CSS Horizontal Navigation Menu For Bloggers/Websites

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1.Login to your blogger dashboard--> layout- -> Edit HTML

2.Scroll down to where you see </head> tag .

3.Copy below code and paste it just before the </head> tag.

<style type='text/css'>
#foxmenucontainer{
height:29px;
background:url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4HKUHirY_2U/SwyU1a1gbOI/AAAAAAAAAUk/L3j02eS_vEs/menu.jpg) repeat-x;
display:block;
padding:0px 0 0px 0px;
border-top:1px solid #474747;
font: 14px &quot;Century gothic&quot;,verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;
}

#menu ,#menu ul {
margin: 0px 5px;
padding: 0px;
list-style: none;
height:29px;
}

#menu a {
color: #B3DBEF;
display: block;
font-weight: normal;
padding: 4px 10px 6px 10px;
}

#menu a:hover {
background:url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4HKUHirY_2U/SwyU4P9aMgI/AAAAAAAAAUs/Q5AkIuvWg3g/menuhov.jpg) repeat-x;
color: #fff;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
}

#menu li {
float: left;
margin: 0px 0 0px 0;
padding: 0px;
}

#menu li li {
float: left;
margin: px 0px 0px 5px;
padding: 0px;
width: 130px;
}

#menu li li a, #menu li li a:link, #menu li li a:visited {
background:url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4HKUHirY_2U/SwyU1a1gbOI/AAAAAAAAAUk/L3j02eS_vEs/menu.jpg) repeat-x;
width: 150px;
float: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 4px 10px 5px 10px;
color:#fff;
}

#menu li li a:hover, #menu li li a:active {
background:url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4HKUHirY_2U/SwyU4P9aMgI/AAAAAAAAAUs/Q5AkIuvWg3g/menuhov.jpg) repeat-x;
width: 150px;
float: none;
margin: 0px;
padding: 4px 10px 5px 10px;
color:#06415F;
}

#menu li ul {
position: absolute;
width: 10em;
left: -999em;
z-index:1;
}

#menu li:hover ul {
left: auto;
display: block;
}

#menu li:hover ul, #menu li.sfhover ul {
left: auto;
}
</style>

Note: Please host menu.jpg and menuhov.jpg images yourself.

4.Now save your template.

5.Go to Layout-->Page Elements and click on "Add a gadget".

6.Select "html/java script" and add the code given below and click save.

<div id="foxmenucontainer">

<div id="menu">

<ul>

<li><a expr:href="data:blog.homepageUrl">Home</a></li>

<li><a href="#" title="#">About</a></li>

<li><a href="#" title="#">WebDesign</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#" title="#">HTML</a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="#">CSS</a></li>
<li><a href="#" title="#">JavaScript</a></li>
</ul>
</li>

<li><a href="#" title="#">Subscribe</a></li>

<li><a href="#" title="#">Register</a></li>

<li><a href="#" title="#">Contact</a></li>

</ul>

</div>

</div>

You are done.Look at the picture below.

CSS Horizontal Navigation Menu

Demo

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