// 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
		//==================================================================================================
		//Consulting
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		menu1.addItem("- Municipal Utility Design", "mud.html");
		menu1.addItem("- Water Distribution System Modeling", "wdsm.html");
		menu1.addItem("- GIS Mapping", "gism.html");
		menu1.addItem("- Source Water Assessment", "swa.html");
		menu1.addItem("- Stormwater Services", "ss.html");

		// Recent Projects
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		menu2.addItem("- Drinking Water Projects", "dwp.html");
		menu2.addItem("- Waste Water Projects", "wwp.html");
		menu2.addItem("- Misc. Eviromental Services", "mes.html");
		
		// News
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		menu3.addItem("- Current News", "news.html");

		// Links
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		menu4.addItem("- Links", "links.html");
				
		// About Us
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		menu5.addItem("- About Us", "about.html");
		menu5.addItem("- Company History", "history.html");
		menu5.addItem("- Employees", "employees.html");
		
		//About us: Employees
		var subMenu1 = menu5.addMenu(menu5.items[2]);
		subMenu1.addItem("· Joe E. Eichelberg", "joe.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("· H. Wayne Morgan", "wayne.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("· George Baker", "george.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Greg Thompson", "greg.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Russ Robinson", "russ.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Mike Horn", "mike.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Steve Murray", "steve.html");
		
	    // Contact
		var menu6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu6"));
		menu6.addItem("- Contact", "contact.html");
		menu6.addItem("- Questions", "questions.html");
		//==================================================================================================
		// 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();
	}