.menu {width:751px;float:left; height:28px; position:relative; z-index:100; border-bottom:1px solid #E4E0D5;border-top:1px solid #E4E0D5;padding-left:8px;font-family:arial,verdana,times;font-size:11px;background-color:#3B2563;}
/* hack to correct IE5.5 faulty box model */
* html .menu {width:754px;}
/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;}
.menu ul ul {width:95px;border:1px black solid}
/* 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;}
/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited {display:block;text-decoration:none; color:#E4E0D5; height:28px; border-right:1px solid #E4E0D5; background-color:#3B2563; padding:0px 9px 0px 9px; line-height:29px;}
/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {width:auto;float:left}

/* style the second level background */
.menu ul ul a.drop, .menu ul ul a.drop:visited {background:#F4F1EA 130px center;}
/* style the second level hover */
.menu ul ul a.drop:hover{background:#3B2563 130px center;}
.menu ul ul :hover > a.drop {background:#3B2563 130px center;}

/* 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:26px;left:0; width:95px;}
/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {top:30px;top:31px;}

/* 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:#F4F1EA; color:#000; height:auto; line-height:1em; padding:5px 8px; width:175px;border-width:0 1px 1px 1px;}
/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul a, * html .menu ul ul a:visited {width:175px;}

/* style the top level hover */
.menu a:hover, .menu ul ul a:hover{color:#E4E0D5; background:#3B2563;}
.menu :hover > a, .menu ul ul :hover > a {color:#E4E0D5; background:#3B2563;}

/* 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;}
.menu ul li ul li{
border:1px #3B2563 solid 	
}