// THIS SECTION PRELOADS THE IMAGES

var catPath = "../images/";
var catWidth = 300;
var catHeight = 300;

var catPics = new Array (
    "menu-bandzone.png",
    "menu-bandzone-off.png",
    "menu-facebook.png",
    "menu-facebook-off.png",
    "menu-rss.png",
    "menu-rss-off.png" );

var myPics = preloadImages (catPath,catPics,catWidth,catHeight);

function preloadImages(path,pics,width,height) {

    var images = new Array;

    for (var picNum = 0; picNum < pics.length; picNum++) {
        images[picNum] = new Image(width,height);
        images[picNum].src = (path + pics[picNum]);
    }

    return(images);
}