ul.makeMenu {
  width: 175px;                /* sets the size of the menu blocks */
  border: 1px solid #999999;   /* puts a purple border around the menu blocks */
  background-color: #999999;   /* makes the menu blocks purple - a bg-color MUST be included for IE to work properly! */
  padding-left: 20px;          /* stops the usual indent from ul */
  cursor: default;             /* gives an arrow cursor */
  margin-top:0px;              /* Opera 7 final's margin and margin-box model cause problems */
  margin-left: 0px;            /* Opera 7 final's margin and margin-box model cause problems */
  font-family: 'Verdana', 'Tahoma', 'Arial', 'Helvetica', Sans-Serif;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: small;
  text-decoration: none;
}
ul.makeMenu ul {
  width: 175px;                /* sets the size of the menu blocks */
  background-color: #999999;   /* makes the menu blocks purple - a bg-color MUST be included for IE to work properly! */
  padding-left: 30px;          /* stops the usual indent from ul */
  cursor: default;             /* gives an arrow cursor */
  margin-top: 0px;             /* Opera 7 final's margin and margin-box model cause problems */
  margin-left: 0px;            /* Opera 7 final's margin and margin-box model cause problems */
  font-family: 'Verdana', 'Tahoma', 'Arial', 'Helvetica', Sans-Serif;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: small;
  text-decoration: none;
}
ul.makeMenu li {
  list-style-type: none;     /* removes the bullet points */
  margin-top: 4px;           /* Opera 7 puts large spacings between li elements */
  margin-right: 0px;         /* Opera 7 puts large spacings between li elements */
  margin-left: 0px;          /* Opera 7 puts large spacings between li elements */
  margin-bottom: 8px;        /* Opera 7 puts large spacings between li elements */
  position: relative;        /* makes the menu blocks be positioned relative to their parent menu item
                                the lack of offset makes these appear normal, but it will make a difference
                                to the absolutely positioned child blocks */
  color: #FFFFFF;            /* sets the default font colour to white */

}
ul.makeMenu li > ul {        /* using the > selector prevents many lesser browsers (and IE - see below) hiding child ULs */
  display: none;             /* hides child menu blocks - one of the most important declarations */
  position: absolute;        /* make child blocks hover without leaving space for them */
  top: 0px;                  /* position slightly lower than the parent menu item */
  left: 172px;               /* this must not be more than the width of the parent block, or the mouse will
                                have to move off the element to move between blocks, and the menu will close */
}
ul.makeMenu li:hover {
  background-color: #999999;   /* gives the active menu items a purple background */
  color: #FFFFFF;              /* makes the active menu item text white */
}
ul.makeMenu li:hover > ul {    /* one of the most important declarations - the browser must detect hovering over arbitrary elements
                                  the > targets only the child ul, not any child uls of that child ul */
  display: block;              /* makes the child block visible - one of the most important declarations */
}
/* and some link styles */
ul.makeMenu li a { 
  color: #FFFFFF;
  display: block;
  width: 175px;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-family: 'Verdana', 'Tahoma', 'Arial', 'Helvetica', Sans-Serif;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: small;
}
ul.makeMenu li a:hover {
  color: #000000;
  border: 0px solid #FFFFFF;
}
ul.makeMenu li ul li a:hover {
  color: #000000;
  border: 0px solid #FFFFFF;
}