body.custom { background: #4c4c4c url('images/bg-ocean.jpg') 50% 0 no-repeat; }

	.custom #container { margin-top: 3em; margin-bottom: 3em; }

		.custom #page { background: #fff; }

.custom #container {
    margin-top: 3em;
    margin-bottom: 3em;
    padding: 0.3em;
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 0.1em solid #dd3f0c;
}

#archive_info {display:none;}

.custom #page {
    background: #fff;
}

/*change headline colors*/
.custom h1 {color: #85251e; }
.custom h2 a {color: #85251e; font-size: 18pt; }
.custom h2 a:visited {color: #85251e; font-size: 18pt; }
.custom h2 a:hover { color: #85251e; font-size: 18pt; }
.custom h2 {font-size: 18pt; color: #85251e; }


/*text in feature box*/
.custom .textbox {
border-bottom: 1px solid #d24428;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
font-family: Arial, Verdana;
font-size: 13px;
width: 895px;
margin-left: 0em;
margin-bottom: 0em;
margin-right: 0em;
margin-top: 1em;
padding: 1em 1.75em 1em 1em;
}
.custom #feature_box {background: #ffffff; border: 0;}

/* Top Nav bar */ 
.custom ul#topnav { list-style: none; border: 1px solid #d24428; border-width: 0 0 1px 1px; }
.custom ul#topnav li { margin-bottom: -0.1em; padding: .8em; font-size: 10px; background: #d24428; border: 1px solid #d24428; border-right: 0px; float: left; }
.custom ul#topnav li.current_page_item, ul#tabs li.current-cat { padding-bottom: 0.1em; background: #d24428;}
	.custom ul#topnav li a { display: block; line-height: 1em; color: #ffffff; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; }
	.custom ul#topnav li a:hover { color: #ffffff; text-style: italics; text-decoration: none; }
	.custom ul#topnav li.current_page_item a, ul#tabs li.current-cat a { cursor: default;  }
	.custom ul#topnav li.current_page_item a:hover, ul#tabs li.current-cat a:hover { text-decoration: none; text-style: italics;}


/*---:[ core layout elements ]:---*/
#header { border-bottom: 1px #ffffff dotted; clear: both; }
	#column_wrap { float: left;}
	.post_box, .teasers_box { border-top: 1px solid #d24428; clear: both; }
	.teasers_box .post_box { margin: 0; border-top: none; clear: none; }
		.teaser { float: left; }
		.teaser_right { float: right; }
	.top { border: none !important; }
		#sidebars { border-left: 1px solid #d24428; }
			#sidebar_1 { border-left: 1px solid #d24428; }
#footer { color: #d24428; border-top: 1px solid #d24428; text-align: right; clear: both; }

/* This line sets up our clickable background image based on the site title's link */
/* DIY: Adjust the height & width attributes to reflect the actual size of your image */
/* DIY: Change the filename of your image to reflect the actual header's file name */
.custom #header #logo a { display: block; height: 107px; width: 950px; background: url('images/logo.jpg') no-repeat; outline: none; }

/* This line gets rid of the site title & tagline by casting them out to far left field */
.custom #header #logo, .custom #header #tagline { text-indent: -9999px; }

/* This line collapses the vertical space of the tagline so that there isn't unnecessary white space after the header image */

/* This is a bit of a kludge, but it seems to work. */
.custom #header #tagline { height: 0; }

/* This line removes the padding from the header so that the background image sits close to the nav menu, the bottom border of the header, and the sides of the content */
.custom #header { padding: 0; }

/*---:[ global elements ]:---*/
a { color: #85251e; text-decoration: none; }
a:hover { text-decoration: none; color: #85251e; }
a.post_image_link { outline: none; }
a img { border: none; }
blockquote { border-left: 1px solid #d24428; color: #85251e; }
abbr, acronym { line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; border-bottom: none; cursor: help; }
code { line-height: 1em; background: #; }
pre { background: #; border: 1px solid #d24428; overflow: auto; clear: both; }
p.center { text-align: center !important; }
p.bottom { margin: 0 !important; }
.remove_bottom_margin { margin-bottom: 0 !important; }

/*---:[ form inputs ]:---*/
input, textarea { font-size: 1em; color: #444; background: #C8e7fc; border: 1px solid #0172AC; border-right-color: #0172AC; border-bottom-color: #0172AC; }
input:focus, textarea:focus { background: #fff; border-color: #0172AC; border-right-color: #0172AC; border-bottom-color: #0172AC; }
	.sidebar .text_input { width: 95%; }
	input.form_submit { font-weight: bold; color: #111; background: url('images/submit-bg.gif'); border: 1px solid #0172AC; border-top-color: #0172AC; border-left-color: #0172AC; cursor: pointer; width: auto !important; overflow: visible; }
	#commentform input.form_submit { border-width: 3px; }
	input.form_submit:hover { color: #090; }

/*---:[ universal image classes ]:---*/
.custom img.alignleft, img.left { float: left; margin: 0 5px 0 0; }
img.alignright, img.right { float: right; }
img.aligncenter, img.center { display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; clear: both; }
img.alignnone, img.block { display: block; clear: both; }
img.frame { background: #fff385; border-style: dotted; border-color: #D11F06; }
img.stack { clear: none !important; }
img[align="left"] { float: left; clear: left; }
img[align="right"] { float: right; clear: right; }
img[align="middle"] { display: block; margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; clear: both; }

/*---:[ image captioning ]:---*/
.wp-caption { border-style: dotted; border-color: #D11F06; background-color: #fff385; text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: #274749; font-size: 14pt; }
	.wp-caption.alignleft { float: left; }
	.wp-caption.alignright { float: right; }
	.wp-caption.aligncenter { margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; clear: both; }
	.wp-caption.alignnone { clear: both; }

/*---:[ headlines and bylines ]:---*/
h1, h2, h3, h6 { font-weight: normal; }
h4, h5 { font-weight: bold; }
h5, h6 { text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; }
.format_text h2.top, .format_text h3.top { margin-top: 0 !important; }
.sidebar h3 { font-variant: small-caps; letter-spacing: 2px; color: #85251e; }
	h2 a { color: #85251e; }
	h2 a:hover { color: #85251e; }

/*---:[ headline meta data (includes bylines) ]:---*/
.headline_meta { font-style: italic; color: #274749; }
	.headline_meta span, .headline_meta abbr { font-style: normal; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; }
	.headline_meta a { color: #274749; border-bottom: 1px dotted #D11F06; }
	.headline_meta a:hover { color: #D11F06; }

/*---:[ nav menu styles ]:---*/
ul#tabs { list-style: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #dd3f0c; border-width: 0 0 1px 0; }
	ul#tabs li { margin-bottom: -0.1em; background: #dd3f0c; border: 1px solid #dd3f0c; border-left: 0; float: right; }
	ul#tabs li.current_page_item, ul#tabs li.current-cat { padding-bottom: 0.1em; background: #dd3f0c;}
		ul#tabs li a { display: block; line-height: 1em; color: #ffffff; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; }
		ul#tabs li a:hover { color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; }
		ul#tabs li.current_page_item a, ul#tabs li.current-cat a { cursor: default; }
		ul#tabs li.current_page_item a:hover, ul#tabs li.current-cat a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
	ul#tabs li.rss { padding-right: 0; background: none; border: none; float: right; }
		ul#tabs li.rss a { padding-right: 16px; background: url('images/icon-rss.gif') 100% 50% no-repeat; }

/*---:[ #header styles ]:---*/
#header #logo { font-weight: bold; }
	#header #logo a { color: #111; }
	#header #logo a:hover { color: #2361a1; }
#header #tagline { font-weight: normal; color: #888; }

/*---:[ content styles ]:---*/
.format_text a { text-decoration: underline; }
.format_text a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
.format_text p.note { background: #fff385; border: 1px dotted #D11F06; }
.format_text p.alert { background: #fff385; border: 1px dotted #D11F06; }
.format_text .drop_cap { color: #274749; float: left; }
.format_text ul { list-style: square; }
	.format_text dt { font-weight: bold; }
	/*---:[ pullquotes ]:---*/
	.format_text blockquote.right, .format_text blockquote.left { border: none; }
	.format_text blockquote.right { float: right; }
	.format_text blockquote.left { float: left; }
		.format_text blockquote.right p, .format_text blockquote.left p { margin: 0 !important; }
	/*---:[ end pullquotes ]:---*/
.format_text .ad { float: right; clear: right; }
	.format_text .ad_left { float: left; clear: left; }

/*---:[ after-post elements ]:---*/
.format_text .to_comments { color: #666; clear: both; }
	.format_text .to_comments span { color: #111; line-height: 1em; }
	.format_text .to_comments span.bracket { color: #ccc; }
	.format_text .to_comments a { color: #666; text-decoration: none; }
	.format_text .to_comments a:hover { color: #111; text-decoration: underline; }

/*---:[ tags are not targeted further because these styles need to cascade to teasers as well ]:---*/
.post_tags { color: #666; }
	.post_tags a { text-decoration: none; }
	.post_tags a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

/*---:[ feature box ]:---*/
#feature_box { background: #fff385; border-bottom: 1px dotted #D11F06; }

/*---:[ home page teasers ]:---*/
.teaser a.teaser_link:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.teaser .teaser_author { font-style: italic; color: #888; }
	.teaser .teaser_author .author { font-style: normal; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; }
.teaser .teaser_date { color: #888; }
.teaser .edit_post { letter-spacing: 1px; color: #888; }
	.teaser .teaser_author a, .teaser a.teaser_comments, .teaser a.teaser_category, .teaser .edit_post a { text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #888; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee; }
	.teaser .teaser_author a:hover, .teaser a.teaser_comments:hover, .teaser a.teaser_category:hover, .teaser .edit_post a:hover { color: #111; }
	.teaser .teaser_author a { font-style: normal; }
	.teaser .format_teaser a { text-decoration: underline; }
	.teaser .format_teaser a:hover { text-decoration: none; }

/*---:[ archive information block ]:---*/
#archive_info { border-bottom: 1px dotted #D11F06; }
	#archive_info p { text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; }

/*---:[ navigation links ]:---*/
.prev_next { text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; border-top: 1px dotted #D11F06; color: #274749; clear: both; }
	.prev_next .next { text-align: right; }
	.prev_next .floated { float: left; }
	.prev_next a { text-decoration: none; }
	.prev_next a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
	.post_nav a { text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; }
#comment_nav_2 { border-top: 0; border-bottom: 1px dotted #D11F06; }

/*---:[ multimedia box ]:---*/
#multimedia_box { width: 100%; }
	#image_box { background: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px dotted #FFFFFF; }
		#image_box img { display: block; background: #FFFFFF; border-style: dotted; border-color: #FFFFFF; }
	/*---:[ video box styles ]:---*/
	#video_box { background: #FFFFFF; }
	/*---:[ custom box styles ]:---*/

/*---:[ sidebar styles ]:---*/
.sidebar a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
ul.sidebar_list { list-style: none; }
	li.widget { width: 100%; }
	li.centered { text-align: center; }
		li.widget p a { text-decoration: underline; }
		li.widget p a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
		li.widget ul { list-style: none; }
			li.widget ul li .num_comments { color: #111; }
		/*---:[ widget box styles ]:---*/
		li.widget .widget_box { background: #fff385; border-style: dotted; border-color: #D11F06; }
		/*---:[ subscriptions widget ]:---*/
		.thesis_widget_subscriptions .sub_rss a { padding-left: 20px; background: url('images/icon-rss.gif') 0 50% no-repeat; }
		.thesis_widget_subscriptions .sub_email a { padding-left: 20px; background: url('images/icon-email.gif') 0 50% no-repeat; }
		/*---:[ google custom search ]:---*/
		li.thesis_widget_google_cse form input[type="text"] { width: 95%; }
		li.thesis_widget_google_cse form input[type="submit"] { font-weight: bold; color: #111; background: url('images/submit-bg.gif'); border: 3px double #999; border-top-color: #ccc; border-left-color: #ccc; cursor: pointer; }
		li.thesis_widget_google_cse form input[type="submit"]:hover { color: #2361a1; }
		/*---:[ calendar widget ]:---*/
		#calendar_wrap { width: 98%; padding: 0 1%; }
			#calendar_wrap a { font-weight: bold; }
			#calendar_wrap a:hover { background: #fff385; text-decoration: none; }
			table#wp-calendar { width: 98%; border-collapse: collapse; }
				table#wp-calendar caption { font-weight: normal; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; background: #fff385; }
				table#wp-calendar th { width: 14%; background: #fff385; border-bottom: 1px dotted #D11F06; text-align: center; }
				table#wp-calendar td { width: 14%; color: #888; text-align: center; }
				table#wp-calendar td#next, table#wp-calendar td#prev { width: 45%; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; }
				table#wp-calendar td#next { text-align: right; }
				table#wp-calendar td#prev { text-align: left; }

/*---:[ comment styles ]:---*/
	.comments_intro p { color: #666; }
		.comments_intro a { text-decoration: underline; }
		.comments_intro a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
		.comments_intro span { color: #111; line-height: 1em; }
		.comments_intro span.bracket { color: #ccc; }
dl#comment_list { border-top: 1px dotted #D11F06; }
			dl#comment_list dt a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
			dl#comment_list dt .comment_author { font-weight: bold; }
			.avatar img { float: right; }
			.comment_time, .edit_comment { color: #888; }
				.comment_time { white-space: nowrap; }
				.comment_time a, .edit_comment a { color: #888; }
				.comment_time a:hover, .edit_comment a:hover { color: #888; }
		.comment_num { float: right; }
			dl#comment_list .comment_num a { font-weight: bold; color: #aaa; }
			dl#comment_list .comment_num a:hover { color: #fff; background: #fff385; text-decoration: none; }
	dl#comment_list .bypostauthor { background: #; }
	dl#comment_list dd { border-bottom: 1px dotted #D11F06; }
		dl#comment_list dd p.reply a { color: #888; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; }
		dl#comment_list dd p.reply a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
	dl#comment_list dl { border-top: 0; }
		dl#comment_list dl dt, dl#comment_list dl dd { background: none; }
		dl#comment_list dl dd { border-bottom: 0; }
		dl#comment_list dl .bypostauthor { background: none; }
		dl#comment_list dl dt, dl#comment_list dl dd .format_text { border-style: dotted; border-color: #D11F06; }
		dl#comment_list dl dt.bypostauthor, dl#comment_list dl dd.bypostauthor > .format_text { border-color: #D11F06; }
		a.comment_link { color: #274749; text-decoration: none; font-variant: small-caps; border-bottom: 1px dotted #D11F06; }
		a.comment_link:hover { color: #274749; border-bottom-color: #D11F06; }
	/*---:[ author comment and alternating comment colors ]:---*/
	/* dl#comment_list .even { background: #; }
	dl#comment_list .odd { background: #; } */
dl#trackback_list { border-top: 1px dotted #D11F06; }
		dl#trackback_list dt a { color: #D11F06; }
		dl#trackback_list dt a:hover { color: #D11F06; text-decoration: underline; }
	dl#trackback_list dd { color: #274749; }
	.comments_closed p { text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px; color: #274749; }

/*---:[ comment form styles ]:---*/
	#respond_intro p { color: #274749; }
		#respond_intro p a { font-weight: bold; }
		#respond_intro p a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.login_alert { background: #fff385; border: 1px dotted #D11F06; }
	.login_alert p { font-weight: bold; }
		.login_alert p a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.comment_moderated { font-weight: bold; }
#commentform { border-top: 1px dotted #D11F06; }
	#commentform p { margin-bottom: 1em; }
		#commentform p a { text-decoration: underline; }
		#commentform p a:hover { text-decoration: none; }
		#commentform p .required { color: #274749; }
	#commentform span.allowed { display: block; color: #807e70; background: #fff385; border-style: dotted; border-color: #D11F06; }
		#commentform span.allowed span { display: block; }
		/* Support for the highly-recommended Subscribe to Comments Plugin */
		#commentform p.subscribe-to-comments label { font-size: 1em; }

/*---:[ footer styles ]:---*/
#footer a { color: #0172AC; border-bottom: 1px dotted #C6A27B; }
#footer a:hover { color: #0172AC; }

/*---:[ self-clearing floats from Dan Cederholm ]:---*/
ul#tabs:after, #content_box:after, #sidebars:after, .format_text:after, .teasers_box:after, .prev_next:after, ul.sidebar_list:after { content: "."; display: block; height: 0; clear: both; visibility: hidden; }