var howmanymenus = 5; // 0=1 1=2 2=3 etc
var menunames = new Array(howmanymenus);
var activemenus = [0,0,0,0,0,0];
menunames[0] = "menu1";
menunames[1] = "menu2";
menunames[2] = "menu3";
menunames[3] = "menu4";
menunames[4] = "menu5";
menunames[5] = "menu6";

//widths of navbar menu headers
var navwidth = new Array(howmanymenus);
navwidth[0] = 110;
navwidth[1] = 110;
navwidth[2] = 110;
navwidth[3] = 110;
navwidth[4] = 110;
navwidth[5] = 110;


var cellpad=0;
var effectopen = -1; //set to -1 for no effects
var effectclose = -1; //set to -1 for no effects
var buttonwidth = 110; //how wide is each menu Item
var buttonheight = 25; //how high is each menu Item
var menudir ="hor"; //horizontal or vert   use "hor" or "ver"

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