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        <meta name="author" content="costa@tsaousis.gr">
 
        <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/seo-performance-multi-size.ico">
-       
+
        <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="images/seo-performance-72.png">
        <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="images/seo-performance-72.png">
        <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114" href="images/seo-performance-114.png">
                position: relative;
                z-index: -2;
        }
-       h1:before, h2:before { 
-               display: block; 
-               content: " "; 
+       h1:before, h2:before {
+               display: block;
+               content: " ";
                margin-top: -70px;
                height: 70px;
-               visibility: hidden; 
+               visibility: hidden;
        }
 
        .p {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
        }
 
        .chart-message {
-               display: block; 
+               display: block;
                margin-top: 10px;
        }
 
        <!-- you can also give a different server per chart, with the attribute: data-host="http://netdata.server:19999" -->
        <!-- <script> netdataServer = "http://box:19999"; </script> -->
 
+       <!-- check which theme to use -->
+       <script>
+               function loadLocalStorage(name) {
+                       var ret = null;
+
+                       try {
+                               if(typeof Storage !== "undefined" && typeof localStorage === 'object')
+                                       ret = localStorage.getItem(name);
+                       }
+                       catch(error) {
+                               ;
+                       }
+
+                       if(typeof ret === 'undefined' || ret === null)
+                               return null;
+
+                       return ret;
+               }
+
+               function saveLocalStorage(name, value) {
+                       try {
+                               if(typeof Storage !== "undefined" && typeof localStorage === 'object') {
+                                       localStorage.setItem(name, value.toString());
+                                       return true;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       catch(error) {
+                               ;
+                       }
+
+                       return false;
+               }
+
+               function getTheme(def) {
+                       var ret = loadLocalStorage('netdataTheme');
+                       if(typeof ret === 'undefined' || ret === null || ret === 'undefined')
+                               return def;
+                       else
+                               return ret;
+               }
+               var netdataTheme = getTheme('slate');
+
+               function setTheme(theme) {
+                       return saveLocalStorage('netdataTheme', theme);
+               }
+       </script>
+
        <!-- load the dashboard manager - it will do the rest -->
-       <script type="text/javascript" src="dashboard.js?v22"></script>
+       <script type="text/javascript" src="dashboard.js?v26"></script>
 </head>
 
 <body data-spy="scroll" data-target="#sidebar">
                                <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
                                        <li><a href="#" class="btn" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#optionsModal"><i class="fa fa-cog"></i> settings</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" class="btn" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-github"></i> community</a></li>
-                                       <li><a href="old/" class="btn" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-step-backward"></i> old dashboard</a></li>
+                                       <li id="updateButton"><a href="#" class="btn" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#updateModal"><i class="fa fa-cloud-download"></i> update</a></li>
+<!--                                   <li><a href="old/" class="btn" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-step-backward"></i> old dashboard</a></li> -->
+                                       <li><a href="#" class="btn" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#helpModal"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i> help</a></li>
 <!--                                   <li><a href="#sec">Visualize</a></li>
                                        <li><a href="#sec">Prototype</a></li>
 -->                            </ul>
                                                <i class="fa fa-circle"></i> <a href="http://D3js.org/" target="_blank">D3</a>,
                                                <i class="fa fa-copyright"></i> Copyright 2015, Mike Bostock, <a href="http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause" target="_blank">BSD License</a>
 
+                                               <i class="fa fa-circle"></i> <a href="https://github.com/broofa/node-int64" target="_blank">node-int64</a>,
+                                               <i class="fa fa-copyright"></i> Copyright 2014, Robert Kieffer, <a href="https://github.com/broofa/node-int64/blob/master/LICENSE" target="_blank">MIT License</a>
+
                                        </small>
                                </div>
                        </div>
                                </div>
                                <div class="modal-body">
                                                <div class="p">
-                                               <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b> is the fastest way to visualize key metrics. It is a resource efficient, highly optimized system for collecting and visualizing any type of realtime timeseries data, from CPU usage, disk activity, SQL queries, API calls, web site visitors, etc.
+                                               <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b> is the fastest way to visualize metrics. It is a resource efficient, highly optimized system for collecting and visualizing any type of realtime timeseries data, from CPU usage, disk activity, SQL queries, API calls, web site visitors, etc.
                                                </div>
                                                <div class="p">
                                                <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b> tries to visualize the truth of <b>now</b>, in its <b>greatest detail</b>, so that you can get insights of what is happening now and what just happened, on your systems and applications.
                                                </div>
                                                <div class="p">
-                                               To make a chart in <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b>, you just need a <b>number</b>. Just a number you can read somehow. <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b> will turn this number to a real time, interactive, web chart. For collecting these numbers, it supports <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/tree/master/plugins.d" target="_blank">external plugins</a>, even <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/tree/master/charts.d" target="_blank">bash shell plugins</a>. Any computer program, in any language, that can print a few lines of text on its standard output, can be a netdata data collector.
+                                               To make a chart in <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b>, you just need a <b>number</b>. Just a number you can read somehow. <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b> will turn this number to a real time, interactive, web chart. For collecting these numbers, it supports <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/External-Plugins" target="_blank">external plugins</a>, even <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/General-Info---charts.d" target="_blank">shell</a> or <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/General-Info---charts.d" target="_blank">node.js</a> plugins. Any computer program, in any language, that can print a few lines of text on its standard output, can be a netdata data collector.
                                                </div>
                                                <div class="p">
                                                <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b> can embed charts everywhere, like this one <div data-netdata="system.cpu" data-dimensions="system" data-after="-120" data-width="25%" data-height="15px" data-chart-library="dygraph" data-dygraph-theme="sparkline" data-show-value-of-system-at="system.cpu.system.modal.1"></div> (my CPU system usage which is <span id="system.cpu.system.modal.1" style="display: inline-block; width: 40px; text-align: right;"></span>%),
                                                or this one <div data-netdata="ipv4.tcppackets" data-dimensions="received" data-after="-120" data-width="25%" data-height="15px" data-chart-library="dygraph" data-dygraph-theme="sparkline" data-show-value-of-received-at="ipv4.tcppackets.received.modal.1"></div> (my IPv4 received TCP packets, which are <span id="ipv4.tcppackets.received.modal.1" style="display: inline-block; width: 60px; text-align: right;"></span>/second).
                                                </div>
                                                <div class="p">
-                                               You can have <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b> charts on your site too. Just give it a <code>div</code> and a real time chart, zoomable and draggable will appear (try it even on these tiny ones - <b>drag</b> them to pan horizontally, <b>shift + drag</b> to zoom in, on <b>chrome shift + mouse wheel</b> to zoom in/out, <b>double click</b> on them to reset them - don't be afraid of <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b> performance - <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/issues/36" target="_blank">a raspberry pi 2 can sustain 300 charts updates per second</a>!).
+                                               You can have <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b> charts on your site too. Just give it a <code>div</code> and a real time chart, zoomable and draggable will appear (try it even on these tiny ones - <b>drag</b> them to pan horizontally, <b>shift + drag</b> to zoom in, on <b>chrome shift + mouse wheel</b> to zoom in/out, <b>double click</b> on them to reset them - don't be afraid of <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata</a></b> performance - <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/Performance" target="_blank">a raspberry pi 2 can sustain 300 charts updates per second</a>!).
                                                </div>
                                                <div class="p">
                                                For more information please refer to the <b><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki" target="_blank">netdata wiki</a></b>.
                </div>
        </div>
 
+       <div class="modal fade" id="helpModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="helpModalLabel">
+               <div class="modal-dialog modal-lg" role="document">
+                       <div class="modal-content">
+                               <div class="modal-header">
+                                       <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
+                                       <h4 class="modal-title" id="helpModalLabel">Dashboard Help</h4>
+                               </div>
+                               <div class="modal-body">
+
+                                       <h4>Dygraphs (line, area and stacked area charts)</h4>
+
+                                       <!-- Nav tabs -->
+                                       <ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist">
+                                               <li role="presentation" class="active"><a href="#help_mouse" aria-controls="help_mouse" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Mouse Interface</a></li>
+                                               <li role="presentation"><a href="#help_touch" aria-controls="help_touch" role="tab" data-toggle="tab">Touch Interface</a></li>
+                                       </ul>
+
+                                       <!-- Tab panes -->
+                                       <div class="tab-content">
+                                               <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane active" id="help_mouse">
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>Mouse Over / Hover</h4>
+                                                               Mouse over on a chart to show, at its legend, the values for the timestamp under the mouse (the chart will also highlight the point at the chart).
+                                                               <br/>
+                                                               All the other visible charts will also show and highlight their values for the same timestamp.
+                                                       </div>
+                                                       <hr/>
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>Drag Chart Contents</h4>
+                                                               Drag the contents of a chart to pan it horizontally.
+                                                               <br/>
+                                                               All the charts will follow soon after you let the chart alone (this little delay is by design: it speeds up your browser and lets you focus on what you are exploring).
+                                                               <br/>
+                                                               Once a chart is panned, auto refreshing stops for all charts. To enable it again, <b>double click</b> a panned chart.
+                                                       </div>
+                                                       <hr/>
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>Double Click</h4>
+                                                               Double Click a chart to reset all the charts to their default auto-refreshing state.
+                                                       </div>
+                                                       <hr/>
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>SHIFT + Drag</h4>
+                                                               While pressing the shift key, click on the contents of a chart and move the mouse to select an area, to zoom in. The other charts will follow too. Zooming is performed in two phases:
+                                                               <ul>
+                                                                       <li>The already loaded chart contents are zoomed (low resolution)</li>
+                                                                       <li>New data are transfered from the netdata server, to refresh the chart with possibly more detail.</li>
+                                                               </ul>
+                                                               Once a chart is zoomed, auto refreshing stops for all charts. To enable it again, <b>double click</b> a zoomed chart.
+                                                       </div>
+                                                       <hr/>
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>SHIFT + Mouse Wheel <small>(does not work on firefox and IE/Edge)</small></h4>
+                                                               While pressing the shift key and the mouse pointer is over the contents of a chart, scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in or out. This kind of zooming is aligned to center below the mouse pointer. The other charts will follow too.
+                                                               <br/>
+                                                               Once a chart is zoomed, auto refreshing stops for all charts. To enable it again, <b>double click</b> a zoomed chart.
+                                                       </div>
+                                                       <hr/>
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>Legend Operations</h4>
+                                                               Click on the label or value of a dimension, will select / unselect this dimension.
+                                                               <br/>
+                                                               You can press any of the SHIFT or CONTROL keys and then click on legend labels or values, to select / unselect multiple dimensions.
+                                                       </div>
+                                               </div>
+                                               <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="help_touch">
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>Single Tap</h4>
+                                                               Single Tap on the contents of a chart to show, at its legend, the values for the timestamp tapped (the chart will also highlight the point at the chart).
+                                                               <br/>
+                                                               All the other visible charts will also show and highlight their values for the same timestamp.
+                                                       </div>
+                                                       <hr/>
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>Drag Chart Contents</h4>
+                                                               Touch and Drag the contents of a chart to pan it horizontally.
+                                                               <br/>
+                                                               All the charts will follow soon after you let the chart alone (this little delay is by design: it speeds up your browser and lets you focus on what you are exploring).
+                                                               <br/>
+                                                               Once a chart is panned, auto refreshing stops for all charts. To enable it again, <b>double tap</b> a panned chart.
+                                                       </div>
+                                                       <hr/>
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>Double Tap</h4>
+                                                               Double tap a chart to reset all the charts to their default auto-refreshing state.
+                                                       </div>
+                                                       <hr/>
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>Zoom <small>(does not work on firefox and IE/Edge)</small></h4>
+                                                               With two fingers, zoom in or out.
+                                                               <br/>
+                                                               Once a chart is zoomed, auto refreshing stops for all charts. To enable it again, <b>double click</b> a zoomed chart.
+                                                       </div>
+                                                       <hr/>
+                                                       <div class="p">
+                                                               <h4>Legend Operations</h4>
+                                                               Tap on the label or value of a dimension, will select / unselect this dimension.
+                                                       </div>
+                                               </div>
+                                       </div>
+                               </div>
+                               <div class="modal-footer">
+                                       <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
+                               </div>
+                       </div>
+               </div>
+       </div>
+
        <div class="modal fade" id="optionsModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="optionsModalLabel">
                <div class="modal-dialog modal-lg" role="document">
                        <div class="modal-content">
                                </div>
                                <div class="modal-body">
                                        <center>
-                                               <small style="color: #BBBBBB;">Settings take effect immediately and are saved permanently to browser local storage (except the refresh on focus / always option).
+                                               <small style="color: #BBBBBB;">These are browser settings. Each viewer has its own. They do not affect the operation of your netdata server.
                                                <br/>
-                                               To reset all options (including charts sizes) to their defaults, click <a href="#" onclick="NETDATA.resetOptions(); return false;">here</a>.</small>
+                                               Settings take effect immediately and are saved permanently to browser local storage (except the refresh on focus / always option).
+                                               <br/>
+                                               To reset all options (including charts sizes) to their defaults, click <a href="#" onclick="resetDashboardOptions(); return false;">here</a>.</small>
                                        </center>
                                        <div style="padding: 10px;"></div>
 
                                                        <form id="optionsForm" method="get" class="form-horizontal">
                                                                <div class="form-group">
                                                                        <table>
+                                                                       <tr class="option-row">
+                                                                               <td class="option-control"><input id="netdata_theme_control" type="checkbox" checked data-toggle="toggle" data-offstyle="danger" data-onstyle="success" data-on="Dark" data-off="White" data-width="110px"></td>
+                                                                               <td class="option-info"><strong>Which theme to use?</strong><br/>
+                                                                                       <small>Netdata comes with two themes: <b>Dark</b> (the default) and <b>White</b>.</small>
+                                                                               </td>
+                                                                               </tr>
                                                                        <tr class="option-row">
                                                                                <td class="option-control"><input id="pan_and_zoom_data_padding" type="checkbox" checked data-toggle="toggle"  data-on="Pad" data-off="Don't Pad" data-width="110px"></td>
                                                                                <td class="option-info"><strong>Enable data padding when panning and zooming?</strong><br/>
                </div>
        </div>
 
-</body>
-</html>
+
+       <div class="modal fade" id="updateModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="updateModalLabel">
+               <div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
+                       <div class="modal-content">
+                               <div class="modal-header">
+                                       <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span></button>
+                                       <h4 class="modal-title" id="updateModalLabel">Update Check</h4>
+                               </div>
+                               <div class="modal-body">
+                                       Your netdata version: <b><code><span id="netdataVersion">Unknown</span></code></b>
+                                       <br/>
+                                       <div style="padding: 10px;"></div>
+                                       <div id="versionCheckLog">Not checked yet. Please press the Check Now button.</div>
+                               </div>
+                               <div class="modal-footer">
+                                       <a href="#" onclick="notifyForUpdate(true);" type="button" class="btn btn-default">Check Now</a>
+                                       <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
+                               </div>
+                       </div>
+               </div>
+       </div>
+
 <script>
 
 var demo_hostname = 'netdata.firehol.org';
@@ -582,7 +770,7 @@ if(document.location.hostname === demo_hostname) {
 
 var options = {
        sparklines_registry: {},
-       interfaces_registry: {},
+       submenu_names: {},
        data: null,
        hostname: 'netdata_server', // will be overwritten by the netdata server
        categories: new Array(),
@@ -616,40 +804,6 @@ function sparkline(chart, dimension, units) {
        return h;
 }
 
-// documentation for each category and chart
-var messages = {
-
-       // categories / sections
-       'system': 'Overview of the key system metrices.',
-       'tc': 'Netdata collects and visualizes tc class utilization using its <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/blob/master/plugins.d/tc-qos-helper.sh" target="_blank">tc-helper plugin</a>. If you also use <a href="http://firehol.org/#fireqos" target="_blank">FireQOS</a> for setting up QoS, netdata automatically collects interface and class names. If your QoS configuration includes overheads calculation, the values shown here will include these overheads (the total bandwidth for the same interface as reported in the Network Interfaces section, will be lower than the total bandwidth reported here). Also, data collection may have a slight time difference compared to the interface (QoS data collection is implemented with a BASH script, so a shift in data collection of a few milliseconds should be justified).',
-       'net': 'Per network interface statistics collected from <code>/proc/net/dev</code>.',
-       'apps': 'Per application statistics are collected using netdata\'s <code>apps.plugin</code>. This plugin walks through the entire <code>/proc</code> filesystem and aggregates statistics for applications of interest, defined in <code>/etc/netdata/apps_groups.conf</code> (the default is <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/blob/master/conf.d/apps_groups.conf" target="_blank">here</a>). The plugin internaly builds a process tree (much like <code>ps fax</code> does), and groups processes together (evaluating both child and parent processes) so that the result is always a chart with a predefined set of dimensions (of course, only application groups found running are reported).<br/><b>IMPORTANT</b>: The values shown here are not 100% accurate. They only include values for the processes running. If an application is spawning childs continiously, which are terminated in just a few milliseconds (like shell scripts do), the values reported will be inaccurate. Linux does report the values for the exited childs of a process. However, these values are reported to the parent process <b>only when the child exits</b>. If these values, of the exited child processes, were also aggregated in the charts below, the charts would have been full of spikes, presenting unrealisting utilization for each process group. So, we decided to ignore these values and present only the utilization of <b>the currently running processes</b>.',
-
-       // charts
-       'system.cpu': 'Total CPU utilization (all cores). 100% here means there is no CPU idle time at all. You can get per core usage at the <a href="#cpu">CPUs</a> section and per application usage at the <a href="#apps">Applications Monitoring</a> section.<br/>Keep an eye on <b>iowait</b> ' + sparkline('system.cpu', 'iowait', '%') + '. If it is constantly high, your disks are a bottleneck and they slow your system down.<br/>Another important metric worth monitoring, is <b>softirq</b> ' + sparkline('system.cpu', 'softirq', '%') + '. A constantly high percentage of softirq may indicate network drivers issues.',
-       'system.io': 'Total Disk I/O, for all disks, read from <code>/proc/vmstat</code>. You can get detailed information about each disk at the <a href="#disk">Disks</a> section and per application Disk usage at the <a href="#apps">Applications Monitoring</a> section.',
-       'system.swapio': 'Total Swap I/O, read from <code>/proc/vmstat</code>. (netdata measures both <code>in</code> and <code>out</code>. If either of them is not shown in the chart, it is because it is zero - you can change the page settings to always render all the available dimensions on all charts).',
-       'system.pgfaults': 'Total page faults, read from <code>/proc/vmstat</code>. <b>Major page faults</b> indicates that the system is using its swap. You can find which applications use the swap at the <a href="#apps">Applications Monitoring</a> section.',
-       'system.entropy': '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(computing)" target="_blank">Entropy</a>, read from <code>/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail</code>, is like a pool of random numbers that are mainly used in cryptography. It is advised that the pool remains always <a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/ensuring-randomness-with-linuxs-random-number-generator/" target="_blank">above 200</a>. If the pool of entropy gets empty, you risk your security to be predictable and you should install a user-space random numbers generating daemon, like <a href="http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/" target="_blank">haveged</a>, to keep the pool in healthy levels.',
-       'system.forks': 'The number of new processes created per second, read from <code>/proc/stat</code>.',
-       'system.intr': 'Total number of CPU interrupts, read from <code>/proc/stat</code>. Check <code>system.interrupts</code> that gives more detail about each interrupt and also the <a href="#cpu">CPUs</a> section where interrupts are analyzed per CPU core.',
-       'system.interrupts': 'CPU interrupts in detail, read from <code>/proc/interrupts</code>. At the <a href="#cpu">CPUs</a> section, interrupts are analyzed per CPU core.',
-       'system.softirqs': 'CPU softirqs in detail, read from <code>/proc/softirqs</code>. At the <a href="#cpu">CPUs</a> section, softirqs are analyzed per CPU core.',
-       'system.processes': 'System processes, read from <code>/proc/stat</code>. <b>Blocked</b> are processes that are willing to execute but they cannot, e.g. because they wait for disk activity.',
-       'system.ctxt': '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_switch" target="_blank">Context Switches</a>, read from <code>/proc/stat</code>, is the switching of the CPU from one process, task or thread to another. If there are many processes or threads willing to execute and very few CPU cores available to handle them, the system is making more context switching to balance the CPU resources among them. The whole process is computationally intensive. The more the context switches, the slower the system gets.',
-       'system.idlejitter': 'Idle jitter is calculated by netdata. A thread is spawned that requests to sleep for a few microseconds. When the system wakes it up, it measures how many microseconds have passed. The different between the requested and the actual duration of the sleep, is the <b>idle jitter</b>. This number is useful in realtime environments, where CPU jitter can affect the quality of the service (like VoIP media gateways).',
-       'system.ipv4': 'Total IPv4 Traffic, read from <code>/proc/net/netstat</code>. This includes <code>lo</code> device traffic.',
-       'system.ram': 'System memory, read from <code>/proc/meminfo</code>.',
-       'system.swap': 'System swap memory, read from <code>/proc/meminfo</code>.',
-
-       // just a line to allow ending all entries above with comma
-       'end': 'end'
-};
-
-function screenWidth() {
-       return (($(window).width() * 0.95) - 50);
-}
-
 function chartsPerRow(total) {
        if(options.chartsPerRow === 0) {
                width = Math.floor(total / options.chartsMinWidth);
@@ -659,249 +813,634 @@ function chartsPerRow(total) {
        else return options.chartsPerRow;
 }
 
-function chartsPrioritySort(a, b) {
-       if(a.priority === b.priority) {
-               if(a.name < b.name) return -1;
-       }
-       else if(a.priority < b.priority) return -1;
+function prioritySort(a, b) {
+       if(a.priority < b.priority) return -1;
+       if(a.priority > b.priority) return 1;
+       if(a.name < b.name) return -1;
        return 1;
 }
 
-function uniq(array, find_key, get_result) {
-       if(typeof get_result === 'undefined' || get_result === null)
-               get_result = find_key;
-
+function sortObjectByPriority(object) {
        var idx = {};
-       var result = new Array();
+       var sorted = new Array();
 
-       $.each(array, function(i, c) {
-               key = find_key(c);
-               if(typeof idx[key] === 'undefined') {
-                       idx[key] = true;
-                       result.push(get_result(c));
+       for(var i in object) {
+               if(typeof idx[i] === 'undefined') {
+                       idx[i] = object[i];
+                       sorted.push(i);
                }
-       });
-       return result;
-}
-
-function uniq_with_list(array, find_key_function) {
-       var idx = {};
-       var result = new Array();
+       }
 
-       $.each(array, function(i, c) {
-               key = find_key_function(c);
-               if(typeof idx[key] === 'undefined') {
-                       idx[key] = new Array();
-                       result.push( { name: key, values: idx[key] } );
-               }
-               idx[key].push(c);
-       });
-       result.sort(function(a, b) {
-               if(a.name < b.name) return -1;
+       sorted.sort(function(a, b) {
+               if(idx[a].priority < idx[b].priority) return -1;
+               if(idx[a].priority > idx[b].priority) return 1;
+               if(a < b) return -1;
                return 1;
        });
-       return result;
+
+       return sorted;
 }
 
-function prepareScreen(data) {
-       // console.log('NETDATA is paused - ready to prepare the screen');
-       // console.log(data);
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-       options.data = data;
-       options.hostname = data.hostname;
-       document.getElementById('hostname').innerHTML = options.hostname;
-       document.getElementById('hostname').href = NETDATA.serverDefault;
-       document.title = options.hostname + ' dashboard';
-       var charts = data.charts;
+function gaugeChart(title, width, dimensions, colors) {
+       if(typeof colors === 'undefined')
+               colors = '';
+
+       if(typeof dimensions === 'undefined')
+               dimensions = '';
+
+       return '<div data-netdata="CHART_UNIQUE_ID"'
+                                                       + ' data-dimensions="' + dimensions + '"'
+                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
+                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
+                                                       + ' data-title="' + title + '"'
+                                                       + ' data-width="' + width + '"'
+                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
+                                                       + ' data-after="-CHART_DURATION"'
+                                                       + ' data-points="CHART_DURATION"'
+                                                       + ' data-colors="' + colors + '"'
+                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+var menuData = {
+       'system': {
+               title: 'System Overview',
+               info: 'Overview of the key system metrics.'
+       },
+
+       'ap': {
+               title: 'Access Points',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'tc': {
+               title: 'Quality of Service',
+               info: 'Netdata collects and visualizes tc class utilization using its <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/blob/master/plugins.d/tc-qos-helper.sh" target="_blank">tc-helper plugin</a>. If you also use <a href="http://firehol.org/#fireqos" target="_blank">FireQOS</a> for setting up QoS, netdata automatically collects interface and class names. If your QoS configuration includes overheads calculation, the values shown here will include these overheads (the total bandwidth for the same interface as reported in the Network Interfaces section, will be lower than the total bandwidth reported here). Also, data collection may have a slight time difference compared to the interface (QoS data collection is implemented with a BASH script, so a shift in data collection of a few milliseconds should be justified).'
+       },
+
+       'net': {
+               title: 'Network Interfaces',
+               info: 'Per network interface statistics collected from <code>/proc/net/dev</code>.'
+       },
+
+       'ipv4': {
+               title: 'IPv4 Networking',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'ipv6': {
+               title: 'IPv6 Networking',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'ipvs': {
+               title: 'IP Virtual Server',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'netfilter': {
+               title: 'Firewall (netfilter)',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'cpu': {
+               title: 'CPUs',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'mem': {
+               title: 'Memory',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'disk': {
+               title: 'Disks',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'sensors': {
+               title: 'Sensors',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'nfsd': {
+               title: 'File Server (nfsd)',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'apps': {
+               title: 'Applications',
+               info: 'Per application statistics are collected using netdata\'s <code>apps.plugin</code>. This plugin walks through the entire <code>/proc</code> filesystem and aggregates statistics for applications of interest, defined in <code>/etc/netdata/apps_groups.conf</code> (the default is <a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/blob/master/conf.d/apps_groups.conf" target="_blank">here</a>). The plugin internaly builds a process tree (much like <code>ps fax</code> does), and groups processes together (evaluating both child and parent processes) so that the result is always a chart with a predefined set of dimensions (of course, only application groups found running are reported).<br/><b>IMPORTANT</b>: The values shown here are not 100% accurate. They only include values for the processes running. If an application is spawning childs continiously, which are terminated in just a few milliseconds (like shell scripts do), the values reported will be inaccurate. Linux does report the values for the exited childs of a process. However, these values are reported to the parent process <b>only when the child exits</b>. If these values, of the exited child processes, were also aggregated in the charts below, the charts would have been full of spikes, presenting unrealisting utilization for each process group. So, we decided to ignore these values and present only the utilization of <b>the currently running processes</b>.',
+               height: 1.5
+       },
+
+       'netdata': {
+               title: 'Netdata Monitoring',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+
+       'example': {
+               title: 'Example Charts',
+               info: undefined
+       },
+};
 
-       function name2id(s) {
-               return s
-                       .replace(' ', '_')
-                       .replace('(', '_')
-                       .replace(')', '_')
-                       .replace('/', '_');
+var submenuData = {
+       'mem.ksm': {
+               title: 'Memory Deduper',
+               info: 'Kernel Same-page Merging (KSM) is the kernel memory de-duper.'
        }
+};
 
-       $.each(charts, function(i, c) {
-               if(c.enabled === true) {
-
-                       // find the category of the chart
-                       c.category = c.type.split('.')[0];
-
-                       var tmp = c.category.split('_')[0];
-                       if(tmp === 'net' || tmp === 'disk' || tmp === 'ap')
-                               c.category = tmp;
-
-                       switch(c.category) {
-                               case 'system':
-                                       c.category_priority = 10;
-                                       c.category_title = 'System Summary';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-dashboard";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'tc':
-                                       c.category_priority = 20;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Quality Of Service';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-random";
-                                       
-                                       // find the name of the interface from the tc family
-                                       if(typeof options.interfaces_registry[c.family] === 'undefined' || options.interfaces_registry[c.family] === c.family)
-                                                options.interfaces_registry[c.family] = c.name.split('.')[1].split('_')[0];
-
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'net':
-                                       c.category_priority = 30;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Network Interfaces';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-transfer";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'ap':
-                                       c.category_priority = 35;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Access Points';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-transfer";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'apps':
-                                       c.category_priority = 40;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Applications Monitoring';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-tasks";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'ipvs':
-                                       c.category_priority = 50;
-                                       c.category_title = 'IP Virtual Server';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-transfer";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'netfilter':
-                                       c.category_priority = 60;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Netfilter / IPTables';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-cloud";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'ipv4':
-                                       c.category_priority = 70;
-                                       c.category_title = 'IPv4 Summary';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-globe";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'mem':
-                                       c.category_priority = 80;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Memory';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-dashboard";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'cpu':
-                                       c.category_priority = 90;
-                                       c.category_title = 'CPU Cores';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-dashboard";
-
-                                       if(c.id.match(/^cpu\.cpu[0-9]+$/)) {
-                                               c.family = 'Utilization';
-                                       }
-                                       else if(c.id.match(/^cpu\.cpu[0-9]+_interrupts$/)) {
-                                               c.family = 'Interrupts';
-                                       }
-                                       else if(c.id.match(/^cpu\.cpu[0-9]+_softirqs$/)) {
-                                               c.family = 'SoftIRQs';
-                                       }
-
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'disk':
-                                       c.category_priority = 100;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Disks';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-hdd";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'nfsd':
-                                       c.category_priority = 110;
-                                       c.category_title = 'NFS Server';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-hdd";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'squid':
-                                       c.category_priority = 140;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Proxy Server';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-link";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'netdata':
-                                       c.category_priority = 150;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Netdata Monitoring';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-thumbs-up";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'sensors':
-                                       c.category_priority = 160;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Hardware Sensors';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-thumbs-up";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'postfix':
-                                       c.category_priority = 170;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Mail Server';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-thumbs-up";
-                                       break;
-
-                               case 'example':
-                                       c.category_priority = 100000;
-                                       c.category_title = 'Example Plugins';
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-search";
-                                       break;
-
-                               default:
-                                       c.category_priority = 150;
-                                       c.category_title = c.type;
-                                       c.glyphicon = "glyphicon-dashboard";
-                                       break;
+var chartData = {
+       'system.cpu': {
+               info: 'Total CPU utilization (all cores). 100% here means there is no CPU idle time at all. You can get per core usage at the <a href="#cpu">CPUs</a> section and per application usage at the <a href="#apps">Applications Monitoring</a> section.<br/>Keep an eye on <b>iowait</b> ' + sparkline('system.cpu', 'iowait', '%') + '. If it is constantly high, your disks are a bottleneck and they slow your system down.<br/>Another important metric worth monitoring, is <b>softirq</b> ' + sparkline('system.cpu', 'softirq', '%') + '. A constantly high percentage of softirq may indicate network drivers issues.'
+       },
+
+       'system.load': {
+               info: 'Current system load read from <code>/proc/loadavg</code>.',
+               height: 0.7
+       },
+
+       'system.io': {
+               info: 'Total Disk I/O, for all disks, read from <code>/proc/vmstat</code>. You can get detailed information about each disk at the <a href="#disk">Disks</a> section and per application Disk usage at the <a href="#apps">Applications Monitoring</a> section.'
+       },
+
+       'system.swapio': {
+               info: 'Total Swap I/O, read from <code>/proc/vmstat</code>. (netdata measures both <code>in</code> and <code>out</code>. If either of them is not shown in the chart, it is because it is zero - you can change the page settings to always render all the available dimensions on all charts).'
+       },
+
+       'system.pgfaults': {
+               info: 'Total page faults, read from <code>/proc/vmstat</code>. <b>Major page faults</b> indicates that the system is using its swap. You can find which applications use the swap at the <a href="#apps">Applications Monitoring</a> section.'
+       },
+
+       'system.entropy': {
+               colors: '#CC22AA',
+               info: '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(computing)" target="_blank">Entropy</a>, read from <code>/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail</code>, is like a pool of random numbers that are mainly used in cryptography. It is advised that the pool remains always <a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/ensuring-randomness-with-linuxs-random-number-generator/" target="_blank">above 200</a>. If the pool of entropy gets empty, you risk your security to be predictable and you should install a user-space random numbers generating daemon, like <a href="http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/" target="_blank">haveged</a>, to keep the pool in healthy levels.'
+       },
+
+       'system.forks': {
+               colors: '#5555DD',
+               info: 'The number of new processes created per second, read from <code>/proc/stat</code>.'
+       },
+
+       'system.intr': {
+               colors: '#DD5555',
+               info: 'Total number of CPU interrupts, read from <code>/proc/stat</code>. Check <code>system.interrupts</code> that gives more detail about each interrupt and also the <a href="#cpu">CPUs</a> section where interrupts are analyzed per CPU core.'
+       },
+
+       'system.interrupts': {
+               info: 'CPU interrupts in detail, read from <code>/proc/interrupts</code>. At the <a href="#cpu">CPUs</a> section, interrupts are analyzed per CPU core.'
+       },
+
+       'system.softirqs': {
+               info: 'CPU softirqs in detail, read from <code>/proc/softirqs</code>. At the <a href="#cpu">CPUs</a> section, softirqs are analyzed per CPU core.'
+       },
+
+       'system.processes': {
+               info: 'System processes, read from <code>/proc/stat</code>. <b>Blocked</b> are processes that are willing to execute but they cannot, e.g. because they wait for disk activity.'
+       },
+
+       'system.active_processes': {
+               info: 'All system active processes, read from <code>/proc/loadavg</code>.'
+       },
+
+       'system.ctxt': {
+               info: '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_switch" target="_blank">Context Switches</a>, read from <code>/proc/stat</code>, is the switching of the CPU from one process, task or thread to another. If there are many processes or threads willing to execute and very few CPU cores available to handle them, the system is making more context switching to balance the CPU resources among them. The whole process is computationally intensive. The more the context switches, the slower the system gets.'
+       },
+
+       'system.idlejitter': {
+               colors: '#5555AA',
+               info: 'Idle jitter is calculated by netdata. A thread is spawned that requests to sleep for a few microseconds. When the system wakes it up, it measures how many microseconds have passed. The different between the requested and the actual duration of the sleep, is the <b>idle jitter</b>. This number is useful in realtime environments, where CPU jitter can affect the quality of the service (like VoIP media gateways).'
+       },
+
+       'system.ipv4': {
+               info: 'Total IPv4 Traffic, read from <code>/proc/net/netstat</code>.'
+       },
+
+       'system.ipv6': {
+               info: 'Total IPv6 Traffic, read from <code>/proc/net/snmp6</code>.'
+       },
+
+       'system.ram': {
+               info: 'System memory, read from <code>/proc/meminfo</code>.'
+       },
+
+       'system.swap': {
+               info: 'System swap memory, read from <code>/proc/meminfo</code>.'
+       },
+
+       'mem.ksm_savings': {
+               heads: [
+                       gaugeChart('Saved', '12%', 'savings', '#0099CC')
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'mem.ksm_ratios': {
+               heads: [
+                       function(id) {
+                               return  '<div data-netdata="' + id + '"'
+                                       + ' data-gauge-max-value="100"'
+                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
+                                       + ' data-title="Savings"'
+                                       + ' data-units="percentage %"'
+                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
+                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
+                                       + ' data-before="0"'
+                                       + ' data-after="-CHART_DURATION"'
+                                       + ' data-points="CHART_DURATION"'
+                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
                        }
-
-                       // find the unique categories
-                       if(typeof options.categories_idx[c.category] === 'undefined') {
-                               options.categories_idx[c.category] = {
-                                       charts: new Array()
-                               }
-                               options.categories.push({
-                                       name: c.category,
-                                       title: c.category_title,
-                                       priority: c.category_priority,
-                                       glyphicon: c.glyphicon,
-                                       charts: options.categories_idx[c.category].charts
-                               });
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'mem.committed': {
+               colors: NETDATA.colors[3]
+       },
+
+       'apps.cpu': {
+               height: 2.0
+       },
+
+       'apps.preads': {
+               height: 2.0
+       },
+
+       'apps.pwrites': {
+               height: 2.0
+       },
+
+       'tc.qos': {
+               heads: [
+                       function(id) {
+                               if(id.match(/.*-ifb$/))
+                                       return gaugeChart('Inbound', '12%', '', '#5555AA');
+                               else
+                                       return gaugeChart('Outbound', '12%', '', '#AA9900');
                        }
-                       options.categories_idx[c.category].charts.push(c);
-
-                       // find the unique families
-                       if(typeof options.families_idx[c.family] === 'undefined') {
-                               options.families_idx[c.family] = {
-                                       charts: new Array()
-                               };
-                               options.families.push({
-                                       name: c.family,
-                                       title: c.family,
-                                       priority: c.category_priority,
-                                       glyphicon: c.glyphicon,
-                                       charts: options.categories_idx[c.category].charts
-                               });
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'net.net': {
+               heads: [
+                       gaugeChart('Received', '12%', 'received'),
+                       gaugeChart('Sent', '12%', 'sent')
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'disk.util': {
+               colors: '#FF5588',
+               heads: [
+                       gaugeChart('Utilization', '12%', '', '#FF5588')
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'disk.backlog': {
+               colors: '#0099CC'
+       },
+
+       'disk.io': {
+               heads: [
+                       gaugeChart('Read', '12%', 'reads'),
+                       gaugeChart('Write', '12%', 'writes')
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'netfilter.sockets': {
+               colors: '#88AA00',
+               heads: [
+                       gaugeChart('Active Connections', '12%', '', '#88AA00')
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'netfilter.new': {
+               heads: [
+                       gaugeChart('New Connections', '12%', 'new', '#5555AA')
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'disk.iotime': {
+               height: 0.5
+       },
+       'disk.mops': {
+               height: 0.5
+       },
+       'disk.svctm': {
+               height: 0.5
+       },
+       'disk.avgsz': {
+               height: 0.5
+       },
+       'disk.await': {
+               height: 0.5
+       },
+
+       'apache.connections': {
+               colors: NETDATA.colors[4],
+               mainheads: [
+                       gaugeChart('Connections', '12%', '', NETDATA.colors[4])
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'apache.requests': {
+               colors: NETDATA.colors[0],
+               mainheads: [
+                       gaugeChart('Connections', '12%', '', NETDATA.colors[0])
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'apache.net': {
+               colors: NETDATA.colors[3],
+               mainheads: [
+                       gaugeChart('Bandwidth', '12%', '', NETDATA.colors[3])
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'apache.workers': {
+               mainheads: [
+                       function(id) {
+                               return  '<div data-netdata="' + id + '"'
+                                       + ' data-dimensions="busy"'
+                                       + ' data-append-options="percentage"'
+                                       + ' data-gauge-max-value="100"'
+                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
+                                       + ' data-title="Workers Utilization"'
+                                       + ' data-units="percentage %"'
+                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
+                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
+                                       + ' data-before="0"'
+                                       + ' data-after="-CHART_DURATION"'
+                                       + ' data-points="CHART_DURATION"'
+                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
                        }
-                       options.families_idx[c.family].charts.push(c);
-               }
-       });
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'apache.bytesperreq': {
+               colors: NETDATA.colors[3],
+               height: 0.5
+       },
+
+       'apache.reqpersec': {
+               colors: NETDATA.colors[4],
+               height: 0.5
+       },
+
+       'apache.bytespersec': {
+               colors: NETDATA.colors[6],
+               height: 0.5
+       },
+
+       'nginx.connections': {
+               colors: NETDATA.colors[4],
+               mainheads: [
+                       gaugeChart('Connections', '12%', '', NETDATA.colors[4])
+               ]
+       },
+
+       'nginx.requests': {
+               colors: NETDATA.colors[0],
+               mainheads: [
+                       gaugeChart('Requests', '12%', '', NETDATA.colors[0])
+               ]
+       }
+};
 
-       function prioritySort(a, b) {
-               if(a.priority < b.priority) return -1;
-               if(a.priority > b.priority) return 1;
-               if(a.name < b.name) return -1;
-               return 1;
+function anyAttribute(obj, attr, key, def) {
+       if(typeof obj[key] !== 'undefined') {
+               if(typeof obj[key][attr] !== 'undefined')
+                       return obj[key][attr];
        }
+       return def;
+}
 
-       // sort all of them
-       options.categories.sort(prioritySort);
-       options.families.sort(prioritySort);
-       $.each(options.families,   function(i, c) { c.charts.sort(prioritySort); });
+function menuTitle(menu) {
+       return anyAttribute(menuData, 'title', menu, menu);
+}
+
+function menuInfo(menu) {
+       return anyAttribute(menuData, 'title', menu, null);
+}
 
+function menuHeight(menu, relative) {
+       return anyAttribute(menuData, 'height', menu, 1.0) * relative;
+}
+
+function submenuTitle(menu, submenu) {
+       var key = menu + '.' + submenu;
+       return anyAttribute(submenuData, 'title', key, submenu);
+}
+
+function submenuInfo(menu, submenu) {
+       var key = menu + '.' + submenu;
+       return anyAttribute(submenuData, 'info', key, null);
+}
+
+function submenuHeight(menu, submenu, relative) {
+       var key = menu + '.' + submenu;
+       return anyAttribute(submenuData, 'height', key, 1.0) * relative;
+}
+
+
+function chartInfo(id) {
+       if(typeof chartData[id] !== 'undefined' && typeof chartData[id].info !== 'undefined')
+               return '<div class="chart-message netdata-chart-alignment" role="document">' + chartData[id].info + '</div>';
+       else
+               return '';
+}
+
+function chartHeight(id, def) {
+       if(typeof chartData[id] !== 'undefined' && typeof chartData[id].height !== 'undefined')
+               return def * chartData[id].height;
+       else
+               return def;
+}
+
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// enrich the data structure returned by netdata
+// to reflect our menu system and content
+function enrichChartData(chart) {
+       var tmp = chart.type.split('_')[0];
+
+       switch(tmp) {
+               case 'ap':
+               case 'net':
+               case 'disk':
+                       chart.menu = tmp;
+                       break;
+
+               case 'tc':
+                       chart.menu = tmp;
+
+                       // find the interface name from the name
+                       if(typeof options.submenu_names[chart.family] === 'undefined' || options.submenu_names[chart.family] === chart.family)
+                               options.submenu_names[chart.family] = chart.name.split('.')[1].split('_')[0];
+
+                       // increase the priority of IFB devices
+                       if(chart.id.match(/.*-ifb$/))
+                               chart.priority--;
+
+                       break;
+
+               default:
+                       chart.menu = chart.type;
+                       break;
+       }
+
+       chart.submenu = chart.family;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function name2id(s) {
+       return s
+               .replace(' ', '_')
+               .replace('(', '_')
+               .replace(')', '_')
+               .replace('.', '_')
+               .replace('/', '_');
+}
+
+function headMain(charts, duration) {
+       var head = '';
+
+       if(typeof charts['system.swap'] !== 'undefined')
+               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.swap"'
+               + ' data-dimensions="free"'
+               + ' data-append-options="percentage"'
+               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
+               + ' data-title="Free Swap"'
+               + ' data-units="%"'
+               + ' data-easypiechart-max-value="100"'
+               + ' data-width="8%"'
+               + ' data-before="0"'
+               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-colors="#DD4400"'
+               + ' role="application"></div>';
+
+       if(typeof charts['system.io'] !== 'undefined') {
+               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.io"'
+               + ' data-dimensions="in"'
+               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
+               + ' data-title="Disk Read"'
+               + ' data-units="KB / s"'
+               + ' data-width="10%"'
+               + ' data-before="0"'
+               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' role="application"></div>';
+
+               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.io"'
+               + ' data-dimensions="out"'
+               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
+               + ' data-title="Disk Write"'
+               + ' data-units="KB / s"'
+               + ' data-width="10%"'
+               + ' data-before="0"'
+               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' role="application"></div>';
+       }
+
+       if(typeof charts['system.cpu'] !== 'undefined')
+               head += '<div data-netdata="system.cpu"'
+               + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
+               + ' data-title="CPU"'
+               + ' data-units="%"'
+               + ' data-gauge-max-value="100"'
+               + ' data-width="18%"'
+               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[12] + '"'
+               + ' role="application"></div>';
+
+       if(typeof charts['system.ipv4'] !== 'undefined') {
+               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.ipv4"'
+               + ' data-dimensions="received"'
+               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
+               + ' data-title="IPv4 Inbound"'
+               + ' data-units="kbps"'
+               + ' data-width="10%"'
+               + ' data-before="0"'
+               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' role="application"></div>';
+
+               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.ipv4"'
+               + ' data-dimensions="sent"'
+               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
+               + ' data-title="IPv4 Outbound"'
+               + ' data-units="kbps"'
+               + ' data-width="10%"'
+               + ' data-before="0"'
+               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' role="application"></div>';
+       }
+       else if(typeof charts['system.ipv6'] !== 'undefined') {
+               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.ipv6"'
+               + ' data-dimensions="received"'
+               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
+               + ' data-title="IPv6 Inbound"'
+               + ' data-units="kbps"'
+               + ' data-width="10%"'
+               + ' data-before="0"'
+               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' role="application"></div>';
+
+               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.ipv6"'
+               + ' data-dimensions="sent"'
+               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
+               + ' data-title="IPv6 Outbound"'
+               + ' data-units="kbps"'
+               + ' data-width="10%"'
+               + ' data-before="0"'
+               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' role="application"></div>';
+       }
+
+       if(typeof charts['system.ram'] !== 'undefined')
+               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.ram"'
+               + ' data-dimensions="cached|free"'
+               + ' data-append-options="percentage"'
+               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
+               + ' data-title="Available RAM"'
+               + ' data-units="%"'
+               + ' data-easypiechart-max-value="100"'
+               + ' data-width="8%"'
+               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
+               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[7] + '"'
+               + ' role="application"></div>';
+
+       return head;
+}
+
+function generateHeadCharts(type, chart, duration) {
+       var head = '';
+       var hcharts = anyAttribute(chartData, type, chart.context, []);
+       if(hcharts.length > 0) {
+               var hi = 0, hlen = hcharts.length;
+               while(hi < hlen) {
+                       if(typeof hcharts[hi] === 'function')
+                               head += hcharts[hi](chart.id).replace('CHART_DURATION', duration.toString()).replace('CHART_UNIQUE_ID', chart.id);
+                       else
+                               head += hcharts[hi].replace('CHART_DURATION', duration.toString()).replace('CHART_UNIQUE_ID', chart.id);
+                       hi++;
+               }
+       }
+       return head;
+}
+
+function renderPage(menus, data) {
        var div = document.getElementById('charts_div');
        var pcent_width = Math.floor(100 / chartsPerRow($(div).width()));
 
@@ -909,661 +1448,280 @@ function prepareScreen(data) {
        var duration = Math.round(($(div).width() * pcent_width / 100 * data.update_every / 3) / 60) * 60;
        var html = '';
        var sidebar = '<ul class="nav dashboard-sidenav" data-spy="affix" id="sidebar_ul">';
+       var mainhead = headMain(data.charts, duration);
 
-       function getMessage(id) {
-               if(typeof messages[id] !== 'undefined')
-                       return '<div class="chart-message" role="document">' + messages[id] + '</div>';
-               else
-                       return '';
-       }
+       // sort the menus
+       var main = sortObjectByPriority(menus);
+       var i = 0, len = main.length;
+       while(i < len) {
+               var menu = main[i++];
 
-       // render the charts
-       $.each(options.categories, function(i, t) {
-               t.charts.sort(prioritySort);
-
-               sidebar += '<li class="' + ((i === 0)?'active':'').toString() + '"><a href="#' + name2id(t.name) + '">' + t.title + '</a>';
-               html += '<div role="section"><div role="sectionhead"><h1 id="' + name2id(t.name) + '" role="heading">' + t.title + '</h1>' + getMessage(t.name) + '</div><div id="' + name2id(t.name) + '" role="document">';
-
-               if(t.name === 'cpu') {
-                       var families = uniq_with_list(t.charts, function(c) { return c.family; });
-
-                       sidebar += '<ul class="nav">';
-                       $.each(families, function(j, c) {
-                               sidebar += '<li class><a href="#' + name2id(t.name) + '_' + name2id(c.name) + '">' + c.name + '</a></li>';
-                               html += '<div class="netdata-group-container" id="family_' + name2id(t.name) + '_' + name2id(c.name) + '" style="display: inline-block; width: ' + pcent_width.toString() + '%"><h2 id="' + name2id(t.name) + '_' + name2id(c.name) + '" class="netdata-chart-alignment" role="heading">' + c.name + '</h2>';
-                               $.each(c.values, function(x, f) {
-                                       var c = null;
-                                       var h = options.chartsHeight;
-
-                                       html += getMessage(f.id) + '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                               + ' data-width="100%"'
-                                               + ' data-height="' + h.toString() + 'px"'
-                                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                               + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                               + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + f.id) + '"'
-                                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-                               });
-                               html += '</div>'; // netdata-group-container
-                       });
-                       sidebar += '</ul>';
-               }
-               else if(t.name === 'net' || t.name === 'tc' || t.name === 'ap') {
-                       var interfaces = uniq_with_list(t.charts, function(c) { return c.family; });
-
-                       sidebar += '<ul class="nav">';
-                       $.each(interfaces, function(j, c) {
-                               var menuitem = c.name;
-                               var name = options.interfaces_registry[menuitem];
-                               if(typeof name !== 'undefined' && name !== menuitem)
-                                       menuitem = menuitem + ' (' + name + ')';
-
-                               sidebar += '<li class><a href="#' + name2id(t.name) + '_' + name2id(c.name) + '">' + menuitem + '</a></li>';
-                               html += '<div class="netdata-group-container" id="interface_' + name2id(t.name) + '_' + name2id(c.name) + '" style="display: inline-block; width: ' + pcent_width.toString() + '%"><h2 id="' + name2id(t.name) + '_' + name2id(c.name) + '" class="netdata-chart-alignment" role="heading">' + menuitem + '</h2>';
-
-                               var head = '<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center;">';
-                               var all = '';
-
-                               $.each(c.values, function(x, f) {
-                                       var c = null;
-                                       var h = options.chartsHeight / 2;
-                                       switch(f.type) {
-                                               case 'net':
-                                                       h = options.chartsHeight;
-
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-dimensions="received"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Receive"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
+               // generate an entry at the main menu
 
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-dimensions="sent"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Sent"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
-
-                                               case 'tc':
-                                                       h = options.chartsHeight;
-                                                       if(f.id.match(/.*-ifb$/) !== null)
-                                                               head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                               + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                               + ' data-title="Receive"'
-                                                               + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[2] + '"'
-                                                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-
-                                                       else
-                                                               head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                               + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                               + ' data-title="Sent"'
-                                                               + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[3] + '"'
-                                                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
-                                               case 'ap_bandwidth': h = options.chartsHeight; break;
-                                               case 'ap_bitrate'  : h = options.chartsHeight; break;
-                                       }
-
-                                       all += getMessage(f.id) + '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                               + ' data-width="100%"'
-                                               + ' data-height="' + h.toString() + 'px"'
-                                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                               + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                               + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + f.id) + '"'
-                                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-                               });
-
-                               head += '</div>';
-                               html += head + all + '</div>'; // netdata-group-container
-                       });
-                       sidebar += '</ul>';
-               }
-               else if(t.name === 'disk') {
-                       var disks = uniq_with_list(t.charts, function(c) { return c.family; });
-
-                       sidebar += '<ul class="nav">';
-                       $.each(disks, function(j, c) {
-                               sidebar += '<li class><a href="#' + name2id(c.name) + '">' + c.name + '</a></li>';
-                               html += '<div class="netdata-group-container" id="disk_' + name2id(c.name) + '" style="display: inline-block; width: ' + pcent_width.toString() + '%"><h2 id="' + name2id(c.name) + '" class="netdata-chart-alignment" role="heading">' + c.name + '</h2>';
-                               var head = '<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center;">';
-                               var all = '';
-                               $.each(c.values, function(x, f) {
-                                       var c = null;
-                                       var h = options.chartsHeight / 2;
-                                       switch(f.type) {
-                                               case 'disk'        : h = options.chartsHeight;
-                                                               head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-dimensions="reads"'
-                                                               + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                               + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                               + ' data-title="Read"'
-                                                               + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-
-                                                               head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-dimensions="writes"'
-                                                               + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                               + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                               + ' data-title="Write"'
-                                                               + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                               break;
-                                               case 'disk_backlog': c = '#DD4477'; break;
-                                               case 'disk_util'   : c = '#109618';
-                                                               head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                               + ' data-title="Utilization"'
-                                                               + ' data-gauge-max-value="100"'
-                                                               + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                               + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                               + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                               break;
-                                               case 'disk_qops'   : c = '#E67300'; break;
-                                       }
-
-                                       all += getMessage(f.id) + '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                               + ' data-width="100%"'
-                                               + ' data-height="' + h.toString() + 'px"'
-                                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                               + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                               + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + f.id) + '"'
-                                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-                               });
-                               head += '</div>';
-                               html += head + all + '</div>'; // netdata-group-container
-                       });
-                       sidebar += '</ul>';
-               }
-               else if(t.name === 'apps') {
-                       $.each(t.charts, function(x, f) {
-                               var c = null;
-                               var h = options.chartsHeight / 2;
-                               switch(f.id) {
-                                       case 'apps.cpu'         : h = options.chartsHeight; break;
-                                       case 'apps.preads'      : h = options.chartsHeight; break;
-                                       case 'apps.pwrites'     : h = options.chartsHeight; break;
-                                       case 'apps.mem'         : h = options.chartsHeight; break;
-                                       case 'apps.major_faults': h = options.chartsHeight; break;
-                               }
+               sidebar += '<li class=""><a href="#' + menu + '">' + menus[menu].title + '</a><ul class="nav">';
+               html += '<div role="section"><div role="sectionhead"><h1 id="' + menu + '" role="heading">' + menus[menu].title + '</h1></div><div id="' + menu + '" role="document">';
 
-                               html += getMessage(f.id) + '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                       + ' data-width="100%"'
-                                       + ' data-height="' + h.toString() + 'px"'
-                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                       + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                       + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + f.id) + '"'
-                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                       });
-               }
-               else if(t.name === 'system') {
-                       var head = '<div style="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; width: 100%;">';
-
-                       if(typeof charts['system.swap'] !== 'undefined')
-                               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.swap"'
-                               + ' data-dimensions="free"'
-                               + ' data-append-options="percentage"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
-                               + ' data-title="Free Swap"'
-                               + ' data-units="%"'
-                               + ' data-easypiechart-max-value="100"'
-                               + ' data-width="8%"'
-                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[1] + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-
-                       if(typeof charts['system.io'] !== 'undefined') {
-                               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.io"'
-                               + ' data-dimensions="in"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
-                               + ' data-title="Disk Read"'
-                               + ' data-units="KB / s"'
-                               + ' data-width="10%"'
-                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-
-                               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.io"'
-                               + ' data-dimensions="out"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
-                               + ' data-title="Disk Write"'
-                               + ' data-units="KB / s"'
-                               + ' data-width="10%"'
-                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-                       }
+               if(menus[menu].info !== null)
+                       html += menus[menu].info;
 
-                       if(typeof charts['system.cpu'] !== 'undefined')
-                               head += '<div data-netdata="system.cpu"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                               + ' data-title="CPU"'
-                               + ' data-units="%"'
-                               + ' data-gauge-max-value="100"'
-                               + ' data-width="18%"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[12] + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-
-                       if(typeof charts['system.ipv4'] !== 'undefined') {
-                               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.ipv4"'
-                               + ' data-dimensions="received"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
-                               + ' data-title="IPv4 Inbound"'
-                               + ' data-units="kbps"'
-                               + ' data-width="10%"'
-                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-
-                               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.ipv4"'
-                               + ' data-dimensions="sent"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
-                               + ' data-title="IPv4 Outbound"'
-                               + ' data-units="kbps"'
-                               + ' data-width="10%"'
-                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-                       }
+               // console.log(' >> ' + menu + ' (' + menus[menu].priority + '): ' + menus[menu].title);
 
-                       if(typeof charts['system.ram'] !== 'undefined')
-                               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.ram"'
-                               + ' data-dimensions="cached|free"'
-                               + ' data-append-options="percentage"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
-                               + ' data-title="Available RAM"'
-                               + ' data-units="%"'
-                               + ' data-easypiechart-max-value="100"'
-                               + ' data-width="8%"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[7] + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-
-/*                     if(typeof charts['system.swapio'] !== 'undefined') {
-                               head += "<div style=\"display: inline-block\">";
-
-                               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.swapio"'
-                               + ' data-dimensions="in"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
-                               + ' data-title="Swap Read"'
-                               + ' data-width="100px"'
-                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[2] + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-
-                               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.swapio"'
-                               + ' data-dimensions="out"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
-                               + ' data-title="Swap Write"'
-                               + ' data-width="100px"'
-                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[1] + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-
-                               head += "</div>";
-                       }
+               var shtml = '';
+               var mhead = '<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center;">' + mainhead;
+               mainhead = '';
 
-                       if(typeof charts['system.ctxt'] !== 'undefined')
-                               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.ctxt"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
-                               + ' data-title="Switches"'
-                               + ' data-width="100px"'
-                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[3] + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-
-                       if(typeof charts['system.intr'] !== 'undefined')
-                               head += '<div style="margin-right: 10px;" data-netdata="system.intr"'
-                               + ' data-chart-library="easypiechart"'
-                               + ' data-title="Interrupts"'
-                               + ' data-width="100px"'
-                               + ' data-before="0"'
-                               + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                               + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[7] + '"'
-                               + ' role="application"></div>';
-*/
-                       head += "</div>";
-                       var all = '';
-                       $.each(t.charts, function(x, f) {
-                               all += getMessage(f.id) + '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                       + ' data-width="' + pcent_width.toString() + '%"'
-                                       + ' data-height="' + options.chartsHeight.toString() + 'px"'
-                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                       + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + f.id) + '"'
-                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                       });
-                       html += head + all;
-               }
-               else if(t.name === 'netdata') {
-                       var head = '<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center;">';
-                       var all = '';
+               // sort the submenus of this menu
+               var sub = sortObjectByPriority(menus[menu].submenus);
+               var si = 0, slen = sub.length;
+               while(si < slen) {
+                       var submenu = sub[si++];
 
-                       $.each(t.charts, function(x, f) {
-                               switch(f.id) {
-                                       case 'netdata.net'   :
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-dimensions="in"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Received"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[0] + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
+                       // generate an entry at the submenu
+                       sidebar += '<li class><a href="#' + name2id(menu + '_' + submenu) + '">' + menus[menu].submenus[submenu].title + '</a></li>';
+                       shtml += '<div class="netdata-group-container" id="submenu_' + name2id(menu + '_' + submenu) + '" style="display: inline-block; width: ' + pcent_width.toString() + '%"><h2 id="' + name2id(menu + '_' + submenu) + '" class="netdata-chart-alignment" role="heading">' + menus[menu].submenus[submenu].title + '</h2>';
 
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-dimensions="out"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Sent"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[1] + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
+                       if(menus[menu].submenus[submenu].info !== null)
+                               shtml += '<div class="chart-message netdata-chart-alignment" role="document">' + menus[menu].submenus[submenu].info + '</div>';
 
-                                       case 'netdata.requests'   : c = NETDATA.colors[2];
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Requests / second"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
+                       var head = '<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center;">';
+                       var chtml = '';
 
-                                       case 'netdata.clients'   : c = NETDATA.colors[3];
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Connections"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
-                               }
+                       // console.log('    \------- ' + submenu + ' (' + menus[menu].submenus[submenu].priority + '): ' + menus[menu].submenus[submenu].title);
+
+                       // sort the charts in this submenu of this menu
+                       menus[menu].submenus[submenu].charts.sort(prioritySort);
+                       var ci = 0, clen = menus[menu].submenus[submenu].charts.length;
+                       while(ci < clen) {
+                               var chart = menus[menu].submenus[submenu].charts[ci++];
+
+                               // generate the submenu heading charts
+                               mhead += generateHeadCharts('mainheads', chart, duration);
+                               head += generateHeadCharts('heads', chart, duration);
 
-                               all += getMessage(f.id) + '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
+                               // generate the chart
+                               chtml += chartInfo(chart.context) + '<div data-netdata="' + chart.id + '"'
                                        + ' data-width="' + pcent_width.toString() + '%"'
-                                       + ' data-height="' + options.chartsHeight.toString() + 'px"'
+                                       + ' data-height="' + chartHeight(chart.context, options.chartsHeight).toString() + 'px"'
                                        + ' data-before="0"'
                                        + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                       + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + f.id) + '"'
+                                       + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + chart.id) + '"'
+                                       + ' data-colors="' + anyAttribute(chartData, 'colors', chart.context, '') + '"'
                                        + ' role="application"></div>';
-                       });
+
+                               // console.log('         \------- ' + chart.id + ' (' + chart.priority + '): ' + chart.context  + ' height: ' + menus[menu].submenus[submenu].height);
+                       }
+
                        head += '</div>';
-                       html += head + all;
+                       shtml += head + chtml + '</div>';
                }
-               else if(t.name === 'netfilter') {
-                       var head = '<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center;">';
-                       var all = '';
 
-                       $.each(t.charts, function(x, f) {
-                               switch(f.id) {
-                                       case 'netfilter.sockets'   :
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Active Connections"'
-                                                       + ' data-units="connections"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[0] + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
+               mhead += '</div>';
+               sidebar += '</ul></li>';
+               html += mhead + shtml + '</div></div><hr role="separator"/>';
+       }
 
-                                       case 'netfilter.new':
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-dimensions="new"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="New Connections"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[2] + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
-                               }
+       sidebar += '</ul>';
+       div.innerHTML = html;
+       document.getElementById('sidebar').innerHTML = sidebar;
+       finalizePage();
+}
 
-                               all += getMessage(f.id) + '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                       + ' data-width="' + pcent_width.toString() + '%"'
-                                       + ' data-height="' + options.chartsHeight.toString() + 'px"'
-                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                       + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + f.id) + '"'
-                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                       });
-                       head += '</div>';
-                       html += head + all;
+function renderChartsAndMenu(data) {
+       var menus = {};
+       var charts = data.charts;
+
+       for(var c in charts) {
+               enrichChartData(charts[c]);
+
+               // create the menu
+               if(typeof menus[charts[c].menu] === 'undefined') {
+                       menus[charts[c].menu] = {
+                               priority: charts[c].priority,
+                               submenus: {},
+                               title: menuTitle(charts[c].menu),
+                               info: menuInfo(charts[c].menu),
+                               height: menuHeight(charts[c].menu, options.chartsHeight)
+                       };
                }
-               else if(t.name === 'apache') {
-                       var head = '<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center;">';
-                       var all = '';
-
-                       $.each(t.charts, function(x, f) {
-                               var c = 'null';
-                               var h = options.chartsHeight;
-                               switch(f.id) {
-                                       case 'apache.connections':
-                                                       c = NETDATA.colors[4];
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Connections"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
 
-                                       case 'apache.requests':
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Requests"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[0] + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
+               if(charts[c].priority < menus[charts[c].menu].priority)
+                       menus[charts[c].menu].priority = charts[c].priority;
+
+               // create the submenu
+               if(typeof menus[charts[c].menu].submenus[charts[c].submenu] === 'undefined') {
+                       menus[charts[c].menu].submenus[charts[c].submenu] = {
+                               priority: charts[c].priority,
+                               charts: new Array(),
+                               title: null,
+                               info: submenuInfo(charts[c].menu, charts[c].submenu),
+                               height: submenuHeight(charts[c].menu, charts[c].submenu, menus[charts[c].menu].height)
+                       };
+               }
 
-                                       case 'apache.net':
-                                                       c = NETDATA.colors[1];
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Bandwidth"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
+               if(charts[c].priority < menus[charts[c].menu].submenus[charts[c].submenu].priority)
+                       menus[charts[c].menu].submenus[charts[c].submenu].priority = charts[c].priority;
 
-                                       case 'apache.workers':
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-dimensions="busy"'
-                                                       + ' data-append-options="percentage"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-max-value="100"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Workers Utilization"'
-                                                       + ' data-units="percentage %"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[2] + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
+               // index the chart in the menu/submenu
+               menus[charts[c].menu].submenus[charts[c].submenu].charts.push(charts[c]);
+       }
 
-                                       case 'apache.bytesperreq':
-                                                       c = NETDATA.colors[3];
-                                                       h = Math.round(h / 2);
-                                                       break;
+       for(var m in menus) {
+               for(var s in menus[m].submenus) {
+                       // set the family using a name
+                       if(typeof options.submenu_names[s] !== 'undefined') {
+                               menus[m].submenus[s].title = s + ' (' + options.submenu_names[s] + ')';
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               menus[m].submenus[s].title = submenuTitle(m, s);
+                       }
+               }
+       }
 
-                                       default:
-                                                       h = Math.round(h / 2);
-                                                       break;
-                               }
+       renderPage(menus, data);
+}
 
-                               all += getMessage(f.id) + '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                       + ' data-width="' + pcent_width.toString() + '%"'
-                                       + ' data-height="' + h.toString() + 'px"'
-                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                       + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + f.id) + '"'
-                                       + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                       });
-                       head += '</div>';
-                       html += head + all;
+function downloadAllCharts(netdata_url) {
+       if(typeof netdata_url === 'undefined' || netdata_url === null)
+               netdata_url = NETDATA.serverDefault;
+
+       NETDATA.pause(function() {
+
+               // download all the charts the server knows
+               NETDATA.chartRegistry.downloadAll(netdata_url, function(data) {
+
+                       options.data = data;
+                       options.hostname = data.hostname;
+                       document.getElementById('hostname').innerHTML = options.hostname;
+                       document.getElementById('hostname').href = NETDATA.serverDefault;
+                       document.title = options.hostname + ' dashboard';
+
+                       renderChartsAndMenu(data);
+
+                       // prepare our DOM
+//                     prepareScreen(data);
+
+                       // due to affix issues, prepareScreen() will unpause
+                       // netdata as needed
+               });
+       });
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function versionLog(msg) {
+       document.getElementById('versionCheckLog').innerHTML = msg;
+}
+
+function getNetdataVersion(callback) {
+       versionLog('Downloading installed version info from netdata...');
+
+       $.ajax({
+               url: 'version.txt',
+               async: true,
+               cache: false
+       })
+       .done(function(data) {
+               data = data.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"")
+               console.log(data.length);
+               versionLog('Installed version of netdata is ' + data);
+               document.getElementById('netdataVersion').innerHTML = data;
+               callback(data);
+       })
+       .fail(function() {
+               versionLog('Failed to download installed version info from netdata!');
+               callback(null);
+       });
+}
+
+function getGithubLatestCommit(callback) {
+       versionLog('Downloading latest version info from github...');
+
+       $.ajax({
+               url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/firehol/netdata/commits',
+               async: true,
+               cache: false
+       })
+       .done(function(data) {
+               versionLog('Latest version info from github is ' + data[0].sha);
+               callback(data[0].sha);
+       })
+       .fail(function() {
+               versionLog('Failed to download installed version info from github!');
+               callback(null);
+       });
+}
+
+function checkForUpdate(callback) {
+       getNetdataVersion(function(sha1) {
+               if(sha1 === null) callback(null, null);
+
+               getGithubLatestCommit(function(sha2) {
+                       callback(sha1, sha2);
+               });
+       });
+
+       return null;
+}
+
+var updateBlinkCounter = 0;
+function notifyForUpdate(force) {
+       var now = new Date().getTime();
+
+       if(typeof force === 'undefined' || force !== true) {
+               var last = loadLocalStorage('last_update_check');
+
+               if(typeof last === 'string')
+                       last = parseInt(last);
+               else
+                       last = 0;
+
+               if(now - last < 3600000 * 8) {
+                       // no need to check it - too soon
+                       return;
                }
-               else if(t.name === 'nginx') {
-                       var head = '<div style="width: 100%; text-align: center;">';
-                       var all = '';
-                       $.each(t.charts, function(x, f) {
-                               var c = 'null';
-                               var h = options.chartsHeight;
-
-                               switch(f.id) {
-                                       case 'nginx.connections':
-                                                       c = NETDATA.colors[4];
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Connections"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
+       }
 
-                                       case 'nginx.requests':
-                                                       head += '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-chart-library="gauge"'
-                                                       + ' data-title="Requests"'
-                                                       + ' data-gauge-adjust="width"'
-                                                       + ' data-width="12%"'
-                                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-points="' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                                       + ' data-colors="' + NETDATA.colors[0] + '"'
-                                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                                                       break;
-                               }
+       checkForUpdate(function(sha1, sha2) {
+               var save = false;
 
-                               all += getMessage(f.id) + '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                       + ' data-width="' + pcent_width.toString() + '%"'
-                                       + ' data-height="' + h.toString() + 'px"'
-                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                       + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + f.id) + '"'
-                                       + ' data-colors="' + c + '"'
-                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                       });
-                       head += '</div>';
-                       html += head + all;
+               if(sha1 === null) {
+                       save = false;
+                       versionLog('<p><big>Failed to get your netdata version!</big></p>');
+               }
+               else if(sha2 === null) {
+                       save = false;
+                       versionLog('<p><big>Failed to get the latest version from github.</big></p>');
+               }
+               else if(sha1 === sha2) {
+                       save = true;
+                       versionLog('<p><big>You already have the latest version of netdata!</big></p>');
                }
                else {
-                       $.each(t.charts, function(x, f) {
-                               html += getMessage(f.id) + '<div data-netdata="' + f.id + '"'
-                                       + ' data-width="' + pcent_width.toString() + '%"'
-                                       + ' data-height="' + options.chartsHeight.toString() + 'px"'
-                                       + ' data-before="0"'
-                                       + ' data-after="-' + duration.toString() + '"'
-                                       + ' data-id="' + name2id(options.hostname + '/' + f.id) + '"'
-                                       + ' role="application"></div>';
-                       });
+                       save = true;
+                       var compare = 'https://github.com/firehol/netdata/compare/' + sha1.toString() + '...' + sha2.toString();
+
+                       versionLog('<p><big><strong>You don\'t have the latest version of netdata!</strong></big></p><p>Latest version: ' + sha2.toString() + '</p><p><a href="' + compare + '" target="_blank">Click here for the changes log</a> since your installed version, and<br/><a href="https://github.com/firehol/netdata/wiki/Updating-Netdata" target="_blank">click here for directions on updating</a> your netdata installation.</p><p>We suggest to review the changes log for new features you may be interested, or important bug fixes you may need.<br/>Keeping your netdata updated is generally a good idea.</p>');
+
+                       function updateButtonBlink() {
+                               updateBlinkCounter--;
+                               if(updateBlinkCounter > 0)
+                                       $('#updateButton').fadeOut(500).fadeIn(500, updateButtonBlink);
+                       }
+
+                       if(updateBlinkCounter === 0) {
+                               updateBlinkCounter = 300;
+                               updateButtonBlink();
+                       }
                }
 
-               sidebar += '</li>';
-               html += '</div>'; // document
-               html += '</div>'; // section
-               html += '<hr role="separator"/>';
-       });
-       sidebar += '</ul>';
-/*
-       // show the colors
-       html += '<br/><div class="row">'
-       $.each(NETDATA.colors, function(i, c){
-               html += '<div style="display: inline-block;"><div style="display: inline-block; width: 100px; height: 100px; background: ' + c + ';"></div><br/>' + c + '</div>';
+               if(save)
+                       saveLocalStorage('last_update_check', now.toString());
        });
-       html += '</div>'
-*/
-       div.innerHTML = html;
-       document.getElementById('sidebar').innerHTML = sidebar;
-       
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function finalizePage() {
        // resize all charts - without starting the background thread
        // this has to be done while NETDATA is paused
        // if we ommit this, the affix menu will be wrong, since all
@@ -1597,7 +1755,7 @@ function prepareScreen(data) {
        $('#sidebar').on('affixed.bs.affix', function() {
                $(this).removeAttr('style');
        });
-       
+
        /* activate bootstrap scrollspy (needed for sidebar) */
        $(document.body).scrollspy({
                target: '#sidebar',
@@ -1619,6 +1777,12 @@ function prepareScreen(data) {
                        }
                }
 
+               var theme_sync_option = function(option) {
+                       var self = $('#' + option);
+
+                       self.bootstrapToggle(netdataTheme === 'slate'?'on':'off');
+               }
+
                sync_option('eliminate_zero_dimensions');
                sync_option('destroy_on_hide');
                sync_option('parallel_refresher');
@@ -1628,6 +1792,7 @@ function prepareScreen(data) {
                sync_option('stop_updates_when_focus_is_lost');
                sync_option('smooth_plot');
                sync_option('pan_and_zoom_data_padding');
+               theme_sync_option('netdata_theme_control');
 
                if(NETDATA.getOption('parallel_refresher') === false) {
                        $('#concurrent_refreshes_row').hide();
@@ -1648,32 +1813,32 @@ function prepareScreen(data) {
        $('#stop_updates_when_focus_is_lost').change(function() { NETDATA.setOption('stop_updates_when_focus_is_lost', $(this).prop('checked')); });
        $('#smooth_plot').change(function()                     { NETDATA.setOption('smooth_plot', $(this).prop('checked')); });
        $('#pan_and_zoom_data_padding').change(function()       { NETDATA.setOption('pan_and_zoom_data_padding', $(this).prop('checked')); });
-       
-       if(document.location.hostname === demo_hostname)
+
+       // this has to be the last
+       // it reloads the page
+       $('#netdata_theme_control').change(function()           {
+               if(setTheme($(this).prop('checked')?'slate':'default'))
+                       location.reload();
+       });
+
+       if(document.location.hostname === demo_hostname) {
                setTimeout(function() {
                        $('#welcomeModal').modal();
                }, 1000);
+       }
+       else
+               notifyForUpdate();
 }
 
-NETDATA.pause(function() {
-
-//     $('#welcomeModal').on('hidden.bs.modal', function (e) {
-//             NETDATA.updatedDom();
-//     });
-//     $('#welcomeModal').on('shown.bs.modal', function (e) {
-//             NETDATA.updatedDom();
-//     });
-
-       // download all the charts the server knows
-       NETDATA.chartRegistry.downloadAll(NETDATA.serverDefault, function(data) {
-
-               // prepare our DOM
-               // this will be called when NETDATA is paused
-               prepareScreen(data);
+function resetDashboardOptions() {
+       NETDATA.resetOptions();
+       if(setTheme('slate'))
+               location.reload();
+}
 
-               // due to affix issues, prepareScreen() will unpause
-               // netdata as needed
-       });
-});
+downloadAllCharts();
 
 </script>
+
+</body>
+</html>