function Constants () {

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

	// the name of the banner image
        this.bannerName = "/vortex2_2009/gif/vtx2_banner5.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", "406,5,790,100 ",
                                 "http://www.vortex2.org/home/",
                               "Go to VTX2", "VORTEX-2");

	this.area[1] = new Area( "rect", "110,2,406,98",
	                         "http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/vortex2/",
			         "Go To VORTEX2_2009", "Go To VORTEX2_2009");
        this.area[2] = new Area( "rect", "2,2,110,100",
                                 "http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/vortex2/",
                                 "Go To VORTEX2_Data", "Go To VORTEX2_Data");

	// the image tags that are the tabs
	// new Image( SRC, ALT, WIDTH, HEIGHT )
	this.image = new Array();
	this.image[0] = new tabImage( "/vortex2_2009/gif/home_off.gif",
                                   "Catalog Home",100, 32);
        this.image[1] = new tabImage( "/vortex2_2009/gif/report_off.gif",
                                   "Project Reports",100, 32);
        this.image[2] = new tabImage( "/vortex2_2009/gif/product_off.gif",
                                   "Operational Data Products",100, 32);
        this.image[3] = new tabImage( "/vortex2_2009/gif/radar_off.gif",
                                   "Radar Products",102, 32);
        this.image[4] = new tabImage( "/vortex2_2009/gif/model_off.gif",
                                   "Model/Forecast Products",100, 32);
        this.image[5] = new tabImage( "/vortex2_2009/gif/research_off.gif",
                                   "Research Data Products",100, 32);
        this.image[6] = new tabImage( "/vortex2_2009/gif/mission_off.gif",
                                   " Missions",100, 32);
        this.image[7] = new tabImage( "/vortex2_2009/gif/other_off.gif",
                                   "Tools and misc. info",100, 32);


	// 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('/vortex2_2009/index.html', 
	                         this.image[0].fetchHTML() );
	this.tab[1] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/vortex2_2009/report/index', 
	                         this.image[1].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[1].src+'">' );
	this.tab[2] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/vortex2_2009/ops/index', 
	                         this.image[2].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[2].src+'">' );
        this.tab[3] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/vortex2_2009/radar/index', 
                                 this.image[3].fetchHTML() );
                                 //'<img src="'+this.image[3].src+'">' );
	this.tab[4] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/vortex2_2009/model/index', 
	                         this.image[4].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[4].src+'">' );
	this.tab[5] = new Anchor('/cgi-bin/vortex2_2009/research/index', 
	                         this.image[5].fetchHTML() );
                                 //'<img src="'+this.image[5].src+'">' );
	this.tab[6] = new Anchor('/vortex2_2009/missions/missions.html', 
	                         this.image[6].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[6].src+'">' );
	this.tab[7] = new Anchor('/vortex2_2009/other/index.html', 
	                         this.image[7].fetchHTML() );
	                         //'<img src="'+this.image[7].src+'">' );
}