.content { 
  margin-left: 150px;
}

.navcontainer {
  float: left;
  width: 130px;
  border-right: 1px solid #000;
  padding: 0 0 1em 0;
  margin-bottom: 1em;
  font-family: Verdana, Lucida, Geneva, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  background-color: #90bade;
  color: #333;
  #background: #ccc url(../images/bg_birch_800.gif) repeat-y 50% 0;
}

.navcontainer ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: none;
}

.navcontainer li {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #90bade;
  margin: 0;
}

.navcontainer li a {
  display: block;
  padding: 5px 5px 5px 0.5em;
  border-left: 10px solid #1958b7;
  border-right: 10px solid #508fc4;
  background-color: #2175bc;
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
  width: 100%;
}

html>body .navcontainer li a { width: auto; }

.navcontainer li a:hover {
  border-left: 10px solid #1c64d1;
  border-right: 10px solid #5ba3e0;
  background-color: #2586d7;
  color: #fff;
}