.ddsmoothmenu{
width:900px;
height:34px;
background:url(../images/menu_3_bg.gif) no-repeat center;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:100;
margin: 0;
padding-left:30px;
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: #DAD8B0;*/
color: #FFFFFF;
padding:0px 25px 0px 15px; 
text-decoration: none;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:14px;
}

* 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: #24201f;
}
*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
background:url(../images/menu_bg.gif) repeat-x center; color:#24201f;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
margin-left:0px;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
background-color:#FFFFFF;
}

/*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 14px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight:bold;
width: 200px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 5px;
margin: 0;
border-top-width: 0;
color:#333333;
border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
}


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

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

/*.rightarrowclass{
display:none;
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: 1.0;
}