// 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
		//==================================================================================================
		
		wmsDropDown.spacerGif = "/images/general/spacer.gif"; 
		wmsDropDown.dingbatOn = "/images/spacer.gif"; 
		wmsDropDown.dingbatOff = "/images/spacer.gif"; 
		wmsDropDown.dingbatSize = 2; 
		wmsDropDown.menuPadding = 4; 
		wmsDropDown.itemPadding = 1; 
		wmsDropDown.shadowSize = 2; 
		wmsDropDown.shadowOffset = 3; 
		wmsDropDown.shadowColor = "#888"; 
		wmsDropDown.shadowPng = ""; 
		wmsDropDown.backgroundColor = "white"; 
		wmsDropDown.backgroundPng = ""; 
		wmsDropDown.hideDelay = 1000; 
		wmsDropDown.slideTime = 200; 
		
		var ms = new wmsDropDownSet(wmsDropDown.direction.down, 0, 0, wmsDropDown.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(" Undergraduate Qualifications", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/education/qualifications/undergraduate/", "_self"); // send no URL if nothing should happen onclick
		menu1.addItem(" Postgraduate Qualifications", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/education/qualifications/postgraduate/", "_self"); // send no URL if nothing should happen onclick
		menu1.addItem(" Higher Degrees", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/education/qualifications/higher%20degrees/", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" MBA & Executive Education", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/education/qualifications/executive%20education/", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" ---- ", "#", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" Subjects", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/education/subjects/index.asp", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" ---- ", "#", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" Papers", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/education/papers/index.asp", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" NET Papers", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/education/papers/index.asp?type=Online", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" Tauranga Papers", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/education/papers/index.asp?type=Tauranga", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" ---- ", "#", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" Ecommerce", "http://www.ecommerce.ac.nz", "_blank");
		menu1.addItem(" Graduate Profiles", "/education/graduate%20profiles/", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" International Management ", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/int/", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" Social Enterprise Studies ", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Social+Enterprise+Studies/", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" Scholarships, Prizes & Awards", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/scholarships/", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" Summer School", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Summer+School/", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" 499 Investigations", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/499", "_self");
		menu1.addItem(" Student Exchange Programme ", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Student+Exchange+Programme/", "_self");
				
		// menu : Get Started
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		menu2.addItem(" Research Portfolio", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research+Website/Research+Portfolio/", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" Research Publications", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research+Website/Research+Publications/", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" Research Performance", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research+Website/Research+Performance/", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" Research Grants", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research+Website/Research+Grants/", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" Research Awards", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research+Website/Research+Awards/", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" Sustainability Research", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research+Website/Sustainability+Research/", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" Research Events", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research+Website/Research+Events/", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" Research Ethics", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research+Website/Research+Ethics/", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" Research Centres", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research+Website/Research+Centres/", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" Research Links ", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research+Website/Research+Links/", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" ---- ", "#", "_self");
		menu2.addItem(" Student Research", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/499/", "_self");
		//menu2.addItem(" Student Research Conference", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/StudentResearchConference/default.htm", "_self"); 
		menu2.addItem(" APABIS Conference", "http://www.apabis.org/Events/Annual-Conference", "_blank"); 
		menu2.addItem(" The Inaugural India International Hotel, Travel & Tourism Research Conference", "http://www.management.ac.nz/iihttrc", "_blank");
		
		// menu
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		menu3.addItem(" Accounting", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/acnt", "_self");
		menu3.addItem(" Economics", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/econ", "_self");
		menu3.addItem(" Finance", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/mfin", "_self");
		menu3.addItem(" Management Communication", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/mcom", "_self");
		menu3.addItem(" Management Systems", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/msys", "_self");
		menu3.addItem(" Marketing", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Marketing", "_self");
		menu3.addItem(" Strategy and Human Resource Management", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/shrm", "_self");
		menu3.addItem(" Tourism and Hospitality Management", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/tourism", "_self");
		menu3.addItem(" Centre for Corporate & Executive Education", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/execed", "_self");
		menu3.addItem(" Management Research Centre ", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/mrc", "_self");
		menu3.addItem(" Management Student Centre", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/msc", "_self");
		// menu
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		menu4.addItem(" School Leavers", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/future students/default.aspx?expanded=schllvr&item=53","_self");
		menu4.addItem(" Adult Learners", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/future students/default.aspx?expanded=adult&item=52","_self");
		menu4.addItem(" Māori Students ", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/future students/default.aspx?expanded=maori&item=34", "_self");
		menu4.addItem(" International", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/future students/default.aspx?expanded=int&item=46", "_self");
		menu4.addItem(" Postgraduates", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/future students/default.aspx?expanded=postgrad&item=36", "_self");
		menu4.addItem(" Executives", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/departments/Centre%20for%20Corporate%20and%20Executive%20Education/default","_self");
		menu4.addItem(" Careers", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/careers/", "_self");
				
		// menu : Company
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		menu5.addItem(" Business Advisory Board", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/business+advisory+board/", "_self");
		menu5.addItem(" Stakeholder Forum", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/stakeholder+forum/", "_self");
		menu5.addItem(" Alumni", "http://alumni.waikato.ac.nz/", "_blank");
		menu5.addItem(" Student Investigations", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/499/sponsors/default.htm", "_self");
		//menu5.addItem(" Graduate CVs", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/partners/graduate%20CVs/", "_self");
		menu5.addItem(" SIFE", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/sife", "_self");
		menu5.addItem(" Accreditations and Memberships", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/About+Us/Accreditations+and+Memberships/default.htm", "_self");
		menu5.addItem(" Re:Think", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/rethink/", "_rethink");
		menu5.addItem(" Biotechnology", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/biotech/", "_self");
		menu5.addItem(" APABIS", "http://www.apabis.org/", "_self");
		menu5.addItem(" AIESEC", "http://www.aiesec.org.nz/", "_blank");
		menu5.addItem(" AREN Publications", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/partners/aren/", "_self");

		// menu
		var menu6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu6"));
		menu6.addItem(" Dean's welcome", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/About+Us/default/", "_self");
		menu6.addItem(" Our Purpose", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/About+Us/Our+Purpose/default.htm", "_self");
		menu6.addItem(" Education", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/About+Us/Education/default.htm", "_self");
		menu6.addItem(" Research", "http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/Research/", "_self");
		menu6.addItem(" Accreditations and Memberships", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/About+Us/Accreditations+and+Memberships/default.htm", "_self");
		menu6.addItem(" Our Rankings", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/About+Us/Our+Rankings/default.htm", "_self");
		menu6.addItem(" Facts and Figures", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/About+Us/Facts+and+Figures/default.htm", "_self");
		menu6.addItem(" Location", "http://wms-soros.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/About+Us/Location/default.htm", "_self");
		menu6.addItem(" School Publications", "/School%20Publications/", "_self");
		//==================================================================================================
		// 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.
		//==================================================================================================
		wmsDropDown.renderAll();
	//}