diff --git a/e107_handlers/core_functions.php b/e107_handlers/core_functions.php
index 22719d220..f62219b7e 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/core_functions.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/core_functions.php
@@ -422,6 +422,11 @@ class e_array {
         if ($ArrayData == ""){
             return false;
         }
+
+        if(is_array($ArrayData))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
         
         // Saftety mechanism for 0.7 -> 0.8 transition. 
         if(substr($ArrayData,0,2)=='a:' || substr($ArrayData,0,2)=='s:')
@@ -429,12 +434,19 @@ class e_array {
             $dat = unserialize($ArrayData);
             $ArrayData = $this->WriteArray($dat,FALSE);
         }
-        
+
+        $ArrayData = trim($ArrayData);
+
+        if(strtolower(substr($ArrayData,0,5)) != 'array')
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
         
         $data = "";
-        $ArrayData = '$data = '.trim($ArrayData).';';
+        $ArrayData = '$data = '.$ArrayData.';';
         @eval($ArrayData);
-        if (!isset($data) || !is_array($data)) {
+        if (!isset($data) || !is_array($data))
+        {
             trigger_error("Bad stored array data - <br /><br />".htmlentities($ArrayData), E_USER_ERROR);
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/e107_handlers/menu_class.php b/e107_handlers/menu_class.php
index 429294e7f..222bb149c 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/menu_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/menu_class.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class e_menu
 
 
 	/**
-	 * V2 Menu Re-Write - retrieve Menu data from $pref['menu_layouts']
+	 * Experimental V2 Menu Re-Write - retrieve Menu data from $pref['menu_layouts']
 	 */
 	protected function getData($layout)
 	{
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ class e_menu
 
 	
 	/** 
-	 * @DEPRECATED 
-	 * Legacy Function to retrieve Menu data from tables.
+	 * Function to retrieve Menu data from tables.
 	 */
 	private function getDataLegacy()
 	{
@@ -201,6 +200,7 @@ class e_menu
 		$menu_data = e107::getCache()->retrieve_sys("menus_".USERCLASS_LIST."_".md5(e_LANGUAGE.$menu_layout_field));
 	//	$menu_data = e107::getCache()->retrieve_sys("menus_".USERCLASS_LIST);
 		$menu_data = e107::getArrayStorage()->ReadArray($menu_data);
+	//	$menu_data = e107::getArrayStorage()->ReadArray($menu_data);
 		
 		$eMenuArea = array();
 		// $eMenuList = array();
@@ -406,14 +406,20 @@ class e_menu
 		$e107 = e107::getInstance();		
 		$sql = e107::getDb();
 		$ns = e107::getRender();
-		$tp = e107::getParser();		
+		$tp = e107::getParser();
+
+		if($tmp = e107::unserialize($parm)) // support e_menu.php e107 serialized parm.
+		{
+			$parm = $tmp;
+			unset($tmp);
+		}
 
 		if($return)
 		{
 			ob_start();
 		}
 
-		if(vartrue($error_handler->debug))
+		if(e_DEBUG === true)
 		{
 			echo "\n<!-- Menu Start: ".$mname." -->\n";
 		}
diff --git a/e107_handlers/menumanager_class.php b/e107_handlers/menumanager_class.php
index 21d085823..a5689c096 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/menumanager_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/menumanager_class.php
@@ -559,7 +559,18 @@ class e_menuManager {
 
 			$obj = e107::getAddon($plug,'e_menu');
 
-			$fields = e107::callMethod($obj,'config');
+			if(!is_object($obj))
+			{
+				$text .= "<tr><td colspan='2' class='alert alert-danger'>{$plug} object not found. Try re-scanning plugin directories in Tools > Database. </td></tr>";
+			}
+			else
+			{
+
+				$menuName = substr($row['menu_name'],0,-5);
+			}
+
+
+			$fields = e107::callMethod($obj,'config',$menuName);
 
 			if(!$form = e107::getAddon($plug,'e_menu',$plug."_menu_form"))
 			{
@@ -568,11 +579,30 @@ class e_menuManager {
 
 			$value = e107::unserialize($row['menu_parms']);
 
-			foreach($fields as $k=>$v)
+			if(!empty($fields))
 			{
-				$text .= "<tr><td class='text-left'>".$v['title']."</td>";
-				$v['writeParms']['class'] = 'e-save';
-				$text .= "<td class='text-left'>".$form->renderElement($k, $value[$k], $v)."</td></tr>";
+				foreach($fields as $k=>$v)
+				{
+					$text .= "<tr><td class='text-left'>".$v['title']."</td>";
+					$v['writeParms']['class'] = 'e-save';
+					$i = $k;
+					if(!empty($v['multilan']))
+					{
+						$i = $k.'['.e_LANGUAGE.']';
+
+						if(isset($value[$k][e_LANGUAGE]))
+						{
+							$value[$k] = varset($value[$k][e_LANGUAGE],'');
+						}
+
+					}
+
+					$text .= "<td class='text-left'>".$form->renderElement($i, $value[$k], $v)."</td></tr>";
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				$text .= "<tr><td colspan='2' class='alert alert-danger'>No Fields Set in ".$row['menu_path']."e_menu.php</td></tr>";
 			}
 
 		}
diff --git a/e107_languages/English/admin/lan_admin.php b/e107_languages/English/admin/lan_admin.php
index 662c4067a..37965474f 100644
--- a/e107_languages/English/admin/lan_admin.php
+++ b/e107_languages/English/admin/lan_admin.php
@@ -421,4 +421,7 @@ define("LAN_GEN_PW", "Generate a password");
 define("LAN_DISPL_PW", "Display the password");
 define("LAN_WILL_OVERWRITE_SEF", "This will overwrite your existing SEF URL.");
 
+define("LAN_CAPTION", "Caption");
+define("LAN_LIMIT", "Limit");
+
 // TODO - move e_form related LANS below, add new lan_form.php file (for both front/back-end)
diff --git a/e107_plugins/banner/banner_menu.php b/e107_plugins/banner/banner_menu.php
index ce3fed5e2..d5b9eaa5d 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/banner/banner_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/banner/banner_menu.php
@@ -50,13 +50,20 @@ else
 
 	if(!empty($parm))
 	{
-		if(!$tmp = e107::unserialize($parm)) // unserailize the v2.x e_menu.php preferences.
+		if(is_string($parm)) // unserailize the v2.x e_menu.php preferences.
 		{
 			parse_str($parm, $parms); // if it fails, use legacy method. (query string format)
 		}
-		else // prefs unserialized so overwrite the legacy preference values.
+		elseif(is_array($parm)) // prefs array so overwrite the legacy preference values.
 		{
-			$menu_pref = $tmp;
+			if(isset($parm['banner_caption'][e_LANGUAGE]))
+			{
+				$parm['banner_caption'] = $parm['banner_caption'][e_LANGUAGE];
+			}
+
+			$menu_pref = $parm;
+
+
 			$menu_pref['banner_campaign'] = implode("|",$menu_pref['banner_campaign']);
 			unset($parm);
 		}
diff --git a/e107_plugins/banner/e_menu.php b/e107_plugins/banner/e_menu.php
index 445ecc7e4..5c26cd989 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/banner/e_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/banner/e_menu.php
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ class banner_menu
 	 * Configuration Fields.
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	public function config()
+	public function config($menu='')
 	{
 		$renderTypes = array(BNRLAN_48,'1 - '.BNRLAN_45,'2 - '.BNRLAN_46, "3 - ".BNRLAN_47);
 
 		$fields = array();
-		$fields['banner_caption']       = array('title'=> BNRLAN_37, 'type'=>'text', 'writeParms'=>array('size'=>'xxlarge'));
+		$fields['banner_caption']       = array('title'=> BNRLAN_37, 'type'=>'text', 'multilan'=>true, 'writeParms'=>array('size'=>'xxlarge'));
 		$fields['banner_campaign']      = array('title'=> BNRLAN_39, 'type'=>'method');
 		$fields['banner_amount']        = array('title'=> BNRLAN_41, 'type'=>'text', 'writeParms'=>array('pattern'=>'[0-9]*'));
 		$fields['banner_rendertype']    = array('title'=> BNRLAN_43, 'type'=>'dropdown', 'writeParms'=>array('optArray'=>$renderTypes));
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/e_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/e_menu.php
index 13141b82c..ffa11f74f 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/e_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/e_menu.php
@@ -14,29 +14,61 @@ if (!defined('e107_INIT')) { exit; }
 //v2.x Standard for extending menu configuration within Menu Manager. (replacement for v1.x config.php)
 //TODO Configure for news menus. 
 
-class newsTODO_menu
+class news_menu
 {
+
 	function __construct()
 	{
-		e107::lan('news','admin', 'true');
+		// e107::lan('news','admin', 'true');
 	}
 
-
 	/**
 	 * Configuration Fields.
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	public function config()
+	public function config($menu='')
 	{
-		$renderTypes = array(BNRLAN_48,'1 - '.BNRLAN_45,'2 - '.BNRLAN_46, "3 - ".BNRLAN_47);
-
 		$fields = array();
-		$fields['caption']       = array('title'=> BNRLAN_37, 'type'=>'text', 'writeParms'=>array('size'=>'xxlarge'));
-		$fields['count']      = array('title'=> BNRLAN_39, 'type'=>'method');
-		$fields['order']        = array('title'=> BNRLAN_41, 'type'=>'text', 'writeParms'=>array('pattern'=>'[0-9]*'));
-		$fields['category']    = array('title'=> BNRLAN_43, 'type'=>'dropdown', 'writeParms'=>array('optArray'=>$renderTypes));
+		$categories = array();
+
+		$tmp =  e107::getDb()->retrieve('news_category','category_id,category_name',null, true);
+
+		foreach($tmp as $val)
+		{
+			$id = $val['category_id'];
+			$categories[$id] = $val['category_name'];
+		}
+
+		switch($menu)
+		{
+			case "latestnews":
+					$fields['caption']      = array('title'=> LAN_CAPTION, 'type'=>'text', 'multilan'=>true, 'writeParms'=>array('size'=>'xxlarge'));
+					$fields['count']        = array('title'=> LAN_LIMIT, 'type'=>'text', 'writeParms'=>array('pattern'=>'[0-9]*', 'size'=>'mini'));
+					$fields['category']     = array('title'=> LAN_CATEGORY, 'type'=>'dropdown', 'writeParms'=>array('optArray'=>$categories, 'default'=>'blank'));
+			break;
+
+
+			case "news_categories":
+					$fields['caption']      = array('title'=> LAN_CAPTION, 'type'=>'text', 'multilan'=>true, 'writeParms'=>array('size'=>'xxlarge'));
+					$fields['count']        = array('title'=> LAN_LIMIT, 'type'=>'text', 'writeParms'=>array('pattern'=>'[0-9]*'));
+				break;
+
+			case "news_months":
+					$fields['showarchive']  = array('title'=> "Display Archive Link", 'type'=>'boolean');
+					$fields['year']         = array('title'=> "Year", 'type'=>'text', 'writeParms'=>array('pattern'=>'[0-9]*', 'size'=>'mini'));
+				break;
+
+			case "other_news":
+			case "other_news2":
+					$fields['caption']   = array('title'=> LAN_CAPTION, 'type'=>'text', 'multilan'=>true, 'writeParms'=>array('size'=>'xxlarge'));
+				break;
+
+		}
+
+		 return $fields;
+
+
 
-        return $fields;
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/latestnews_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/latestnews_menu.php
index fedf7242d..30a74272e 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/latestnews_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/latestnews_menu.php
@@ -7,13 +7,26 @@
  */
 if (!defined('e107_INIT')) { exit; }
 
-$cacheString = 'nq_news_latest_menu_'.md5($parm);
+$cacheString = 'nq_news_latest_menu_'.md5(serialize($parm));
 $cached = e107::getCache()->retrieve($cacheString);
 if(false === $cached)
 {
 	e107::plugLan('news');
 
-	parse_str($parm, $parms);
+	if(is_string($parm))
+	{
+		parse_str($parm, $parms);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$parms = $parm;
+	}
+
+	if(isset($parms['caption'][e_LANGUAGE]))
+	{
+		$parms['caption'] = $parms['caption'][e_LANGUAGE];
+	}
+
 	$ntree = e107::getObject('e_news_tree', null, e_HANDLER.'news_class.php');
 
 	$template = e107::getTemplate('news', vartrue($parms['tmpl'], 'news_menu'), vartrue($parms['tmpl_key'], 'latest'));
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/news_categories_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/news_categories_menu.php
index 4f7014679..64be85958 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/news_categories_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/news_categories_menu.php
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@ if(false === $cached)
 {
 	e107::plugLan('news');
 
-	parse_str($parm, $parms);
+	if(is_string($parm))
+	{
+		parse_str($parm, $parms);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$parms = $parm;
+	}
+
 	$ctree = e107::getObject('e_news_category_tree', null, e_HANDLER.'news_class.php');
 
 	$template = e107::getTemplate('news', 'news_menu', 'category');
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/news_months_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/news_months_menu.php
index 664de24ab..48f17abf0 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/news_months_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/news_months_menu.php
@@ -8,12 +8,20 @@
 
 if (!defined('e107_INIT')) { exit; }
 
-$cString = 'nq_news_months_menu_'.md5($parm);
+$cString = 'nq_news_months_menu_'.md5(serialize($parm));
 $cached = e107::getCache()->retrieve($cString);
 
 if(!empty($parm))
 {
-	parse_str($parm, $parms);
+	if(is_string($parm))
+	{
+		parse_str($parm, $parms);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$parms = $parm;
+	}
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/e107_plugins/news/other_news_menu.php b/e107_plugins/news/other_news_menu.php
index bb1458c1d..6df15f279 100644
--- a/e107_plugins/news/other_news_menu.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/news/other_news_menu.php
@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ $caption = TD_MENU_L1;
 
 if(!empty($parm))
 {
-	parse_str($parm, $parms);
+	if(is_string($parm))
+	{
+		parse_str($parm, $parms);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$parms = $parm;
+	}
 }
 
 if(!$OTHERNEWS_STYLE)