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

.menu {
font-family: sans-serif; 
margin:0px 0;
valign=midle;
font-weight: bold;
color:#333333;
}

/* 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;
}

/* style the links to be xxx px wide by xx px 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; 
 
line-height:24px; 
font-size:14px;
}

/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul{
display: none;
}

/* make the sub menu ul visible and position it beneath the main menu list item ALL WIDE */
.menu ul li:hover ul {
display:block; 
position:absolute; 
top:-1px; 
left:199px; 

	border-top-width: 0px;
	border-right-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-left-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-right-style: solid;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-left-style: solid;
	border-top-color: #FFECCE;
	border-right-color: #FFECCE;
	border-bottom-color: #FFECCE;
	border-left-color: #FFECCE;

background-color:#FFCB99;
width:210px; 
}
/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links--- IE WIDE */
.menu ul li ul li a{
display:block; 
color:#666666;
	
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-right-width: 0px;
	border-bottom-width: 0px;
	border-left-width: 0px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: none;
	border-top-color: #FFECCE;
	border-right-color: #000000;
	border-bottom-color: #000000;
	border-left-color: #000000;

height:24px; 
width:210px;
background-color:#ffcb99;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li ul li a:hover {
background-color:#ffecce;
color:#666666;
}

.menu ul li .mymenu,  .menu ul li .mymenu:hover {background-color:#ffcb99;} 
.menu ul li .mymenuhover, .menu ul li .mymenuhover:hover {background-color:#ffecce;}

/* third shit aligner*/
.menu li ul ul {
margin: 0.05em 0 0 0.7em;
}