body  {
	margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
	padding: 20px;
	background-image: url(../pictures/background.jpg);
	font-family: Copperplate;
}

/* layout */

.twoColFixLtHdr #container { 
	width: 720px;  /* using 20px less than a full 800px width allows for browser chrome and avoids a horizontal scroll bar */
	background: #eee;
	margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
	border: 1px solid #000000;
	text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
} 
.twoColFixLtHdr #header {
	background-color: #000;
} 
.twoColFixLtHdr #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 */
	color: #0;
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #sidebar1 {
	float: left; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	width: 165px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 0;
	background-color: #555555;
	margin: 5px;
}
.twoColFixLtHdr #mainContent {
	margin: 0 0 10px 180px; /* the left margin on this div element creates the column down the left side of the page - no matter how much content the sidebar1 div contains, the column space will remain. You can remove this margin if you want the #mainContent div's text to fill the #sidebar1 space when the content in #sidebar1 ends. */
	padding: 0 20px; /* remember that padding is the space inside the div box and margin is the space outside the div box */
	background-color: #eee;
	text-align: center;
} 
.twoColFixLtHdr #footer { 
	padding: 0 0 0 0;
	background:#DDDDDD; 
} 
.twoColFixLtHdr #footer p {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
	padding: 0 0 0 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
	text-align: center;
}
.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;
}


/* link font */

.links {
	font-family: Copperplate;
	font-size: 16pt;
	font-weight: bold;
	vertical-align: middle;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #f0c612;
} 
.links2 {
	font-family: Copperplate;
	font-size: 14pt;
	font-weight: bold;
	vertical-align: middle;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #f0c612;
	text-align: center;
} 
.links3 {
	font-family: Copperplate;
	font-size: 12pt;
	font-weight: bold;
	vertical-align: middle;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #800000;
} 
.links4 {
	font-family: Copperplate;
	font-size: 14pt;
	font-weight: bold;
	vertical-align: middle;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #800000;
	text-align: center;
} 
a img { border: none; }

.spacer{
	background-color: #eee;
	height: 20px;
	}

/* side menu */

.menu{
width: 165px; /*width of menu*/
}


.menu ul{
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
margin-bottom: 0; /*bottom spacing between each UL and rest of content*/
}

.menu ul li{
padding-bottom: 2px; /*bottom spacing between menu items*/
}

.menu ul li a{
font-family: Copperplate;
font-size: 14pt;
font-weight: bold;
vertical-align: middle;
text-decoration: none;
color: #f0c612;
text-align: center;
background: #555555;
display: block;
padding: 5px 0;
line-height: 17px;


}

.menu ul li a:visited{
color: #800000;
}

.menu ul li a:hover{ /*hover state CSS*/
color: white;
background: #800000;
}


/* round menus */

.roundedcorner_box {
   background: #555555;
}
.roundedcorner_top div {
   background: url(../pictures/roundedcorner_tl.png) no-repeat top left;
}
.roundedcorner_top {
   background: url(../pictures/roundedcorner_tr.png) no-repeat top right;
}
.roundedcorner_bottom div {
   background: url(../pictures/roundedcorner_bl.png) no-repeat bottom left;
}
.roundedcorner_bottom {
   background: url(../pictures/roundedcorner_br.png) no-repeat bottom right;
}

.roundedcorner_top div, .roundedcorner_top, 
.roundedcorner_bottom div, .roundedcorner_bottom {
   width: 100%;
   height: 10px;
}
.roundedcorner_content { margin: 0; }