var myMenu1 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu1", "down", -1000, 109, 0, 0)
		var myMenu2 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu2", "down", -1000, 109, 122, 130)
		var myMenu3 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu3", "down", -1000, 109,169, 163)
		var myMenu4 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu4", "down", -1000, 109, 150, 240)
     	var myMenu5 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu5", "down", -1000, 109, 0, 0)
		var myMenu6 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu6", "down", -1000, 109, 90, 43)

    // for each menu, we set up hte onactivate event to call repositionMenu with the amount offset from center, in pixels
		myMenu1.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu1, -247); }
		myMenu2.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu2, -60); }
		myMenu3.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu3, 16); }
		myMenu4.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu4, 104); }
		myMenu5.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu5, 186); }
		myMenu6.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu6, 285); }

    // this function repositions a menu to the speicified offset from center
		function repositionMenu(menu, offset)
		{
      // the new left position should be the center of the window + the offset
			var newLeft = getWindowWidth() / 2 + offset;

      // setting the left position in netscape is a little different than IE
			menu.container.style ? menu.container.style.left = newLeft + "px" : menu.container.left = newLeft;
		}
		 
    // this function calculates the window's width - different for IE and netscape
		function getWindowWidth()
		{
			return window.innerWidth ? window.innerWidth : document.body.offsetWidth;
		}	


    ypSlideOutMenu.writeCSS();