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Menu Using CSS List

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I have a menu using an unordered list in css (the css and html are below).

I now want one of my menu items to look different than the rest to stand out and I have no idea how to do this. Is it possible to create 2 styles for list items in an unordered list?

any ideas would be great

thanks


Code: 
ul.navigation {
	list-style:none;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
    width: 100%;
}

ul.navigation li a {
	background-color:#000000;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	text-transform:uppercase;
    text-align: center;
	padding:2px;
    padding-right: 72px;
	border:2px solid white;
	margin:0 5px 0px 0;
	float: left;
	display: block;
    z-index: 0;
}
Code: 
<ul class="navigation">

<li><a href="index.html">HOME</a></li>
<li><a href="aboutus.html">ABOUT</a></li>
<li><a href="location.html">LOCATION</a></li>
<li><a href="tickets.html">TICKETS</a></li>
<li><a href="speakers.html">SPEAKERS</a></li>
<li><a href="links.html">EXTRA!</a></li>
</ul>

</div>
 
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scratch that. I just did this, I don't know why it took me so long!

Code: 
#active a:link, #active a:visited, #active a:hover
{
    background-color:#1111ff;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	text-transform:uppercase;
    text-align: center;
	padding:2px;
    padding-right: 72px;
	border:2px solid white;
	margin:0 5px 0px 0;
	float: left;
	display: block;
    z-index: 0;
}

ul.navigation {
	list-style:none;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
    width: 100%;
}

ul.navigation li a {
	background-color:#000000;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	text-transform:uppercase;
    text-align: center;
	padding:2px;
    padding-right: 72px;
	border:2px solid white;
	margin:0 5px 0px 0;
	float: left;
	display: block;
    z-index: 0;
}

Code: 
<ul class="navigation">

<li><a href="index.html">HOME</a></li>
<li><a href="aboutus.html">ABOUT</a></li>
<li><a href="location.html">LOCATION</a></li>
<li><a href="tickets.html">TICKETS</a></li>
<li><a href="speakers.html">SPEAKERS</a></li>
<li id="active"><a href="links.html">EXTRA!</a></li>
</ul>
 
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I think you're missing the point of the C in CSS ("Cascading"). All of those anchor properties will be inherited, so you don't need to specify them again:

Code: 
<html>
<head>
	<style type="text/css">
		ul.navigation {
			list-style: none;
			margin: 0;
			padding: 0;
			width: 100%;
		}

		ul.navigation li a {
			background-color: #000000;
			color: #FFFFFF;
			text-transform: uppercase;
			text-align: center;
			padding: 2px;
			padding-right: 72px;
			border: 2px solid white;
			margin: 0 5px 0px 0;
			float: left;
			display: block;
			z-index: 0;
		}

		#active a:link,
		#active a:visited,
		#active a:hover {
			background-color: #1111FF;
		}
	</style>
</head>

<body>
	<ul class="navigation">
		<li><a href="index.html">HOME</a></li>
		<li><a href="aboutus.html">ABOUT</a></li>
		<li><a href="location.html">LOCATION</a></li>
		<li><a href="tickets.html">TICKETS</a></li>
		<li><a href="speakers.html">SPEAKERS</a></li>
		<li id="active"><a href="links.html">EXTRA!</a></li>
	</ul>
</body>
</html>

Hope this helps,
Dan




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