.ddheader{
  z-index: 770;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0px;
  left: 0px;
  width: 968px;
  height: 30px;
}

.ddsmoothmenu{
  font: bold 11px Verdana;
  z-index: 775;
  

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
  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 of menu items (default state)*/
  color: white;
  padding: 8px 18px;
  border-right: 1px solid #cccccc;
  color: #2d2b2b;
  text-decoration: none;
  background-image: url(../images/menu_back_nav.jpg);
  background-color: #c84d34;
}

* html .ddsmoothmenu ul li a{ /*IE6 hack to get sub menu links to behave correctly*/
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 8px 18px;
  
}

* html .ddheader{
  z-index: 40;
  width: 964px;
}

.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*/

color: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
  color: white;
  background-image: url(../images/menu_back_nav_hover.jpg);
}
  
/*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: bold 11px Verdana;
  width: 160px; /*width of sub menus*/
  padding: 5px;
  margin: 0;
  border-top-width: 0;
  
}


/* ######### 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: silver;
}
*/



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