var howmanymenus = 7;
var menunames = new Array(howmanymenus);
menunames[0] = 'menu1';
menunames[1] = 'menu2';
menunames[2] = 'menu3';
menunames[3] = 'menu4';
menunames[4] = 'menu5';
menunames[5] = 'menu6';
menunames[6] = 'menu7';
menunames[7] = 'menu8';
var navwidth = new Array(howmanymenus);
navwidth[0] = 115;
navwidth[1] = 105;
navwidth[2] = 130;
navwidth[3] = 70;
navwidth[4] = 70;
navwidth[5] = 80;
navwidth[6] = 100;
navwidth[7] = 100;

var cellpad=0;
var effectopen = 5; //set to -1 for no effects
var effectclose = 4; //set to -1 for no effects
var buttonwidth = 175; //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 = "style/style.css";
//these are for news only
var newstimer=5; //in seconds
var newseffect=12;//open and close effect
var newswide=900;
var newshigh=100;