var b_explorer = (document.all)?1:0
  var b_ns4 = (document.images && !document.all && !document.getElementById)?1:0
  var b_ns6 = (document.getElementById && !document.all)?1:0
  var b_getbyid = (document.getElementById)?1:0
  var b_mac = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') != -1)?1:0
  // this is the rgImages array which holds the image basename for each of the sections. 
  // To find the correct image I add -01 or -02 depending on which image to display.
  
  var rgImages = new Array();
  rgImages[0] = "home";
  rgImages[1] = "classifieds";
  rgImages[2] = "localnews";
  rgImages[3] = "nationalnews";
  rgImages[4] = "specialsection";
  rgImages[5] = "archives";
  rgImages[6] = "aboutus";


var rgSubMenu = new Array();
  var i;
  for (i = 0; i <= 6; i++)
  {
    rgSubMenu[i] = new Array();
  }
  
  rgSubMenu[0][1] = "Return to Home Page#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/";
  rgSubMenu[0][2] = "Subscribe#https://secure.townnews.com/texarkanagazette.com/forms/subscribe.php";
  rgSubMenu[0][3] = "Health#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/health/#new";
  rgSubMenu[0][4] = "Financial#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/INN_stocks/#new";
  rgSubMenu[0][5] = "Entertainment#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/INN_entertainment/#new";
  rgSubMenu[0][6] = "Town Hall#http://www.e-thepeople.org/affiliates/townnews/#new";
  
  rgSubMenu[1][1] = "View All Ads#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/classifieds";
  rgSubMenu[1][2] = "Place an Ad#https://secure.townnews.com/texarkanagazette.com/forms/classifieds.php";
  rgSubMenu[1][3] = "Announcements#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/classifieds/index.inn?loc=detail&main=Announcements";
  rgSubMenu[1][4] = "Date Verification#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/classifieds/index.inn?loc=detail&main=Date%20Verification";
  rgSubMenu[1][5] = "Employment#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/classifieds/?loc=detail&main=Employment";
  rgSubMenu[1][6] = "For Rent#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/classifieds/index.inn?loc=detail&main=For%20Rent";
  rgSubMenu[1][7] = "Garage - Yard Sales#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/classifieds/index.inn?loc=detail&main=Garage%20-%20Yard%20Sales";
  rgSubMenu[1][8] = "Merchandise#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/classifieds/index.inn?loc=detail&main=Merchandise";
  rgSubMenu[1][9] = "Real Estate#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/real_estate";
  rgSubMenu[1][10] = "Services#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/classifieds/index.inn?loc=detail&main=Services";
  rgSubMenu[1][11] = "Transporation#http://texarkanagazette.com/autos";
  
  rgSubMenu[2][1] = "Local News Index#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/local_news";
  rgSubMenu[2][2] = "News#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/local_news/news"; 
  rgSubMenu[2][3] = "Obituaries#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/local_news/obituaries";
  rgSubMenu[2][4] = "Sports#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/local_news/sports";
  rgSubMenu[2][5] = "Health#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/local_news/health";
  rgSubMenu[2][6] = "Features#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/local_news/features";
  rgSubMenu[2][7] = "Business#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/local_news/business";
  rgSubMenu[2][8] = "Opinion#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/local_news/opinion";

  rgSubMenu[3][1] = "AP Index#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/ap";
  rgSubMenu[3][2] = "Headlines#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/ap/Headlines";
  rgSubMenu[3][3] = "Sports#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/ap/Sports";
  rgSubMenu[3][4] = "Business#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/ap/Business";
  rgSubMenu[3][5] = "HiTech#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/ap/HiTech";
  rgSubMenu[3][6] = "Entertainment#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/ap/Entertainment";
  
  rgSubMenu[4][1] = "Special Section Index#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/special_section_index";

  rgSubMenu[5][0] = "Archives#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/archives";
  rgSubMenu[5][1] = "Use the Key Word field to search within the past 14 days, or the Advanced Search option to search for older stories.#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/archives";

  rgSubMenu[6][1] = "Staff Directory#http://www.texarkanagazette.com/about_us";

  
  function writeMenu(sContent)
  {


    if (!b_mac && b_explorer)
    {
      menu.innerHTML=sContent;
    }
    else if (b_getbyid)
    {
      eval('document.getElementById(\'menu\').style.position = "relative"');
      eval('document.getElementById(\'menu\').style.top = 0');
      eval('document.getElementById(\'menu\').style.left = 0');
      document.getElementById('menu').innerHTML = sContent;
    }
    else
    {
      document.menu.document.write(sContent);
      document.menu.document.close();
    }     

  }       

  function generateMenu(nOpenMenu)
  {
    if (nOpenMenu == -1)
    {
      if (getCookie('menuidx'))
      {
        nOpenMenu = getCookie('menuidx');
      }        
    }
    else
    {
       setCookie('menuidx',nOpenMenu);
    }
    var i;
    var sContent;
    sContent = '<table width="125" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">';
    
    for (i = 0; i <= rgImages.length-1; i++)
    {
        if (i == nOpenMenu)
        {
          sContent += generateSub(nOpenMenu,true);

        }
        else
        {
          sContent += generateSub(i,false);
        } 

    }
    sContent += '</table>';

    writeMenu(sContent);
  }

  function generateSub(nMenu, bDropped)
  {
    var i;
    var sSubMenu;



   
 
    if (bDropped == true) 
    {
      var sLinkURL;
      var sTarget;
      var sDisplayText;
      var rgTemp;
      sSubMenu = '<tr><td><p><img src = "/art/nav/' + rgImages[nMenu] + '-02.gif"></p></td></tr>';
      sSubMenu += '<tr><td><table width="125" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">';
      sSubMenu += '<tr><td width="7" class="sub-col">&nbsp;</td><td class="sub-bg">';
      for (i=1; i <= rgSubMenu[nMenu].length-1; i++)
      {
        rgTemp = rgSubMenu[nMenu][i].split('#');
        sDisplayText = rgTemp[0];
        sLinkURL = rgTemp[1];
        if (rgTemp[2] == 'new')
        {
          sSubMenu+= '<a href="' + sLinkURL + '" class="sub-nav" target="_new"' + '>' + sDisplayText + '</a><br>';

        }
        else if (rgTemp[2] == 'popup')
        {
            sSubMenu += "<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\"" + "onClick=\"window.open('" + sLinkURL + "','','width=" + rgTemp[3] + ",height=" + rgTemp[4] + ",toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,status=1');\">";
            sSubMenu += sDisplayText + '</a><br>';


        }
        else {
          sSubMenu+= '<a href="' + sLinkURL + '" class="sub-nav"' + '>' + sDisplayText + '</a><br>';
        }

        
      }
      sSubMenu += '</td></tr></table></td></tr>';

    }
    else
    {
        var sTarget;
        if (rgSubMenu[nMenu].length==1) 
        {
          rgTemp = rgSubMenu[nMenu][0].split('#');
          sDisplayText = rgTemp[0];
          sLinkURL = rgTemp[1];
          sSubMenu = '<tr><td>';
          sLinkURL.replace("\n","");
          
          if (rgTemp[2] == 'new')
          {
            sTarget = 'target="_new"'; 
          }
          else
          {
            sTarget = '';
          }
   
          if (rgTemp[2] == "popup")
          {
            sSubMenu += "<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\"" + "onClick=\"window.open('" + sLinkURL + "','','width=" + rgTemp[3] + ",height=" + rgTemp[4] + ",toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,status=1');\">";
            sSubMenu += '<img src = "/art/nav/' + rgImages[nMenu] + '-01.gif" border=0></a>';

          }
          else
          {
            sSubMenu+= '<a href="' + sLinkURL + '" ' + sTarget + '>';
            sSubMenu += '<img src = "/art/nav/' + rgImages[nMenu] + '-01.gif" border=0></a>';
          }
          sSubMenu += '</td></tr>';
        } 
        else
        {
          sSubMenu = '<tr><td>';
          sSubMenu += '<a href ="javascript:generateMenu(' + nMenu + ');">';
          sSubMenu += '<img src = "/art/nav/' + rgImages[nMenu] + '-01.gif" border=0></a>';
          sSubMenu += '</td></tr>';
        }
    }
    return sSubMenu;


  }


  function setCookie(sName, sValue) 
  {
    var dExpire = new Date();
    var dToday = new Date();
    dExpire.setTime(dToday.getTime() + 3600*24*1);
    var sCookie = sName + "=" + escape(sValue) + ";expires=" +dExpire.toGMTString() + ";path=/";
    var sCookie = sName + "=" + escape(sValue) + ";path=/";
    document.cookie = sCookie;
  }

  function trim(sString) 
  {
    return sString.replace(/^\s+/, '');
  }

  function getCookie(sName) {
    var sCookies = document.cookie;
    var rgCookies = sCookies.split(";");
    var rgPairs;
    for (i = 0; i < rgCookies.length; i++)
    {
      rgPairs = rgCookies[i].split("=");
      if (sName == trim(rgPairs[0])) {
        return rgPairs[1];
 
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  function checkMenu() 
  {
    var nMenu;
    if (getCookie('menuidx')) {
      nMenu = getCookie('menuidx');
      openandclose(nMenu);
    }
  }