diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,39 @@
 # Methods added to this helper will be available to all templates in the application.
 module ApplicationHelper
 
+  #new bootstrap header
+  def navbar_user_header
+    left_menu = ''
+    right_menu = ''
+    user = User.find(session[:user_id])
+
+    if (user!=nil) and (GraderConfiguration.show_tasks_to?(user))
+      left_menu << add_menu("#{I18n.t 'menu.tasks'}", 'tasks', 'list')
+      left_menu << add_menu("#{I18n.t 'menu.submissions'}", 'main', 'submission')
+      left_menu << add_menu("#{I18n.t 'menu.test'}", 'test', 'index')
+    end
+
+    if GraderConfiguration['right.user_hall_of_fame']
+      left_menu << add_menu("#{I18n.t 'menu.hall_of_fame'}", 'report', 'problem_hof')
+    end
+
+    right_menu << add_menu("#{content_tag(:span,'',class: 'glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign')}".html_safe, 'main', 'help')
+    right_menu << add_menu("#{content_tag(:span,'',class: 'glyphicon glyphicon-comment')}".html_safe, 'messages', 'list', {title: I18n.t('menu.messages'), data: {toggle: 'tooltip'}})
+    if GraderConfiguration['system.user_setting_enabled']
+      right_menu << add_menu("#{content_tag(:span,'',class: 'glyphicon glyphicon-cog')}".html_safe, 'users', 'index', {title: I18n.t('menu.settings'), data: {toggle: 'tooltip'}})
+    end
+    right_menu << add_menu("#{content_tag(:span,'',class: 'glyphicon glyphicon-log-out')} #{user.full_name}".html_safe, 'main', 'login', {title: I18n.t('menu.log_out'), data: {toggle: 'tooltip'}})
+
+
+    result = content_tag(:ul,left_menu.html_safe,class: 'nav navbar-nav') + content_tag(:ul,right_menu.html_safe,class: 'nav navbar-nav navbar-right')
+  end
+
+  def add_menu(title, controller, action,html_option = {})
+    link_option = {controller: controller, action: action}
+    html_option[:class] = (html_option[:class] || '') + " active" if current_page?(link_option)
+    content_tag(:li, link_to(title,link_option),html_option)
+  end
+
   def user_header
     menu_items = ''
     user = User.find(session[:user_id])
@@ -75,6 +108,34 @@
     end
   end
 
+  def toggle_button(on,toggle_url,id, option={})
+    btn_size = option[:size] || 'btn-xs'
+    link_to (on ? "Yes" : "No"), toggle_url,
+      {class: "btn btn-block #{btn_size} btn-#{on ? 'success' : 'default'} ajax-toggle",
+        id: id,
+        data: {remote: true, method: 'get'}}
+  end
+
+  def get_ace_mode(language)
+    # return ace mode string from Language
+
+    case language.pretty_name
+      when 'Pascal'
+        'ace/mode/pascal'
+      when 'C++','C'
+        'ace/mode/c_cpp'
+      when 'Ruby'
+        'ace/mode/ruby'
+      when 'Python'
+        'ace/mode/python'
+      when 'Java'
+        'ace/mode/java'
+      else
+        'ace/mode/c_cpp'
+    end
+  end
+
+
   def user_title_bar(user)
     header = ''
     time_left = ''