if (TransMenu.isSupported()) {

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a set of dropdowns
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first param should always be down, as it is here
		//
		// The second and third param are the top and left offset positions of the menus from their actuators
		// respectively. To make a menu appear a little to the left and bottom of an actuator, you could use
		// something like -5, 5
		//
		// The last parameter can be .topLeft, .bottomLeft, .topRight, or .bottomRight to inidicate the corner
		// of the actuator from which to measure the offset positions above. Here we are saying we want the
		// menu to appear directly below the bottom left corner of the actuator
		//==================================================================================================
		var ms = new TransMenuSet(TransMenu.direction.down, 0, 0, TransMenu.reference.bottomLeft);

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a dropdown menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu
		//==================================================================================================
		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("unternehmen"));
		menu1.addItem("[wert]²", "../unternehmen/unternehmen.html");
		menu1.addItem("Philosophie", "../unternehmen/philosophie.html");
		menu1.addItem("Anspruch", "../unternehmen/anspruch.html");
		menu1.addItem("Portrait", "../unternehmen/portrait.html");
		menu1.addItem("Standorte", "../unternehmen/standorte.html");
        menu1.addItem("Jobs & Karriere", "../unternehmen/jobs.html");
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("privatkunden"));
		menu2.addItem("Vermögensentwicklung", "../privatkunden/vermoegensentwicklung.html");
		menu2.addItem("Private Altersvorsorge", "../privatkunden/av.html");
		menu2.addItem("Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung", "../privatkunden/bu.html");
		menu2.addItem("Private Krankenversicherung", "../privatkunden/pkv.html");
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("firmenkunden"));
		menu3.addItem("Betriebliche Altersvorsorge", "../firmenkunden/av.html");
     	menu3.addItem("Geschäftsführerversorgung", "../firmenkunden/gvorsorge.html");
		menu3.addItem("Mitarbeiterversorgung", "../firmenkunden/mvorsorge.html");

		//==================================================================================================
//==================================================================================================
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("service"));
		menu4.addItem("Onlineberatung", "../service/onlineberatung.html");
		menu4.addItem("Internet-Portale", "");
		menu4.addItem("Kundencenter", "");		
		menu4.addItem("Kontakt", "../service/kontakt.html");

    	var submenu4 = menu4.addMenu(menu4.items[1]);
		submenu4.addItem("Beitragsrechner-SPKV.de", "http://www.beitragsrechner-spkv.de");
		submenu4.addItem("AbsolventUM", "http://www.absolventum.de");

		var submenu4 = menu4.addMenu(menu4.items[2]);
		submenu4.addItem("Übersicht", "../service/kundencenter.php");
		submenu4.addItem("Nachrichten für Sie", "../service/news.php");		
		submenu4.addItem("Ihre Kundendaten", "../service/kundendaten.php");				
		submenu4.addItem("Immatrikulationsbescheinigung", "../service/imma.php");						
		submenu4.addItem("Ihre Zukunft", "../service/zukunft.php");

		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		// write drop downs into page
		//==================================================================================================
		// this method writes all the HTML for the menus into the page with document.write(). It must be
		// called within the body of the HTML page.
		//==================================================================================================
		TransMenu.renderAll();
	}