var droplinemenu={

arrowimage: {classname: 'downarrowclass', src: '/statics/css/img/space.gif', leftpadding: 0}, //customize down arrow image
animateduration: {over: 300, out: 100}, //duration of slide in/ out animation, in milliseconds

buildmenu:function(menuid){
	jquery(document).ready(function($){
		var $mainmenu=$("#"+menuid+">ul")
		var $headers=$mainmenu.find("ul").parent()
		$headers.each(function(i){
			var $curobj=$(this)
			var $subul=$(this).find('ul:eq(0)')
			this._dimensions={h:$curobj.find('a:eq(0)').outerheight()}
			this.istopheader=$curobj.parents("ul").length==1? true : false
			if (!this.istopheader)
				$subul.css({left:0, top:this._dimensions.h})
			var $innerheader=$curobj.children('a').eq(0)
			$innerheader=($innerheader.children().eq(0).is('span'))? $innerheader.children().eq(0) : $innerheader //if header contains inner span, use that
			$innerheader.append(
				'<img src="'+ droplinemenu.arrowimage.src
				+'" class="' + droplinemenu.arrowimage.classname
				+ '" style="border:0; padding-left: '+droplinemenu.arrowimage.leftpadding+'px" />'
			)
			$curobj.hover(
				function(e){
					$(this).children("a:eq(0)").addclass("hover");
					var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
					if ($targetul.queue().length<=1) //if 1 or less queued animations
						if (this.istopheader)
							$targetul.css({left: $mainmenu.offset().left, top: $mainmenu.offset().top+this._dimensions.h})
						if (document.all && !window.xmlhttprequest) //detect ie6 or less, fix issue with overflow
							$mainmenu.find('ul').css({overflow: (this.istopheader)? 'hidden' : 'visible'})
						$targetul.slidedown(droplinemenu.animateduration.over)
				},
				function(e){
					$(this).children("a:eq(0)").removeclass("hover");
					var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
					$targetul.slideup(droplinemenu.animateduration.out)
				}
			) //end hover
		}) //end $headers.each()
		$mainmenu.find("ul").css({display:'none', visibility:'visible', width:$mainmenu.width()})
	}) //end document.ready
}
}