CSS Space Between Submenu Items - css

Question

I am trying to lessen the vertical space between items in the submenu of my drop down navigation bar. You can see what it currently looks like at http://www.mirandabee.com
I am trying to reduce the space vertically, but can't figure it out.
Here is my HTML for it:
<ul id ="nav">
<li><a href="http://www.mirandabee.com/search/label/About%20Me#.UuQfD-Io6Rs">About Me
<ul>
<li>About Me</li>
<li>Photo Album</li>
</ul>
</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mirandabee.com/search/label/Blog%20Series#.UuPc3uIo6Rs1">Blog Series
<ul>
<li>Guest Post Monday</li>
<li>Infographic Monday</li>
<li>What I Wore Wednesday</li>
<li>Fun Friday Link Party</li>
</ul>
</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mirandabee.com/search/label/Freebies#.UhDj0D92XiM">Freebies
<ul>
<li>Giveaways</li>
<li>Printables</li>
</ul>
</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mirandabee.com/search/label/Recipes#.UuPyGOIo6Rt">Recipes
<ul>
<li>All Recipes</li>
<li>Appetizers</li>
<li>Snacks</li>
<li>Main Dishes</li>
<li>Sides</li>
<li>Drinks</li>
<li>Desserts</li>
<li>Other Recipes</li>
</ul>
</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mirandabee.com/search/label/Projects%20%26%20Crafts#.UuP03OIo6Rt">Projects
<ul>
<li>For the Home</li>
<li>Kids & Family</li>
<li>Travel Solutions</li>
<li>Gift Ideas</li>
<li>Other</li>
</ul>
</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mirandabee.com/search/label/Organize%20Your%20Life#.UuP2yuIo6Rt">Organization
<ul>
<li>One Space at a Time</li>
</ul>
</a></li></ul>
CSS:
/* ----- NAVMENU ----- */
#nav, #nav ul {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0;
z-index: 999;
margin-top: -80px;
margin-left: 100px;
list-style: none;
color: #007581;
}
#nav a {
display: block;
width: 6.5em;
}
#nav li {
float: left;
width: 6.5em;
font-size:18px;
color: #ff6962
}
#nav li ul {
position: absolute;
width: 6em;
font-size: 5px;
left: -999em;
}
#nav li:hover ul {
left: auto;
width: 7em;
font-size:18px;
color: #ff6962;
margin-left: -2px;
padding-top:-112px;
}
sfHover = function() {
var sfEls = document.getElementById("nav").getElementsByTagName("LI");
for (var i=0; i<sfEls.length; i++) {
sfEls[i].onmouseover=function() {
this.className+=" sfhover";
}
sfEls[i].onmouseout=function() {
this.className=this.className.replace(new RegExp(" sfhover\\b"), "");
}
}
}
if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", sfHover);
#nav li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul {
left: auto;
}
Keep in mind that I am very much a beginner, but I would appreciate any help I can get. Thanks so much!

Answer 1

Your HTML is totally broken. You have
<a><ul><li><a>...</a></li></ul></a>
you cannot have anchors inside anchors like that. Your css also doesn't make much sense. You've got position: absolute, but no position: relative anywhere else, so ALL of the nested <ul>'s are going to be in the wrong place.

Answer 2

Your HTML structure is bad. I'm sorry to say that. But here I try to fix it for you.
Fiddle
HTML:
<ul id="nav">
<li>
About Me
<ul>
<li>About Me</li>
<li>Photo Album</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Blog Series
<ul>
<li>Guest Post Monday</li>
<li>Infographic Monday</li>
<li>What I Wore Wednesday</li>
<li>Fun Friday Link Party</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Freebies
<ul>
<li>Giveaways</li>
<li>Printables</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Recipes
<ul>
<li>All Recipes</li>
<li>Appetizers</li>
<li>Snacks</li>
<li>Main Dishes</li>
<li>Sides</li>
<li>Drinks</li>
<li>Desserts</li>
<li>Other Recipes</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Projects
<ul>
<li>For the Home</li>
<li>Kids & Family</li>
<li>Travel Solutions</li>
<li>Gift Ideas</li>
<li>Other</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Organization
<ul>
<li>One Space at a Time</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
CSS:
/* ----- NAVMENU ----- */
#nav, #nav ul {
padding: 0px;
margin: 0;
z-index: 999;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-left: 100px;
list-style: none;
color: #007581;
}
#nav a {
display: block;
width: 6.5em;
}
#nav li {
float: left;
width: 6.5em;
font-size:18px;
color: #ff6962
}
#nav li ul {
position: absolute;
width: 6em;
font-size: 5px;
left: -999em;
}
#nav li:hover ul {
left: auto;
width: 7em;
font-size:18px;
color: #ff6962;
margin-left: -2px;
padding-top:-112px;
}
#nav li:hover ul, #nav li.sfhover ul {
left: auto;
}
I hope it will help you on solving this problem.. :)