function startList(varMenuName) {
    if (document.all && document.getElementById) {
        navRoot = document.getElementById(varMenuName);

        if (navRoot == null) {
            alert('menu not found');
            return;
        }
        /* get ALL the LI nodes */

        var objChild;
        objChild = navRoot.getElementsByTagName("LI")

        for (i = 0; i < objChild.length; i++) {
            node = objChild[i];
            if (node.nodeName == "LI") {
                var objUL;
                /* get the UL that is under this LI and IF IT EXISTS then set the opacity function to be called on mouse over */
                objUL = node.getElementsByTagName("UL");
                if (objUL == null) {
                    /* No UL underneath so set nothing */
                }
                else {
                    /*node.onmouseover=function() {this.className+=" over"; window.status=''; this.onmouseover+=" opacity("+ objUL.id +", 0, 100, 500);"}*/
                    node.onmouseover = function() { this.className += " over"; window.status = ''; }
                    node.onmouseout = function() { this.className = this.className.replace(" over", ""); window.status = '' }
                }
            }
        }

        /* Now get all the SPAN nodes */
        objChild = navRoot.getElementsByTagName("SPAN")

        for (i = 0; i < objChild.length; i++) {
            node = objChild[i];
            if (node.nodeName == "SPAN") {
                node.onmouseover = function() { this.className += " over"; window.status = ''; }
                node.onmouseout = function() { this.className = this.className.replace(" over", ""); window.status = '' }
            }
        }
    }
}