// clear search field
function clearText(thefield)
	{
		if (thefield.defaultValue == thefield.value)
			thefield.value = ""
		else thefield.value = thefield.defaultValue
	} 


// drop-down menu for IE
startList = function() {
 if (document.all&&document.getElementById) {
  menuRoot = document.getElementById("menu");
  for (i=0; i<menuRoot.childNodes.length; i++) {
   node = menuRoot.childNodes[i];
   if (node.nodeName=="LI") {
    node.onmouseover=function() {
     this.className+=" over";
    }
    node.onmouseout=function() {
     this.className=this.className.replace(" over", "");
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
window.onload=startList;