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

ul.solidblockmenu li{
display: inline;
float:left;
}

ul.solidblockmenu li a{
float:left;
color: #dee4e9;
font-size:18px;
text-transform:uppercase;
padding-top:20px;
padding-left:27px;
padding-right:27px;
padding-bottom:17px;
margin-right: 20px; /*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:2px solid #4c718d;
background:#426a87;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #395d76, #45708e);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, center top, center bottom, from(#395d76), to(#45708e));
background: linear-gradient(top, #395d76, #45708e);
}