// TRANSITION MENU REVISED APRIL 11 2008
// REVISED JUNE 4 2008 - added new var "nomenu" and ELSE statement to force pages not found in the array and not null to display a "back" link.
// provides the list of page names which the JS compares in order to decided which page the user is on
var url_A = new Array ("welcome");
var url_B = new Array ("news");
var url_C = new Array ("undergrad","major","minor","honours");
var url_D = new Array ("graduate","grad_program","grad_coordinator","grad_descrip","grad_courses","hb_graduate2");
var url_E = new Array ("handbooks","hb_undergrad","hb_honours","hb_graduate","hb_style_manual");
var url_F = new Array ("faculty");
var url_G = new Array ("courses","all_courses","current_courses","summer_sessions");
var url_H = new Array ("seminars");
var url_I = new Array ("links","guides","general","current_research","atlantic","north_america","latin_america","europe","asia","africa","global","cultural");
var url_J = new Array ("employment");
// determines the names items in the menu, including the submenu
var text_A = new Array ("Home");
var text_B = new Array ("Department News");
var text_C = new Array ("Undergraduate Programs","Major","Minor","Honours Program");
var text_D = new Array ("Graduate Program","The Progam","Graduate Coordinator","Graduate Course Descriptions","Courses","Handbook");
var text_E = new Array ("Handbooks","Undergraduate Handbook","Honours Handbook","Graduate Handbook","Style Manual");
var text_F = new Array ("Faculty");
var text_G = new Array ("Courses","All Courses","Current Courses","Summer Sessions");
var text_H = new Array ("Special Topics Seminars");
var text_I = new Array ("History on the Web","Using the Internet","General","Current Research","The Atlantic World","North America","Latin America","Europe","Asia","Africa","Global History","Cultural History");
var text_J = new Array ("Employment Opportunities");
// gets the full path for use later
var thisPage=String((document.location.href));
// takes the above variable and strips out the extraneous path components and
// makes a name for the page, eg 'www.smu.ca/academic/welcome.html' becomes just 'welcome'
var loc= String((thisPage));
loc=loc.split("/");
loc=loc[loc.length-1].split(".");
loc=loc[loc.length-2];
// A URL not displaying an HTML file, eg 'www.smu.ca/academic/' returns a 'null' value to this script.
// This forces a 'null' value to assume the value of 'welcome' to display the root menu.
if (loc == null) loc = "welcome";
// IF loc is not found in array or null (eg an orphaned page) sets value of loc to "nomenu"
// if (loc == false) loc = "nomenu";
// (uncomment the line below for testing and troubleshooting)
// document.write (loc)
// this function takes the value of loc
// and compares it to all the contents of the arrays until it finds a match.
function sectionDetect()
{
for(var i=0; i<30; i++)
{
switch (loc)
{
case url_A[i]:
document.write('