#dropmenudiv{
position:absolute;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size:12px;
border: 1px solid #FF0000;
z-index:100;
background-color:#000000;
}

#dropmenudiv a{
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
background-color:#000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
padding-top:6px;
padding-bottom:6px;
padding-left:6px;
padding-right:12px;
font-style:italic;
border-bottom: 1px solid #590000;
}

#dropmenudiv a:hover{ /*hover background color*/
background-color: #8C0000;
}