// 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 (mtDropDown.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 mtDropDownSet(mtDropDown.direction.down, -100, 2, mtDropDown.reference.bottomRight);

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a dropdown menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu
		//==================================================================================================
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		
		menu1.addItem("home page", "home.asp");
		menu1.addItem("admin", "login.asp");
		
	
		
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		// 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])
		//==================================================================================================
		
		// var subMenu1 = menu1.addMenu(menu1.items[0]);
		// subMenu1.addItem("About", "/about/");
		// subMenu1.addItem("Advertise", "/advertise/");
		// subMenu1.addItem("Sponsors", "/sponsors/");
		// subMenu1.addItem("Contact", "/contact/");
		
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		
		menu2.addItem("eventi","eventi.asp");
		menu2.addItem("archivio eventi","eventi_archivio.asp");
		menu2.addItem("proponi evento", "eventi_proponi.asp");
		
	
		//var subMenu2 = menu2.addMenu(menu2.items[3]);
		//subMenu2.addItem("Subscribe/Unsubscribe", "/maya/listserver/");    
   	    //subMenu2.addItem("List Interface", "/maya/archive/" );
        //subMenu2.addItem("Game Interface", "/maya/gamearchive/");
        //subMenu2.addItem("Dev Interface", "/maya/devarchive/" );
    
        //var subMenu3 = menu2.addMenu(menu2.items[14]);
        //subMenu3.addItem("Gnomon Workshop", "http://www.the-gnomon-workshop.com");
    
    
        var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
       
		menu3.addItem("etnoblog","etnoblog.asp");
		menu3.addItem("partners","partners.asp");
		
			
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		
		menu4.addItem("attivitą ","attivita.asp");
		menu4.addItem("progetti","progetti.asp");
		
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
	
		
		menu5.addItem("myspace","http://www.myspace.com/associazioneetnoblog");
		menu5.addItem("media","media.asp");
		menu5.addItem("press","press.asp");
		
		
		
		var menu6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu6"));
		
		menu6.addItem("contatti","contatti.asp");
		menu6.addItem("preiscrizioni","iscrizioni.asp");
		menu6.addItem("dove siamo","dove.asp");
		menu6.addItem("mailing list","mailinglist.asp");
		menu6.addItem("email", "mailto: info@etnoblog.com");
	
		//==================================================================================================
		// 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.
		//==================================================================================================
		mtDropDown.renderAll();
	}