var howmanymenus = 4;
var menunames = new Array(howmanymenus);
menunames[0] = 'menu1';
menunames[1] = 'menu2';
menunames[2] = 'menu3';
menunames[3] = 'menu4';
menunames[4] = 'menu5';

var navwidth = new Array(howmanymenus);
navwidth[0] = 180;
navwidth[1] = 180;
navwidth[2] = 180;
navwidth[3] = 180;
navwidth[4] = 180;

var cellpad=1;
var effectopen = 6; //set to -1 for no effects
var effectclose = 7; //set to -1 for no effects
var buttonwidth = 179;
var buttonheight = 21;
var menudir ='ver'; //horizontal or vert   use "hor" or "ver"
var path_to_stylesheet = ''// '../css/menu2.css';

//these are for news only
var newstimer=2; //in seconds
var newseffect=12;//open and close effect
var newswide=500;
var newshigh=100;