.ddsmoothmenu{
width: 500px;
margin:auto;
padding:0;
font: bold 12px Verdana;
}

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

/*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;
color: #FFFFFF;
padding:9px 12px 8px 12px;
margin:0 1px 0 0;
text-decoration: none;
font:12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight:bold;
}

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

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:link, .ddsmoothmenu ul li a:visited{
color: #FFFFFF;
text-transform:uppercase;
font-weight:bold;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
background: url(../images/menu_background_.gif) repeat-x;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
background:#000000;
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;text-align:left;
}

/*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:12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
width: 160px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 5px;
margin: 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #666666;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a:hover{
background:#000000;
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFFF;
background: url(../images/menu_background_.gif) repeat-x;
}


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

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 12px;
right: 7px;
}

.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:#666666;
}

.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity. Doesn't work in IE*/
filter: alpha(opacity=60);
opacity: .6;
}