/********************************************
   AUTHOR:  			Erwin Aligam 
   WEBSITE:   			http://www.styleshout.com/
	TEMPLATE NAME:		HigherGround
   TEMPLATE CODE: 	S-0014
   VERSION:          1.0          	
 *******************************************/
 
/********************************************
   HTML ELEMENTS
********************************************/ 

/* Top Elements */
* { margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0 }

body {
	background: #CCC;
	font: 70%/1.5em Verdana, Tahoma, arial, sans-serif;
	color: #666666; 
	text-align: center;
	margin: 15px 0;
}

/* links */
a, a:visited {	
	color: #5A93C9;
	background: inherit;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
	color: #88ac0b;
	background: inherit;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

/* headers */
h1, h2, h3
{
	font-family: 'Trebuchet MS' , Tahoma, Sans-serif;
	font-weight: Bold;
	color: #333333;
}
h1 {
	font-size: 160%;	
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #333333;
}
h2
{
	font-size: 130%;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #333333;
}
h3 {
	font-size: 130%;	
	color: #333333;
}

h1, h2, h3, p {
	padding: 10px;		
	margin: 0;
}
ul, ol {
	margin: 5px 20px;
	padding: 0 20px;
}

/* images */
.imgScroll
{
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	background-color: #FF0000;
}
.imageHolder
{
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
}
img {
	background: #FAFAFA;
    border: 1px solid #DCDCDC;
	padding: 5px;
}
img.float-right {
  	margin: 5px 0px 10px 10px;  
}
img.float-left {
  	margin: 5px 10px 10px 0px;
}

code {
  	margin: 5px 0;
  	padding: 10px;
  	text-align: left;
  	display: block;
  	overflow: auto;  
  	font: 500 1em/1.5em 'Lucida Console', 'courier new', monospace ;
  	/* white-space: pre; */
  	background: url(post.jpg);
	border: 1px solid #E0DBC9;  
}
acronym {
  cursor: help;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #777;
}
blockquote {
	margin: 10px;
 	padding: 0 0 0 25px;  
   background: url(post.jpg);
	border: 1px solid #E0DBC9;
	font: bold 1.3em/1.5em 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Sans-serif;
	color: #A89A6A;
}


/* start - table 
table {
	border-collapse: collapse;
	margin: 10px;	
}
th strong {
	color: #fff;
}
th {
	background: #93BC0C url(nav.jpg) repeat-x;
	height: 29px;
	padding-left: 12px;
	padding-right: 12px;
	color: #FFF;
	text-align: left;
	border-left: 1px solid #B6D59A;
	border-bottom: solid 2px #FFF;
}
tr {
	height: 30px;
}
td {
	padding-left: 11px;
	padding-right: 11px;
	border-left: 1px solid #E8E8E8;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #DFDFDF;
}
td.first,th.first {
	border-left: 0px;
}
tr.row-a {
	background: #F8F8F8;
}
tr.row-b {
	background: #EFEFEF;		
}*/
/* end - table */

/* form elements 
form {
	margin:10px; padding: 0 5px;
	border: 1px solid #D5D5D5; 
	background-color: #DADADA; 	
}*/
label {
	display:block;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin:5px 0;
}

.textBox
{
	border: 1px solid #666666;
}

/*input {
	padding:2px;
	border:1px solid #eee;
	font: normal 1em Verdana, sans-serif;
	color:#777;
}

textarea {
	width:400px;
	padding:2px;
	font: normal 1em Verdana, sans-serif;
	border:1px solid #eee;
	height:100px;
	display:block;
	color:#777;
}
input.button { 
	font: bold 12px Arial, Sans-serif; 
	height: 24px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 2px 3px; 
	color: #FFF;
	background: #8EB50C url(nav.jpg) repeat-x 0 0;
	border: none;
}*/

/* search form */
.searchform {
	background-color: transparent;
	border: none;	
	margin: 0; padding: 5px 0 15px 0;	
	width: 190px;	
}
.searchform p { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.searchform input.textbox { 
	width: 120px;
	color: #777; 
	height: 18px;
	padding: 2px;	
	border: 1px solid #E5E5E5;
	vertical-align: top;
}
/*.searchform input.button { 
	width: 60px;
	height: 24px;
	padding: 2px 5px;
	vertical-align: top;
}*/

/********************************************
   LAYOUT
********************************************/ 
#wrap {
	position: relative;
	width: 820px;
	background: #CCC url(content.jpg) repeat-y center top;
	margin: 0 auto;
	text-align: left;
}
#top-bg {
   position: absolute;
	width: 820px;
	height: 19px;
	background: #CCC url(top-bg.jpg) repeat-y center top;	
	top: 0; left: 0;
	z-index: 2;	
}
#content-wrap {
	position: relative;
	clear: both;
	float: left;	
	width: 790px;	
	padding: 0; 	
	background: #E8E8E8;	
	border-top: 5px solid #FFF;
	border-bottom: 2px solid #D0D0D0;
	margin-left: 15px;	
	display: inline;
	top: 0px;
	left: 0px;
}
#header
{
	width: 790px;
	position: relative;
	height: 100px;
	background: #808080 repeat-y center top;
	padding: 0;
	color: #FFF;
	top: 0px;
	left: 16px;
}
#header h1#logo-text a {
	position: absolute;
	margin: 0; padding: 0;
	font: bold 36px 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Sans-serif;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
	color: #AEAAAA;
	text-transform: none;
	text-decoration: none;
	
	/* change the values of top and left to adjust the position of the logo*/
	top: 25px; left: 30px;	
}
#header h1#logo-text span {
	color: #838181;
}
#header h2#slogan
{
	position: absolute;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	font: italic 13px "Trebuchet MS" , Arial, Sans-serif;
	text-transform: none;
	color: #FFCC33; /* change the values of top and left to adjust the position of the slogan*/
	top: 67px;
	left: 95px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

/* header links */
#header #header-links
{
	position: absolute;
	top: 20px;
	right: 20px;
	color: #666666;
	font-size: 10px;
}
#header #header-links a
{
	color: #FFCC00;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#header #header-links a:hover {
	color: #444;		
}

/* header-photo */
#header-photo
{
	clear: both;
	height: 172px;
	width: 790px;
	margin: 0 auto;
}




#ss01 /* anzalone's styles for slideshow*/
{
	height: 172px;
	margin-left: 15px;
}



#ssBlogs
{
	height: 37px;
	margin-left: 15px;
	/*background-image: url(  'BlogHeader.jpg' );*/
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

.ss01_title {
height: 0px;
position:absolute;
}

.ss01_imagecontainer {
}




/* Navigation */
#nav {
	clear: both;	
	padding: 0;		
}
#nav ul {
	float: left;
	list-style: none;
	background: url(nav1.gif) repeat-x;	
	width: 790px;		
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin: 0 0 0 15px;
	padding: 0;	
	display: inline;
}
#nav ul li {
	display: inline;
	margin: 0; padding: 0;
}
#nav ul li a
{
	display: block;
	float: left;
	width: auto;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 14px 0 14px;
	border-right: 1px solid #899D00;
	border-left: 1px solid #A7D101;
	border-bottom: none;
	color: #FFCC00;
	font: bold 11px/2.8em "Century Gothic" , "Trebuchet MS" , Helvetica, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-decoration: none;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	border-right-color: #808080;
	border-bottom-color: inherit;
	border-left-color: #666666;
}
#nav ul li a:hover, 
#nav ul li a:active {
	background: url(nav-hover1.gif) repeat-x;	
}
#nav ul li#current a {	
	background: url(nav-current.jpg) repeat-x;	
}


/* center columns */
#leftColumn {
	float: left;
	width: 33%;
	padding: 0; margin: 10px 0 0 10px;
	display: inline;
}

#centerColumn {
	float: right;
	width: 33%;
	padding: 0; margin: 10px 0 0 10px;
	display: inline;
}

#rightColumn {
	float: left;
	width: 33%;
	padding: 0; margin: 10px 0 0 10px;
	display: inline;
}





/* Main Column */
#main
{
	float: left;
	width: 70%;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 10px 0 0 10px;
	display: inline;
}
#main h1 {
	margin-top: 10px;
	color: #8C9F0D; 
	padding: 5px 0 5px 5px;
	font-style: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	font-size: 1.6em;
	line-height: normal;
	font-family: "normal Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, Sans-serif;
}
#main ul li {
	list-style-image: url(bullet.gif);
}

.post-footer {
	background: url(post.jpg);
	padding: 5px; margin: 20px 10px 0 10px;	
	font-size: 95%;	
	color: #AEA471;
	border: 1px solid #E0DBC9;
}
.post-footer .date{
	margin: 0 10px 0 5px;	
}
.post-footer a.comments {
	margin: 0 10px 0 5px;	
}
.post-footer a.readmore {
	margin: 0 10px 0 5px;	
}

/* Sidebar */	
#sidebar {
	float: right;
	width: 26%;
	padding: 0 10px 0 0; margin: 10px 0 0 0;		
}	
#sidebar h1 {
	margin-top: 10px;
	padding: 5px 5px; 
	font: bold 1.4em 'Trebuchet MS', Tahoma, Sans-serif;
	color: #8C9F0D; 		
}
#sidebar ul.sidemenu {
	text-align: left;
	margin: 7px 4px 8px 0; padding: 0;
	text-decoration: none;		
	background: url(dots.jpg) repeat-x left top;
}
#sidebar ul.sidemenu li {
	list-style: none;
	background: url(dots.jpg) repeat-x left bottom;
	padding: 4px 0 4px 5px;
	margin: 0 2px;		
}

* html body #sidebar ul.sidemenu li {
	height: 1%;
}
#sidebar ul.sidemenu li a {
	text-decoration: none;	
	background-image: none;	
	color: #666666;			
}
#sidebar ul.sidemenu li a:hover {	
	color: #1773BC;	
}

/* footer */
#footer-wrap {
	clear: both;
	width: 820px;
	font-size: 95%;	
	text-align: left;
	padding: 15px 0;
	background: url(footer-bottom.jpg) no-repeat center bottom;	
}
#footer-wrapAlt
{
	clear: both;
	width: 820px;
	font-size: 95%;
	text-align: left;
	background: url(footer-bottom.jpg) no-repeat center bottom;
	padding-bottom: 20px;
}
#footer-wrap a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #666666;
	/*font-weight: bold;*/
}
#footer-wrap a:hover {
	color: #000;	
}
#footer-wrap p {
	padding:10px 0;
}
#footer-wrap h2 {
	color: #666666;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 10px; 
}

#footer-columns {
	color: #888;
	margin: 0 auto; 
	padding: 0;	
	width: 760px;		
}
#footer-columns ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 10px 0 0 0; 
	padding: 0;	
	background: url(footer-dots.jpg) repeat-x left top;
}
#footer-columns li {
	background: url(footer-dots.jpg) repeat-x left bottom;		
}
#footer-columns li a {
	display: block;
	font-weight: normal;
	padding: 3px 0 3px 10px;
	width: 96%;
}
#footer-columns .col3, .col3-center {
	float: left;
	width: 32%;
}
#footer-columns .col3-center { 
	margin: 0 15px; 
}

/* bottom */
#footer-bottom {
	clear: both;
	color: #666;	
	margin: 0 auto; 
	width: 820px;
	padding: 10px 0;
	text-align: center;
}

/* alignment classes */
.float-left  { float: left; }
.float-right { float: right; }
.align-left  { text-align: left; }
.align-right { text-align: right; }

/* display and additional classes */
.clear { clear: both; }

.blankDiv
{
	color: #333333;
}

.buttonStyle
{
	border: 1px solid #666666;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #A89A6A;
}

#encodedEmail a
{
	color: #0066CC;
}
