// 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 (TransMenu.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 TransMenuSet(TransMenu.direction.down, 1, 0, TransMenu.reference.bottomLeft);

		//==================================================================================================
		// 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("aboutus"));
		menu1.addItem("News and Events", "http://www.westrian.com/jr/html/about_news.html");
		menu1.addItem("Management", "http://www.westrian.com/jr/html/about_management.html"); 
		menu1.addItem("Equal Opportunity", "http://www.westrian.com/jr/html/about_equal.html"); 
		menu1.addItem("Affiliations", "http://www.westrian.com/jr/html/about_affiliations.html");
		menu1.addItem("Charities", "http://www.westrian.com/jr/html/about_charities.html"); 
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("projects"));
		menu2.addItem("Project Portfolio", "http://www.westrian.com/jr/html/projects.html"); 
		menu2.addItem("Public Announcements", "http://www.westrian.com/jr/html/projects_announcements.htm");
		menu2.addItem("Projects for Bid", "http://qap.questcdn.com/qap/projects/prj_browse/ipp_prj_browse.html?group=539461&provider=539461"); 
		
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		// 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.
		//==================================================================================================
		TransMenu.renderAll();
	}