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Apple’s website has long served as inspiration to web designers who recognize the superiority of simplicity in user experience. One of its most iconic features is the tabbed navigation – a long, narrow, slightly-rounded set of immaculately devised and executed buttons that serve as the launchpad for Apple.com.
Today i will show you  how to create Apple.com Menu Bar using CSS3 alone.

The CSS :
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #b3b3b3,  #6e6e6e); /* Firefox */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#b3b3b3), to(#6e6e6e)); /* Chrome & Safari */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#b3b3b3', endColorstr='#6e6e6e'); /* Internet Explorer */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #b3b3b3,  #6e6e6e); /* Firefox */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#b3b3b3), to(#6e6e6e)); /* Chrome & Safari */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#b3b3b3', endColorstr='#6e6e6e'); /* Internet Explorer */
text-shadow: #cecece 1px 2px 3px; /* 1px right, 2px below, 3px blur */
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }

a, a:hover, a:active, a:visited, a:visited:hover { text-decoration: none; border: none; outline: none; }

div.nav {
    margin: 18px auto 0px auto;
    border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #fff #dfdfdf #dfdfdf #dfdfdf;
    border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
    display: table;
}

div.nav ul {
    margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
    padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
    border-width: 0px 0px 1px 0px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #9f9f9f;
    border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#b3b3b3), to(#6e6e6e));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #b3b3b3,  #6e6e6e);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#b3b3b3', endColorstr='#6e6e6e');
    display: inline-block;
    list-style: none;
}

div.nav ul li {
    margin: 0px 1px 0px 0px;
    padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#cecece), to(#8c8c8c));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #cecece,  #8c8c8c);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#cecece', endColorstr='#8c8c8c');
    float: left;
}
div.nav ul li:first-child {
    border-radius: 5px 0px 0px 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px 0px 0px 5px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px 0px 0px 5px;
}
div.nav ul li:last-child {
    margin-right: 0px !important;
    border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 0px;
    -moz-border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 0px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 0px;
}
div.nav ul li a {
    margin: 0px 1px 0px 1px;
    padding: 11px 33px 11px 33px;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#cacaca), to(#848484));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #cacaca,  #848484);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#cacaca', endColorstr='#848484');
    float: left;
    /*-*/
    font-family: Lucida Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #252525;
    text-shadow: #cecece 0px 1px 0px;
}

div.nav ul li:first-child a {
    border-radius: 5px 0px 0px 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px 0px 0px 5px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px 0px 0px 5px;
}
div.nav ul li:last-child a {
    margin-right: 0px !important;
    border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 0px;
    -moz-border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 0px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 0px 5px 5px 0px;
}

div.nav ul li:hover {
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#999999), to(#5f5f5f));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #999999,  #5f5f5f);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#999999', endColorstr='#5f5f5f');
}
div.nav ul li:hover a {
    padding: 11px 33px 11px 33px;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#929292), to(#535353));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #929292,  #535353);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#929292', endColorstr='#535353');
    /*-*/
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: #454545 0px -1px 1px;
}
div.nav ul li:active {
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#242424), to(#3f3f3f));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #242424,  #3f3f3f);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#242424', endColorstr='#3f3f3f');
}
div.nav ul li:active a {
    margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
    padding: 9px 33px 11px 33px;
    border-width: 2px 1px 0px 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #282928 #3f3f3f #525051 #3f3f3f;
    -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 -10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, .05), inset 0 2px 5px #363636, inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, .1);
    -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 -10px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, .05), inset 0 2px 5px #363636, inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, .1);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#999999), to(#5f5f5f));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #999999,  #5f5f5f);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#999999', endColorstr='#5f5f5f');
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: #454545 0px -1px 1px;
}
div.nav ul li:last-child:active a {
    padding-right: 34px;
}
div.nav ul li.selected {
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#242424), to(#3f3f3f));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #242424,  #3f3f3f);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#242424', endColorstr='#3f3f3f');
}
div.nav ul li.selected a {
    margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
    padding: 9px 33px 11px 33px;
    border-width: 2px 1px 0px 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #282928 #3f3f3f #525051 #3f3f3f;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#373837), to(#525051));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #373837,  #525051);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#373837', endColorstr='#525051');
    /*-*/
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: #454545 0px -1px 1px;
}
div.nav ul li.selected:last-child a {
    padding-right: 34px;
}

/*-----*/

div.nav ul li.logo a {
    padding: 5px 34px 7px 34px;
}
div.nav ul li.logo:active a {
    padding: 5px 35px 7px 35px;
    border: none;
}
div.nav ul li.logo a img { width: 24px; height: 24px; }

/*-----*/

div.nav ul li.search a {
    padding: 8px 9px 9px 7px;
}
div.nav ul li.search a input {
    width: 120px;
    height: 17px;
    padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px;
    border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: #888 #b0b0b0 #dedede #b0b0b0;
    border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
    background: #fff url(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1488/buttonsearchs.png) no-repeat 5px 3px;
    /*-*/
    font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
    font-size: 11px;
    color: #7e7e7e;
}
div.nav ul li.search:hover, div.nav ul li.search:active {
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#cecece), to(#8c8c8c));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #cecece,  #8c8c8c);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#cecece', endColorstr='#8c8c8c');
}
div.nav ul li.search:hover a, div.nav ul li.search:active a {
    margin: 0px 1px 0px 1px;
    border: none;
    -webkit-box-shadow: none;
    -moz-box-shadow: none;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#cacaca), to(#848484));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #cacaca,  #848484);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#cacaca', endColorstr='#848484');
}
div.nav ul li.search:active a {
    padding: 8px 9px 9px 7px;
}
The HTML :
<div class="nav">
    <ul>
        <li class="logo"><a href="#"><img src="http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/4403/logoapplex.png" border="0" /></a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Store</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Mac</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">iPod</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">iPhone</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">iPad</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">iTunes</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Support</a></li>
        <li class="search"><a><input type="text" value="Search" onclick="(this.value=='Search' ? this.value = '' : null)" /></a></li>
    </ul>
</div>
How to Add this in Blogger ? 
It's very simple.
In a new HTML/JavaScript page element paste THE HTML code and click Save

Another proceess :

1.Add The CSS above    </b:skin>   

2. Paste THE CSS part

3.After    <body>     paste THE HTML part where you want the Menu Bar.

(N.B : Be carefull while working with these codes.please make a backup of your TEMPLATE)


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