/* --- geometry and timing of the menu --- */
var CONMENU_POS = new Array();

	// item sizes for different levels of menu
	CONMENU_POS['height']     = [25, 25, 25];
	CONMENU_POS['width']      = [105, 125, 250];

	// menu block offset from the origin:
	//  for root level origin is upper left corner of the page
	//  for other levels origin is upper left corner of parent item
	CONMENU_POS['block_top']  = [175, 30, 0];
	CONMENU_POS['block_left'] = [-30, 0, 90];

	// offsets between items of the same level
	CONMENU_POS['top']        = [0, 25, 25];
	CONMENU_POS['left']       = [80, 0, 0];

	// time in milliseconds before menu is hidden after cursor has gone out
	// of any items
	CONMENU_POS['hide_delay'] = [300, 300, 300];

/* --- dynamic menu styles ---
note: you can add as many style properties as you wish but be not all browsers
are able to render them correctly. The only relatively safe properties are
'color' and 'background'.
*/

var CONMENU_STYLES = new Array();

	// default item state when it is visible but doesn't have mouse over
	CONMENU_STYLES['onmouseout'] = [
		'background', ['transparent', '#ffffff', '#ffffff'],
		'color', ['#000000', '#000000', '#000000'],
	];

	// state when item has mouse over it
	CONMENU_STYLES['onmouseover'] = [
		'background', ['transparent', '#ffffff', '#ffffff'],
		'color', ['#e8442a', '#e8442a', '#e8442a'],
	];

	// state when mouse button has been pressed on the item
	CONMENU_STYLES['onmousedown'] = [
		'background', ['transparent', '#ffffff', '#ffffff'],
		'color', ['#000000', '#000000', '#000000'],
	];