var howmanymenus = 0; // 0=1 1=2 2=3 etc
var menunames = new Array(howmanymenus);
menunames[0] = "menu";

//widths of navbar menu headers
var navwidth = new Array(howmanymenus);
navwidth[0] = 70;

var cellpad=0;
var effectopen = -1; //set to -1 for no effects
var effectclose = -1; //set to -1 for no effects
var buttonwidth = 150; //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/style.css";
//these are for news only
var newstimer=5; //in seconds
var newseffect=12;//open and close effect
var newswide=500;
var newshigh=100;