ul#navigation {list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
float:left;
width: 180px; 
height:600px;
background: transparent;
}


ul#navigation li {
position: relative;
}
ul#navigation li a:link, ul#navigation li a:visited {
font: 12px Arial;
color: #CCC;
text-shadow: 1px 1px #444, -1px -1px #444;
display: block;
letter-spacing:1px;
width: auto;
text-align:left;
padding:10px 2px 10px 10px;
*padding:3px 2px 7px 10px;
text-decoration: none;
border-bottom:1px dotted #666666;
}
ul#navigation li a:hover, ul#navigation li a.active {
color:#F2F2F2;
text-shadow: 1px 1px #666, -1px -1px #666;
padding-left:20px;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,  rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,0.43) 48%, rgba(255,255,255,0) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, color-stop(0%,rgba(255,255,255,0)), color-stop(48%,rgba(255,255,255,0.43)), color-stop(100%,rgba(255,255,255,0))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,  rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,0.43) 48%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(left,  rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,0.43) 48%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(left,  rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,0.43) 48%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to right,  rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,0.43) 48%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#00ffffff', endColorstr='#00ffffff',GradientType=1 ); /* IE6-9 */
}

.side-nav-bg{padding-left:50px;padding-top:60px; position:fixed; float:left; background:url(/assets/simply_images/band_tile_left.jpg) right top; height:100%; width:200px;}