function place_objects() {
	// first check if the page is actually done loading
	if (load_done == 0) {
		timer_place_objects = setTimeout('place_objects()',300);
	}

//xxxxxxxx prep page after load

	//tweak search field in the toolbar
	x = 623;
	y = 30;
	if (!mac) {
		if (ns4) y = y - 1;
	} else {
		if (ie4) y = y - 2;
	}
	//move_to(toolbarsearch,x,y);

	//move footer under content
	h = layer_height(tall_layer);
	h = tall_layer_y + h + 25;
	if (win_height > (h+20)) {
		h = win_height - 30;
	}
	if (!ie4) {							//  XXXX realitycheck on this
		h = h + 3;
	}
	move_to(pagefooter,0,h);
	show_object(pagefooter);
	//if there is an additional picture above the footer, deal with that
	if (footpic) {
		move_to(footpiclay,0,h-120);
		show_object(footpiclay);
	}
	
	//move active menu item depending on section of site
	/*
	if (page_section != -1) {
		write_to_layer('menuonDiv','<img src="/images/global/menu_on_'+page_section+'.gif" width="'+mv_width[page_section]+'" height="14" border="0" alt="">');
		eval('move_to(menuon,'+mv_xpos[page_section]+',69)');
		show_object(menuon);
	}
	*/
	browser_bench();	//check real speed

}