.ddsmoothmenu{
font: bold 14px Verdana;
background: transparent;  /* original 20131024  walton  changed from #414141;  */ /*background of menu bar (default state)*/
width: 100%;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:210;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}

/*Top level list items*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
/* originally background: #414141; */  /*background of menu items (default state)*/
/*  originally
color: white;
color: #2d2b2b;
*/
/*     top right bottom left  */
padding: 7px 10px 7px 10px;
border-right: 1px solid #778;
display: block;

 /*   added 20140211   */		  
 /* useful if you don't want a bg color from leaking outside the border: */        
  -moz-background-clip: padding; -webkit-background-clip: padding-box; background-clip: padding-box; 
 
  background-color: #f77f00;              /*  #ffaa00 good light orange  ....   ?? C46500  */
                                     /*   ff5800 good dark orange  .....  #f7c333  not bad light orange  */
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#A35400), to(#ffaa00)); /* Saf4+, Chrome */
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #A35400, #ffaa00); /* Chrome 10+, Saf5.1+, iOS 5+ */
  background-image:    -moz-linear-gradient(top, #A35400, #ffaa00); /* FF3.6 */
  background-image:     -ms-linear-gradient(top, #A35400, #ffaa00); /* IE10 */
  background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(top, #A35400, #ffaa00); /* Opera 11.10+ */
  background-image:         linear-gradient(top, #A35400, #ffaa00);
            filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#a35400', EndColorStr='#ffaa00'); /* IE6–IE9 */
  
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
}

* html .ddsmoothmenu ul li a{ /*IE6 hack to get sub menu links to behave correctly*/
/**/
display: inline-block;

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:link, .ddsmoothmenu ul li a:visited{
color: black;  /* white;  */
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.selected{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
  /* background: black; */ 
  /* color: white; */
  background-color: #444444;
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#8D8585), to(#ffffff)); /* Saf4+, Chrome */
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* Chrome 10+, Saf5.1+, iOS 5+ */
  background-image:    -moz-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* FF3.6 */
  background-image:     -ms-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* IE10 */
  background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* Opera 11.10+ */
  background-image:         linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff);
            filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#8D8585', EndColorStr='#ffffff'); /* IE6–IE9 */
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover{
  /* background: black; */   /*background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/ 
  /* color: white; */
  
  background-color: #444444;
  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#8D8585), to(#ffffff)); /* Saf4+, Chrome */
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* Chrome 10+, Saf5.1+, iOS 5+ */
  background-image:    -moz-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* FF3.6 */
  background-image:     -ms-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* IE10 */
  background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* Opera 11.10+ */
  background-image:         linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff);
            filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#8D8585', EndColorStr='#ffffff'); /* IE6–IE9 */

}
	 
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.on_this_page
  {
	  background-color: #444444;
	  background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#8D8585), to(#ffffff)); /* Saf4+, Chrome */
	  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* Chrome 10+, Saf5.1+, iOS 5+ */
	  background-image:    -moz-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* FF3.6 */
	  background-image:     -ms-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* IE10 */
	  background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff); /* Opera 11.10+ */
	  background-image:         linear-gradient(top, #8D8585, #ffffff);
				filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorStr='#8D8585', EndColorStr='#ffffff'); /* IE6–IE9 */
 } 
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
}

/*Sub level menu list items (undo style from Top level List Items)*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
float: none;
}

/*All subsequent sub menu levels vertical offset after 1st level sub menu */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li ul{
top: 0;
}

/* Sub level menu links style */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a{
font: bold 13px Verdana;
width: 160px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 5px;
margin: 0;
border-top-width: 0;
border-bottom: 1px solid gray;
}

/* Holly Hack for IE \*/
* html .ddsmoothmenu{height: 1%;} /*Holly Hack for IE7 and below*/


/* ######### CSS classes applied to down and right arrow images  ######### */

.downarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 12px;
right: 7px;
}

.rightarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
right: 5px;
}

/* ######### CSS for shadow added to sub menus  ######### */

.ddshadow{ /*shadow for NON CSS3 capable browsers*/
position: absolute;
/* z-index:195;  originally nothing */
left: 0;  /* originally -> 0  */
top: 0;  /* originally -> 0  */
width: 0;  /* originally -> 0  */
height: 0;  /* originally -> 0  */
background: silver;
}

.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity for NON CSS3 capable browsers. Doesn't work in IE*/
opacity: 0.8;
}