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

.menu {
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
width:920px; 
position:relative;
letter-spacing: 0px;
z-index:100;
color:#444;
}
/* 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 */
.menu ul li a, .menu ul li a:visited {
	display:block;
	text-align:center;
	text-decoration:none;
	width:153px;
	height:30px;
	line-height:29px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #CCCCCC;
	background-color: #fff;
	background-image: url(images/menu_bg_off.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
/* make the dropdown ul invisible */
.menu ul li ul {
display: none;
}

/* set the background and foreground color of the main menu li on hover */
.menu ul li:hover a {
background-image: url(images/menu_bg_on.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
}
/* 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:31px; 
left:0; 
width:152px;
}
/* style the background and foreground color of the submenu links */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a {
background:#FFFFFF;
display:block; 
}
/* style the background and forground colors of the links on hover */
.menu ul li:hover ul li a:hover {
background:#F2EED8;
}

.active{
background-image: url(images/menu_bg_on.gif) !important;
background-repeat: repeat-x !important;
}