also, interestingly, the default DNN 7.0 skin uses the following reference for the menu:
<%@ Register TagPrefix="dnn" TagName="MENU" src="~/DesktopModules/DDRMenu/Menu.ascx" %>
<dnn:MENU MenuStyle="Simple" runat="server"></dnn:MENU>
rather than the documented menu tag
<%@ Register TagPrefix="ddr" TagName="MENU" src="~/DesktopModules/DDRMenu/Menu.ascx" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="ddr" Namespace="DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu.TemplateEngine"
Assembly="DotNetNuke.Web.DDRMenu" %>
<ddr:MENU MenuStyle="..." runat="server" />
and there is not a registration tag for the Template Engine in that skin at all.
basically, all I want to change is to add a way to specify the current page by the addition of an "active" class or something similar.