.menu {width:800px; height:30px; position:relative; z-index:100; font-family:arial, sans-serif;}
/* 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:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;}
.menu ul ul {width:160px;}
/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */
.menu li {float:left;width:160px;position:relative;}
/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited {display:block;font-size:12px;text-decoration:none; color:#fff; width:160px; height:30px; background-color: #f7c00d; line-height:30px; font-weight:bold;}
/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {width:160px;}

/* style the second level background */
.menu ul ul a.drop, .menu ul ul a.drop:visited {background-color: #01481e;}
/* style the second level hover */
.menu ul ul a.drop:hover{background-color: #c9ba65;}
.menu ul ul :hover > a.drop {background-color :#c9ba65;}


/* 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:30px;left:0; width:160px;}
/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {top:30px;}

/* 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:#01481e; color:#fff; height:auto; line-height:1em; width:160px; padding: 8px 0;}
/* 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:#000; background:#b7d186;}
.menu :hover > a, .menu ul ul :hover > a {color:#000; background:#b7d186;}

/* 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; }