var menu = function(selected) {
  var s=document.getElementById("top_menu");
  var contents = getMenuFor(selected);
  s.innerHTML=contents;
  s=document.getElementById("bottom_menu");
  var contents = getMenuFor(selected);
  if (s!=null && s!=undefined)
    s.innerHTML=contents;
}

var getMenuFor = function(selected) {
s = '<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="menubar" width="798">';
s+= '<tr>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='home' ? 'class="menubar">Home</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="index.htm">Home</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='about' ? 'class="menubar">About</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="aboutauthor.htm">About</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='blog' ? 'class="menubar">Blog</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="blog/blog.htm">Blog</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='journalism' ? 'class="menubar">Journalism</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="journalism.htm">Journalism</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='tales' ? 'class="menubar">Travel&nbsp;Tales</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="tales.htm">Travel&nbsp;Tales</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='qanda' ? 'class="menubar">Q&amp;A</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="qanda.htm">Q&amp;A</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='darkplaces' ? 'class="menubar">Dark Places / Trail of the Dead</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="darkplaces.htm">Dark&nbsp;Places&nbsp;/ Trail&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;Dead</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='bloodprice' ? 'class="menubar">Blood Price</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="bloodprice.htm">Blood Price</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='invisibleArmies' ? 'class="menubar">Invisible Armies</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="invisibleArmies.htm">Invisible Armies</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='nightOfKnives' ? 'class="menubar">Night of Knives</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="nightOfKnives.htm">Night of Knives</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='executor' ? 'class="menubar">The Executor</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="executor.htm">The Executor</a></td>');
s+= '<td>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</td>';
s+= '<td align="center" '+(selected=='bony' ? 'class="menubar">BoNY</td>' : '><a class="menubar" href="http://beastsofnewyork.com/">BoNY</a></td>');
s+= '</tr>';
s+= '</table>';
return s;
}