// 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
		//==================================================================================================
		
		//==================================================================================================
		// 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])
		//==================================================================================================
		
		
		//var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		//menu1.addItem("Länderauswahl", "/");
		//menu1.addItem("News", "/news/");
		//menu1.addItem("Events", "/events/");
		//menu1.addItem("Autobörse", "/boerse/");
		
		
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		menu1.addItem("anwalt & energethiker","ueber_1.php");
		menu1.addItem("vortragender","ueber_2.php");
		menu1.addItem("berufsgruppensprecher","ueber_3.php");
		menu1.addItem("e-commerce hinweis","ueber_4.php");
		menu1.addItem("allg. geschäftsbedingungen","agb.php");

    	var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
    	menu2.addItem("beruf der zukunft","inhalte_1.php");
		menu2.addItem("vorraussetzung zur berufsausübung", "inhalte_2.php");
		menu2.addItem("einteilung energ. berufe", "inhalte_3.php");
		menu2.addItem("keine energ. methoden", "inhalte_7.php");
		menu2.addItem("begriffsdefinitionen (glossar)", "inhalte_8.php");
		menu2.addItem("aktuelle höchstgerichtl. entscheidungen", "inhalte_4.php");
		menu2.addItem("rechte pflichten & gefahren", "inhalte_5.php");
		menu2.addItem("entwurf energethiker gesetz", "inhalte_6.php");
		menu2.addItem("berufsethik", "inhalte_9.php");
		
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		menu3.addItem("aufklärungsformular","recht_1.php");
		menu3.addItem("auszug aus Ärzteges.", "recht_2.php");
		menu3.addItem("aktuelles/News","recht_3.php");
		
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		menu4.addItem("spezialgebiete","vertr_1.php");
		menu4.addItem("vertretung bei gerichten/behörden", "vertr_2.php");
		menu4.addItem("interdisziplinare zusammenarbeit","vertr_3.php");
		menu4.addItem("online rechtsservice","vertr_4.php");
		menu4.addItem("honorar","vertr_5.php");
		menu4.addItem("ra vollmacht","vertr_6.php");
		
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		menu5.addItem("auszug","buch_1.php");
		menu5.addItem("bestellen", "buch_2.php");
		
		var menu6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu6"));
		menu6.addItem("forum","whatif.php");
		menu6.addItem("links", "forum_2.php");
		
		var menu7 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu7"));
		menu7.addItem("kontaktformular","kontakt.php");
		
		//==================================================================================================
		// 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();
	}