Usage

Include the following in your <head> part of the html

<link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheets/jquery.sliding-menu.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- jQuery UI is Optional. Its only required if using easing functions. -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.2/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/jquery.sliding-menu.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(function(){
  jQuery('#HorizontalSlidingMenu .SlidingMenu').slidingMenu();
  jQuery('#VerticalSlidingMenu .SlidingMenu').slidingMenu({ initialOpacity: 0.5 });
});
</script>

Use the following syntax in your <body> part of the html

  <div id="HorizontalSlidingMenu">
    <ul class="SlidingMenu Horizontal">
      <li><a href="#">First Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Second Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Third Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Fourth Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Fifth Link</a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div id="VerticalSlidingMenu">
    <ul class="SlidingMenu">
      <li><a href="#">First Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Second Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Third Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Fourth Link</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Fifth Link</a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>

You can easily customize the styling.