.ddsmoothmenu {
/* background: #dbdbdb url('../images/template/bg_menu.jpg') center repeat-y; /*background of menu bar (default state) */
border-top: 1px dashed #555fb1;
background-color: #ffffff;
width: 100%;
min-height: 31px; /* important for the containing div displaying properly in Firefox */
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul {
margin: 0px auto;
/* width: 1500px; */
z-index:100;
padding: 0px;
list-style-type: none;
text-align: center;
}

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

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a {
display: block;
background: #FFFFFF; /*background of menu items (default state)*/
color: #6c77cd;
padding: 8px 5px;
border-right: 1px dotted #555fb1;
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: #555FB1;
font-weight: bold;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.selected { /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
background: #6c77cd; 
color: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover,
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:focus {
	/* 	background: #ffffff url('../images/template/bg_hover.gif'); background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state) */
	background-color: #555fb1;
	color: #ffffff;
}
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul {
position: absolute;
width: auto;
left: 0px;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
border-top: 1px dotted #e2e1d9;
}

/*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: 0px;
width: auto;
}

/* Sub level menu links style */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a {
font: normal 11px Verdana;
width: 180px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 5px 5px 5px 10px;
margin: 0px;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #e2e1d9;
border-left: 1px dotted #b5b3a5;
}

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


/* ######### 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: 0px;
top: 0px;
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
background: #adb3c9;
}

.toplevelshadow { /*shadow opacity. Doesn't work in IE*/
opacity: 0.6;
}