function menuInit() {
	if (TransMenu.isSupported()) TransMenu.initialize();
}
if (TransMenu.isSupported()) {

	//==================================================================================================
	var ms = new TransMenuSet(TransMenu.direction.down, 1, 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("liguria"));
		menu1.addItem("Ventimiglia", "http://youngpup.net/italy/photos/ventimiglia/thumb/102_0261.jpg"); 
		menu1.addItem("Cinque Terre", ""); // send no URL if nothing should happen onclick

		var submenu0 = menu1.addMenu(menu1.items[1]);
		submenu0.addItem("Monterosso", "http://youngpup.net/italy/photos/cinqueterre/104_0458.jpg");
		submenu0.addItem("Manorola", "http://youngpup.net/italy/photos/cinqueterre/thumb/104_0474.jpg");
		submenu0.addItem("Corniglia", "http://youngpup.net/italy/photos/cinqueterre/104_0472.jpg");
		submenu0.addItem("Rio Maggiore", "http://youngpup.net/italy/photos/cinqueterre/105_0522.jpg");
		submenu0.addItem("Vernazza", "");
		submenu0.addItem("Apartment", "");
		submenu0.addItem("Via del Amore", "");
		submenu0.addItem("Rocky beach", "");
		submenu0.addItem("Swimming hole", "");

		var submenu00 = submenu0.addMenu(submenu0.items[0]);
		submenu00.addItem("foo");
		submenu00.addItem("bar");
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("lombardia"));
		menu2.addItem("Milano", "");

		var submenu1 = menu2.addMenu(menu2.items[0]);
		submenu1.addItem("Galeria", "");
		submenu1.addItem("Duomo", "");
		submenu1.addItem("Castle", "");
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("veneto"));
		menu3.addItem("Verona");
		menu3.addItem("Venezia");

		var submenu2 = menu3.addMenu(menu3.items[0]);
		var submenu3 = menu3.addMenu(menu3.items[1]);

		submenu2.addItem("Hostel", "");
		submenu2.addItem("Piazza Erba", "");
		submenu2.addItem("Castle", "");
		submenu2.addItem("Arena", "");

		submenu3.addItem("Piazza San Marco", "");
		submenu3.addItem("Lagoon", "");
		submenu3.addItem("Hotel", "");
		submenu3.addItem("Chichetti", "");
		submenu3.addItem("Doge's Palace", "");
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("toscana"));
		menu4.addItem("Florence", "");
		menu4.addItem("Sienna", "");
		menu4.addItem("Montelicino", "");
		menu4.addItem("Orvieto", "");

		var submenu4 = menu4.addMenu(menu4.items[0]);
		var submenu5 = menu4.addMenu(menu4.items[1]);

		submenu4.addItem("Hostile", "");
		submenu4.addItem("Duomo", "");
		submenu4.addItem("Pitti Palace", "");
		submenu4.addItem("Ponte Vecchio", "");

		submenu5.addItem("Il Campo", "");
		submenu5.addItem("Roman Center", "");
		submenu5.addItem("Duomo", "");
		//==================================================================================================

		//==================================================================================================
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("lazio"));
		menu5.addItem("Roma", "");

		var submenu6 = menu5.addMenu(menu5.items[0]);
		submenu6.addItem("Appian Way", "");
		submenu6.addItem("Trastevere", "");
		submenu6.addItem("Pantheon", "");
		submenu6.addItem("Palantine Hill", "");
		submenu6.addItem("Colloseum", "");
		submenu6.addItem("Forum", "");
		submenu6.addItem("Trevi Fountain", "");
		submenu6.addItem("St. Peter's", "");
		submenu6.addItem("Vatican Museum", "");
		//==================================================================================================
*/
		TransMenu.renderAll();
	}