// 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 (mcDropDown.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 mcmc = new mcDropDownSet(mcDropDown.direction.down, 0, 0, mcDropDown.reference.bottomLeft);

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a dropdown menu : Solutions
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu
		//==================================================================================================
		var menu1 = mcmc.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		menu1.addItem("· Wireless Communications", "/solutions/mobile/index.html");
		menu1.addItem("· Small Businesses", "/solutions/smallbus/index.html");
		//menu1.addItem("· Accounting Firms", "/solutions/acctg/index.html");
		//menu1.addItem("· Healthcare Practices", "/solutions/health/index.html");
		//menu1.addItem("· Law Firms", "/solutions/law/index.html");
		//==================================================================================================

		// menu : Services
		var menu2 = mcmc.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		menu2.addItem("· Application Development", "/services/appdev/index.html");
		menu2.addItem("· Database Services", "/services/database/index.html");
		menu2.addItem("· Managerial Consulting", "/services/busman/index.html");
		menu2.addItem("· Networking + Security", "/services/netandsec/index.html");
		menu2.addItem("· Performance Optimization", "/services/perfopt/index.html");
		menu2.addItem("· Website Design + Hosting", "/services/hosting/index.html");
		
		//==================================================================================================
		// add a sub-menu : Application Development
		//==================================================================================================
		// 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])
		//==================================================================================================
		var subMenu1 = menu2.addMenu(menu2.items[0]);
		subMenu1.addItem("· Database Applications", "/services/appdev/database/index.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("· eCommerce Applications", "/services/appdev/ecommerce/index.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Networking Applications + Protocols", "/services/appdev/protocols/index.html");
		subMenu1.addItem("· Wireless Applications", "/services/appdev/mobile/index.html");

		// submenu : Database Services
		var subMenu2 = menu2.addMenu(menu2.items[1]);
		subMenu2.addItem("· Design + Migration + Maintenance", "/services/database/db/index.html");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Document Management", "/services/database/docman/index.html");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Contact Management", "/services/database/conman/index.html");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Oracle Application Services", "/services/database/oracle.html");
		subMenu2.addItem("· Microsoft Access Databases", "/services/database/access_database.html");
		
		// menu : Company
		var menu3 = mcmc.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		menu3.addItem("· About Meadows Consulting", "/company/index.html");
		
		// menu : Careers
		var menu4 = mcmc.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		menu4.addItem("· Work With The Best", "/careers/index.html");
				
		// menu : Contact
		var menu5 = mcmc.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		menu5.addItem("· Make Contact", "/contact/index.html");
		
		//==================================================================================================
		// 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.
		//==================================================================================================
		mcDropDown.renderAll();
	}