#navcontainer
{
background: #000033;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: inherit inherit 0 0;
font-family: georgia, serif;
text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* to stretch the container div to contain floated list */
#navcontainer:after
{
content: ".";
display: block;
line-height: 1px;
font-size: 2px;
clear: both;
}

ul#navlist
{
list-style: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 80%;
font-size: 0.8em;
}

ul#navlist li
{
display: inline;
float: left;
width: 13%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

ul#navlist li a
{
display: block;
width: 100%;
padding: 0.5em;
border-width: 1px;
border-color: #ffe #aaab9c #ccc #fff;
border-style: solid;
color: #000033;
text-decoration: none;
background: #f0e7d7;
}

#navcontainer>ul#navlist li a { width: auto; }

ul#navlist li#active a
{
background: #f0e7d7;
color: #800000;
}

ul#navlist li a:hover, ul#navlist li#active a:hover
{
color: #000033;
background: #FFFFFF;
border-color: #990000 #fff #fff #ccc;
}