.ddsmoothmenu{
font: bold 12px Verdana;
 /*background of menu bar (default state) 0093cf */
/*width: 615px;*/
}

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

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

}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.menu ul li a{
	color:#505050;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-decoration:none;
	padding:7px 20px 7px 20px;
	margin:0 0 0 23px;
	display:block;
}

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

.menu ul li a:link, .menu ul li a:visited{
color:#505050;
}

.menu ul li a.selected{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
color: #ca211e  ;
background:#BC9B3E;
}

.menu ul li a:hover{
color: #ca211e;
}

/*1st sub level menu*/
.menu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
/*border: 1px solid gray;*/
}

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

}

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

}

/* Sub level menu links style */
.menu ul li ul li a{
padding: 5px;
margin: 0;
border-top: 1px solid gray;
border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
border-left: 1px solid gray;
border-right: 1px solid gray;
font: normal 13px Verdana;
color: #A9C7C9;
background:#FFFFFF;
width:180px;
border-top-width: 0;
}

.menu ul li ul li a:hover{	background:#BC9B3E;
	font: normal 13px Verdana;
	}

/* ######### 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: silver;

}

.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity. Doesn't work in IE*/
opacity: 0.8;
}