var howmanymenus = 5;
var menunames = new Array(howmanymenus);
menunames[0] = 'menu1';
menunames[1] = 'menu2';
menunames[2] = 'menu3';
menunames[3] = 'menu4';
menunames[4] = 'menu5';
menunames[5] = 'menu6';
var navwidth = new Array(howmanymenus);
navwidth[0] = 135;
navwidth[1] = 48;
navwidth[2] = 72;
navwidth[3] = 77;
navwidth[4] = 139;
navwidth[5] = 167;
var cellpad=2;
var effectopen =12;
var effectclose = 4;
var buttonwidth = 150;
var buttonheight = 19;
var menudir ='hor';

var path_to_stylesheet = "../dropdwn.css";
//these are for news only
var newstimer=5; //in seconds
var newseffect=12;//open and close effect
var newswide=500;
var newshigh=100;