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

	
		var myMenu1 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu1", "up", -1000, -1000, 180,84)
		var myMenu2 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu2", "up", -1000, -1000, 290, 125)
		var myMenu3 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu3", "up", -1000, -1000, 180, 44)
     
    // for each menu, we set up hte onactivate event to call repositionMenu with the amount offset from center, in pixels
		var menu1Left = -162, menu2Left = -118, menu3Left=134;
		var menu1Top = 65, menu2Top = 35, menu3Top=116;
		
		myMenu1.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu1, menu1Left, menu1Top); }			
		myMenu2.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu2, menu2Left, menu2Top); }
		myMenu3.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu3, menu3Left, menu3Top); }
		
    // this function repositions a menu to the speicified offset from center
		function repositionMenu(menu, offset, topOffset)
		{
      // the new left position should be the center of the window + the offset
			var newLeft = getWindowWidth() / 2 + 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;
			
			var newTop = (document.getElementById('textSection')) ? document.getElementById('textSection').offsetHeight : 358;
			
			newTop = newTop + topOffset;
			
			menu.container.style ? menu.container.style.top = newTop + "px" : menu.container.left = newTop;
		}
		
		
		 
    // this function calculates the window's width - different for IE and netscape
		function getWindowWidth()
		{
			return window.innerWidth ? window.innerWidth : document.body.offsetWidth;
		}	


    ypSlideOutMenu.writeCSS();