/* --- geometry and timing of the menu --- */
var wid = screen.width 
    // per = screen.width*50/100
	per = 480
mno = 4
	widp = (wid-per)/mno
var MENU_POS1 = new Array();
	// item sizes for different levels of menu
	MENU_POS1['height'] = [20, 20, 20];
	MENU_POS1['width'] = [widp*1.3, widp*1.3, widp*1.3];
	// menu block offset from the origin:
	//	for root level origin is upper left corner of the page
	//	for other levels origin is upper left corner of parent item
	MENU_POS1['block_top'] = [0,20,0];
	MENU_POS1['block_left'] = [0, 0, widp];
	// offsets between items of the same level
	MENU_POS1['top'] = [0, 20, 20];
	MENU_POS1['left'] = [widp, 0, 0];
	// time in milliseconds before menu is hidden after cursor has gone out
	// of any items
	MENU_POS1['hide_delay'] = [200, 200, 200];
	
/* --- dynamic menu styles ---
note: you can add as many style properties as you wish but be not all browsers
are able to render them correctly. The only relatively safe properties are
'color' and 'background'.
*/
var MENU_STYLES1 = new Array();
	// default item state when it is visible but doesn't have mouse over
	MENU_STYLES1['onmouseout'] = [
		'color', ['#ffffff', '#ffffff', '#D8BA7C'], 
		'background', ['#D8BA7C', '#d7bf98', '#D8BA7C'],
		'fontsize', ['8', '8', '8'],
		'fontWeight', ['normal', 'normal', 'normal'],
		'textDecoration', ['none', 'none', 'none'],
	];
	// state when item has mouse over it
	MENU_STYLES1['onmouseover'] = [
		'color', ['#936518', '#936518', '#936518'], 
		'background', ['#D8BA7C', '#D8BA7C', '#ffffff'],
		'fontsize', ['8', '8', '8'],
		'fontWeight', ['normal', 'bold', 'normal'],
		'textDecoration', ['underline', 'none', 'none'],
	];
	// state when mouse button has been pressed on the item
	MENU_STYLES1['onmousedown'] = [
		'color', ['#ffffff', '#000000', '#000000'], 
		'background', ['#d7bf98', '#d7bf98', '#d7bf98'],
		'fontsize', ['8', '8', '8'],
		'fontWeight', ['normal', 'bold', 'normal'],
		'textDecoration', ['underline', 'none', 'none'],
	];