var arrowimages={down:['downarrowclass', 'down.gif', 23], right:['rightarrowclass', 'right.gif']}
var jqueryslidemenu={
animateduration: {over: 200, out: 100}, //duration of slide in/ out animation, in milliseconds
buildmenu:function(menuid, arrowsvar){
	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)')
			$curobj.hover(
				function(e){
					var $targetrel=$(this).attr('rel');
					//alert($targetrel);
					if($targetrel!='hidden')
					{
						var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
						if ($targetul.queue().length<=1) //if 1 or less queued animations
							$targetul.slideDown(jqueryslidemenu.animateduration.over)
					}
				},
				function(e){
					var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
					$targetul.slideUp(jqueryslidemenu.animateduration.out)
				}
			) //end hover
		}) //end $headers.each()
		$mainmenu.find("ul").css({display:'none', visibility:'visible'})
	}) //end document.ready
}
}

//build menu with ID="myslidemenu" on page:
jqueryslidemenu.buildmenu("menuTop", arrowimages)
jqueryslidemenu.buildmenu("footer_menu", arrowimages)