/*
Theme Name: The Essayist
Description: The Essayist is a classy, light theme (< 100k) for Wordpress 2.7. Complete with wigetized sidebars on the right
and in the footer. Tested in Firefox / IE6/7 / Safari. Designed by squarefour, but feel free
to modify if needed.  All we ask is that you maintain our link in the footer.  Enjoy!
Version: 1.4
Author: squarefour LLC
Author URI: http://www.squarefour.net
Tags: tan, red, black, two-columns, fixed-width, threaded-comments, right-sidebar
*/

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
	outline: 0;
	font-weight: inherit;
	font-style: inherit;
	font-size: 100%;
	font-family: inherit;
	vertical-align: baseline;
}
/* remember to define focus styles! */
:focus {
	outline: 0;
}
body {
	line-height: 1;
	color: #1F1F1F;
	background:url('images/background.jpg');
}
ol, ul {
	list-style: none; 
}
/* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */
table {
	border-collapse: separate;
	border-spacing: 0;
}

#mytable {
border:1px solid #000;
}
#mytable th, #mytable td {
border:1px dotted #000;
}



caption, th, td {
	text-align: left;
	font-weight: normal;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
	content: "";
}
blockquote, q {
	quotes: "" "";
}

a {
	color:#923737;
	text-decoration:none;
}

a:hover {
	text-decoration:underline;
}

em, i {
	font-style:italic;
}

bold, strong {
	font-weight: bold;
}

.bold {
	font-weight: bold;
}

.italic {
	font-style:italic;
}

th {
	font-weight:bold;
	text-align:center;
}


.container {
	width:960px;	
	margin:0 auto;
}

#nav {
	color:#fff;
	font-size:0.8em;
	line-height:28px;	
	padding:0 10px;
	background-color:#36322a;
	min-height:28px;
}

#nav a {
	color:#fff;
}


#nav ul#custom-pages {
	float:left;
	width:850px;
}

#nav li {
	float:left;	
}

#nav li a {
	display:block;
	padding-right:20px;
}

#nav li ul li a:hover {
  background-color: #fff;
	color:#000;
  text-decoration: none;
	border-bottom:1px #fff solid;
}

#nav li ul {
  list-style: none;
  position: absolute;
  width: 150px;
  left: -999em;
}

#nav li:hover ul {
  left: auto;	
}

#nav li:hover {
  position: static;
}
	
#nav li li {
  float: left;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 150px;
}
	
#nav li li a {
  width: 150px;
  height: 24px;
	display:block;
  line-height: 24px;
  color: #fff;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #131f27;
  background: #5C5A58;
  margin: 0;
  padding:6px 20px 6px 20px
}


#nav #rss {
	float:right;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	_position:relative;
	_top:7px;
}

#nav img.icon {
	position:relative;
	top:2px;
	padding-left:5px;
}

.container #content {
	clear:both;
}

.container .navigation {
	clear:both;
	margin:10px 0;
}

.navigation .alignleft {
	float:left;
}

.navigation .alignright {
	float:right;
}

img.centered {
	display: block;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
}

img.alignright {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 0 1em 1em;
	display: inline;
	float:right;
}

/* added FLOAT:RIGHT and FLOAT:LEFT to img. elements */
/* added below section for img.aligncenter and .align properties */

img.aligncenter {display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto}

.alignright {float:right; }

.alignleft {float:left; }

.aligncenter {display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto}


img.alignleft {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 1em 1em 0;
	display: inline;
	float:left;
}
	
a img.alignright {
	float:right; 
	margin:0 0 1em 1em
}

a img.alignleft {
	float:left; 
	margin:0 1em 1em 0
}

a img.aligncenter {
	display: block; 
	margin-left: auto; 
	margin-right: auto
}

#footer {
	clear:both;	
	background-color:#1e1b16;
	margin-top:30px;
	color: #e1d8b4;	
}

#footer #breaker {
	background-color:#36322a;
	height:20px;	
	border-bottom:1px #444038 solid;
}

#footer .section {
	float:left;
	width:290px;	
	font-size:0.8em;
	margin:10px 0;
	padding:0 15px;
	line-height:22px;	
	min-height:155px;
}

#footer #credits {
	font-size:0.7em;
	font-style:italic;
	padding:10px 0;	
}

#footer li.left {
	display:inline;
}

#footer a {
	color:#e1d8b4;
	font-weight:bold;
}

#footer a:hover {
	text-decoration:underline;
}

#footer .footer h3 {
	font-size:1.8em;
	color:#f3c36f;
	margin-bottom:20px;
}

#footer .footer img {
	margin-right:11px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
	border:5px #fff solid;
}

input.button {		
	height:38px;
	width:150px;
	border:0;
}

input.cancel {
	background-color:brown;
	color:#fff;
}

input.submit {
	background-color:#76A52A;
	color:#fff;
}

.wp-caption {
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #f3f3f3;
	padding-top: 4px;
	margin: 10px;
	-moz-border-radius: 3px;
	-khtml-border-radius: 3px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 3px;
	border-radius: 3px;
}

.wp-caption img {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0 none;
}

.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 17px;
	padding: 0 4px 5px;
	margin: 0;
}

.aligncenter,
div.aligncenter {
   display: block;
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
}

.alignleft {
   float: left;
}

.alignright {
   float: right;
}



.container #header {
	border-bottom:3px solid #E0D9B8;
	width:960px;
}

.container #header #title a {
	color:#000;
}

.container #header #title {
	clear:both;
	margin:12px 0 14px 0;
	font-size:3.3em;
	float:left;
        text-align:left;
}

.container #header #title #subtitle {
	font-size:15px;
	text-align:right;
        float:right;
	margin:0px 1px 0px 1px;
}

.container #header #twitter {
	float:right;
	width:450px;
	line-height:22px;
	margin:25px 0 35px 0;
	text-align:right;	
}

.container #header #twitter #time {
	font-size:11px;
	font-style:italic;
}

.container #header #twitter #message {
	font-size:14px;
}

#posts  {
	margin:20px 0;
}

#posts #left {
	float:left;
	width:710px;
	min-height:175px;
	padding:0px 10px;
	border-right:3px solid #E0D9B8;
}

#posts #left .date {
	float:left;	
	width:50px;
	height:51px;
	text-align:center;
	color:#848282;
	line-height:26px;
}

#posts #left .date .background {
	background:url('images/date_background.png') no-repeat top center;
}

#posts #left .date .day {
	font-size:24px;
	font-weight:bold;
}

#posts #left .date .month {
	font-size:14px;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	letter-spacing:3px;
}


#posts #left .date-small {
	float:left;
	width:50px;
	height:32px;
	text-align:center;
	color:#848282;
	line-height:15px;
}

#posts #left .date-small .background {
	background:url('images/date_background_small.png') no-repeat top center;
}

#posts #left .date-small .day {
	font-size:12px;
	font-weight:bold;
}

#posts #left .date-small .month {
	font-size:9px;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	letter-spacing:2px;
}

#posts #left .post {
	clear:both;
	margin:0px 0 40px 0;
}

#posts #left .post .detail {
	float:left;
	padding:0 15px 0 20px;
	width:625px;
}

#posts #left .post .detail h1.title {
	font-size:2.1em;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-variant:small-caps;
	margin-bottom:5px;
}

#posts #left .post .detail h4.subtitle {
	font-size:12px;
	float:left;	
	width:498px;
	line-height:18px;
	font-style:italic;
}

#posts #left .post .detail div.comments {
	font-size:12px;
	float:right;
	font-style:italic;
}

#posts #left .post .detail .article {
	clear:both;
	font-size:14px;
	margin-top:10px;	
	line-height:22px;
}

#posts #left .post .detail-small {
	float:left;
	padding:0 15px 0 20px;
	width:625px;
}

#posts #left .post .detail-small h1.title {
	font-size:1.6em;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-variant:small-caps;
	margin-bottom:5px;
}

#posts #left .post .detail-small h4.subtitle {
	font-size:12px;
	float:left;
	width:498px;
	line-height:18px;
	font-style:italic;
}

#posts #left .post .detail-small div.comments {
	font-size:12px;
	float:right;
	font-style:italic;
}

#posts #left .post .detail-small .article {
	clear:both;
	font-size:14px;
	position:relative;
	top:10px;	
	line-height:22px;
}

#posts #right {
	float:left;
	padding-left:20px;
	width:200px;		
}

.container .sidebar {
}

.container .sidebar div {
	margin-bottom:35px;
}

.container .sidebar h3 {
	color:#8d6218;
	letter-spacing:2px;
	font-size:0.8em;
	padding-bottom:8px;
	border-bottom:3px #e0d9b8 solid;
	text-transform:uppercase;
}

.container .sidebar ul {
	margin:10px 0;
	font-size:0.9em;
	line-height:22px;
}

.container .sidebar li {
	background:url('images/star_icon.png') no-repeat center left;
	padding-left:15px;	
}

.container .sidebar ul ul {
	margin:0px 0 0 15px;
}


.container #search-bar {
	clear:both;
	margin-bottom:0px;
}

.container #search-bar #input {
	float:left;
	margin-bottom:20px;
}

.container #search-bar #icon, .container #search-bar #bar {
	float:left;
	margin-bottom:0;
}

.container #search-bar #icon {
	float:left;
	position:relative;
	top:7px;
	left:5px;
}

.container #search-bar #input input.field {
	border:3px #ebe4d9 solid;
	line-height:45px;
	width:171px;
	font-size:15px;
	height:20px;
	background-color:#f9f8f1;
}

.container #search-bar #date {
	float:right;
	line-height:45px;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-style:italic;
	color:#737372;
}

.sidebar #calendar_wrap {
	margin:10px 0;
}

.sidebar #calendar caption, .sidebar #wp-calendar caption {
	text-align:center;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}

.sidebar table#wp-calendar {
	border-spacing:1px 1px;
}

.sidebar table#wp-calendar td {
	padding:6px;
	text-align:center;
	background-color:#D2CDB0;
}

.sidebar table#wp-calendar td#today {
	background-color:#fff;
}

#footer li li { 
	background:url('images/star_icon_white.png') no-repeat center left;
	padding-left:15px;
}

#footer #calendar_wrap {
	margin:10px 0;
}

#footer #calendar caption {
	text-align:center;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}

#footer table#wp-calendar {
	border-spacing:1px 1px;
}

#footer table#wp-calendar td {
	padding:6px;
	text-align:center;
	background-color:#3F392F;
}

#footer table#wp-calendar td#today, #footer table#wp-calendar td#today a {
	background-color:#fff;
	color: #000;
}

#archive h2.pagetitle {
	font-size:2.0em;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin:10px 0 20px 0;
}


.container #single #post {
	border:4px #dad7cd solid;
	background-color:#fff;
	clear:both;
}

.container #single #post h2.title {
	font-size:2.8em;
	color:#8d6218;
	font-style:italic;
	padding:15px;
}

.container #single #user-bar {
	background-color:#f1efe8;
	min-height:45px;
	height:auto !important;
	height:45px;
	
	line-height:45px;
	padding:0 15px;
	font-style:italic;
}

.container #single #user-bar #user {
	float:left;
	width:780px;
}

.container #single #user-bar #comment-no {
	float:right;
	_position:relative;
	_top:15px;
}

.container #single #post .article {
	padding:15px;
	clear:both;
	font-size:1.2em;
	line-height:1.5em;
}

.article blockquote, #extra #comments blockquote {
	font-style:normal;
	clear:both;
	color:#666666;
	font-size:0.9em;
	margin:0 30px;
}

.article p {
	margin:1em 0;
	overflow:hidden;
}

.article img {
}

.article h1,
.article h2,
.article h3,
.article h4,
.article h5,
.article h6 {
	margin:20px 0;
}

.article h1 {
	font-size:2.0em;	
}
.article h2 {
	font-size:1.8em;
}
.article h3 {
	font-size:1.4em;
}
.article h4 {
	font-size:1.2em;
}
.article h5 {
	font-size:1.0em;
}

.article h6 {
	font-size:0.8em;
}

.article ol {
	list-style-type:decimal;
}

.article li, #extra #comments .comment div li {
	margin-left:45px;
}

.article ul, #extra #comments .comment div ul {
	list-style-type:square;
}

.article table {
	border-spacing:5px 5px;
}

.article table th {
	background-color:#F1EFE8;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-align:center;
	font-size:0.8em;
	padding:2px 10px;
}

.article table td {
	font-size:0.8em;
}

.article pre, #extra #comments pre, #extra #comments code {
	white-space: pre-wrap;
	white-space: -moz-pre-wrap !important;
	white-space: -pre-wrap;
	white-space: -o-pre-wrap;
	word-wrap: break-word;
	background-color:#F5F5F5;
	border:1px #DADADA solid;
	font-size:15px;
	padding:5px;
	margin:6px 0;
}

#extra #comments .comment div li {
	padding:0;
}

.container  .pagination {
	float:right;
	padding:10px 0 10px 10px;
}


#extra {
	margin:10px 0;
	clear:both;
}

#extra label {
	width:130px;
	float:left;
}

#extra input.field {
	border: 1px solid #D4D4D4;
	width:250px;
	height:22px;
	font-size:16px;
}

#extra textarea {
	border: 1px solid #D4D4D4;
	width:600px;
	height:160px;
}

#extra #comment-reply div {
	margin:20px 0;
}

#extra #comments h3 {
	font-size:2.0em;
}

#extra #left {
	border-right:3px solid #E0D9B8;
	width:620px;
}

#extra #right {
	width:325px;
}

#extra #left, #extra #right {
	float:left;
	min-height:295px;
}

#extra #reply-back {
	text-align:right;
	font-size:0.7em;
	width:600px;
}

#extra .no-comments {
	margin:10px 0;
}

#extra #feed-links {
	
	min-height:280px;
	line-height:35px;
	padding-left:15px;
}

#extra #feed-links p {
	margin:0px 0 10px 0;
}

#extra #comments {
	font-size:1.2em;	
}

#extra #comments ul li {
	padding:15px;
	margin:15px 0;
	line-height:1.5em;
}

#extra #comments ul li p {
	margin:10px 0 15px 0;
	clear:both;
}

#extra #comments .comment-meta {
	display:block;
}
#extra #comments .comment-author cite {
	line-height:30px;
	float:left;
}

#extra #comments ul li .comment-meta a {
	font-size:0.7em;	
	font-style:italic;	
	
}

#extra #comments ul li .text {
	line-height:28px;
}

#extra #comments ul li.even {
	background-color:#EFEFE0;
	border:3px solid #CFCFB5;
}

#extra #comments ul li.odd {
	background-color:#fff;
	border:3px solid #CFCFB5;
}

#extra #comments li.even img.avatar {
	border:5px #fff solid;
}

#extra #comments li.odd img.avatar {
	border:5px solid #CFCFB5;
}

#extra #comments ul.children li.even img.avatar {
	border:5px #fff solid;
}

#extra #comments ul.children li.odd  img.avatar {
	border:5px solid #CFCFB5;
}

#extra #comments blockquote {
}

#extra #comments .comment-author {
	margin-bottom:5px;	
	font-size:24px;
}

#extra img.avatar {
	float:left;
	height:48px;
	width:48px;
	margin-right:10px;
}