div.multi_drop_menus 
* { 
 margin:0; 
 padding:0;     /* removes margin and padding off all list elements */ 
} 

div.multi_drop_menus 
{  
 behavior:url(./csshover.htc); /* you must link to the hover.htc file for this menu to work in IE6 and earlier */
 font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;   /* font family for menu */ 
 font-size: 10px; /* size of menu's type relative to parent element */ 
 margin:0px 0 10px 0px; 
 background-color: transparent;    /* colors the div - div fills the parent element for a horizontal menu - set to background-color:transparent; if not needed */ 
}

div.multi_drop_menus ul 
{ 	
 border-left:0px solid #CCB;     /* creates dividing line to left of level 1's first menu item, revealing div color to left of menu */	    
 display:inline;						/* fixes margin-doubling bug in IE6 */ 	
}

div.multi_drop_menus li 
{ 
 background-color: #FFF;         /* background color of the level 1 menu items */ 
 border-right:0px solid #CCB;   /* creates dividing lines to right of each horiz level 1 menu item *//* set to 0px to remove */ 
}                						    /* border-right is automatically removed from vert menu below  */

div.multi_drop_menus li:hover 
{ 
 background-color:  #F0F7D9;      /* background color of hovered menu items */ 
} 

div.multi_drop_menus a 
{ 
 color: #808080;                    /* sets the color of menu level 1 */ 
 padding:.2em 5px;           	      /*creates space top/bottom and left/right respectively around each menu item's text - set vert height in ems   */ 
} 

div.multi_drop_menus a:hover 
{ 
 color: #A7B82D;        				 /* type color of a hovered menu choice */ 
}

div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul 
{ 
 width:16em;   						    /* sets the width of menu levels 2*/ 
}

div.multi_drop_menus li li a
{  
 background-color: #F7F9E9;            /* background color of the level 2 menu */ 
 border-bottom: 1px solid #A7B82D;  /* lines between menu choices - set to 0px if not wanted */ 
}

div.multi_drop_menus li li a:hover 
{ 
 color: #A7B82D;        				 /* type color of a hovered menu choice */ 
 background-color:  #E9F3D2;      /* background color of hovered menu items */  
}

/* Want transparency on your menus? add the class 'transparent' to the multi_drop_menus div */

div.multi_drop_menus.transparent ul ul li 
{ /* note: the lower the value, the greater the transparency */  
 opacity:0.95; /* CSS3 - range 0 to 1 */       
 -moz-opacity:0.95; /* Firefox- range 0 to 1  */  
 filter:alpha(opacity=95);  /* IE- range 0 to 100  */  
}

/* END MENU PREFERENCES */ 
/* YOU ARE STONGLY ADVISED NOT TO MODIFY THE CODE THAT FOLLOWS : ) */

/* the menu mechanics start here */

div.multi_drop_menus 
{	
 float:left; 	width:100%;	
}

div.multi_drop_menus ul 
{ 
 float:left; /* makes ul wrap li */
 font-size:1em; /* prevents inheritence from maiin text style sheet */
}

div.multi_drop_menus li 
{
 float:left;  /*causes the list to align horizontally instead of stack */ 
 list-style-type:none; /* removes the bullet off each list item */ 
 position:relative; /* positioning context for the absolutely positioned drop-down */ 
}

div.multi_drop_menus a 
{ 
 display:block; /* makes link fill li so entire area is "hot" */ 
 text-decoration:none;  /* removes the underlining from the links */ 
}

/* the horizontal menu ends here */
/* the drop-downs starts here */

div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul 
{  
 position:absolute;     /* positions the drop-down ul in relation to its relatively positioned li parent */ 
 border:0;         			/* stops inheritance from level 1 ul */ 
 margin-left:0px;        /* stops inheritance from level 1 ul */ 
}

div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li 
{ 
 width:100%; 
 padding:0; /* stops inheritance */ 
 border-left:0; /* stops inheritance */ 
 border-right:0; /* stops inheritance */ 
}

div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul 
{
 display:none;
} 

/* conceals the drop-down when menu not hovered */

div.multi_drop_menus ul li:hover ul 
{	
 display:block; /* shows the drop-down when the menu is hovered */	
 z-index:1000; /* Safari needs this to display menu on top of other page elements */	
} 

/* pop-outs starts here */

body div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li ul  
{ 
 position:absolute; /* associated menu with parent li positioning context */ 
 visibility:hidden; /* ensures that level 3 menu is not reveal when level 2 is reveled */ 
 left:100%; 
 top:-1px; /* aligns level 3 and 4 pop-out with previous level */ 
}

div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li:hover ul 
{
 visibility:visible;
} 

/* shows level 3 menu when associated level 2 li is hovered *//* second and third level popouts here*/

div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li:hover ul li ul 
{
 visibility:hidden;
} 

/* ensures that level 4 is not reveal when level 3 is reveled */

div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li ul li:hover ul 
{
 visibility:visible;
}  

/* shows level 4 menu when associated level 3 li is hovered */
/* the drop-downs end here */ 
/* extra styles for the vertical menu */

div.multi_drop_menus.vertical ul 
{ 
 border-left:0px; /* removes the border of the level 1 ul that can be used in the horizontal menu */ 
 margin-left:0;         /* removes left margin that is available on horizontal menu */ 
}

.vertical ul 
{ /* took off the id so the ul ul width setting in prefs was more specific */ 
 width:100%; 
}

div.multi_drop_menus.vertical li 
{ 
 position:relative; /* positioning context for the level 2 menu */ 
 width:100%;         /* set width of level 1 menu - MUST match left value in ul ul selector below */ 
 clear:left; /* makes the main menu stack - note: turning off floating (alternative way to create stacking) causes spacing problems in IE */ 
 border-right:0; /* removes right borders used by horiz level 1 */
}

div.multi_drop_menus.vertical ul ul  
{ 
 position:absolute; /* make ul position relative to parent li for all menu levels */ 
 left:100%;         /* align level 2 with level 1 - MUST match li width in selector above */ 
 top:-1px; /* aligns the level 2 pop-out */ 
}

/* levels 2 -4 width */

div.multi_drop_menus.vertical li li 
{
}

div.multi_drop_menus.vertical ul ul ul 
{ 
 left:100%;          /* align level 2 with level 3 and 3 with 4 - MUST match li width in selector above */ 
} 

/* END MENU MECHANICS */ 
/* inevitable hacks for IE6  and < */

* html div.multi_drop_menus 
{ 
 z-index:1; /* IE6 won't respect high z-index on abs-pos'd child (ul li ul) without this on its parent rel-pos'd element */ 
}				/* see http://www.last-child.com/conflicting-z-index-in-ie6/ */

* html div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul 
{  
 z-index:400; /*ensures menu is on top of other page elements */ 
}

* html div.multi_drop_menus a 
{/* cannot find a way to get the top level 'a' to fill the unwidthed menu choices without drop-down in IE : ( */
} 

* html div.multi_drop_menus.vertical a 
{/* now hasLayout in IE - works on the vert menu as container has width */ 
 zoom:100%; 
}  

* html div.multi_drop_menus ul ul a 
{ /* second level of horiz menu */ 
 zoom:100%;  /* now IE 'haslayout" - IE now makes background hot in horizontal menus */ 
}   

/* END OF LIST-BASED MENU */