// 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, 0, 0, mtDropDown.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("menu1"));
		menu1.addItem("- Web Hosting", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=R&Product_Code=WebBusinessHosting&Category_Code=services");
menu1.addItem("- Argon Software", "http://www.raqport.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=argonsoft");
menu1.addItem("- Blue Quartz Software", "../software.php"); // send no URL if nothing should happen onclick
		menu1.addItem("- Cobalt RaQ Software", "../software.php"); // send no URL if nothing should happen onclick
		menu1.addItem("- Web Solutions", "#");

		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		// 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[1]);
		subMenu1.addItem("· Efinity F Series", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=eff");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Efinity Four", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=EfinityFOUR");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Efinity Edge", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=EfinityEDGE");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Cobalt RaQ XTR", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=RaQXTRSoft");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Cobalt RaQ 550", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=RaQ550soft");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Cobalt RaQ 4", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=RaQ4soft");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Cobalt RaQ 3", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=RaQ3soft");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Cobalt RaQ 2", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=RaQ2Soft");

		// submenu
		var subMenu2 = menu1.addMenu(menu1.items[2]);
		subMenu2.addItem("· Web Development Services", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=web_Design");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Server Security", "../security-services.php");


		// menu : Get Started
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));

menu2.addItem("- CentOS + Blue Quartz", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=TSWTRG3");
menu2.addItem("- Argon TLAS", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=argon");
menu2.addItem("- Turbolinux Qube3 ", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=TQ6");
		menu2.addItem("- Sun LX50", "../lx50.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Cobalt RaQ 550", "../550.php");
		menu2.addItem("- Cobalt RaQ XTR", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=R&Product_Code=DedicatedRAQXTR&Category_Code=cobatl");
		menu2.addItem("- Cobalt RaQ 4", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=RAQ");
		menu2.addItem("- Cobalt RaQ 3", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=raq3");
		menu2.addItem("- Cobalt RaQ 2", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=R&Product_Code=CRS12H&Category_Code=USED");
		menu2.addItem("- Cobalt Qube 3", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=QUBE3");


		// menu
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		menu3.addItem("- AccountCenter login", "../account.php");
		menu3.addItem("- Search", "../store/merchant.mvc?Screen=SRCH&Store_Code=R");
		menu3.addItem("- Phone Support", "../contact.php");



		//==================================================================================================
		// 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();
	}