@charset "utf-8";

* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
}

body  {
	font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background: #666666;
	text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */
	color: #000000;
}


.index #container {
	width: 46em;  /* this width will create a container that will fit in an 800px browser window if text is left at browser default font sizes */
	background: #FFFFFF;
	margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
	border: 1px solid #000000;
	text-align: left;
} 
.index #container #mainContent h1 {
	font-size: 150%;
	margin-top: 1em;
	color: #393B4A;
}
.index #container #header h1 {
	font-size: 150%;
}
.index #container #sidebar1 h3 {
	font-size: 115%;
}


.index #header {
	background: #DDDDDD;  /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
	background-color: #4567A7;
	border-bottom-color: #000000;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-width: thin;
} 


p {
	font-size: 80%;
	margin: 1.5em 0;
	color: #585B72;
}
.index #container #mainContent h2 {
	font-size: 125%;
	color: #393B4A;
}




.index #header h1 {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
	padding: 10px 0;
}
h4, h5, h6 {
	font-size: 105%;
}

.index #sidebar1 h3, .index #sidebar1 p {
	margin-left: 10px; /* the left and right margin should be given to every element that will be placed in the side columns */
	margin-right: 10px;
}


.index #mainContent {
	margin: 0 1.5em 0 13em;
	padding-top: 1px;
} 
.index #footer { 
	padding: 0 10px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */
	background:#DDDDDD;
} 


.index #sidebar1 {
	float: left; 
	width: 12em; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	background: #EBEBEB; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 15px 0; /* top and bottom padding create visual space within this div */
}
.index #footer p {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
	padding: 10px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
}

/* Miscellaneous classes for reuse */
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
	float: right;
	margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
	float: left;
	margin-right: 8px;
}
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
	clear:both;
    height:0;
    font-size: 1px;
    line-height: 0px;
}

.index #container #sidebar1 li {
	font-size: 80%;
	list-style: none inside;
}
.index #container #header img {
	display: block;
}


.index #container #sidebar1 a {
	color: #4567A7;
	text-decoration: none;
	background: #D9D3D0;
	margin-right: 1em;
	padding: 2px;
	display: block;
}
.index #container #sidebar1 a:hover {
	color: #000000;
	background: #FFFFCC;
}