/* common styling */
/* set up the overall width of the menu div, the font and the margins */

.menu {
font-family: arial, sans-serif; 
float:left;
width:626px; 
margin:0px auto 0 auto;
padding-left:10px;
}
/* remove the bullets and set the margin and padding to zero for the unordered list */
.menu ul {
padding:0; 
margin:0;
list-style-type: none;
}
/* float the list so that the items are in a line and their position relative so that the drop down list will appear in the right place underneath each list item */
.menu ul li {
float:left; 
position:relative;
/*border-left:solid #cccccc 1px*/
}
/* style the links to be 104px wide by 30px high with a top and right border 1px solid white. Set the background color and the font size. */
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
display:block;
text-align:left; 
text-decoration:none; 
width:auto; 
height:18px; 
color:#000; 
border:1px solid #fff;
border-width:0px 0px 0px 0;
line-height:18px; 
font-size:12px;
}
/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
display: none;
}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
/* set the background and foreground color of the main menu li on hover */
.menu ul li:hover a {
color:#FFCC33 ; 
background:none;
}
/* make the sub menu ul visible and position it beneath the main menu list item */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
display:block; 
position:absolute; 
top:18px; 
left:0; 
border:1px solid #cccccc;
background:#eeeeee;
opacity:0.85;
}
/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
display:block; 
color:#000;
width:100px;
margin-left:5px;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
color:#FFCC33;
margin-left:5px;
}

