.ddsmoothmenu{
font: 11px Tahoma;
background: #414141; /*background of menu bar (default state)*/
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;
}

/*Top level menu link items style*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li a{
display: block;
color: white;
line-height:29px;
font-weight:bold;
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.about_us a  {
	cursor: default;
	width:69px;
	padding: 0 0 0 40px;
	background:url('images/infra_btn1.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.about_us a:hover  {
	cursor: default;
	color:#000;
	background:url('images/infra_btn2.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.academic a  {
	cursor: default;
	width:73px;
	padding:0px 0px 0 35px;
	background:url('images/about_btn1.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.academic a:hover  {
	cursor: default;
	color:#000;
	background:url('images/about_btn2.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.departments a  {
	cursor: default;
	padding:0px 40px 0 22px;
	background:url('images/placement_btn1.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.departments a:hover {
	cursor: default;
	color:#000;
	background:url('images/placement_btn2.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.courses_offered a{
	cursor: default;
	width:94px;
	padding:0px 0px 0 15px;
	background:url('images/research_btn1.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.courses_offered a:hover {
	cursor: default;
	color:#000;
	background:url('images/research_btn2.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.placement a{
	cursor: default;
	width:78px;
	padding:0px 0px 0 30px;
	background:url('images/alumini_btn1.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.placement a:hover {
	cursor: default;
	color:#000;
	background:url('images/alumini_btn2.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.infrastructure a{
	cursor: default;
	width:89px;
	padding:0px 0px 0 20px;
	background:url('images/courses_btn1.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.infrastructure a:hover {
	cursor: default;
	color:#000;
	background:url('images/courses_btn2.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.alumni a{
	cursor: default;
	padding:0px 53px 0 45px;
	background:url('images/infra_btn1.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.alumni a:hover {
	cursor: default;
	color:#000;
	background:url('images/infra_btn2.jpg') transparent no-repeat; 
    border-style: none;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.courses_offered li a,.ddsmoothmenu ul li.about_us li a, 
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.academic li a,.ddsmoothmenu ul li.placement li a, 
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.infrastructure li a,.ddsmoothmenu ul li.alumni li a, 
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.departments li a {
	font-weight:normal;
	background: #FFF url('images/bullet.jpg') 3px center no-repeat; /*background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
	line-height:20px;
	padding:0 13px 0 18px;
	border-left: 1px solid #17C3d4;
	border-right: 1px solid #17C3d4;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #17C3d4;
	color: rgb(13, 119, 134);
	width: 210px; /*width of sub menus*/
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li.courses_offered li a:hover,
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.about_us li a:hover,
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.academic li a:hover,
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.placement li a:hover,
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.infrastructure li a:hover,
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.alumni li a:hover,
.ddsmoothmenu ul li.departments li a:hover
 {
	background: #D9F7FA url('images/bullet.jpg') 3px center no-repeat; /*background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
	color: #000;
	border-left: 1px solid #17C3d4;
	border-right: 1px solid #17C3d4;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #17C3d4;
}

* 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{
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li li a.selected{ /*CSS class that's dynamically added to the currently active menu items' LI A element*/
	background: black; 
	color: white;
}

.ddsmoothmenu ul li li a:hover{
	background: #D9F7FA; /*background of menu items during onmouseover (hover state)*/
	color: #000;
}


/*1st sub level menu*/
.ddsmoothmenu ul li ul{
position: absolute;
left: 0;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
visibility: hidden;
}

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

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

/* Holly Hack for IE \*/
* html .ddsmoothmenu{height: 1%;} /*Holly Hack for IE7 and below*/


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

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

.rightarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
right: 5px;
}

/* ######### CSS for shadow added to sub menus  ######### */

.ddshadow{ /*shadow for NON CSS3 capable browsers*/
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
background: silver;
}

.toplevelshadow{ /*shadow opacity for NON CSS3 capable browsers. Doesn't work in IE*/
opacity: 0.8;
}