function Constants () {

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

	// the name of the banner image
	this.bannerName = "/stratus/gif/catalog_banner.png";

	// 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", "0,0,100,100",
	                         "http://www.eol.ucar.edu/",
			         "Go to EOL", "Go to EOL");
	this.area[1] = new Area( "rect", "400,0,600,100",
	                         "http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/stratus/",   
			         "Go To Stratus-07", "Go To Stratus-07");

	// the image tags that are the tabs
	// new Image( SRC, ALT, WIDTH, HEIGHT )
	this.image = new Array();
        this.image[0] = new tabImage( "/stratus/gif/home_off.gif",
                                   "Catalog Home", 115, 35);
        this.image[1] = new tabImage( "/stratus/gif/report_off.gif",
                                   "Project Reports", 115, 35);
        this.image[2] = new tabImage( "/stratus/gif/product_off.gif",
                                   "Operational Data Products", 115, 35);
        this.image[3] = new tabImage( "/stratus/gif/model_off.gif",
                                   "Model/Forecast Products", 115, 35);
        this.image[4] = new tabImage( "/stratus/gif/research_off.gif",
                                   "Research Data Products", 115, 35);
        this.image[5] = new tabImage( "/stratus/gif/other_off.gif",
                                   "Tools & Links", 115, 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('/stratus/index.html', 
	                         this.image[0].fetchHTML() );
	this.tab[1] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/stratus/report/index', 
	                         this.image[1].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[1].src+'">' );
	this.tab[2] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/stratus/ops/index', 
	                         this.image[2].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[2].src+'">' );
	this.tab[3] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/stratus/model/index', 
	                         this.image[3].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[3].src+'">' );
	this.tab[4] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/stratus/research/index', 
	                         this.image[4].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[4].src+'">' );
        this.tab[5] = new Anchor('/stratus/other/index.html',
                                 this.image[5].fetchHTML() );
                                 //'<img src="'+this.image[5].src+'">' );
}