/* SETS COMMON BODY ITEMS AND BACKGROUND */

body {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
background-color: #2D2F3C;
background-image: url('images/background.jpg');
background-attachment: fixed;
margin: 20px 0;
padding: 0;
font-size: 75%;
text-align: center
}

/* COMMON HTML AND CLASSES */

li {list-style-image: url('images/bullet.gif');}

hr {
background-color: #A1A3BB;
color: #A1A3BB;
height: 1px;
width: 100%;
}

.tiny {
font-size: 80%;}

h1 {
font-family: Georgia, Georgia, serif;
color: #575978;
font-size: 24px;
background-image: url('images/endcap.gif');
background-position:  left top;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding-left: 40px;
height: 35px;
vertical-align: bottom;
margin-bottom: 0
}

h2 {
color: #6677B5;
font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;
text-transform: lowercase;
text-align: left;
font-size: 24px;
font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: 4px;
}

h3 {
color: #924869;
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Comic Sans MS", Arial, sans-serif;
text-align: left;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: bold;
letter-spacing: 2px;
}

h4 {
color: #575978;
font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Comic Sans MS", Arial, sans-serif;
text-align: center;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: 4px;
margin: 0px;
} 

h5, h6 {
font-size: 100%;
font-weight: bold;
color: #000;
margin: 0px;
}

A:LINK {color: #5A679E; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;}
A:VISITED {color: #5A679E; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;}
A:HOVER {color: #B46A8B; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;}
A:ACTIVE {color: #5A679E; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;}

/* ASSIGN CLASSES TO IMAGES TO PLACE THE BORDER AND ALIGNMENT */

.imageleft {
border: 3px double #A1A3BB;
margin: 2px 20px 2px 0px;
float: left;
}

.imageright {
border: 3px double #A1A3BB;
margin: 2px 0px 2px 20px;
float: right;
}

.imageplain {
border: 3px double #A1A3BB;
}

/* CREATES THE HOT TOPIC BOX PROPERTIES */

.pullquote {
font-size: 85%;
text-align: left;
width: 180px;
background: #FFFFFF;
color: #000000;
float: right;
border: 3px double #A1A3BB;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: normal;
padding: 5px;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-left: 20px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.pullquote h5 {
text-align: center;
background-color: #A1A3BB;
color: #000000;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 3px 0px;
}

/* THIS IS THE MAIN CONTAINER DEFINITION */

.wrapper {
overflow: auto;
width: 750px;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #000;
text-align: left;
border: 5px solid #FFF;
margin: 0 auto;
}

/* HEADER AREA ID AND CLASSES */

.headercontent {
overflow: auto;
background-image: url('images/mainimage.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
color: #000000;
font-size: 90%;
font-weight: bold;
text-align: right;
height: 160px;
letter-spacing: 2px; padding-left:10px; padding-right:10px; padding-top:20px; padding-bottom:20px; background-position-y:center
}

.headercontent a:link {color: #000000; text-decoration: none;}
.headercontent a:visited {color: #000000; text-decoration: none;}
.headercontent a:hover {color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline;}
.headercontent a:active {color: #000000; text-decoration: none;}

.headercontent h2 {
color: #000000;
font-family: Georgia, Georgia, serif;
font-size: 22px;
font-weight: bold;
text-transform: none;
letter-spacing: 3px;
margin: 35px 0px;
text-align: right;
}

/* MAIN TEXT AREA ID AND CLASSES */

.content {
overflow: auto;
width: 544px;
float: right;
padding: 0px 5px;
line-height: 20px;
border-left: 1px dashed #A1A3BB;
text-align: justify;
}

/* SIDEBAR ID AND CLASSES */

.sidebar {
overflow: auto;
float: left;
width: 180px;
padding: 0px 5px;
font-size: 90%;
}

/* FOOTER ID AND CLASSES */

.clear {
clear: both;
}

.footer {
overflow: auto;
clear: both;
background-image: url('images/footer.jpg');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position:  left top;
color: #000000;
text-align: center;
height: 30px;
padding-top: 30px;
vertical-align: middle
}

.footer A:LINK {color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;}
.footer A:VISITED {color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;}
.footer A:HOVER {color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline; font-weight: normal;}
.footer A:ACTIVE {color: #000000; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;}

.form {
font-size: 95%;
}