.menu
{
    height: 32px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 100;
    font-size: 100%;
    background-color: #003300;
}
/* hack to correct IE5.5 faulty box model */
* html .menu
{
    width: 800px;
}

/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul
{
    padding: 8px 0 0 0;
    margin: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
}
.menu ul ul
{
}
/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */
.menu li
{
    float: left;
    position: relative;
    font-size:large;
}
/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited
{
    display: block;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff;
    height: 30px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    line-height: 29px;
}
/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited
{
    width: 149px;
}

/* style the second level background */
.menu ul ul a.drop, .menu ul ul a.drop:visited
{
    background-color: #00FF00;
}
/* style the second level hover */
.menu ul ul a.drop:hover
{
    background-color: #00FF00;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}
.menu ul ul :hover > a.drop
{
    background-color: #00FF00;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}
.menu ul ul li
{
    border: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
    border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
}
/* style the third level background */
.menu ul ul ul a, .menu ul ul ul a:visited
{
    background: #768FCF;
}
/* style the third level hover */
.menu ul ul ul a:hover
{
    background: #768FCF;
}


/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
.menu ul ul
{
    visibility: hidden;
    position: absolute;
    height: 0;
    top: 14px;
    left: 0;
    width: 160px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
}
/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul
{
    top: 30px;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
}

/* position the third level flyout menu */
.menu ul ul ul
{
    left: 160px;
    top: -1px;
    width: 160px;
}

/* position the third level flyout menu for a left flyout */
.menu ul ul ul.left
{
    left: -160px;
}

/* style the table so that it takes no ppart in the layout - required for IE to work */
.menu table
{
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    border-collapse: collapse;
}

/* style the second level links */
.menu ul ul a, .menu ul ul a:visited
{
    background-position: #00FF00;
    background: #003300;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    height: auto;
    line-height: 1em;
    padding: 5px 10px;
    width: 160px;
    border-width: 0 1px 1px 1px;
    text-align: left;
}
/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul a, * html .menu ul ul a:visited
{
    width: 160px;
}


/* style the top level hover */
.menu a:hover, .menu ul ul a:hover
{
    color: #663300;
}
.menu :hover > a, .menu ul ul :hover > a
{
    color: #996633;
}

/* make the second level visible when hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul li:hover ul, .menu ul a:hover ul
{
    visibility: visible;
}
/* keep the third level hidden when you hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul ul
{
    visibility: hidden;
}
/* make the third level visible when you hover over second level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul
{
    visibility: visible;
}
/* =================================================================== */