// the number you pass to initLeft doesn't matter since it will get
		// changed onactivate
		var myMenu1 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu1", "down", -1000, 156, 148, 110)
		var myMenu2 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu2", "down", -1000, 156, 148, 50)
		var myMenu3 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu3", "down", -1000, 156, 148, 50)
     
    // for each menu, we set up the onactivate event to call repositionMenu with the amount offset from center, in pixels
		if (is_mac && is_ie4up) {
			myMenu1.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu1, -227);}
			myMenu2.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu2, -75);}
			myMenu3.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu3, 77);}
			
		}else{
			if(is_ie4up){
				myMenu1.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu1, -236);}
				myMenu2.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu2, -84);}
				myMenu3.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu3, 68);}
			}
			else{
				myMenu1.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu1, -227);}
				myMenu2.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu2, -75);}
				myMenu3.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu3, 77);}
			}
		}

    // this function repositions a menu to the speicified offset from center
		function repositionMenu(menu, offset)
		{
      // the new left position should be the center of the window + the offset
			var newLeft = getWindowWidth() / 2 + offset;

      // setting the left position in netscape is a little different than IE
			menu.container.style ? menu.container.style.left = newLeft + "px" : menu.container.left = newLeft;
		}
		 
    // this function calculates the window's width - different for IE and netscape
		function getWindowWidth()
		{
			return window.innerWidth ? window.innerWidth : document.body.offsetWidth;
		}	


    ypSlideOutMenu.writeCSS();