menuSettings(24, "horizontal");
 ajmenu1 = new mainMenu(12, 2, "", "", "dynamic");

 ajmenu1.htmlBefore = '| ';
 ajmenu1.htmlAfter = '';
 ajmenu1.addItems("home", "", "news & events", "", "people", "FacultyMainPage.htm", "projects", "ProjectMainPage.htm", "data", "", "learning center", "", "links", "WebMainPage.htm");

 ajmenu1 = new subMenu('1','#FFE097', '#ffffff');
 ajmenu1.addItems("CDC Home", "about.asp");
 ajmenu1.addItems("About CDC", "Intro.htm");
 ajmenu1.addItemsWithTarget("UM Home","http://www.umich.edu", "_blank");

 ajmenu1 = new subMenu('2','#FFE097', '#ffffff');
 ajmenu1.addItems("CDC Events", "EventMainPage.htm", "Other UM Events", "otherevents.htm", "The China Data Center Gallery", "../cdc/cdc_gallery.htm","Newsletters","newsletter.htm");
 
 ajmenu1 = new subMenu('5','#FFE097', '#ffffff');
 ajmenu1.addItemsWithTarget("China Data Online","http://chinadataonline.org/", "_blank");
 ajmenu1.addItems("Data WareHouse", "DataMainPage.htm", "Statistical Data", "", "Maps and GIS Data", "../chinageography/MapMainPage.htm", "Data on Order", "./bookmainpage.htm");

 ajmenu1 = new subMenu('5i3','#FFE097', '#ffffff');
 ajmenu1.addItems("China Monthly Statistics","http://chinadatacenter.org/chinadata/guest/clei/", "Statistics of China","../cdc/stat/");

 ajmenu1 = new subMenu('6','#FFE097', '#ffffff');
 ajmenu1.addItems("Online Publications & Papers", "PaperMainPage.htm", "Online Resources for Chinese Tools", "cdownloads.htm", "Online Workshop Series", "../cdc/bar_training.htm");