WordPress 3, adding site list to menus

Hey there,

I’m working on a WordPress 3 powered site, using the multi-site feature. The idea is to have a main ‘portal’, and spin off multiple sub-sites for each topic.

We’d like to have the listing of sub-sites show up in a site-wide navigation. So we’d have something like ‘Home’, ‘Contact’, and a drop-down of ‘Topics’. I’ve found this on the forums:

https://mu.www.ads-software.com/forums/topic/151?replies=42

Is that still the best way to do this? How would I integrate this list into the menu system in WordPress 3 so that we can add pages and links along with it? Would I have to build the menu myself as well?

Thanks!