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

.menu {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	width:550px;
	margin:0px;
	position:relative;
	z-index:100;
	float: left;
	color: #CCCCCC;
}
/* 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 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:center;
	text-decoration:none;
	width:85px;
	height:100%;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	font-size:13px;
	border-top-width: 0px;
	border-right-width: 0px;
	border-bottom-width: 0px;
	border-left-width: 0px;
	border-top-style: none;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.menu ul li a:hover {
	display:block;
	text-align:center;
	text-decoration:none;
	width:85px;
	height:100%;
	color:#6D78B8;
	font-size:13px;
	border-top-width: 0px;
	border-right-width: 0px;
	border-bottom-width: 0px;
	border-left-width: 0px;
	border-top-style: none;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}

/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
	display: none;
	width: 85px;
}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
/* set the background and foreground color of the main menu li on hover */
.menu ul li:hover a {
	color:#fff;
	width: 85px;
}
/* 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:16px;
	left:0;
	width:85px;
	background-color: #000000;
	border-top-width: thin;
	border-right-width: thin;
	border-bottom-width: thin;
	border-left-width: thin;
	border-top-style: solid;
	border-right-style: solid;
	border-bottom-style: none;
	border-left-style: solid;
	border-top-color: #FFFFFF;
	border-right-color: #FFFFFF;
	border-bottom-color: #FFFFFF;
	border-left-color: #FFFFFF;
}
/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
	display:block;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	background-color: #000000;
	border-top-width: thin;
	border-right-width: thin;
	border-bottom-width: thin;
	border-left-width: thin;
	border-top-style: none;
	border-right-style: none;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-left-style: none;
	border-top-color: #FFFFFF;
	border-right-color: #FFFFFF;
	border-bottom-color: #FFFFFF;
	border-left-color: #FFFFFF;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
	color:#FFFFFF;
	font-weight: bold;
	background-color: #999999;
}
