.ddsmoothmenu{
font: bold 12px Verdana;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:100;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
margin-right:20px;
}

/*Top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block;
background:url(../images/bg14.gif) repeat-x left top; /*background of menu items (default state)*/
color: #000000;
padding: 10px 10px;
text-decoration: none;
font-size:13px;
font-weight:bold;
 font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

* html .ddsmoothmenu ul li a{ /*IE6 hack to get sub menu links to behave correctly*/
display: inline-block;
color: #000000;}


.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.selected{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
background:#000000; 
color: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
background:#000000;  /*background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
color: white;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
}

/*Sub level menu list items (undo style from Top level List Items)*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
float: none;
position:relative;}

/*All subsequent sub menu levels vertical offset after 1st level sub menu */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li ul{
top: 0;
}

/* Sub level menu links style */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a{
font: normal 11px Verdana;
width: 160px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 5px 15px 5px;
margin: 0;
border-top-width: 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #3a3a3a;
background:#000000;
color:#e1e1e1;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a:hover {color:#ff6600;/* background:#262625;*/}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a.newlink {background:none; border:none; width:auto; height:auto; position:absolute; right:0px; top:2px;}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a.newlink:hover {background:none;}
/* Holly Hack for IE \*/
* html .ddsmoothmenu{height: 1%;} /*Holly Hack for IE7 and below*/


/* ######### CSS classes applied to down and right arrow images  ######### */

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 14px;
right: 1px;
visibility:hidden;
}

.rightarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
right: 5px;
}

/* ######### CSS for shadow added to sub menus  ######### */

.ddshadow{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
background: silver;
}

.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity. Doesn't work in IE*/
}