Black navigation menu bar widget for blogger. Black is a very professional color and this is the reason it is most widely used in all major blogs and successful blog and websites. This black navigation menu bar widget is based on pure CSS and HTML. And hence compatible with all websites and blogs. Compatible to work on all platforms like Blogger, Wordpress and all other customized websites. Along with it is completely customizable. You can edit its text and even color as well. So below is the method and code to add this black navigation menu bar widget to blogger and other websites.

<style type="text/css">
/* this code is by www.avdhootblogger.com Main */
#menu{
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 10px 0 0 0;
list-style: none;
background: #111;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#444, #111);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear,left bottom,left top,color-stop(0, #111),color-stop(1, #444));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#444, #111);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#444, #111);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#444, #111);
background: linear-gradient(#444, #111);
-moz-border-radius: 50px;
border-radius: 50px;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 2px 1px #9c9c9c;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 2px 1px #9c9c9c;
box-shadow: 0 2px 1px #9c9c9c;
}

#menu li{
float: left;
padding: 0 0 10px 0;
position: relative;
}

#menu a{
float: left;
height: 25px;
padding: 0 25px;
color: #999;
text-transform: uppercase;
font: bold 12px/25px Arial, Helvetica;
text-decoration: none;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #000;
}

#menu li:hover > a{
color: #fafafa;
}

*html #menu li a:hover{ /* IE6 */
color: #fafafa;
}

#menu li:hover > ul{
display: block;
}

/* Sub-menu */

#menu ul{
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
display: none;
position: absolute;
top: 35px;
left: 0;
z-index: 99999;
background: #444;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#444, #111);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear,left bottom,left top,color-stop(0, #111),color-stop(1, #444));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#444, #111);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#444, #111);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#444, #111);
background: linear-gradient(#444, #111);
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
border-radius: 5px;
}

#menu ul li{
float: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
display: block;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #111111, 0 2px 0 #777777;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #111111, 0 2px 0 #777777;
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 #111111, 0 2px 0 #777777;
}

#menu ul li:last-child{
-moz-box-shadow: none;
-webkit-box-shadow: none;
box-shadow: none;
}

#menu ul a{
padding: 10px;
height: auto;
line-height: 1;
display: block;
white-space: nowrap;
float: none;
text-transform: none;
}

*html #menu ul a{ /* IE6 */
height: 10px;
width: 150px;
}

*:first-child+html #menu ul a{ /* IE7 */
height: 10px;
width: 150px;
}

#menu ul a:hover{
background: #0186ba;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(#04acec, #0186ba);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#04acec), to(#0186ba));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#04acec, #0186ba);
background: -o-linear-gradient(#04acec, #0186ba);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(#04acec, #0186ba);
background: linear-gradient(#04acec, #0186ba);
}

#menu ul li:first-child a{
-moz-border-radius: 5px 5px 0 0;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px 5px 0 0;
border-radius: 5px 5px 0 0;
}

#menu ul li:first-child a:after{
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: 30px;
top: -8px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 5px solid transparent;
border-right: 5px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 8px solid #444;
}

#menu ul li:first-child a:hover:after{
border-bottom-color: #04acec;
}

#menu ul li:last-child a{
-moz-border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
}

/* Clear floated elements */
#menu:after{
visibility: hidden;
display: block;
font-size: 0;
content: " ";
clear: both;
height: 0;
}

* html #menu { zoom: 1; } /* IE6 */
*:first-child+html #menu { zoom: 1; } /* IE7 */

</style>



<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
if ($.browser.msie && $.browser.version.substr(0,1)<7)
{
$('li').has('ul').mouseover(function(){
$(this).children('ul').show();
}).mouseout(function(){
$(this).children('ul').hide();
})
}
});
</script>


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