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A CSS Sidebar Menu
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index.html
<html>
<head>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Arvo:400,700,400italic,700italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
</head>
<style>
h2 {font-family: 'Arvo', serif; font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; color: #333; margin: 0px;}
a {text-decoration: none; }
#sidebar { position: relative; float: left; width: 360px;}
#sidebar h2 { margin-left: 8px; }
/* Space on top between categories */
.menu {position: relative; float: left; padding-top: 10px;}
.menu ul {position: relative; float: left; margin: 0; padding: 0;}
/* Center text and give space between boxes*/
.menu li { float: left; list-style: none; font-family: 'Arvo', serif; font-size: 13px; color: #333; line-height: 21px; margin: 4px 2px 4px 8px; }
/* */
.menu li a {display: block; float: left; height: 22px; color: #333; padding: 2px 7px 2px 7px;}
.menu li a:hover { display: block; background: #888; color: #fff;}
/* background color depending on category */
.ps a{background: #BCEDDC;}
.dr a{background: #ABDDC8;}
.ed a{background: #97BFB0;}
.ra a{background: #708E83;}
/* background color of triangle depending on category */
.category.ps::after {border-left: 13px solid #BCEDDC;}
.category.dr::after {border-left: 13px solid #ABDDC8;}
.category.ed::after {border-left: 13px solid #97BFB0;}
.category.ra::after {border-left: 13px solid #708E83;}
/* Triangletown! Places triangle at end of category divs*/
.category::after {content: " "; position: relative; float: left; width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 13px solid transparent; border-bottom: 13px solid transparent;}
/* Generate new triangle on hover to match div's hover conditon */
.category:hover::after {content: " "; position: relative; float: left; width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 13px solid transparent; border-bottom: 13px solid transparent; border-left: 13px solid #888; }
</style>
<body>
<div id="sidebar">
<h2>SPLOST CATEGORIES AND PROJECTS</h2>
<div class="menu">
<ul>
<li class="category ps"><a href="#">Public Safety</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li class="project ps"><a href="#">Storm Drainage</a></li>
<li class="project ps"><a href="#">Street Maintenance</a></li>
<li class="project ps"><a href="#">GMA Lease Pool</a></li>
<li class="project ps"><a href="#">Public Safety Equipment</a></li>
<li class="project ps"><a href="#">Public Safety Other</a></li>
</ul>
</div><!-- #menu END -->
<div class="menu">
<ul>
<li class="category dr"><a href="#">Debt Retirement</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li class="project dr"><a href="#">Debt Retirement</a></li>
<li class="project dr"><a href="#">Bond Repayment</a></li>
</ul>
</div><!-- #menu END -->
<div class="menu">
<ul>
<li class="category ed"><a href="#">Economic Development</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li class="project ed"><a href="#">Centreplex</a></li>
<li class="project ed"><a href="#">Downtown Corridor</a></li>
</ul>
</div><!-- #menu END -->
<div class="menu">
<ul>
<li class="category ra"><a href="#">Rec & Cultural Arts</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li class="project ra"><a href="#">Tubman Museum</a></li>
<li class="project ra"><a href="#">Bowden Golf</a></li>
<li class="project ra"><a href="#">Rose Hill Cemetery</a></li>
<li class="project ra"><a href="#">Ft. Hawkins</a></li>
</ul>
</div><!-- #menu END -->
</div><!-- #sidebar END -->
</body>
</html>
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