[css-d] Change background color

[Wade Smart]

20090528 1910 GMT-5

I have a php if statement to set my menu buttons as active:

if (ID == "home"){
   print'<li class="active"><a href="navMenu.php">now</a></li>&nbsp;';
} else {
   print '<li><a href="navMenu.php">now</a></li>&nbsp;';
}

        
My css:
#navlist ul {
        margin-left:0;
        margin-top:5px;
        padding-left:40px;
        white-space:nowrap;
}

#navlist li {
        display:inline;
        font-weight:bold;
        list-style-type:none;
}

#navlist a {
        padding:10px;
}

#navlist a:link, #navlist a:visited {
        background-color:#3173B1;
        color:#FFFFFF;
        text-decoration:none;
}

#navlist a:hover {
        background-color:#555555;
        color:#FFFFFF;
        text-decoration:none;
}

.active { background-color: #555555;}


I have tried adding #navlist and various pre elements to teh .active but 
I just cant seem to get the background to change when its active.

Wade

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