Curious as to how you all setup your CSS files

[kareninstructor]

Hmm.
Can't really say i understood what you wrote.So i can't ask something.
You override what?And with what?
The left of the menu is on the css now?

In regards to override

The following shows the SPAN text under the menu in the attached demo.

DIV#links A:hover SPAN
{
   padding-right: 5px;
   display: block;
   padding-left: 5px;
   z-index: 100;
   background: black;
   left: 0px;
   padding-bottom: 5px;
   margin: 10px;
   font: 10px Verdana, sans-serif;
   width: 125px;
   color: #aaa;
   padding-top: 5px;
   position: absolute;
   top: 160px;
   text-align: center
}

I was referencing the top property in that the value is 160. If 160 is different one say one page out of ten you can override the top property as follows

<style type="text/css">		
   @import "lefty.css";
   DIV#links A:hover SPAN {TOP: 370px;}	
</style>

And yes the menu is on the left.