var MENU_POS = new Array();
	// item sizes for different levels of menu
	MENU_POS['height'] = [20, 20, 20, 20];
	MENU_POS['width'] = [80, 130, 140, 150];
	// 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
	MENU_POS['block_top'] = [104, 21, 10, 10];
	MENU_POS['block_left'] = [0, 0, 100, 110];
	// offsets between items of the same level
	MENU_POS['top'] = [0, 20, 20, 20];
	MENU_POS['left'] = [81, 0, 0, 0];
	// time in milliseconds before menu is hidden after cursor has gone out
	// of any items
	MENU_POS['hide_delay'] = [500, 500, 500, 500];
	// path to gif containing one transparent pixel
	MENU_POS['pixel_path'] = 'pixel.gif';
	// Horizontal menu alignment - (left, center, right) ***
        MENU_POS['align'] = 'center';
        // Vertical menu alignment - (top, center, bottom) ****
        MENU_POS['valign'] = 'top';
        // Static positioning configuration - (none, vertical, horizontal, both) ****
        MENU_POS['scroll'] = 'none';