function init(){
if(!window.standards) return;
if(window.inited) return;
//////////////////////////////////  GLOBAL OFFSET VARIABLES //////////////////////////////	
	if(bw.wIE || bw.ns){
		menuOffsetTop = -1; // first level menu. smaller number is more up
		menuOffsetLeft = 2; // first level menu. smaller number is more right.
	}
	else if(bw.mIE){
		menuOffsetTop = -1; // first level menu. smaller number is more right
		menuOffsetLeft = -6; // first level menu. smaller number is more right
	}
	submenuOffsetTop = -14 ;// smaller number is closer to top

	if(bw.wIE) submenuOffsetLeft = -12; // left-side menu. smaller number is closer to menu
	else if(bw.mIE) submenuOffsetLeft = -4; // left-side menu. smaller number is closer to menu

	submenuOffsetRight = 0;// right-side menu.  smaller number is closer to menu.
//////////////////////////////////  GLOBAL OFFSET VARIABLES //////////////////////////////	

	var uiMenubar = new Menubar();
	var homMenu = new Menu('HOME');
	uiMenubar.add(homMenu);
	homMenu.add(new MenuItem('DryDredgers.org','index.html'));
	homMenu.add(new MenuItem('Map of DryDredgers.org website','sitemap.htm'));
	homMenu.add(new MenuItem('GeoFair.com','http://geofair.com'));
	homMenu.add(new MenuItem('MineralSociety.org','http://mineralsociety.org'));


	var stbMenu = new Menu('News & Info');
	uiMenubar.add(stbMenu);
	stbMenu.add(new MenuItem('Bulletin','bulletin.htm'));
	stbMenu.add(new MenuItem('Calendar of Events','events.htm'));
	stbMenu.add(new MenuItem('Whats New','new.htm'));
	stbMenu.add(new MenuItem('Sanders Award Winners!','sander2.htm'));
	stbMenu.add(new MenuItem('Announcements','index.html'));

	uiMenubar.add(plmMenu = new Menu('About Dry Dredgers'));
	plmMenu.add(new MenuItem('Directions to the Meeting','directions.htm'));
	plmMenu.add(new MenuItem('What We Do','whatwedo01.htm'));
	plmMenu.add(new MenuItem('Our Museum Case','museum_case.htm'));
	plmMenu.add(new MenuItem('Become a Member','register.htm'));
	plmMenu.add(new MenuItem('Photos of our meetings','meetings.htm'));
	plmMenu.add(new MenuItem('Meet our Board Members','board_members.htm'));
	plmMenu.add(new MenuItem('Paul Sanders Award','sanders.html'));
	plmMenu.add(new MenuItem('History of Dry Dredgers','history1.htm'));
	plmMenu.add(new MenuItem('Bylaws and Constitution','bylaws1.htm'));
	plmMenu.add(new MenuItem('Our Tax Return','taxreturn.htm'));


	uiMenubar.add(pl1Menu = new Menu('Fossils'));
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('How To...','howto.htm'));
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('Thumbnail Index','thumb_index.htm'));
	pl1Menu.addSeparator("#000388");
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('-TRILOBITES-'));
	pl1Menu.addSeparator("#000188");
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('.....Bill Whites Pics','billwhite.htm'));
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('.....Cincinnati Trilobites','trilobit.htm'));
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('.....Jacks Flexicalymene','flexi.htm'));
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('.....Trilobite Fragment Identifier','fragment.htm'));
	pl1Menu.addSeparator("#000388");
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('-ECHINODERMS-'));
	pl1Menu.addSeparator("#000388");
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('.....Cincinnati Crinoids','crinoid1.htm'));
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('.....Cincinnati Edrioasteroids','edrio1.htm'));
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('.....Weird Echinoderms','edrio2.htm'));
	pl1Menu.addSeparator("#000388");
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('-OTHERS-'));
	pl1Menu.addSeparator("#000388");
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('.....Cincinnati Brachiopods','brach01.htm'));
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('.....Cincinnati Scolecodonts','scolec2.htm'));
	pl1Menu.add(new MenuItem('.....Cincinnati Bryozoans','bryo1.htm'));

	uiMenubar.add(pl2Menu = new Menu('Field Trips'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('July 2010: Bardstown KY','trip201007p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('May 2010: Caesar Creek','trip201005p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('Apr 2010: N. KY Kope Site','trip201004p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('Mar 2010: Southeast Indiana','trip201003p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('Feb 2010: Behringer-Crawford Museum','trip201002p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('Oct 2009: Oakes Quarry Park','trip200910p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('Sept 2009: Northeast KY','trip200909p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('July 2009: Picnic with KPS','trip200907p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('June 2009: Events around town','events_summer09.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('May 2009: Mt Orab Ohio Trilobite Farm','trip200905p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('Apr 2009: Ohio Ponderosa Ranch','trip200904p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('Mar 2009: N. KY Kope Site','trip200903p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('Feb 2009: Limper Museum','trip200902p1.htm'));
	pl2Menu.addSeparator("#000388");
	pl2Menu.add(new MenuItem('Past Field Trips Index','maysva.htm'));

	uiMenubar.add(jacMenu = new Menu('Book Reviews'));
	jacMenu.add(new MenuItem('By Bulletin Date','jacks.htm'));
	jacMenu.add(new MenuItem('By Book Title','jackidx3.htm'));
	jacMenu.add(new MenuItem('By Book Author','jackidx2.htm'));
	jacMenu.add(new MenuItem('By Subject','jackidx4.htm'));
	jacMenu.addSeparator("#000388");
	jacMenu.add(new MenuItem('GET YOUR BOOK REVIEWED','invite.htm'));


	uiMenubar.add(lnkMenu = new Menu('Links'));
	lnkMenu.add(new MenuItem('Fossil Web Sites','paleoweb.htm'));
	lnkMenu.add(new MenuItem('Beginners Class Links','links.htm'));
	lnkMenu.add(new MenuItem('FREE Windows Wallpaper!','wallpaper.htm'));
	lnkMenu.add(new MenuItem('Contributed Links','jordans_links.htm'));
	lnkMenu.add(new MenuItem('Fossil Grubbing Comics','grubbing.htm'));


	uiMenubar.add(gbkMenu = new Menu('Guest Book','guestbk.htm'));
	gbkMenu.add(new MenuItem('Sign Guest Book','guestbk.htm'));

	// uiMenubar.useMouseOver();
	document.body.appendChild(uiMenubar);
	
	// setWidth method added april 2, 2002.
	// uiMenubar.setWidth("auto",0);
	uiMenubar.setWidth(800,0);
	
	window.inited = true;
}