.ddsmoothmenu{
font: bold 12px Verdana;
background:url(../images/nav_bg.gif) left top repeat-x;
}

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

}

/*Top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
line-height:15px;
list-style:none;
border-right:1px solid white;
color:#5B5A5A;
margin:0px;
}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block;
background:url(../images/nav_bg.gif) left top repeat-x;
padding:10px 14px 11px 14px;
font-weight:bold;
list-style:none;
margin:0px;
color:#5B5A5A;
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:#fff;


}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.selected{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/

color:#fff;
background:url(../images/nav_hover_bg.gif) left top repeat-x;
}



.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
color:#fff;
background:url(../images/nav_hover_bg.gif) left top repeat-x;}



.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.active{
color:#fff;
background:url(../images/nav_hover_bg.gif) left top repeat-x;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;


background-color:#2571D0;
display: block; /*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;
padding-left:0px;
padding-right:0px;


}

/*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: 170px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 10px 5px;


}

ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a:hover{
font: normal 12px Verdana;
width: 170px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 10px 0px;

margin: 0PX 0PX 0PX 5PX;
}



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

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
right: 0px;
}

.rightarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
right: 0px;
}

/* ######### CSS for shadow added to sub menus  ######### */

.ddshadow{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;


}

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


.ddsmoothmenu ul li.home a {
display: block;
background:url(../images/home.jpg) left top no-repeat;
padding:15px 14px 20px 14px;
font-weight:bold;
list-style:none;
margin:0px;
color:#fff;
text-decoration:none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu  ul li.home a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFFF;
display: block;
padding:15px 14px 20px 14px;
background:url(../images/home_h.jpg) left top no-repeat;
}

.ddsmoothmenu  ul li.home a.active {
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFFF;
float:left;
padding:15px 14px 20px 14px;
background:url(../images/home_h.jpg) left top no-repeat;
}


.ddsmoothmenu ul li.contact a {
display: block;
background:url(../images/contact.jpg) right top no-repeat;
padding:10px 15px 15px 15px;
font-weight:bold;
list-style:none;
margin:0px;

color:#fff;
text-decoration:none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu  ul li.contact a:hover {
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFFF;
display: block;
padding:10px 15px 15px 15px;
background:url(../images/contact_h.jpg) right top no-repeat;
}

.ddsmoothmenu  ul li.contact a.active {
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFFF;
display: block;
padding:10px 14px 20px 14px;
background:url(../images/contact_h.jpg) right top no-repeat;
}