@charset "utf-8";

body  {
	font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
	padding: 0;
	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: #FFC470;
	background-color: #999999;
}

#wrapper {
	background-position: top left;
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	margin: 20px auto;
	padding-top: 30px;
	width: 760px;
	padding-left: 20px;
	background-image: url(../images/home_page_background_new.jpg);
}

#writing_wrapper {
	background-position: top left;
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	margin: 20px auto;
	padding-top: 30px;
	width: 760px;
	padding-left: 20px;
	background-image: url(../images/writings_background_new.jpg);
}

#work_wrapper {
	background-position: top left;
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	margin: 20px auto;
	padding-top: 30px;
	width: 760px;
	padding-left: 20px;
	background-image: url(../images/work_background_new.jpg);
}

.writing #container {
	width: 760px;  /* using 20px less than a full 800px width allows for browser chrome and avoids a horizontal scroll bar */
	background: #999999;
	margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
	border: 1px solid #999999;
	text-align: left;
}

.writing #mainContent {
	background-color: #999999;
	float: left;
	width: 540px;
	margin: 0 0 10px 20px;
} 

.writing #header {
	background: #999999;  /* 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. */
	display: none;
} 
.writing #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; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
}
.writing #nav_sidebar {
	float: right; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	width: 140px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */
	background: #999999; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 30px 0 15px 20px;
}

.writing #footer {
	background:#999999;
	margin: 0 20px;
	border-top: solid 1px #A8A8A8;
} 
.writing #footer p {
	font-size: 80%;
	text-align: center;
	padding: 10px 0;
	margin: 0 10px;
}
.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;
}

.writing #nav_sidebar a {
	letter-spacing: 0.4em;
	line-height: 2em;
}

.writing #sidebar_nav_links {

}

#footer_nav_links a {
	padding-right: 2em;

}

a:link {color: #FFE0B4; text-decoration: none;}
a:visited {color: #FFE0B4; text-decoration: none;}
a:focus {color: #FFE0B4; text-decoration: none;}
a:hover {color: red; text-decoration: none;}
a:hover.current {color: #FFE0B4; text-decoration: none; cursor:default}
a:active {color: #FFE0B4; text-decoration: none;}

a.aux_nav {
	font-weight: normal;
}

a.aux_nav:link {color: #302000; text-decoration: none;}
a.aux_nav:visited {color: #302000; text-decoration: none;}
a.aux_nav:focus {color: #302000; text-decoration: none;}
a.aux_nav:hover {color: red; text-decoration: none;}
a.aux_nav:active {color: #302000; text-decoration: none;}