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
	//==================================================================================================
	// Use a '#' to represent no URL
	
	// menu : Training Solutions
	var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
	menu1.addItem("Personal & Professional Development", "persprofdev.htm");
	menu1.addItem("eLearning Authoring tools", "coursedevelopment.htm");
	menu1.addItem("IT Best Practice Accreditation", "information technology.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])
	//==================================================================================================
	
	// menu : Quick links
	var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
	
	menu2.addItem("Personal & Professional Development", "persprofdev.htm");
	menu2.addItem("CodeBaby Studio", "codebaby.htm");
	menu2.addItem("SmartBuilder", "SmartBuilder.htm");
	menu2.addItem("Raptivity", "Raptivity.htm");
	menu2.addItem("ILT Custom Course", "customcourse.htm");
	menu2.addItem("ITIL", "itil.htm");
	menu2.addItem("COBIT", "COBIT.htm");
	
	// menu : About Us
	var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
	menu3.addItem("Approach", "about.htm");
	menu3.addItem("Contact Us", "contactus.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();
}