body {
font-family: Verdana, "Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif, Verdana;
color: #000000;
font-size: smaller;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
margin: auto;
text-align: justify;
}

:visited {
color: rgb(80%,45%,25%);
}

br
{
/* the clear is for the labeled forms - presumably we'll rarely, if ever, need to use a value of none or right for this */
clear: left;
}

.sidebar {
position: absolute;
padding: 10px;
padding-left: 0;
width: 15%; 
background: #CCCCFF;
background-color: transparent;
left: 5%;
margin: 1em;
text-indent: 0.5em;
text-align:left;
}

#main_header {
position: relative;
left: 7%;
margin-top: 0.6em;
margin-bottom: 0.7em;
background-image: url(/images/header_back.JPG);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 50% 50%;
padding-top: 0.5em;
padding-bottom: 0.5em;
width: 85%;
height: 3.5em;
text-align: center;
color: #4444bb;
font-family: Georgia, "Palatino Linotype", Times, serif;
font-weight: 800;
font-size: xx-large;
font-style: italic;
}

#main_header:hover {
cursor: pointer;
}

#header_container {
margin-top:2.5%;
}

.subtitle
{
font-size: 60%;
}

.container {
margin: auto;
margin-top: 1em;
margin-bottom: 1em;
width: 85%;
}

h1 {
text-align: center;
font-size: 2em;
font-family: sans-serif;
}

h2
{
font-size: 1.5em;
font-family: sans-serif;
}

/* sidebar related code goes here */

#top_sidebar {
width: 120px;
height: 90px;
margin: auto;
}

#sidebar_user_info
{
margin: 1em auto;
font-size: 115%;
text-align: center;
}

#user_controls
{
padding-left: 2em;
text-align: left;
}

.sidebarlinks {
background: #CCCCCC;
}

#skyscraper_ad
{
overflow: hidden;
z-index: -1;
width: 100%;
}

div.rightbar {
padding: 10px;
position: absolute;
height: auto; 
width: 20%;
margin: 1em;
background-color: transparent;
left: 73%;
text-align: left;
}

.rightbox, #hottest {
margin: auto;
margin-bottom: 1em;
padding:10px;
font-weight:100;
background-color: transparent;
}

.google_sidebar {
margin: auto;
margin-bottom: 1em;
padding: 0 10px;
font-weight:100;
background-color: transparent;
}

#sidebar_list
{
background-color: #ffffee;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

#sidebar_list li .sidebar_link
{
background-color: #ffffee;
}

#sidebar_list li .sidebar_link
{
background-color: #ffffee;
display: block;
padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0;
position: relative;
width: 100%;
}

#sidebar_list li .sidebar_link:hover
{
background-color: #ffffaa;
}

#sidebar_list .stat_cat:hover
{
background-color: #ffffee;
}

#cats_sidebar
{
display: block;
list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0.8em;
}

.feed_list
{
border: thin solid black;
padding: 0.5em;
}

.feed_list ul
{
list-style: none;
padding-left: 0;
margin: 0;
text-indent: 0;
}

.feed_list li
{
margin: 0.25em 0;
text-indent: 0;
}

.feed_list div
{
text-indent: 0;
}

.feed_help
{
margin-top: 0.25em;
}

.sidebar_button
{
margin-bottom: 1em;
}

.box-header
{
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0.1em;
padding: 0.1em;
/*border: thin solid black;*/
}

#latest_article_notice
{
background: rgb(80%, 100%, 80%);
padding: 0.5em;
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
font-weight: bold;
}

#hottest
{
background: rgb(99%,98%,97%);
}

#hottest-bar
{
/*border: thin black solid;*/
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-align: center;
background: #FFFFFF;
}

#hottest li
{
margin-bottom: 0.1em;
}

#latest_posts
{
background: rgb(98%,97%,96%);
}

#latest_posts>.box-header
{
background: #FFFFFF;
}

#latest_posts>ul {
margin-left: 0;
padding-left: 7%;
}

#quote
{
/*background: rgb(95%,100%,95%);*/
}

#quote>.box-header
{
background: #FFFFFF;
}

#poll
{
background: rgb(97%,96%,95%);
}

#poll-header
{
background: #FFFFFF;
}

#quote-header
{
background: #CCDDEE;
}

.poll_list
{

}

#google_sitesearch label
{
float: none;
width: auto;
margin: auto;
}

.article-subtitle
{
margin: 2% 0;
font-size: 1.1em;
font-style: italic;
}

/* sidebar related code stops here */

/* main content related code goes here */

.content {
position: absolute;
width: 50%;
left: 23.5%;
}

#page_title {
text-align: center;
}

#breadcrumbs
{
font-weight: bold;
}

#top_left_ad {
width: 120px;
height: 240px;
float: left;
}

.article
{
display: block;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
padding: 0;
margin-left: 0;
}

li.article
{
display: block;
background: #88CCFF;
background-color: transparent;
}

.article_posted
{
background: #CCFFCC;
padding: 5px;
margin: 0;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.article_posted  h2
{
font-size: medium;
margin-bottom: 0;
display: inline;
}

.article_posted  p
{
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
}

.article_data {
display: inline;
}

h2.article_data {
font-size: larger;
margin: 0.1em 0;
}

div.author_time1 {
float:right;
font-style: italic;
}

.author_time2 {
font-size: smaller;
}

.article_description
{
margin: 10px 0;
}

.error, .poll_notify {
background-color: /*pink*/ #FAAFBE; 
border:thin solid black; 
color: red; 
margin: 1em auto; 
font-weight:bold; 
width: 70%;
padding: 1em;
}

.notice {
background-color: #CCFFFF; 
border: thin solid black; 
color: blue; 
margin: 1em auto; 
/*text-align:center; */
font-weight:bold; 
width: 70%;
padding: 1em;
}

#footer {
position: static;
font-size: 80%;
text-align: center;
}

.back_and_forth
{
text-align: center;
padding: 1em;
margin: 1em 0;
border: thin solid black;
}

#list_preamble
{
float: right;
width: 69%;
}

.p
{
margin-bottom: 1em;
}

blockquote .p:last-child /*CSS3*/
{
margin: 0;
}

label
{
float: left;
width: 50%;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}

.form_input
{
text-align: left;
display: block;
width: auto;
float: left;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
}

.submit_button
{
margin: 1em auto;
text-align: center;
}

/* the following code is DEPRECATED - use the label code above instead!!! */
.form_label
{
display: block;
width: auto;
float: left;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}

span.form_label
{
text-align: left;
width: 50%;
padding-right: 1.5em;
}
/* the above code is DEPRECATED - use the label code above instead!!! */

#top_ad
{
/*
position: relative;
left: 20%;
*/
text-align: center;
width: 20em;
}

#bottom_ad
{
position: absolute;
left: -12.5%;
}

#main_description
{
margin: 1em auto;
width: 90%;
border: thin solid black;
padding: 1em;
background-color: #CCDDFF;
}

.continued
{
text-align: right;
}

cite {
display: block;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0.5em;
margin-left: 0;
} /* name of the person/thing quoted using the BBcode quotes */

/* both above and below stolen from the forum CSS */

blockquote {
color: #000000; 
border-collapse: collapse; 
border: thin solid #000000; 
background-color: #A9C7FD;
width: 85%;
padding: 1em;
clear: both;
} /*when you quote someone in a post*/

#contact_form  {
border: thin solid black;
padding: 1.5em;
} /* for the contact form page */

#article_options {
font-size: 1.1em;
font-weight: 500;
text-align: left;
border: thin solid black;
padding: 1em;
}

.fb_share_link { padding:0px 0 0 20px; height:16px; background:url(http://static.ak.facebook.com/images/share/facebook_share_icon.gif?43:26981) no-repeat top left; }

#article_options ul {
margin-left: 0;
padding-left: 0;
display: inline;
}

#article_options ul li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0 0.25em;
padding-left: 0.7em;
border-left: 1px solid #000;
list-style: none;
display: inline;
}

#article_options ul li.first {
margin: 0;
padding:0;
padding-right: 0.25em;
border-left: none;
list-style: none;
display: inline;
}

#article_options ul li a {
text-decoration:none;
}

#article_options ul li a.text_link {
text-decoration:underline;
}

#article_options ul li a img {
vertical-align:middle;
}

#article_after {
min-height: 25em;
clear: both;
}

#article_after ul {
margin-left: 0.8em;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: disc;
}

#article_feeds {
padding: 0;
width: 40%;
float: left;
margin: 0 1.5em;
min-height: 15em;
}

#article_after .feed_list {
border: 0;
}

#article_after .feed_list li
{
margin: 0;
}

#art_bottom_site_description {
padding: 0;
width: 40%;
float: right;
margin: 0 1.5em;
}

#see_also {
padding: 0;
width: 40%;
float: right;
margin: 0 1.5em;
}

#related_articles
{
padding: 0;
width: 40%;
float: left;
margin: 0 1.5em;
}

#article_related_post
{
clear: both;
margin: 1em auto;
}

.forumrow {
color: #000000;
background-color: rgb(80%,85%,95%);
}

#thread_op_side
{
background-color: rgb(60%,80%,100%);
}

#thread_op
{
background-color: rgb(60%,80%,100%);
padding: 0 1em 0 0.5em;
}

.reply_op
{
padding: 0 1em 0 0.5em;
}

#what_next
{
margin: 0 1em;
padding: 0 1em;
}

#comment_form
{
width: 90%;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 2%;
}

#article_contact
{
width: 90%;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 2%;
}

#article_after h2
{
font-size: large;
}

#forum_comments
{
margin-left: 1.3em;
}