Setting width of drop-down menu buttons

Hi,
I am creating a site that has two horizontal navigation bars, each of which has several submenus (drop-down menus). You can view the page here.
Most of the main (parent) navigation buttons are of differing widths, for which I had to create different styles. Now I want the drop-down (child) buttons to match the width and positioning of their parent buttons. Do I need to create different styles for each set of drop-downs, and if so, what's the best way to do that?
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Arthur

I think you have some other issues as well - at least in IE8 (see below).
I didn't look into the code you have yet, but there are several sites that offer very nice navigation systems for a pretty reasonable price - may be worth looking into. I'm not promoting any specific ones, but one site that's been heavily recommended within this forum is project seven (http://www.projectseven.com/ ), may be worth exploring as they offer full tech support, and the time saved will likely pay for the cost of the system many times over...
Hope that helps,
Jesse

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