ZDnet Emulation

Author: Terence Ordona

Comments: Emulation of the tabs on www.zdnet.com

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HTML
<div id="navcontainer">
<ul id="navlist">
<li id="active"><a href="#" id="current">Item one</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item two</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item three</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item four</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Item five</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

CSS
#navcontainer
{
background: #369;
border-top: 1px solid #9CC;
font: normal normal 11px Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

#navlist
{
list-style: none outside none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

@media all {
#navlist {
text-align: center
}
}

#navlist li
{
bottom: 11px;
display: inline;
line-height: 1.2em;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
}

html>body #navlist li
{
background: #000;
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
padding: 4px 0px 4px 0;
}

#navlist a, #navlist a:link, #navlist a:visited
{
background: #900;
border: 1px solid #FFF;
bottom: 2px;
color: #FFF;
cursor: pointer;
display: inline;
height: 1em;
margin: 0;
padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px;
position: relative;
right: 2px;
text-decoration: none;
}

#navlist a:hover
{
background: #C00;
bottom: 1px;
color: #FFF;
position: relative;
right: 1px;
}

#navlist a:active
{
background: #999;
bottom: 0px;
color: #FFF;
position: relative;
right: 0px;
}

#navlist li#active
{
background: #369;
bottom: 13px;
display: inline;
margin: 0 3px 0 0;
padding: 0;
position: relative;
}

html>body #navlist li#active
{
background: #000;
margin: 0 4px 0 4px;
}

#navlist #active a, #navlist #active a:link, #navlist #active a:visited, #navlist #active a:hover
{
background: #369;
border-bottom: none;
border-left: 1px solid #9CC;
border-right: 1px solid #9CC;
border-top: 1px solid #9CC;
bottom: 0;
color: #FFF;
cursor: text;
margin: 0;
padding: 2px 5px 0 5px;
position: relative;
right: 0;
}


ABOUT THE CODE
Some lists within the Listamatic site had to be modified so that they could work on Listamatic's simple list model. When in doubt, use the external resource first, or at least compare both models to see which one suits your needs.