function init(){
	
if(!window.standards) return;
if(window.inited) return;
//////////////////////////////////  GLOBAL OFFSET VARIABLES //////////////////////////////	
	if(bw.wIE || bw.ns){
		menuOffsetTop = 0; // 3; // first level menu. smaller number is more up
		menuOffsetLeft = 0; // 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 = -16 ;// smaller number is closer to top

	if(bw.wIE) submenuOffsetLeft = 2; // -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();
	
	uiMenubar.add(homeMenu = new Menu('Home'));
		homeMenu.add(new MenuItem('Latest News', '/ODMS/Home/index.html'));
		//homeMenu.add(new MenuItem('Old News 2006-2007', '/ODMS/Home/OldNews/2006_2007/index.html'));
		//homeMenu.add(new MenuItem('Old News 2005-2006', '/ODMS/Home/OldNews/2005_2006/index.html'));
		homeMenu.add(new MenuItem('Lunch', '/ODMS/Home/Lunch.html'));
		//homeMenu.add(new MenuItem('Monthly Calendar', '/ODMS/Home/Calendar/2007_03.html'));
		//homeMenu.add(new MenuItem('Calendar of Events', '/ODMS/Home/Calendar/CalendarOfEvents.html'));
		//homeMenu.add(new MenuItem('Knightly News', '/ODMS/Home/KnightlyNews/KnightlyNews.html'));

			//homeMenu.addSeparator('#000388');
			//homeMenu.add(eventMenuS1 = new Menu('<img src="/ODMS/images/hot.gif" border="0"> Events'));
			//eventMenuS1.add(new MenuItem('<img src="/ODMS/images/new.gif" border="0"> Having Fun with Pyramids and Pharaohs', '/ODMS/Events/Egypt_Gr6_2005_01/index.htm'));
			//eventMenuS1.add(new MenuItem(' Wax Museum, Grade 6, Nov 2004', '/ODMS/Events/WaxMuseumGr6_2004/index.htm'));
			//homeMenu.addSeparator('#000388');
		
			//homeMenu.addSeparator('#000388');
			//homeMenu.add(oldAnnouncementsMenu1 = new Menu('Announcements'));
			//oldAnnouncementsMenu1.add(new MenuItem('2005 - 2006', '/ODMS/Home/OldNews/2005_2006/announcements_2005_2006.html'));
			//oldAnnouncementsMenu1.add(new MenuItem('2004 - 2005', '/ODMS/Home/OldNews/2004_2005/announcements_2004_2005.html'));
			
		homeMenu.addSeparator('#000388');
		homeMenu.add(menuOldNews = new Menu('Old News'));
		menuOldNews.add(new MenuItem('Old News 2006-2007', '/ODMS/Home/OldNews/2006_2007/index.html'));
		menuOldNews.add(new MenuItem('Old News 2005-2006', '/ODMS/Home/OldNews/2005_2006/index.html'));
			
	uiMenubar.add(ptsoMenu = new Menu('PTSO'));
		ptsoMenu.add(new MenuItem('Officers', '/ODMS/PTSO/Officers.html'));
		ptsoMenu.add(new MenuItem('Committees', '/ODMS/PTSO/Committees.html'));

		ptsoMenu.addSeparator('#000388');
		//ptsoMenu.add(new MenuItem('Agenda', '/ODMS/PTSO/Agenda.html'));
		//ptsoMenu.add(new MenuItem('Minutes', '/ODMS/PTSO/Minutes.html'));
		ptsoMenu.add(new MenuItem('Newsletters', '/ODMS/PTSO/Newsletter.html'));
		//ptsoMenu.addSeparator('#000388');

			//ptsoMenu.addSeparator('#000388');
			//ptsoMenu.add(ptsoMeetingS1 = new Menu('Meeting'));
			//ptsoMeetingS1.add(new MenuItem('Agenda', '/ODMS/PTSO/Agenda.html'));
			//ptsoMeetingS1.add(new MenuItem('Minutes', '/ODMS/PTSO/Minutes.html'));
			//ptsoMeetingS1.add(new MenuItem('Newsletters', '/ODMS/PTSO/Newsletter.html'));
			//ptsoMenu.addSeparator('#000388');

		ptsoMenu.add(new MenuItem('Extra-Curricular', '/ODMS/INFO/ExtraCurricular.html'));
		//ptsoMenu.add(new MenuItem('<img src="/ODMS/images/new.gif" border="0"> Extra-Curricular', '/ODMS/INFO/ExtraCurricular.html'));
		//ptsoMenu.add(new MenuItem('PTSO Resources', '/ODMS/PTSO/Resources.html'));
		//ptsoMenu.add(new MenuItem('School Store', '/ODMS/PTSO/SchoolStore.html'));
		//ptsoMenu.add(new MenuItem('2006-2007 PTSO Members', '/ODMS/Fundraisers/OdmsPtsoMembers.html'));
	
	uiMenubar.add(odmsMenu = new Menu('School Links'));
	
		
	
		//odmsMenu.add(new MenuItem('Stoughton High School PTSO', '/SHS/index.html'));
		odmsMenu.add(new MenuItem('All Stoughton Schools', '/ODMS/TownSites/index.html'));
		//odmsMenu.add(new MenuItem('Classrooms', '/ODMS/INFO/Classrooms.html'));
		//odmsMenu.add(new MenuItem('Band &amp; Chorus', '/ODMS/INFO/BandChorus.html'));
		//odmsMenu.add(new MenuItem('Town Calendar', '/ODMS/INFO/TownCalendar.html'));
		//odmsMenu.add(new MenuItem('Subject Links', '/ODMS/INFO/SubjectLinks.html'));
		//odmsMenu.add(new MenuItem('Parent Links', '/ODMS/INFO/Subjects/parents.html'));
		//odmsMenu.add(new MenuItem('Teacher Links', '/ODMS/INFO/Subjects/teachers.html'));
		
			//odmsMenu.addSeparator('#000388');
			//odmsMenu.add(odmsInfoSubMenu = new Menu('School Info'));
			//odmsInfoSubMenu.help = "History, Address, Phone";
			//odmsInfoSubMenu.add(new MenuItem('History', '/ODMS/INFO/History.html'));
			//odmsInfoSubMenu.add(new MenuItem('Address', '/ODMS/INFO/Address.html'));
			//odmsInfoSubMenu.add(new MenuItem('History', 'javascript:alert("History file not yet created")'));
			//odmsInfoSubMenu.add(new MenuItem('Address', 'javascript:alert("Address file not yet created")'));
			//odmsMenu.addSeparator('#000388');
			
		//odmsMenu.add(new MenuItem('<img src="/ODMS/images/new.gif" border="0"> Extra-Curricular', '/ODMS/INFO/ExtraCurricular.html'));
		odmsMenu.add(new MenuItem('Stoughton Town Website', 'http://www.stoughtonschools.org'));

	//uiMenubar.add(shsMenu = new Menu('SHS'));
	//	shsMenu.add(new MenuItem('SHS Home', '/SHS/index.html'));

	uiMenubar.add(odmsContact = new Menu('Contact Us'));
		//odmsContact.add(new MenuItem('Questions &amp; Comments', 'javascript:alert("Coming Soon!")'));
		//odmsContact.add(new MenuItem('Questions &amp; Comments', '/ODMS/WebFeedback/ContactUs.html'));
		odmsContact.add(new MenuItem('Email PTSO President', 'mailto:lgb1120@comcast.net;litt@visionaries.org?subject=ODMS PTSO question'));

	uiMenubar.useMouseOver();
	document.body.appendChild(uiMenubar);
	
	// setWidth method added april 2, 2002.
	uiMenubar.setWidth("auto", 650);
	
	window.inited = true;
}