if(document.images)
		{
			var image_array = new Array();
	
			// path to the directory with images
			var path = '../images/nav/';

			// enumeration of the "active" images
			image_array[0] = path + "home-2.png";
			image_array[1] = path + "episodes-2.png";
			image_array[2] = path + "characters-2.png";
			image_array[3] = path + "interviews-2.png";
			image_array[4] = path + "downloads-2.png";
			image_array[6] = path + "fw-2.png";
			image_array[7] = path + "faq-2.png";
			
			var preload_image = new Array ();
 
			for(var i=0; i<image_array.length; i++)
			{
				preload_image[i]= new Image();
				preload_image[i].src = image_array[i];
			}
		}