<nav class="navbar">
  <ul>
    <li><a href="/">Jeremy Kidwell</a></li>
    {{ $currentNode := . }}
    {{ range .Site.Menus.main }}
    <li><span> <a class="{{if or ($currentNode.IsMenuCurrent "main" .) ($currentNode.HasMenuCurrent "main" .) }} active{{end}}" href="{{.URL}}">{{ .Name }} </a></span>
      {{ end }}
  </ul>  
</nav>