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HTML

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>title</title>
</head>
<nav>
        <ul>
            <li><a href="#">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Articles</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
        </ul>
</nav>
</body>
</html>

CSS

nav ul {
    background-color: #e8e8e8;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; 
    border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
    padding: 8px 0px;
}
nav li {
    display: inline;
}
nav a {
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #069;
    padding: 8px;
    border-right: 1px solid #ccc; 
}
nav a:hover {
    color: #c00;
    background-color: #fff;
}