/* common styling */
/* set up the overall width of the menu div, the font and the margins */

.menu {
background-repeat: repeat-x;
width:700px;
height: 20px; 
margin-left: 1px; 
margin-right: 1px;
}
/* remove the bullets and set the margin and padding to zero for the unordered list */
.menu ul {
padding:0px; 
margin:0px;
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;
}
/* 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 {
letter-spacing: 0px;
display:block; 
text-align:left; 
text-decoration:none; 
color:#5C5C5C; 
border:1px solid #fff;
border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1px;
background-color:#FED201;
background-image: url(../gfx/back_menu_bar.png);
line-height:20px; 
font-size:12px;
/*
padding-left: 18px;
padding-right: 17px;
*/
padding-left: 11px;
padding-right: 11px;

}
/* 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:#6C6C6C; 
background:#FFDA21;
}
/* 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:20px; 
left:0; 
width: 100px;
}

/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
background-image: none;
background-color:#FED201;
border: 1px solid #FEC501;
border-top-width: 0px;
color:#5C5C5C;
width: 100px;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
background-color:#FEC501;
background-image:url(../gfx/back_submenu_bar.png);
background-position: top;
background-repeat: repeat-x;
color:#6C6C6C; 
}