// display featured page
function featured (dir) {
	var featured = dir + "asa_shirt.html";
	var desc = "Buy ASA T-Shirts";
	var featured2 = dir + "SPECTRUM/oct02/index.html";
	var desc2 = "October 2002 Spectrum Newsletter";
	var featured3 = dir + "gallery.html";
	var desc3 = "ASA Photo Gallery";

	document.write("<br><span class='boldtext'>Featured Page: </span><a class='featured' target='_new' href=" + featured3 + ">" + desc3 + "</a>");
}

// display today's date
function today () {
	var today = new Date();
	var month = today.getMonth();
	var date = today.getDate();
	var year = today.getFullYear();

	switch (month) {
		case 0: month = "January "; break;
		case 1: month = "February "; break;
		case 2: month = "March "; break;
		case 3: month = "April "; break;
		case 4: month = "May "; break;
		case 5: month = "June "; break;
		case 6: month = "July "; break;
		case 7: month = "August "; break;
		case 8: month = "September "; break;
		case 9: month = "October "; break;
		case 10: month = "November "; break;
		default: month = "December ";
	}

	today = month + date + ", " + year;
	document.write("<span class='whitetext'>" + today + "</span>");
}

// change menu bgcolor on mouse over
function menuOver (m) {
	m.style.backgroundColor = '#b0c4de';
}

// change menu bgcolor back to default on mouse over
function menuOut (m) {
	m.style.backgroundColor = '#dcdcdc';
}