def get_nav_menu(self):
        """Method to generate the menu"""
        _menu = self.get_site_menu()
        if _menu:
            site_menu = list(_menu)
        else:
            site_menu = []
        had_urls = []

        def get_url(menu, had_urls):
            if 'url' in menu:
                had_urls.append(menu['url'])
            if 'menus' in menu:
                for m in menu['menus']:
                    get_url(m, had_urls)
        get_url({'menus': site_menu}, had_urls)

        # get base menu with apps already configurated
        nav_menu = collections.OrderedDict(self.get_apps_menu())

        for model, model_admin in self.admin_site._registry.items():
            if getattr(model_admin, 'hidden_menu', False):
                continue
            app_config = getattr(model_admin, 'app_config', None)
            app_label = app_config.name if app_config else model._meta.app_label
            model_dict = {
                'title': smart_text(capfirst(model._meta.verbose_name_plural)),
                'url': self.get_model_url(model, "changelist"),
                'icon': self.get_model_icon(model),
                'perm': self.get_model_perm(model, 'view'),
                'order': model_admin.order,
            }
            if model_dict['url'] in had_urls:
                continue
            app_key = "app:%s" % app_label
            if app_key in nav_menu:
                nav_menu[app_key]['menus'].append(model_dict)
            else:
                # first time the app is seen
                # Find app title
                if app_config:
                    app_title = model_admin.app_config.verbose_name
                else:
                    app_title = smart_text(app_label.title())
                    if app_label.lower() in self.apps_label_title:
                        app_title = self.apps_label_title[app_label.lower()]
                    else:
                        mods = model.__module__.split('.')
                        if len(mods) > 1:
                            mod = '.'.join(mods[0:-1])
                            if mod in sys.modules:
                                mod = sys.modules[mod]
                                if 'verbose_name' in dir(mod):
                                    app_title = getattr(mod, 'verbose_name')
                                elif 'app_title' in dir(mod):
                                    app_title = getattr(mod, 'app_title')

                nav_menu[app_key] = {
                    'title': app_title,
                    'menus': [model_dict],
                }

            app_menu = nav_menu[app_key]
            if ('first_icon' not in app_menu or
                    app_menu['first_icon'] == self.default_model_icon) and model_dict.get('icon'):
                app_menu['first_icon'] = model_dict['icon']
            if 'first_url' not in app_menu and model_dict.get('url'):
                app_menu['first_url'] = model_dict['url']
        # after app menu is done, join it to the site menu
        nav_menu = nav_menu.values()
        site_menu.extend(nav_menu)
        for menu in site_menu:
            menu['menus'].sort(key=sortkeypicker(['order', 'title']))
        site_menu.sort(key=lambda x: x['title'])
        return site_menu