/*-- format the body --*/
body {
padding-top: 0px; 
padding-right: 0px; 
padding-left: 0px; 
padding-bottom: 0px; 
margin: 0px; 
background-color: #ffffff;  /*-- sets the body background to white --*/
}

/*-- set the properties of the header and its background --*/
#header {
background-position: left top; 
left: 0px; 
background-image: url(../images/header_background.jpg);
overflow: hidden;
width: 100%; 
background-repeat: repeat-x;  /*-- repeats background horizontally --*/
position: absolute; 
top: 0px;  /*-- places header at very top of screen --*/
height: 115px;  /*-- set same height as header_background.jpg --*/
}

#header img {
border-right: medium none; 
border-top: medium none; 
border-left: medium none; 
border-bottom: medium none;
}

/*-- format the container for the global navigation buttons --*/
#globalnav {
	padding: 0 0 0 0;
	font-weight: normal; 
	font-size: 0.75em; 
	z-index: 2; 
	right: 5px;  
	position: absolute; 
	top: 71px;
	height: 17px; 
	background-color: #faf8bb;
}

#globalnav img {
	border: 0;
}

/*-- format the global nav links --*/
#globalnav a {
	color: #000099;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
}

#globalnav a:hover {
	color: #009900;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
}

#globalnav a.on {
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration: none;
}

/*-- format the container for the left-hand nav --*/
#navcont {
left: 5px; 
width: 137px;  /*-- set the horizontal size of the left-hand nav container --*/
height: 250px;
position: absolute; 
top: 150px;  /*-- set distance from top of screen --*/
background-color: #ffffb6;
}

#navcont p {
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 0.8em;
padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;
}

/*-- format the footer --*/
#footer {
clear: both;  /*-- forces the footer to another line --*/
background-image: url(../images/footer_background.jpg); 
width: 100%; 
background-repeat: repeat-x; 
white-space: nowrap; 
height: 76px; 
background-color: #ffffff;
}

/*-- format the footer graphics (if any) --*/
#footer img {
padding-right: 0px; 
padding-left: 0px; 
padding-bottom: 0px; 
padding-top: 0px;
margin: 0px; 
text-align: center;
}

/*-- format the footer paragraph style and font characteristics --*/
#footer p {
font-size: 70%; 
margin: 4px; 
color: #999; 
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 
background-color: #fff; 
text-align: center;
}

/*-- set the position of the main area to the right of the left-hand nav container --*/
#mainarea {
margin-left: 157px;
}

/*-- format the page area --*/
#pagearea {
position: absolute; 
top: 115px;  /*-- places the page area directly under the header --*/
left: 0px;  /*-- page area begins at the left-hand side of the screen --*/
background-image: url(../images/background.gif);  /*-- places a background image in the left-hand nav container --*/
width: 100%;  /*-- page area is full screen width --*/
background-repeat: repeat-y;  /*-- repeats the background vertically (down the left-hand nav container) --*/
}

/*-- use if no background is desired --*/
#pagearea_nobkgnd {
left: 0px; 
width: 100%; 
position: absolute; 
top: 115px;
}

/*-- format the content area within the main area, within the page area --*/
#content {
margin-right: 30px;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%; 
}

#content img {
border-width: 0;
}

#menu {
margin-left: 30px;
width: 95%;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

/*-- format the menu list --*/
#menu ul {
padding: 0 0 0 0;
margin: 0px; 
list-style-type: none;
}

/*-- format the border around the menu list items --*/
#menu ul li { 
margin: 0px 5px 7px 0px; 
}

/*-- format the menu text links  --*/
#menu ul li a {
display: block; 
font-size: 120%;  /*-- set the size of the text links --*/
margin: 0px; 
color: #2439A1;  /*-- set the color of the text links --*/
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
}


/*-- format the rollover style of the menu links --*/
#menu ul li a:hover {
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
}

/*-- format Heading 1 --*/
#content h1 {
color: #003399;
}

/*-- format Heading 2 --*/
#content h2 {
color: #3366CC;
}

/*-- format Heading 3 --*/
#content h3 {
color: #999999;
}

/*-- format Date --*/
#date {
font-size: 11px; 
right: 10px; 
color: #000; 
font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 
position: absolute; 
top: 3px;  /*-- distance from top of screen --*/
}

/* format the class selector for "hint" elements */
.hint {
font-size: 90%; /* display the text as 90% 0f default browser setting */
color: #006600; /* color the text */
}