// the number you pass to initLeft doesn't matter since it will get
		// changed onactivate

		var myMenu1 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu1", "down", -1000, 131, 182, 200)
		var myMenu2 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu2", "down", -1000, 131, 182, 200)
		var myMenu3 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu3", "down", -1000, 131, 182, 200)
		var myMenu4 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu4", "down", -1000, 131, 182, 260)
		var myMenu5 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu5", "down", -1000, 131, 182, 200)
		   
    // for each menu, we set up hte onactivate event to call repositionMenu with the amount offset from center, in pixels

		myMenu1.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu1, -253); }
		myMenu2.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu2, -113); }
		myMenu3.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu3, 28); }
		myMenu4.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu4, 210); }
		myMenu5.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu5, 241); }

    // this function repositions a menu to the speicified offset from center
		function repositionMenu(menu, offset)
		{
      // the new left position should be the center of the window + the offset
		if (getWindowWidth()>1000) 
		{
			var newLeft = getWindowWidth() / 2 + offset;
	    } 
		else 
		{
			var newLeft=offset+526;

		}
			menu.container.style ? menu.container.style.left = newLeft + "px" : menu.container.left = newLeft;
		}
		 
    // this function calculates the window's width - different for IE and netscape
		function getWindowWidth()
		{
			return window.innerWidth ? window.innerWidth : document.body.offsetWidth;
		}	


    ypSlideOutMenu.writeCSS();