.ddsmoothmenu{
font: bold 12px Verdana;
background:url(../images/top-nav-bgx.gif) repeat-x;
display:block;
height: 49px;
color:#000;
}


.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:100;
list-style-type: none;
list-style: none; 
padding-left: 25px;
}

/*Top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
color: #000000;
float: left;
}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
 float: left;  font: normal 15px/49px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 25px;
background:url(../images/top-nav-bgx.gif) repeat-x;  color: #343839; display:block;
}

* html .ddsmoothmenu ul li a{ /*IE6 hack to get sub menu links to behave correctly*/
display: inline-block;
color: #000000;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:link, .ddsmoothmenu ul li a:visited{
 color: #000; display:block;
}

/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
color: #000000;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
padding: 10px 0;
background: #cacaca url(../images/sub-menu-bgx.gif) repeat-x;
border: solid 1px #9c9c9c;
}

/*Sub level menu list items (undo style from Top level List Items)*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
color: #000000;
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{
width: 195px; /*width of sub menus*/
font: normal 13px/22px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000; text-decoration: none; padding: 0 16px; background: none;  color: #343839; display:block;
}

/* Holly Hack for IE \*/
* html .ddsmoothmenu{height: 1%;} /*Holly Hack for IE7 and below*/


.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a:hover{
color: white;
background: #9c9c9c;
}

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

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 23px;
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: none;
display: none;
}

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