/* overall style */

.menu {
font-family: helvetica, san-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 12px;
color: #000000;
margin-left: 20px;
padding: 0;
width:736px; 
height:44px;
position:relative;
}

/* remove the bullets and set the margin and padding to zero for the unordered list */
.menu ul {
padding:0; 
border-bottom: 0px;
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 of each button*/

.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
font-family: helvetica, san-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 18px;
color: #000000;
display:block; 
text-align:center; 
width:99px; 
height:30px; 
padding-top:15px;
margin-right:15px;
background-image:url('/content/nav-button.png');
background-position: center center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
color: #000000;
display: none;
width:99px; 
height:44px;
}

/* specific to non IE browsers */
/* set the background and foreground color of the main menu li on hover */
.menu ul li:hover a { 
text-decoration: none;
width:99px; 
height:30px;
background-image:url('/content/nav-button-over.png');
background-position: center center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

.menu ul li:hover {
color:#000; 
width:99px; 
height:30px; 
margin-right:15px;
text-decoration: none;

}

/* 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:30px; 
text-decoration:none;
margin-top:15px;
left:0; 
width:110px;

}

/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */

.menu ul li:hover ul li {
display:block; 
background:#cecece; 
width:110px;
height: 25px;
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
border: 0px;
color:#000;
background-image: none;
}

.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
margin:0px;
padding:6px 0 0 6px;
border: 0px;
font-family: helvetica, san-serif;
font-weight: bold;
font-size:12px;
font-align:center;
text-decoration:none;
background-image: none;
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the children links on hover */

.menu ul li:hover ul li:hover {
background:#e7e7e7; 
color:#000;
background-image: none;
}