thanks Jason
I also need to make the hover/focus and active colours differnt for each navigation point but am unsure as to how I would structure the naming of the css elements and then how to id or class the on page elements.
Thi sis the one colour fits all css at the moment:
ul#cssmw > li > a, ul#cssmw > li > a:link { background-color: #5d5e61; background-image: none; border-left: 2px solid #fff; color: #FFFFFF; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 25px; padding: 120px 0px 0px 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; width: 91px; outline-style: none;}
ul#cssmw > li > a:active, ul#cssmw > li > a:focus { background-color: #ff426b; background-image: url("../images/misc/nav-arrow.png"); background-position: center 143px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none;padding-bottom:20px;margin-top:-20px;overflow:hidden;}
ul#cssmw > li:hover > a, ul#cssmw > li:hover > a:link {background-color: #ff426b; background-image: url("../images/misc/nav-arrow.png"); background-position: center 143px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; padding-bottom:20px;margin-top:-20px;overflow:hidden;}
ul#cssmw > li.current > a.current, ul#cssmw > li.current > a.current:link { background-color: #ff426b; background-image: url("../images/misc/nav-arrow.png"); background-position: center 143px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #FFFFFF; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none;padding-bottom:20px;margin-top:-20px;overflow:hidden;}
and this is the navigation set:
<ul class="level-0" id="cssmw">
<li class="parent"><a href="index.php">home</a></li>
<li><a href="books.php">books</a></li>
<li><a href="marketing.php">marketing</a></li>
<li><a href="websites.php">websites</a></li>
<li><a href="about.php">about</a></li>
<li><a href="contact.php">contact</a></li>
</ul>
any steerage in getting this would be gratefully received.
Thanks
Jamie