Let me first say that menu_per_role finally worked for me. My login problem seemed to be caused by image_assist and/or image_cache changing directories around to 99/99. I understand if uploaded files gets 99/99 but why it changes directories? I am not a big fan of image_assist. I had to ask my ISP for chown 3 times in a row.

I have a new problem set needs to be tackled, and looking for suggestions.

Now I have menu_per_role in place, I need to create a private section for my musicians to download music and music samples prior to following shows. The way I want is:

Title | PDF icon to _blank new window | MIDI/MP3 icon to _blank new window

I wish to do this per node for easy add/remove > list view, but _blank needs to work from the view without going to each node. I first tried Asset module, but I don't think it's ready for prim time. I am too noob to understand Contemplate, which I want to learn but there isn't step-by- step tutorial for Contemplate noob.

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

P.S. I have been reading up on Theming guide, but boy, they seems to assume you already know where these APIs are defined :-(