var ddsmoothmenu={

arrowimages: {down:['downarrowclass', 'images/blank.gif', 0], right:['rightarrowclass', 'images/blank.gif']},

transition: {overtime:300, outtime:300}, //duration of slide in/ out animation, in milliseconds
shadow: {enabled:true, offsetx:5, offsety:5},

buildmenu:function($){
	var smoothmenu=ddsmoothmenu
	var $mainmenu=$("#smoothmenu1 >ul") //reference main menu UL
	var $headers=$mainmenu.find("ul").parent()
	$headers.hover(
		function(e){
			$(this).children('a:eq(0)').addClass('selected')
		},
		function(e){
			$(this).children('a:eq(0)').removeClass('selected')
		}
	)
	$headers.each(function(i){
		var $curobj=$(this).css({zIndex: 100-i}) //reference current LI header
		var $subul=$(this).find('ul:eq(0)').css({display:'block'})
		this._dimensions={w:this.offsetWidth, h:this.offsetHeight, subulw:$subul.outerWidth(), subulh:$subul.outerHeight()}
		this.istopheader=$curobj.parents("ul").length==1? true : false //is top level header?
		$subul.css({top:this.istopheader? this._dimensions.h+"px" : 0})
	
	
		$curobj.hover(
			function(e){
				var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
				this._offsets={left:$(this).offset().left, top:$(this).offset().top}
				var menuleft=this.istopheader? 0 : this._dimensions.w
				menuleft=(this._offsets.left+menuleft+this._dimensions.subulw>$(window).width())? (this.istopheader? -this._dimensions.subulw+this._dimensions.w : -this._dimensions.w) : menuleft //calculate this sub menu's offsets from its parent
				if ($targetul.queue().length<=1){ //if 1 or less queued animations
					$targetul.css({left:menuleft+"px", width:this._dimensions.subulw+'px'}).animate({height:'show',opacity:'show'}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.overtime)
					
				}
			},
			function(e){
				var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
				$targetul.animate({height:'hide', opacity:'hide'}, ddsmoothmenu.transition.outtime)
				
			}
		) //end hover
	}) //end $headers.each()
	$mainmenu.find("ul").css({display:'none', visibility:'visible'})
},
init:function(setting){
	
}

} //end ddsmoothmenu variable