// 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, 0, 0, mtDropDown.reference.bottomLeft);

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a dropdown menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// menu
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		menu1.addItem("Council", "council.aspx");
		menu1.addItem("Constitution", "constitution.aspx");
		

		// menu
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		menu2.addItem("Plants Database", "Database.aspx"); 
		menu2.addItem("Plant Sale List", "sale_list.aspx"); 


		// menu 
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		menu3.addItem("Weed Swap", "weedswap.aspx");
		menu3.addItem("Conservation Policy", "conservation_policy.aspx");
		
			
			

		// menu 
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		menu4.addItem("Where to Buy", "where_buy.aspx");
		menu4.addItem("Buying Plants", "buy_plants.aspx");
		menu4.addItem("Planting", "planting.aspx");
		menu4.addItem("Low Water Gardens", "water_gardens.aspx");
		menu4.addItem("Indigenous Gardens", "gardens.aspx");
		menu4.addItem("Maintenance", "maintenance.aspx");


		// menu 
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		menu5.addItem("ASGAP Study Groups","study.aspx");
		menu5.addItem("Local Groups", "localgroups.aspx");
		menu5.addItem("Rhamnaceae SG", "rhamna.aspx");



		// menu 
		var menu6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu6"));
		menu6.addItem("Photo Gallery and Archive", "gallery.aspx");
		

		// menu 
		var menu7 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu7"));
		menu7.addItem("Plant Lists", "plant_list.aspx");
		//menu7.addItem("Plant Archive List", "ArchiveList.aspx");
		
				
		// menu 
		var menu8 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu8"));
		menu8.addItem("Bulletin Plus Archive", "bulletin.aspx");
		menu8.addItem("Journal Plus Archive", "archive.aspx");
		menu8.addItem("Gardening Book", "gardening_book.aspx");
		menu8.addItem("Pamphlets", "pamphlets.aspx");

		// menu
		var menu9 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu9"));
		menu9.addItem("Seedbank     ", "seedbank.aspx");


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