.ddmx {
    font: 11px arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif;
}

/* background controls colour of menu bar */
/* color controls colour of menu bar text */
.ddmx .item1,
.ddmx .item1:hover,
.ddmx .item1-active,
.ddmx .item1-active:hover {
    padding: 3px 10px 3px 10px;
    background: #0000FF;
    border-left: 1px solid #ccccc;
    font: 12px arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    white-space: nowrap;
    position: relative;
    
    

}
.ddmx .item2,
.ddmx .item2:hover,
.ddmx .item2-active,
.ddmx .item2-active:hover {
    padding: 3px 8px 4px 8px;
    font: 12px arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif;
    color: #330033;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: block;
    white-space: nowrap;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 500;
}
/* background controls background colour of drop down menu item on hover #cccccc*/
.ddmx .item2 {
    background: #B8BCFF;
}
.ddmx .item2:hover,
.ddmx .item2-active,
.ddmx .item2-active:hover {
    background: #FFFFCC;
    
}
.ddmx .arrow,
.ddmx .arrow:hover {
    padding: 3px 16px 4px 8px;
}
.ddmx .item2 img,
.ddmx .item2-active img{
    position: absolute;
    top: 4px;
    right: 1px;
    border: 0px none;
}
.ddmx .section {
    border: 1px solid #cccccc;
    position: absolute;
    visibility: hidden;
    z-index: -1;
}
 a:hover
      {
       color: #000066;
      } 
   
* html .ddmx td { position: relative; } /* ie 5.0 fix */