.ddsmoothmenu{
clear:both;
font: bold 12px Verdana;
width:1000px; 
height:29px;
text-align:center;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
margin-left:10px!important;
z-index:100;
width:auto;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;

}

/*Top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
background:url(../images/dd_menu_bg.gif) repeat-x;
border-left:1px solid #1f6593;
}



/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block;
height:29px;
/*background: #414141; background of menu items (default state)*/
color: white;
line-height:29px;
color: #2d2b2b;
padding:0 10px;
text-decoration: none;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.first, .ddsmoothmenu ul li.last { background:none;}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.item-f { background:url(../images/item1_off.jpg) no-repeat!important; }
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.item-f:hover { background:url(../images/item1_on.jpg) no-repeat!important; }
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.item-l { background:url(../images/iteml_off.jpg) no-repeat;}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.item-l:hover { background:url(../images/itemll_on.jpg) no-repeat;}

* 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: white;
}

.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.gif) repeat-x;
 
color: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
background:url(../images/nav_hover.gif) repeat-x;
color: white;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
margin-left:0px!important;
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;
}

/*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 12px Verdana;
width: 160px; /*width of sub menus*/
height:19px;
line-height:22px;
padding: 5px!important;
margin: 0;
border-top-width: 0;
background-color:#1c618f;
border-top:1px solid #5093bd;

}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a:hover {
background-color:#5093bd!important;
background-image: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: 12px;
right: 7px;
display:none;
}

.rightarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
right: 5px;
display:none;
}

/* ######### 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;
}