#container {
 width: 100%;
 margin: 10px auto;
}

ul li.active{ /*IE6 hack- hide gooey effect from that browser*/
_visibility: hidden; /*IE6 rule*/
}

ul, li {
 margin: 0; padding: 0;
 z-index : 2;
 text-align: center;
}

ul.solidblockmenu{
margin: 0;
margin-bottom:1em;
padding: 0;
z-index : 2;
list-style: none;
position:relative;
text-align: center; /*set value to "left", "center", or "right"*/
}

ul.solidblockmenu li{
display: inline;
}

ul.solidblockmenu li a{
font-size: 14px;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
color: #f3f3f3;
padding: 8px;
z-index: 3;
margin-right: 35px; /*spacing between each menu link*/
text-decoration: none;
}

ul.solidblockmenu li.active{ /*style of LI that gets dynamically added to menu to create background effect*/
position:absolute;
width:0;
border:1px solid black;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius:4px;
-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #011331; /* rgba(120,120,120,0.7); */
-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #011331; /* rgba(120,120,120,0.7); */
box-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #011331; /* rgba(120,120,120,0.7); */
background: #696969; /* #d7ed93; */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0b2b61, #1153c0);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, center top, center bottom, from(#a9a9a9), to(#696969));
background: linear-gradient(top, #a9a9a9, #696969);
}