#menu { 
  position:absolute;
  top:0.5em;
  left:0.5em;
  z-index:2;
  width: 9em; 
  padding-bottom:5em; /* force page long enough for drop downs */
 }

#menu ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width:100%;
  background:#0080ff;
}

#menu li {
  list-style: none;
  border-top: solid 1px blue;
  text-align: left;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 2px 5px;
  position: relative;
}

#menu a {
  display: block;
  text-decoration: none;
  margin: 0;
  white-space:nowrap;
}

#menu a:hover {
color: #a00;
background: lightblue;
}

#menu a:visited { 
color: darkgrey; 
}

/* Requirement: Put the element selector name (div)
onto non anchor hover selectors to force IE5 and
5.5 to correctly apply the csshover file. */

div#menu li, div#menu li:hover{
position:relative;
}

div#menu li ul{
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:100.1%;
display:none;
}

div#menu ul ul,
div#menu ul ul ul,
div#menu ul li:hover ul ul,
div#menu ul li:hover ul ul ul
{display:none;}

div#menu ul li:hover ul,
div#menu ul ul li:hover ul,
div#menu ul ul ul li:hover ul
{display:block;
}
/* End non-anchor hover selectors */

#menu a.x:hover{
color: purple;
background: orange;
}

#menu a.x:active{
color:red;
background:green;
}

#sidepictures{
position:absolute;
top:470;
left:0 em;
width: 9em; 
}

#content{
position:absolute;
top:0;
margin:0 0 0 9em;
padding:0.5em;
border:1px solid #000;}