.ddsmoothmenu{
	font: bold 12px Verdana;
	background-color: #6189AE; /*background of menu bar (default state)*/
	background: url(../images/bkg_globalNav_default.gif) no-repeat top left;
	width: 100%;
	text-align: left;
	height:20px;
	position:relative;
	z-index:999 
	
}

.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;
}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block;
background-color: #6189AE; /*background of menu items (default state)*/
background: url(../images/bkg_globalNav_default.gif) no-repeat top left;
color: #CCCCCC;
padding: 3px 18px 3px 12px; /*  change the left and right pagging to accomodate menu items to the total lenght of the menu bar*/
border-right: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
color: #2d2b2b;
text-decoration: none;
}

* 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: #336699; 
color: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
background: orange; /*background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
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;
}

/*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: 220px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 2px 0px 2px 4px;
margin: 0;
border-top-width: 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
}


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

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 8px;
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: silver;
}

.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity. Doesn't work in IE*/
opacity: 0;
}