JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/knockout/knockout-2.2.1.js"></script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/SteveSanderson/knockout.mapping/master/build/output/knockout.mapping-latest.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/css/bootstrap-combined.min.css">
<script src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
        <div id="side-menu" class="sidebar-nav span2">
            <div class="sidebar-link"><span>Link 1</span></div>
            <div class="sidebar-link"><span>Link 2</span></div>
        </div>

CSS

#side-menu {
    font-family: "Segoe UI", Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", "Dejavu Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
    background-color: #F3F3F3;
    height: 100%;
}

#search-container {
    padding-top: 10px;
}

.sidebar-link {
    font-size: 16px;
    text-align: center;
    
}
div.sidebar-link :hover{
    background-color: #E3E3E3;
}