function createjsDOMenu() {

  homeMenu = new jsDOMenu(190, "absolute");
  with (homeMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Home", "", "index.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("CS/CIS Blog", "", "http://sce.uhcl.edu/cs/blog/"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("News", "", "news.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Welcome from the chair", "", "welcome.html"));
  }
  
  aboutMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "absolute");
  with (aboutMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("About Us", "", "aboutUs.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Contact Us", "", "contactUs.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Map and Direction", "", "mapDirection.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Faculty & Staff Location", "", "location.html"));
  }
    
  peopleMenu = new jsDOMenu(160, "absolute");;
  with (peopleMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("People", "", "people.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Program's Faculty", "faculty", "faculty.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Program's Staff", "staff", "staff.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Academic Advisors", "advisors", "advisors.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("School's Staff", "schoolStaff", "schoolStaff.html"));
  }
  
  facultyMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "absolute");
  with (facultyMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Faculty", "", "faculty.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("CS Chair: Bun Yue", "", "fac_yue.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Krishani Abeysekera", "", "fac_abeysekera.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Hisham Al-Mubaid", "", "fac_almubaid.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Said Bettayeb", "", "fac_bettayeb.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Gary Boetticher", "", "fac_boetticher.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Sadegh Davari", "", "fac_davari.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Wei Ding", "", "fac_ding.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Terry Feagin", "", "fac_feagin.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Joe Giarratano", "", "fac_giarratano.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Sharon Hall", "", "fac_hall.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Dan Kim", "", "fac_kim.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Morris Liaw", "", "fac_liaw.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Alfredo Perez-Davila", "", "fac_PerezDavila.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Andrew Yang", "", "fac_yang.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Location", "", "location.html"));
  }

  staffMenu = new jsDOMenu(170, "absolute");
  with (staffMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Staff", "", "staff.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Janet Brecheen", "", "staff_brecheen.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Kim Edwards", "", "staff_edwards.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Jeanne Leslie", "", "staff_leslie.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("David Webb", "", "staff_webb.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Location", "", "location.html"));
  }

/*
  advisorsMenu = new jsDOMenu(170, "absolute");
  with (advisorsMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Academic Advisors", "", "advisors.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Barbara Coleman", "", "advisors_coleman.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Dorothy Hogg", "", "advisors_hogg.html"));
  }
*/

/*
  schoolStaffMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "absolute");
  with (schoolStaffMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("School's Staff", "", "schoolStaff.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Dean E.T. Dickinson", "", "schoolSstaff_dickerson.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Division Chair Dr. Davari", "", "fac_davari.html"));
  }
*/

  peopleMenu.items.faculty.setSubMenu(facultyMenu);
  peopleMenu.items.staff.setSubMenu(staffMenu);
//  peopleMenu.items.advisors.setSubMenu(advisorsMenu);
//  peopleMenu.items.schoolStaff.setSubMenu(schoolStaffMenu);

  researchMenu = new jsDOMenu(140, "absolute");;
  with (researchMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Research", "", "research.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Publications", "", "publications.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Research Areas", "", "researchAreas.html"));
//    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Research Groups", "", "researchGroup.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Thesis", "", "thesis.html"));
  }
  
  bsMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "absolute");;
  with (bsMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("B.Sc.", "", "bs.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Admission", "bsAdmission", "bsAdmission.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Objectives", "bsObjectives", "bsObjectives.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Curriculum", "bsCurriculum", "bsCurriculum.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("CSCI Course Repertoire", "bsRepertoire", "courseRepertoire.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("CSCI Course Offering", "bsCourseOffering", "courseOffering.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Senior Projects", "bsSeniorProject", "bsSeniorProject.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Advising & Scheduling", "advising", "advising.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Teaching Assistants", "ta", "ta.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Research Assistants", "ra", "ra.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Scholarship & Aids", "scholarship", "scholarship.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("International Students", "internationalStudents", "internationalStudents.html"));
  }
  
  bsAdmissionMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "absolute");;
  with (bsAdmissionMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Admission", "", "bsAdmission.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Preparation", "", "bsPreparation.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Application", "", "bsApplication.html"));
  }

/*
  bsCourseRepertoireMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "absolute");;
  with (bsCourseRepertoireMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Course Repertoire", "", "bsCourseRepertoire.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("2006-2007", "", "bsCourseRepertoire2006.html"));
  }

  bsCourseOfferingMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "absolute");;
  with (bsCourseOfferingMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Course Offering", "", "bsCourseOffering.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Fall 2006", "", "bsCourseOfferingFall2006.html"));
  }
*/

  advisingMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "absolute");;
  with (advisingMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Advising", "", "advising.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Academic Advisors", "", "Advisors.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Faculty Advisors", "", "facultyAdvisor.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Degree Plan of Study", "", "CPS.html"));
  }

/*
  scholarshipMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "absolute");;
  with (scholarshipMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Scholarship", "", "scholarship.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Program and School", "", "programScholarship.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("University", "", "uhclScholarship.html"));
  }

  assistantshipMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "absolute");;
  with (assistantshipMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Assistantship", "", "assistantship.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Teaching Assistantship", "", "ta.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Research Assistantship", "", "ra.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("University's Financial Aids", "", "assistship_fa.html"));
  }

*/

  bsMenu.items.bsAdmission.setSubMenu(bsAdmissionMenu);
//  bsMenu.items.bsRepertoire.setSubMenu(bsCourseRepertoireMenu);
//  bsMenu.items.bsCourseOffering.setSubMenu(bsCourseOfferingMenu);
  bsMenu.items.advising.setSubMenu(advisingMenu);
//  bsMenu.items.scholarship.setSubMenu(scholarshipMenu);
//  bsMenu.items.assistantship.setSubMenu(assistantshipMenu);

  msMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "amsolute");;
  with (msMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("M.Sc.", "", "ms.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Admission", "msAdmission", "msAdmission.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Objectives", "msObjectives", "msObjectives.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Curriculum", "msCurriculum", "msCurriculum.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("CSCI Course Repertoire", "msRepertoire", "courseRepertoire.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("CSCI Course Offering", "msCourseOffering", "courseOffering.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Capstone Project", "msSeniorProject", "msCapstoneProject.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Thesis", "msSeniorProject", "thesis.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Advising & Scheduling", "advising", "advising.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Teaching Assistants", "ta", "ta.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("TA Application", "ta_application", "taApplication.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Research Assistants", "ra", "ra.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Scholarship & Aids", "scholarship", "scholarship.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("International Students", "internationalStudents", "internationalStudents.html"));
  }
  
  msAdmissionMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "amsolute");;
  with (msAdmissionMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Admission", "", "msAdmission.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Preparation", "", "msPreparation.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Application", "", "msApplication.html"));
  }

/*
  msCourseRepertoireMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "amsolute");;
  with (msCourseRepertoireMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Course Repertoire", "", "msCourseRepertoire.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("2006-2007", "", "msCourseRepertoire2006.html"));
  }

  msCourseOfferingMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "amsolute");;
  with (msCourseOfferingMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Course Offering", "", "msCourseOffering.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Fall 2006", "", "msCourseOfferingFall2006.html"));
  }

  msAdvisingMenu = new jsDOMenu(200, "amsolute");;
  with (msAdvisingMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Advising", "", "msAdvising.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Academic Advisors", "", "msAcademicAdvisor.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Faculty Advisors", "", "msFacultyAdvisor.html"));
	addMenuItem(new menuItem("Degree Plan of Study", "", "msCPS.html"));
  }

  */

  msMenu.items.msAdmission.setSubMenu(msAdmissionMenu);
//  msMenu.items.msRepertoire.setSubMenu(msCourseRepertoireMenu);
//  msMenu.items.msCourseOffering.setSubMenu(msCourseOfferingMenu);
  msMenu.items.advising.setSubMenu(advisingMenu);
//  msMenu.items.scholarship.setSubMenu(scholarshipMenu);
//  msMenu.items.assistantship.setSubMenu(assistantshipMenu);

  resourcesMenu = new jsDOMenu(140, "absolute");;
  with (resourcesMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Resources", "", "resources.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Laboratories", "", "laboratories.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Servers", "", "servers.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Library", "", "library.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("UHCL resources", "", "uhclResources.html"));
  }
  
  communitiesMenu = new jsDOMenu(170, "absolute");;
  with (communitiesMenu) {
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Communities", "", "communities.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Industrial Partners", "", "partners.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Alumni", "", "alumni.html"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("-"));
    addMenuItem(new menuItem("Current Students", "", "currentStudents.html"));
  }
   
  absoluteMenuBar = new jsDOMenuBar("static", "staticMenuBar");
  with (absoluteMenuBar) {
    addMenuBarItem(new menuBarItem("Home", homeMenu, "home"));
    addMenuBarItem(new menuBarItem("About us", aboutMenu, "about"));
    addMenuBarItem(new menuBarItem("People", peopleMenu, "people"));
    addMenuBarItem(new menuBarItem("Research", researchMenu, "research"));
    addMenuBarItem(new menuBarItem("B.Sc.", bsMenu, "bs"));
    addMenuBarItem(new menuBarItem("M.Sc.", msMenu, "ms"));
    addMenuBarItem(new menuBarItem("Resources", resourcesMenu, "resources"));
    addMenuBarItem(new menuBarItem("Communities", communitiesMenu, "communities"));
    setActivateMode("over");
  }
  
  absoluteMenuBar.items.home.showIcon("home_icon", "home_icon", "home_icon");
  absoluteMenuBar.items.about.showIcon("about_icon", "about_icon", "about_icon");
  absoluteMenuBar.items.people.showIcon("people_icon", "people_icon", "people_icon");
  absoluteMenuBar.items.research.showIcon("research_icon", "research_icon", "research_icon");
  absoluteMenuBar.items.bs.showIcon("bs_icon", "bs_icon", "bs_icon");
  absoluteMenuBar.items.ms.showIcon("ms_icon", "ms_icon", "ms_icon");
  absoluteMenuBar.items.resources.showIcon("resources_icon", "resources_icon", "resources_icon");
  absoluteMenuBar.items.communities.showIcon("comm_icon", "comm_icon", "comm_icon");
}