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

/* SET YOUR PREFERENCES!!! */
/* set your menu's font and colors here - the MENU MECHANICS  follow below */
div.multi_drop_menus
{
	
	font-family: arial, sans-serif;   /* font family for menu */
	font-size: .7em;
	/* size of menu's type relative to parent element */
	background-color: #eaf3da;
	/* colors the div - div fills the parent element for a horizontal menu - set to background-color:transparent; if not needed */
	margin: 10px 0 10px 0px;
	font-weight: bolder;
}

div.multi_drop_menus ul
{
	border-left: 1px #060 solid;
	/* creates dividing line to left of level 1's first menu item, revealing div color to left of menu */
	margin-left: 5px;
	border-bottom: 1px #060 solid;
	border-top: 1px #060 solid;
	/* pushes menu to right along div background - set to 0px to remove -  */
}

div.multi_drop_menus li
{
	background-color: #f0f7d9;
	/* background color of the level 1 menu items */
	border-right: 1px #060 solid;
	/* 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: #9eae49;
	/* background color of hovered menu items */
}

div.multi_drop_menus a
{
	color: #776;
	/* sets the color of all menu type */
	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: #443;
	/* type color of a hovered menu choice */
}

div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul
{
	width: 12em;
	/* sets the width of menu levels 2 - 4 */
}

div.multi_drop_menus li li
{
	background-color: #f0f7d9;
	/* background color of the level 2 menu */
	border-bottom: 1px solid #CCB;
	/* lines between menu choices - set to 0px if not wanted */
}

div.multi_drop_menus ul li ul li ul
{
	border-top: 1px solid #CCB;
	/* set the border-top of levels 3 and 4 of a horizontal menu - set to 0px to remove - for a vertical menu, you will set this for levels 1 - 4 below */
	top: -1px;
	/* set to negative value of border-top for perfect pop-out alignment -set to 0 if border is 0 - don't remove! */
}

div.multi_drop_menus li li li
{
	background-color: #EEB;
	/* background color of the level 3 menu */
}

div.multi_drop_menus li li li li
{
	background-color: #DDA;
	/* background color of the level 4 menu */
}

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


/* ADDITIONAL PREFS FOR VERTICAL MENU - NO NEED TO TOUCH THESE IF LEVEL 1 IS HORIZONTAL */
div.multi_drop_menus.vertical ul
{
	border-top: 1px solid #CCB;
	/* set the border-top of level 1 of the vertical menu - broken out separately so it can be different from top border of other levels */
}

div.multi_drop_menus.vertical li
{
	border-bottom: 1px solid #CCB;
	/* adds horizontal lines between menu choices - overrides main setting above for this feature */
}

div.multi_drop_menus.vertical ul ul
{
	border-top: 1px solid #CCB;
	/* set the border-top of levels 2 - 4 of a vertical menu - set to 0 to remove */
	top: -1px;
	/* set to negative value of border-top for perfect pop-out alignment - set to 0 if border is 0 - don't remove!*/
}

/* end vertical menu preferences */
/* 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 */
	margin-right: 0px;
}

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 */
/* 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 : ( */ }