function newMenuItem(namea, action) 
{
		var sidebar = document.getElementById("sidebar");
		var element = document.createElement("div");
		element.className = "menuItem";
		element.appendChild(document.createTextNode(namea));
		element.onmouseover = function() { this.className = "menuItemHover";};
		element.onmousedown = function(e) { 
		    if(!e) if(window.event.button == 1) {this.className = "menuItemClicked";}
		    if(e) if(e.button == 0) { this.className="menuItemClicked";}
		};
		element.onmouseup = function() { this.className="menuItemHover";};
		element.onmouseout = function() { this.className = "menuItem";};
		if(action)
				element.onclick = action;
		sidebar.appendChild(element);
}

function initMenu()
{
    newMenuItem('Home', function () { location.href='index.html'; })
    newMenuItem('Available Programs', function () { location.href = 'available_programs.html';})
    newMenuItem('Admissions', function () {location.href = 'admissions.html';})
	newMenuItem('Financial Aid', function () {location.href = 'financialAid.html';})
    newMenuItem('Contact Us', function () {location.href = 'contact_us.html';})
}