title)
 
     items = [('/' + 'notification/list', link_title, 'notification')]
+    if user:
+      items += [(redirects.getCreateDocumentRedirect(user, 'user'),
+          "Create a New Document", 'any_access')]
 
     new_params = {}
     new_params['sidebar_additional'] = items