if (mtDropDown.isSupported()) {
		var ms = new mtDropDownSet(mtDropDown.direction.down, 0, 0, mtDropDown.reference.bottomLeft);
		
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		for (gscnt=0; gscnt<gallery_drop_display.length; gscnt++)
		{
			var galdropcontent = gallery_drop_display[gscnt];
			var galdropurl = gallery_drop_url[gscnt];
			menu4.addItem(galdropcontent+"&nbsp;", galdropurl);
		}
		

		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		menu3.addItem("Check List &nbsp;", site_js_path+"member_checklist.html");
		menu3.addItem("Budgeter &nbsp;", site_js_path+"budget_create.html");
		menu3.addItem("Guest Management &nbsp;", site_js_path+"member_guestlist.html");
		menu3.addItem("My Webpage &nbsp;", site_js_path+"member_webpage.html");
		
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		for (jscnt=0; jscnt<category_drop_display.length; jscnt++)
		{
			var catdropcontent = category_drop_display[jscnt];
			var catdropid = category_drop_id[jscnt];
			menu2.addItem(catdropcontent+"&nbsp;", site_js_path+catdropid);
		}
		
		var menu6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu6"));
		menu6.addItem("Vendor login &nbsp;", site_js_path+"vendor_login.html");
		menu6.addItem("Vendor sign-up &nbsp;", site_js_path+"vendor_signup.html");
		menu6.addItem("Private label &nbsp;", site_js_path+"affiliateindex.php");
		//menu6.addItem("Clients Login &nbsp;", site_js_path+"client_login.html");
		//menu6.addItem("Avertisers Area &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;", "index.php?request=advertisement&action=login");
		//menu6.addItem("Experts &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;", "experts_login.html");
		
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		for (wfcnt=0; wfcnt<weddingforum_drop_display.length; wfcnt++)
		{
			var wfdropcontent = weddingforum_drop_display[wfcnt];
			var wfdropurl = weddingforum_drop_url[wfcnt];
			menu5.addItem(wfdropcontent+"&nbsp;", wfdropurl);
		}
		
		var menu7 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu7"));
		for (arcnt=0; arcnt<articles_drop_display.length; arcnt++)
		{
			var arfdropcontent = articles_drop_display[arcnt];
			var ardropurl = articles_drop_url[arcnt];
			menu7.addItem(arfdropcontent+"&nbsp;", site_js_path+ardropurl);
		}
		//menu7.addItem("Artilces ", site_js_path+"article_viewarticle.html");
		/*
		
		//==================================================================================================
		// 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[2]);
		subMenu1.addItem("Receivable Manager", "rblmanager.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Payable Manager", "pblmanager.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Cash Manager", "cashmanager.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Ledger Manager", "ledger.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Sales Order Manager", "sales.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Purchase Order Manager", "purchase.html");
 		subMenu1.addItem("Package Manager", "package.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Inventory Manager", "inventory.html");
		
		var subMenu1 = menu1.addMenu(menu1.items[4]);
		subMenu1.addItem("Hierarchy Manager", "hierarchymanager.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Authoring Manager", "authoringmanager.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Flow Manager", "flowmanager.html");
	 
		var subMenu1 = menu1.addMenu(menu1.items[5]);
		subMenu1.addItem("Product Manager", "productmanager.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Inventory Manager", "inventorymanager.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Cart Manager", "cartmanager.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("Bid Manager", "bidmanager.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();
	}