// 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, 220, -27, mtDropDown.reference.bottomLeft);

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a dropdown menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu
		//==================================================================================================

		var button2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("button2"));
		button2.addItem("BENELLI", "index.php?category=" + escape("Competition Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Benelli"));
		button2.addItem("BERETTA", "index.php?category=" + escape("Competition Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Beretta"));
		button2.addItem("BROWNING", "index.php?category=" + escape("Competition Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Browning"));
		button2.addItem("KRIEGHOFF", "index.php?category=" + escape("Competition Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Krieghoff"));
		button2.addItem("PERAZZI", "index.php?category=" + escape("Competition Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Perazzi"));
		button2.addItem("SILVER SEITZ", "index.php?category=" + escape("Competition Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Silver Seitz"));
		button2.addItem("PRE-OWNED", "index.php?category=" + escape("Competition Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Pre-Owned"));

		var button3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("button3"));
		button3.addItem("BENELLI", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Benelli"));
		button3.addItem("BERETTA", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Beretta"));
		button3.addItem("FRANCHI", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Franchi"));
		button3.addItem("STOEGER", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Stoeger"));
		button3.addItem("OTHER", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Other"));
		button3.addItem("PRE-OWNED", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Shotguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Pre-Owned"));

		var button4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("button4"));
		button4.addItem("REMINGTON", "index.php?category=" + escape("Target_Rifles") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Remington"));
		button4.addItem("RUGER", "index.php?category=" + escape("Target_Rifles") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Ruger"));
		button4.addItem("SAKO/TIKKA", "index.php?category=" + escape("Target_Rifles") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Sako/Tikka"));
		button4.addItem("OTHER", "index.php?category=" + escape("Target_Rifles") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Other"));
		button4.addItem("PRE-OWNED", "index.php?category=" + escape("Target_Rifles") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Pre-Owned"));

		var button5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("button5"));
		button5.addItem("REMINGTON", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Rifles") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Remington"));
		button5.addItem("RUGER", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Rifles") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Ruger"));
		button5.addItem("SAKO/TIKKA", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Rifles") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Sako/Tikka"));
		button5.addItem("OTHER", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Rifles") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Other"));
		button5.addItem("PRE-OWNED", "index.php?category=" + escape("Hunting Rifles") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Pre-Owned"));

		var button6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("button6"));
		button6.addItem("COLT", "index.php?category=" + escape("Handguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Colt"));
		button6.addItem("RUGER", "index.php?category=" + escape("Handguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Rugger"));
		button6.addItem("SMITH & WESSON", "index.php?category=" + escape("Handguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Smith & Wesson"));
		button6.addItem("UBERTI", "index.php?category=" + escape("Handguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Uberti"));
		button6.addItem("OTHER", "index.php?category=" + escape("Handguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Other"));
		button6.addItem("PRE-OWNED", "index.php?category=" + escape("Handguns") + "&subcategory=" + escape("Pre-Owned"));


/*
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));

		menu2.addItem("2d Gallery", "2dgallery.htm");
		menu2.addItem("3d Gallery", "3dgallery.htm");
		menu2.addItem("Video", "video.htm");
		menu2.addItem("Scrapbook", "scrapbook.htm");
		menu2.addItem("Sketches", "sketches.htm");

		//==================================================================================================
		// 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 subMenu2 = menu2.addMenu(menu2.items[0]);
			subMenu2.addItem("Dete Concepts", "deteconceptgallery.htm");    
    			subMenu2.addItem("Sven Concepts", "svenconceptgallery.htm" );
*/

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