var howmanymenus = 0; // 0=1 1=2 2=3 etc 
var menunames = new Array(howmanymenus); 
menunames[0] = "menu1"; 
menunames[1] = "menu2"; 
//widths of navbar menu headers 
var navwidth = new Array(howmanymenus); 
navwidth[0] = 0; 
navwidth[1] = 0; 
var cellpad=0; 
var effectopen = 5; //set to -1 for no effects 
var effectclose = 4; //set to -1 for no effects 
var buttonwidth = 137; //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 = "css.css";
//these are for news only
var newstimer=8; //in seconds
var newseffect=12;//open and close effect
var newswide=500;
var newshigh=100;