/*
Theme Name: Chef Merri: Now She's Cooking
Theme URI: http:/merrimusings.mu.nu/
Author: Apothegm Designs
Author URI: http://apothegmdesigns.com/
*/


body {
margin: 0; 
/* setting border: 0 hoses ie5 win window inner well border */
padding: 0;  }

body { text-align: center; } /* center on ie */

#alpha a { color: #FFFFCC; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; }
#alpha a:link { color: #FFFFCC; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; }
#alpha a:hover { color: #FFCCCC; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; }
#alpha a:visited { color: #FFFFCC; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; }

#beta a { color: #CC0000; text-decoration: underline; }
#beta a:link	{ color: #CC0000; text-decoration: underline; }
#beta a:hover	{ color: #996633; text-decoration: underline;  }
#beta a:visited { color: #CC0000; text-decoration: underline; }

#gamma a { color: #330000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; }
#gamma a:link { color: #330000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; }
#gamma a:hover { color: #CC0000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; }
#gamma a:visited { color: #330000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12px; }

#alpha img, #alpha a img { border: 1px solid #FFFFFF; }
#gamma img, #gamma a img { border 1px solid #FFFFFF; }

h1, h3, h4, h5, h6 { font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; }

h1, h3, h4, h5, h6 { font-weight: normal; }
h1, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, ol, ul, pre, blockquote { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; }

/* page layout */

body { color: #000000; text-align: center; font-size: 12px; line-height: 130%;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, Sans-serif; 
background: #CC0000 url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/wrap1150.jpg) repeat-y top left; }

#container {
width: 900px;  text-align: left; position: relative; 
margin-left: 50px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; /* center on everything else */ }

#header {
width: auto; 
/* necessary for ie win */
margin-top: 0px; position: relative; height: 390px; width: 900px;
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/topper4.jpg); 
background-repeat: no-repeat;  }

#header a, #header a:link { display: none; }
#header-description, .description { display: none; }

#rap { position: relative; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; 
margin-top: -150px; width: 900px; }

#alpha { width: 215px; display: block; position: absolute; float: none;
text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; left: 10px; top: 120px; padding: 0px; 
background-image: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/alphatopper.jpg) top left no-repeat; color: #FFCCCC; }

#beta { width: auto; display: block; float: none; top: 0; left: 225px; text-align: left;
color: #666666; font-size: 12.5px; position: absolute; width: 450px; }

#gamma { width: 220px; display: block; right: 0px; padding-top: 50px;
left: 680px; position: absolute; float: none; color: #CC0000; }

#alpha, #beta, #gamma {
display: inline; /* ie win bugfix */
min-height: 1px; }	

#alpha .left-top { height: 20px; margin: 0px; }
#alpha .left-bot { height: 20px; margin: -20px 0px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; }

#alpha .left { margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px;  font-size: 12px; }
#alpha .left ul { margin: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 0px; }
#alpha .left  ul li { list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; }
#alpha .left ul ul { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-top: 1px solid #FFFFFF; }
#alpha .left ul li li { list-style-type: none; padding: 0px; }
#alpha .left ul.children { margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 10px; }
#alpha .left h2 { text-align: center; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 30px;
padding-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; margin-bottom: 5px; }	

#alpha #searchform { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; }
#alpha #searchform input { width: 100px; border: 1px solid #000000; }
#alpha #searchform #go { width: 30px; }
#alpha select { width: 160px; }
#alpha option { width: 160px; }

#gamma .right-top { height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;  }
#gamma .right-bot { height: 20px; margin: -20px 0px 20px 0px; 
padding: 0px; }

#gamma .right { margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 10px; font-size: 12px; }
#gamma .right ul { margin: 0px; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 0px; }
#gamma .right ul li { list-style-type: none; margin: 0px;
padding-bottom: 20px; }
#gamma .right ul ul { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; }
#gamma .right ul li li { margin-left: 20px; text-align: left; line-height: 12px;
list-style: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/style/2/tinytomato.jpg); 
padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 1px;
padding-bottom: 1px; }

#gamma .right ul.children { margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 10px; }
#gamma .right .side h2 { color: #CC0000;
font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-size: 16px; text-align: center; margin: 0px; 
font-variant: small-caps; padding: 0px 0px 10px 0px; font-size: 14px; }

#gamma #searchform { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; }
#gamma #searchform input { width: 100px; border: 1px solid #CC0000; }
#gamma #searchform #go { width: 30px; }
#gamma select { width: 160px; }
#gamma option { width: 160px; }

/* standard helper classes */

.clr { clear: both; overflow: hidden; width: 1px; height: 1px; font-size: none;
margin: 0 -1px -1px 0; border: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 0%; }

.entry-footer, .comment-footer, .trackback-footer { 
margin: 0 0 20px 0; border-top: 1px solid #444444; padding-top: 3px; 
color: #000000; font-size: 11.5px; text-align: right; }
			
/* ---------------POST-------------------*/

.blog { position: static; overflow: hidden; padding: 15px; text-align: justified; 
color: #000000; clear: both; margin-bottom: 20px; }

.storydate { margin: 0px; text-align: right; padding-right: 10px; color: #CC0000; font-size: 16px;
font-family: "Stone Sans ITC TT", "Arial Rounded MT BOLD", Verdana, sans-serif;  }
 
.storytitle { font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 5px; font-weight: bold; color: #996633; padding-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dotted #444444; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px;   }

.metadata { font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif; padding-top: 5px;
border-top: 1px dotted #444444; font-size: 11.5px; color: #444444; clear: both;  }

.feedback { align: center;  }

.storycontent { overflow: hidden; }

.storydate, .storycontent, #archive_content { position: static; clear: both; }

.entry-excerpt, .entry-body, .entry-more-link, .entry-more { clear: both; }

#archive_content { clear: both; margin: 5px 10px 20px 10px; }

h2, #archive-header, #archive-header a, {
/* ie win (5, 5.5, 6) bugfix */
p\osition: relative; width: 100%; w\idth: auto;
margin: 0; padding: 0px; text-align: left; font-weight: normal;
font-variant: small-caps; margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px;
font-size: 20px; color: #CC0000; line-height: 125%; }

blockquote { font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: #000000;
font-size:11px; background: #CC9999; font-weight:normal;  padding: 10px;
border:1px solid #CC0000; margin-right: 15px; margin-left: 10px; }

.content-nav { margin-bottom:15px; text-align:center; margin-top: 0;}			
		
.copyright { font-size: 12px; text-align: left; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; }

.spacer { display: none; }
			
h4 { font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; }

/* comments */

#comment  { color: #444444; text-align: left; font-size: 11.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 140%; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; border: 0px;  }

.commentauthor { text-align: left; border-bottom: 1px solid #444444; margin-top: 5px; }

.commentshead { font-size: 14px; color: #000000; margin-top: 20px; font-weight: normal; }

.commentstext   {  font-family:trebuchet ms, verdana, sans-serif; color:#444444; 
font-size:12px; font-weight:normal; text-align: left; line-height: 115%;
padding:0px 10px 10px 10px; margin-top: 5px;	 }

.commentsmetadata { color: #444444; font-size: 11px; border: 0px;  text-align: left; 
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%; }

#commentform input {width: 300px; color: #444444; font-size: 11px; padding: 2px;
font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px; text-align: left; 	}

#commentform textarea { width: 400px; padding: 2px; border: 1px solid #000000;
color: #444444; text-align: left; font-size: 11px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; }

#commentform #submit { margin: 0px; text-align: center;  color: #444444;  }

.nocomments { text-align: right; margin: 0; padding: 0; }

/* Begin Images */

p img { padding: 0; max-width: 100%; }

/*	Using 'class="alignright"' on an image will (who would've
	thought?!) align the image to the right. And using 'class="centered',
	will of course center the image. This is much better than using
	align="center", being much more futureproof (and valid) */
	
img.centered { display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
img.alignright { padding: 4px; margin: 0 0 2px 7px; display: inline; }
img.alignleft { padding: 4px; margin: 0 7px 2px 0; display: inline; }
.alignright { float: right; }
.alignleft { float: left }
.bgimg { position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; }

/* standard helper classes */

.clr { clear: both; overflow: hidden; width: 1px; height: 1px; font-size: none;
margin: 0 -1px -1px 0; border: 0; padding: 0; line-height: 0%; }

#foot { clear: both; height: 10px; }

.post { margin: 0px; }
.postfoot { font-size: 10px; text-align: right; line-height: normal; padding-right: 30px;  }
.pagefoot { font-size: 10px; text-align: right; line-height: normal; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 30px; padding-bottom: 10px;  }

.skins {
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/skins.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }

.photo { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/littlemerrichef.jpg) top center no-repeat; width: 200px; height: 247px; border: 0px; }
.calendarimage { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/calendar.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px }
.recent { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/recentmusings.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.comments { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/recentcomments.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.category { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/categoryarchives.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.monthly { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/monthlyarchives.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.tempo { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/tempo.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.culinari { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/culinari.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.allthings { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/rachaelray.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 60px; }
.coll { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/coll.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.americanflag { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/american.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 60px; }
.aclu { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/stoptheaclu.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 60px; }

.honors { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/honors.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 60px; }
.dice { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/glenn.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 60px; }
.blogads { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/blogads.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.nebraska { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/nebraska.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 60px; }
.cotillion { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/thecotillion.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.favorito { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/favorito.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 60px; }
.protect { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/protect.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 60px; }
.vigilant { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/vigilant.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 60px; }
.stats { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/stats.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.search { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/search.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }
.munu { 
background: url(http://www.merrimusings.mu.nu/wp-content/themes/skin2/build/munu.jpg) top center no-repeat; height: 40px; }

/* calendar */
#wp-calendar { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; text-align: center; 
background-color: #FFFFFF; empty-cells: show; font-size: 11px;
color: #000000; font-weight:bold; width: 160px;
margin-bottom: 8px; border: 1px solid #000000; }

#wp-calendar #next a, #wp-calendar #next { 
padding: 0 5px 0 0; text-align: center; color: #000000; 
background-color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:normal; background-image: none; }

#wp-calendar #prev a, #wp-calendar #prev {
padding: 0 0 0 5px; text-align: center; color: #000000;
background-color: #FFFFFF; font-weight:normal; }

#wp-calendar a, #wp-calendar a:link { display: block; text-decoration: none; color: #CC0000; }

#wp-calendar td:hover { background-color: #CC0000; }

#wp-calendar caption { background-color: #FFFFFF; empty-cells: show; font-size: 13px;
font-weight:bold; width: 160px; margin-bottom: 8px; border: 1px solid #444444; 
text-align: center; color: #330000; font-variant: small-caps; }

#wp-calendar td { color: #000000; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal;
padding: 1px 1px; text-align: center; }
	
#wp-calendar td.pad { background-color: #FFFFFF; }
	
#wp-calendar td { border-bottom: 1px solid #444444; border-right: 1px solid #444444; 
text-align: center; }	
	
#wp-calendar #today { color: #330000; }

#wp-calendar th { background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #444444; color: #000000;
font-style: normal; text-transform: lowercase; text-align:center; }