// 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
		//==================================================================================================
		
		//menu1 - About Matrix
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		menu1.addItem(" About Matrix", "../en/aboutmatrix.htm"); // send no URL if nothing should happen onclick
		menu1.addItem(" Location", "../en/Location.htm");
		menu1.addItem(" Contact", "../en/Contact.htm");
		menu1.addItem(" Privacy Information", "../en/PrivacyPolicy.htm");
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		// add a sub-menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// to add a sub menu to an existing menu object, call it's addMenu method and pass it the item from
		// the parent menu which should act as it's actuator. To add a submenu to the fourth item of a menu
		// called "theMenu", you would do theMenu.addMenu(theMenu.items[3])
		//==================================================================================================
		

		// menu2 - MIM Process
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		menu2.addItem(" History", "../en/History.htm");
		menu2.addItem(" Process Definition", "../en/ProcessDefinition.htm");
		menu2.addItem(" Advantages", "../en/Advantages.htm");
		menu2.addItem(" Cost Reduction", "../en/CostReduction.htm");
		menu2.addItem(" 3D MIM Samples", "../en/3DMIMSamples.htm");
		menu2.addItem(" Applications", "../en/Applications.htm");
      
	
		// menu3 - MIM Technology
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		menu3.addItem(" Compounding", "../en/Compounding.htm");
		menu3.addItem(" Injection Molding", "../en/InjectionMolding.htm");
		menu3.addItem("  Debinding &amp Sintering", "../en/DebindingAndSintering.htm");
		menu3.addItem("  Post Sintering", "../en/PostSintering.htm");
		

        // menu4 - Part Developement
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		menu4.addItem(" Design Guidelines", "../en/DesignGuidelines.htm");
		menu4.addItem(" MIM Design Criteria", "../en/designguidelinesmimcriteria.htm");
		menu4.addItem(" Materials", "../en/Materials.htm");		
		menu4.addItem(" Tolerances", "../en/Tolerances.htm");		
	
		// menu5 - Precision Casting - nothing to add
        var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		menu5.addItem(" Precision Casting", "../en/precisioncasting.htm");
		
		// menu6 - Client's Page
		var menu6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu6"));
		menu6.addItem(" News", "../en/News.htm");
		menu6.addItem(" Faq", "../en/Faq.htm");		
		menu6.addItem(" Request a quote", "../en/RequestaQuote.htm");				
		
		//==================================================================================================
		// 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();
	}