.ddsmoothmenu{
font: bold 12px Verdana;
width: 100%;

}

.ddsmoothmenu ul{
z-index:100;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
}

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

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.judges{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 68px;
height: 27px;
margin-right: 0px;
background: url(../images/menujudges.gif) no-repeat;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.home{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 68px;
height: 27px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-left: -9px;
background: url(../images/menuhome.gif) no-repeat;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.vote {
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 91px;
height: 27px;
margin-right: 9px;
background: url(../images/but_nominate.gif) no-repeat;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.about {
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 68px;
height: 27px;
margin-right: 0px;
background: url(../images/menuabout.gif) no-repeat;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a.firsts{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 68px;
height: 27px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-left: -20px;
background: url(../images/menufirsts.gif) no-repeat;
}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block;
color: white;
padding: 0px 3px;
color: #2d2b2b;
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: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul.judges li a:hover{
background: yellow; /*background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
color: white;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li:hover {
opacity: 0.5;
color: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover.judges {
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 68px;
height: 27px;
margin-top: 1px;
background: url(../images/menujudgeshover.gif) no-repeat;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover.home {
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 68px;
height: 27px;
margin-top: 1px;
background: url(../images/menuhomehover.gif) no-repeat;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover.vote {
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 91px;
height: 27px;
margin-top: 0px;
background: url(../images/but_nominate.gif) no-repeat;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover.about{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 68px;
height: 27px;
margin-top: 1px;
background: url(../images/menuabouthover.gif) no-repeat;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a:hover.firsts{
position: relative;
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 68px;
height: 27px;
margin-left: -20px;
margin-top: 1px;
background: url(../images/menufirstshover.gif) no-repeat;
}
	
	
/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul.judgessub{
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
top: -10px;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
background-color: #7a499d;
width: 127px;
z-index: 13330;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul.firstssub{
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
top: -10px;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
background-color: #2da7c2;
width: 127px;
z-index: 13330;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 30px;
top: 0px;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
background-color: pink;
z-index: 13330;
}


/*Sub level menu list items (undo style from Top level List Items)*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li{
display: list-item;
float: none;
z-index: 10;
width: 127px;
}

/*All subsequent sub menu levels vertical offset after 1st level sub menu */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li ul{
top: 0;
z-index: 10;
}

/* Sub level menu links style */
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul li a{
font: normal 13px Verdana;
width: 117px; /*width of sub menus*/
padding: 5px;
margin: 0;
border-top-width: 0;
z-index: 10;
background-color: #6b3a8d;
color: #fff;
}


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

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

.rightarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
right: 5px;
z-index: 10;
}