// the number you pass to initLeft doesn't matter since it will get
		// changed onactivate
		
		// 21 pixels per entry in a menu
		
		number_of_entries_in_menu=9;
		
		heightofmenu = 21 * number_of_entries_in_menu;

		var myMenu1 = new ypSlideOutMenu("menu1", "right", -1000, 118, 300, heightofmenu)
		
     
    // for each menu, we set up the onactivate event to call repositionMenu with the amount offset from center, in pixels
		myMenu1.onactivate = function() { repositionMenu(myMenu1, -90); }
		

    // this function repositions a menu to the speicified offset from center
		function repositionMenu(menu, offset)
		{
      // the new left position should be the center of the window + the offset
			var newLeft = 30;

      // setting the left position in netscape is a little different than IE
			menu.container.style ? menu.container.style.left = newLeft + "px" : menu.container.left = newLeft;
		}
 ypSlideOutMenu.writeCSS();