.ddsmoothmenu{
	font: bold 12px Verdana;
	background-image: url('../images/navBack.jpg');
	/*background: #71A924; background of menu bar 71A924(default state) was 414141*/
	width: 100%;
	
}

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

/*Top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;/*center the top navigation bar on the page*/

}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block;
background-image: url('../images/navBack.jpg');
/*background: #71A924; background of menu items (default state) was 414141*/
color: white;
padding: 8px 20px;
border-right: 1px solid #778;
color: #2d2b2b;
text-decoration: none;
text-align:center;
}

* 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:hover{
background: #0e2370; /*background of menu items during onmouseover black (hover state)*/
text-decoration: none;
color: white;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
text-align: center;


}

/*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 13px Verdana;
	width: 250px; /**************************width of sub menus**********************/
	padding: 5px;
	margin: 0;
	border-top-width: 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #5e8e1e; /*grey*/
	text-align:left;
}


/* ######### 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: transparent; /* was silver*/
}

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