var howmanymenus = 3; // 0=1 1=2 2=3 etc
var menunames = new Array(howmanymenus);
menunames[0] = "submenu1";
menunames[1] = "submenu2";
menunames[2] = "submenu3";
menunames[3] = "submenu4";
//menunames[4] = "menu5";
//menunames[5] = "menu6";

//widths of navbar menu headers
var navwidth = new Array(howmanymenus);
navwidth[0] = 140;
navwidth[1] = 140;
navwidth[2] = 140;
navwidth[3] = 140;
//navwidth[4] = 70;
//navwidth[5] = 90;

var cellpad=0;
var effectopen = 5; //set to -1 for no effects
var effectclose = 4; //set to -1 for no effects
var buttonwidth = 100; //how wide is each menu Item
var buttonheight = 18; //how high is each menu Item
var menudir ="hor"; //horizontal or vert   use "hor" or "ver"
var path_to_stylesheet = "includes/general.css";
//these are for news only
var newstimer=5; //in seconds
var newseffect=12;//open and close effect
var newswide=500;
var newshigh=100;