// 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
		//==================================================================================================
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		// 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 : Letteratura
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		menu2.addItem("- Scritti di Poesia", "http://www.rivistasinestesie.it/letteratura/scritti/scritti.htm");
		menu2.addItem("- Indici delle Riviste", "http://www.rivistasinestesie.it/letteratura/indici_riviste/indici_riviste.htm");
		menu2.addItem("- Tuttaletteratura", "http://www.rivistasinestesie.it/letteratura/tuttaletteratura/tuttaletteratura.htm");
		menu2.addItem("- La letteratura italiana in Spagna", "http://www.rivistasinestesie.it/letteratura/letteratura_spagna/letteratura_spagna.htm");
		
		// menu : Musica
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));

		// menu : Teatro
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
				
		// menu : Cinema
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		menu5.addItem("- Arti figurative", "http://www.rivistasinestesie.it/arti/arti.htm");
		
		// menu : Libri
		var menu6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu6"));

		// menu : Multimedia
		var menu7 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu7"));
				
		// menu : Associazione
		var menu8 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu8"));
		menu8.addItem("- Quaderni di Rivista", "http://www.rivistasinestesie.it/quaderni.htm");
		menu8.addItem("- Come abbonarsi", "http://www.rivistasinestesie.it/abbonarsi.htm");
		menu8.addItem("- Richiesta arretrati", "http://www.rivistasinestesie.it/arretrati.htm");
		menu8.addItem("- Collaborazioni", "http://www.rivistasinestesie.it/collaborazioni.htm");
		menu8.addItem("- Acquisizioni", "http://www.rivistasinestesie.it/acquisizioni.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])
		//==================================================================================================
		//==================================================================================================
		// 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();
	}