Bug menu Side-bar PHP Yii 1.1 using Template - php

Question

i try apply theme gentelella with my project using framework yii 1.1. Here i use extension Yii 1.1 that is CMenu, when I want to match the original code template i have a problem with my project in side-bar ( my menu ), which should (template menu)
for my code:
code
!-- sidebar menu -->
<div id="sidebar-menu", class="main_menu_side hidden-print main_menu">
<div class="menu_section">
<?php
if(!Yii::app()->user->isGuest)
{
$this->widget('zii.widgets.CMenu',array(
'htmlOptions'=>array('class'=>'nav side-menu'),
'submenuHtmlOptions'=>array('class'=>'nav child_menu'),
'encodeLabel'=>false,
'items'=>Yii::app()->user->getState('menu'),
));
}
else
echo '<div id=\'footer\'></div>';
?>
</div>
</div>
<!-- /sidebar menu -->
for the template code: code template
<!-- sidebar menu -->
<div id="sidebar-menu" class="main_menu_side hidden-print main_menu">
<div class="menu_section">
<h3>General</h3>
<ul class="nav side-menu">
<li><a><i class="fa fa-home"></i> Home <span class="fa fa-chevron-down"></span></a>
<ul class="nav child_menu">
<li>Dashboard</li>
<li>Dashboard2</li>
<li>Dashboard3</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<!-- <div class="menu_section"> -->
<ul class="nav side-menu">
<li><a><i class="fa fa-bug"></i> Additional Pages <span class="fa fa-chevron-down"></span></a>
<ul class="nav child_menu">
<li>E-commerce</li>
<li>Projects</li>
<li>Project Detail</li>
<li>Contacts</li>
<li>Profile</li>
</ul>
</li>
</div>
</div>
<!-- /sidebar menu -->
i have try to insert <ul class="nav child_menu"> under <div class="menu_section"> but what happens is that the menu does not appear :(
please help,
thanks