function Constants () {

	// the constants...here's where the project
	// specific constants are entered :-)

	// the name of the banner image
	//this.bannerName = "/best_hly-08-03/gif/best_hly-08-03_banner.jpg";
	this.bannerName = "/best_hly-08-03/gif/best_banner.jpg";

	// the area tags on the banner image where
	// new Area( SHAPE, COORDS, HREF, ALT, TITLE)
	this.area = new Array();
	this.area[0] = new Area( "rect", "0,0,100,60",
	                         "http://www.eol.ucar.edu/",
			         "Go to EOL", "Go to EOL");
	this.area[1] = new Area( "rect", "600,0,750,80",
	                         "http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/best_hly-08-03/",
			         "Go To BEST_HLY-08-03", "Go To BEST_HLY-08-03");

	// the image tags that are the tabs
	// new Image( SRC, ALT, WIDTH, HEIGHT )
	this.image = new Array();
        this.image[0] = new tabImage( "/best_hly-08-03/gif/home_g.png",
                                   "Catalog Home", 125, 35);
        this.image[1] = new tabImage( "/best_hly-08-03/gif/report_g.png",
                                   "Shipboard Reports", 125, 35);
        this.image[2] = new tabImage( "/best_hly-08-03/gif/underway_g.png",
                                   "Underway Sensor Products", 125, 35);
        this.image[3] = new tabImage( "/best_hly-08-03/gif/researchnosta_g.png",
                                   "Research Products No Station", 125, 35);
        this.image[4] = new tabImage( "/best_hly-08-03/gif/researchsta_g.png",
                                   "Research Products Station", 125, 35);
        //this.image[5] = new tabImage( "/best_hly-08-03/gif/mission_off.gif",
        //                           "RICO Missions", 106, 35);
        this.image[5] = new tabImage( "/best_hly-08-03/gif/tools_g.png",
                                   "Tools and misc. info", 125, 35);

	// the tabs
	this.tab = new Array();
	// new Anchor( HREF, TITLE )
	// here the title is the above images and href is 
	// the what happens when the user clicks on the image
	this.tab[0] = new Anchor('/best_hly-08-03/index.html', 
	                         this.image[0].fetchHTML() );
	this.tab[1] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/best_hly-08-03/report/index', 
	                         this.image[1].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[1].src+'">' );
	this.tab[2] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/best_hly-08-03/ops/index', 
	                         this.image[2].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[2].src+'">' );
	this.tab[3] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/best_hly-08-03/research/index', 
	                         this.image[3].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[3].src+'">' );
	this.tab[4] = new Anchor('/best_hly-08-03/stations/', 
	                         this.image[4].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[4].src+'">' );
 
	/*
	this.tab[5] = new Anchor('/best_hly-08-03/missions/missions.html', 
	                         this.image[5].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[5].src+'">' );
	*/
	this.tab[5] = new Anchor('/best_hly-08-03/other/index.html', 
	                         this.image[5].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[6].src+'">' );
}