.ddsmoothmenu{
font:normal 14px  Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background:url(../images/nav_bg.jpg)repeat-x left top;   /*background of menu bar (default state)*/
width:100%;

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:100;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
color:#000;

}

/*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/nav_bg.jpg) repeat-x left top; 

color:#000;
padding: 11px 20px; 

text-decoration: none;
border-right:1px solid #a9a9a9;
}

* 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:#000;

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.selected { /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
background:url(../images/nav_hover_bg.jpg) repeat-x left top !important; 
color: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
background:url(../images/nav_hover_bg.jpg) repeat-x left top;  /*background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/

color: white;
}
	
/* sub menus */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: -3000px;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;

}

/*Sub level menu list items (alters style from Top level List Items)*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
float: none;
top:1px;
}

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

/* Sub level menu links style */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a{
font: normal 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
width:auto; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 8px 20px 8px 5px;
margin: 0;
border-top-width: 0 !important;
border-bottom: 1px solid #fff;
border-left:1px solid #FFF;
border-right-color:#FFF !important;
*min-width:150px;
background:#43b3fd;
color:#000 !important; 

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a:hover{color:#fff !important; }

/* 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: 15px;
right:3px;
}

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



.ddshadow{ 
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
/*background-color: #ccc;*/ /* generally should be just a little lighter than the box-shadow color for CSS3 capable browsers */
}