// the number you pass to initLeft doesn't matter since it will get
		// changed onactivate
		var myMenu1 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu1", "up", 300, 431, 200, 55)
		var myMenu2 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu2", "up", 300, 362, 100, 124)
		var myMenu3 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu3", "up", 300, 407, 180, 79)
		var myMenu6 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu6", "up", 300, 384, 200, 110)
		var myMenu4 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu4", "up", 300, 431, 160, 55) 
		var myMenu5 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu5", "up", 300, 407, 160, 79) 
		
		 
		 
		 
    // 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, 154); }
		myMenu2.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu2, 316); }
		myMenu3.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu3, 393); }
		myMenu6.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu6, 450); }
		myMenu4.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu4, 594); }
		myMenu5.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu5, 674); }
			
    // 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
			var newLeft = offset;

      // setting the left position in netscape is a little different than IE
			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();