var howmanymenus = 4; // 0=1 1=2 2=3 etc
var menunames = new Array(howmanymenus);
menunames[0] = "nullMenu";
menunames[1] = "about";
menunames[2] = "member";
menunames[3] = "groups";
menunames[4] = "library";


//widths of navbar menu headers
var navwidth = new Array(howmanymenus);
navwidth[0] = 130;
navwidth[1] = 130;
navwidth[2] = 130;
navwidth[3] = 130;
navwidth[4] = 130;

var cellpad=0;
var effectopen = -1; //set to -1 for no effects
var effectclose = -1; //set to -1 for no effects
var buttonwidth = 130; //how wide is each menu Item
var buttonheight = 20; //how high is each menu Item
var menudir ="hor"; //horizontal or vert   use "hor" or "ver"
var path_to_stylesheet = "/bcig/stylesheets/bcig.css";
//these are for news only
var newstimer=4; //in seconds
var newseffect=12;//open and close effect
var newswide=500;
var newshigh=100;