// set up drop downs anywhere in the body of the page. I think the bottom of the page is better.. 
	// but you can experiment with effect on loadtime.
	if (DropDown.isSupported()) {

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a set of dropdowns
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first param should always be down, as it is here
		//
		// The second and third param are the top and left offset positions of the menus from their actuators
		// respectively. To make a menu appear a little to the left and bottom of an actuator, you could use
		// something like -5, 5
		//
		// The last parameter can be .topLeft, .bottomLeft, .topRight, or .bottomRight to inidicate the corner
		// of the actuator from which to measure the offset positions above. Here we are saying we want the 
		// menu to appear directly below the bottom left corner of the actuator
		//==================================================================================================
		var ms = new DropDownSet(DropDown.direction.down, 0, 0, DropDown.reference.bottomLeft);

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a dropdown menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu
		//==================================================================================================
		
		//GLOBAL NAV --- Home
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		menu1.addItem("- Homepage ", "http://www.muhockey.com/index.htm");

		//GLOBAL NAV --- Team
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		menu2.addItem("- Team Roster", "http://www.muhockey.com/Team/roster.htm");		
		menu2.addItem("- Staff", "http://www.muhockey.com/Team/staff.htm");
		menu2.addItem("- Join The Team", "http://www.muhockey.com/Team/join.htm");
		menu2.addItem("- Alumni", "http://www.muhockey.com/Team/alumni.htm");
		
		//GLOBAL NAV --- Game Center
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		menu3.addItem("- Schedule", "http://www.muhockey.com/GameCenter/schedule.htm");
		menu3.addItem("- Statistics", "http://www.muhockey.com/GameCenter/stats.htm");
		menu3.addItem("- Scoreboard", "http://www.muhockey.com/GameCenter/scoreboard.htm");
		menu3.addItem("- Ice Arena", "http://www.muhockey.com/GameCenter/rink.htm");
				
		//GLOBAL NAV --- History
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		menu4.addItem("- Written History", "http://www.muhockey.com/History/written.htm");
		menu4.addItem("- Program Archive", "http://www.muhockey.com/History/program.htm");
		menu4.addItem("- Team Photos", "http://www.muhockey.com/History/team_photos.htm");
		
		//GLOBAL NAV --- Sponsors
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		menu5.addItem("- Sponsors", "http://www.muhockey.com/Sponsors/sponsors.htm");
		menu5.addItem("- Become A Sponsor", "http://www.muhockey.com/Sponsors/become_sponsor.htm");

		//GLOBAL NAV --- Links
		var menu6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu6"));
		menu6.addItem("- Photo Gallery", "http://www.muhockey.com/FanZone/photos.htm");
		menu6.addItem("- Web Links", "http://www.muhockey.com/FanZone/links.htm");
		
		//GLOBAL NAV --- Contact
		var menu7 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu7"));
		menu7.addItem("- Contact Us", "http://www.muhockey.com/contact.htm");
		
			
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		// add a sub-menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// to add a sub menu to an existing menu object, call it's addMenu method and pass it the item from
		// the parent menu which should act as it's actuator. To add a submenu to the fourth item of a menu
		// called "theMenu", you would do theMenu.addMenu(theMenu.items[3])
		//==================================================================================================	



		//==================================================================================================
		// write drop downs into page
		//==================================================================================================
		// this method writes all the HTML for the menus into the page with document.write(). It must be
		// called within the body of the HTML page.
		//==================================================================================================
		DropDown.renderAll();
	}