/* --- geometry and timing of the menu --- */
var MENU_POS = new Array();

	// item sizes for different levels of menu
	MENU_POS['height']     = [35, 24, 24, 24];
	MENU_POS['width']      = [100, 160, 145, 145];
  
	// 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_POS['block_top']  = [93, 50, 0, 0];
	MENU_POS['block_left'] = [86, 20, 149, 144];

	// offsets between items of the same level
	MENU_POS['top']        = [0, 24, 24, 24];
	MENU_POS['left']       = [70, 0, 0, 0];

	// time in milliseconds before menu is hidden after cursor has gone out
	// of any items
	MENU_POS['hide_delay'] = [250, 250, 250, 250];

/* --- 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_STYLES = new Array();

	// default item state when it is visible but doesn't have mouse over
	MENU_STYLES['onmouseout'] = [
		'background', ['none', '#003399', '#003399', '#003399'],
		'color', ['#003399', '#ffffff', '#ffffff', '#ffffff'],
    'textDecoration', ['underline', 'none', 'none', 'none'],
		'font-weight:bold',
	];

	// state when item has mouse over it
	MENU_STYLES['onmouseover'] = [
		'background', ['none', '#2AC34A', '#2AC34A', '#2AC34A'],
		'color', ['#2AC34A', '#ffffff', '#ffffff', '#FFFFFF'],
    'font-weight:bold',
	];

	// state when mouse button has been pressed on the item
	MENU_STYLES['onmousedown'] = [
		'background', ['none', '#DD0623', '#DD0623', '#DD0623'],
		'color', ['#DD0623', '#ffffff', '#ffffff', '#FFFFFF'],
    'font-weight:bold',
	];