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HTML

<div id='menu'>
	<div id='menuitems'>
		<div class="item" onclick="loadPage('/')">
            <span class="menuIcon"><img src='http://gertkommer.byethost4.com/img/layout/icons/home.png'/></span>
		</div>
		<div class="item" onclick="loadPage('/pages/settings/')">
			<span class="menuIcon"><img src='http://gertkommer.byethost4.com/img/layout/icons/settings.png' /></span>
		</div>
		<div class="item" onclick="loadPage('/pages/php/')">
			<span class='TextMenuItem'>< &#47; ></span>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div id="menuText">
		<div class="itemtext" onclick="loadPage('/pages/home/')">Home</div>
		<div class="itemtext" onclick="loadPage('/pages/settings/')">Settings</div>
		<div class="itemtext" onclick="loadPage('/pages/php/')">Projects</div>
	</div>
</div>

CSS

#menu {
	display:  inline-block;
	width: 50px;
	background-color:  #34282C;
	height:  75%;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-right:  5px;
	margin-bottom:  5px;
	box-shadow: -2px 2px 2px 0 #4F5F4F;
	position:relative;
	z-index:1;
}
#menuitems {
        width: 100%;
		width: 55px;
}
#menu:hover #menuText{
    display:inline-block;
}
#menuitems .item{
        height: 50px;
		width: 55px;
}
.item:hover{
	background-color: #FF3E3E;
	cursor:  pointer;
}
#menuText .itemtext{
	cursor: pointer;
}

#menuitems .item img {
        margin-left:  auto;
        margin-right:  auto;
        display:  block;
}
#menuitems .item .TextMenuItem {
        text-align: center;
        display:  inline-block;
		font-size: 14px;
        color: #FFFFFF;
        font-weight: bold;
		width:32px;
		height:32px;
		padding:10px 9px;
		padding-top:15px;
}
.menuIcon{
	display: inline-block;
	padding: 10px 9px;
	width: 32px;
	height: 32px;
}
#menuText{
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	height: 75%;
	left:50px;
	display:none;
}
.itemtext {
	text-align: left;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-weight: bold;
	position:relative;
	width:200px;
	background-color: #34282C;
	height:  25px;
    padding:  10px;
	padding-top:15px;
	font-size:14px;

}