/*
Theme Name: BetterExplained - V8
Based on: http://www.conestogastreet.com
Description: BetterExplained (v8)
Version: 8.2009
*/

.blogTitle, a .blogTitle {
  font-size: 3em;
  color: #fefefe;
  text-decoration: none;
  line-height: 1.5em;
  background:  #821122;
  padding-left: 10px;
}

.blogTitle a, .blogTitle a:hover, .blogTitle a:visited{
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #fefefe;
}

.blogDescription{
  font-size: 0.4em;
  color: #fefefe;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

body {
	background: #fff;
	font-family: Verdana,Georgia,Serif;
	text-align:left;
	color:#222;
	xfont-size: 11px;
	font-size: 0.7em;
	xline-height: 16px;
	margin: 0;
    padding-top: 10px;
}

#content{
  line-height: 16px;
}

code{
  font-size: 12px;
  overflow: auto;
}

pre {
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  background: black;
  color: #ececec;
  font-size: 12px;
  padding: 5px;
  padding-left: 20px;

  overflow: auto;
}

pre code {
  overflow: auto;
  word-wrap: break-word;
}

.meta {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #666;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	text-align: left;
}

.meta li{
   margin-left: 40px;
}

h2 {
	color: #666;
	font-size: 14px;
	text-align: left;
}

.metaBottom {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	color: #666;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	text-align: center;
}

h3 {
	font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial;
	font-size: 20px;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0 0 0px 0;
	padding-top: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	color: #14558E;
        line-height:20px;
}

h1 {
	font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial;
	font-size: 32px;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0 0 0px 0;
	padding-top: 25px;
	padding-bottom: 14px;
  	border-bottom: 5px solid #821122;
	color: #000;
	text-align: left;
}

h1.post-title{
	font-family: Georgia, Verdana, Arial;
	font-size: 20px;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0 0 0px 0;
	padding-top: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	color: #14558E;
        line-height:20px;
        border-bottom: none;
        padding-bottom: 0;
}

h1, h2, h3 {
  color: #821122;
}

hr {
	border: 0;
	height: 1px;
}

hr.hr1 {
    color: #ccc;
    background-color: #ccc;
    height: 1px;
}

.recent-posts{
   line-height: 20px;
}

.column {
  width:510px;
  text-align:left;
  padding-right: 15px;
}

blockquote {
	xtext-indent: px;
	margin-bottom: 7px;
	xcolor: #14558E;
        border-left: 2px solid #14558E;
        padding-left: 5px;       
}

a {
	color: #14558E;
}

a:visited {
	color: #5E6F7E;
}

a:hover {
	color: #394651;
}

.lineSep {
	border-top: 1px solid #999999;
	width: 100%
}

.more-link {
   font-style: italic;
   text-align: right;
}

.indent{
  #padding-left: 25px;
}

.post-secondary {
  border-left: 1px solid #ccc;
  border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
  margin-left: 25px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  padding: 5px;
}

.navbar {
  background: #821122;
  font-size: 0.5em;
}

.navbar li{
  list-style: none;
  display: inline;
  color: white;
  padding: 10px;
}

ul#navlist
{
margin: 0;
margin-left: 0;
padding-left: 4px;
white-space: nowrap;
background: #561420;
padding-bottom: 4px;
font-size: 1em;
text-align: left;
}

#navlist li
{
display: inline;
list-style-type: none;
}

#navlist a { padding: 1px 10px 3px 10px; }

#navlist a:link, #navlist a:visited
{
color: #fff;
background-color: #561420;
text-decoration: none;
}

#navlist a:hover
{
color: #821122;
background-color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}

#test{
 padding: 0;
 padding-top: 4px;
 border-top: 1px solid #666;
 background: #561420;
}

.home a{
 text-decoration: none;
}

.home a:hover{
  text-decoration: underline;
}

#commentlist li{
  border-top: 1px solid #dadada;
  background: #eaeaea;
  padding: 5px;
  xoverflow: hidden;
}

.featureItem{
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  background: #eee;
  line-height: 1.3em;
  padding: 2px;
}

.amz-items{
  padding-top: 5px;
}

.amz-item{
  float: left;
  width: 155px;
  padding-left: 5px;
}

.amz-item a{
  text-decoration: none;
}

.amz-item img{
  border: 0px;
}

.clear {
  clear: both;
}

.sponsored_footer{
  background: #ffffeb;
}

.sponsored_sidebar{
  background: #ffffeb;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  padding: 5px;
}


/* 
 * Sidebar
 */

.sidebar{
   border-left: 1px solid #999;
   line-height: 16px;
   width: 260px;
   padding-left: 10px;
}

.sidebar ul {
  padding-left: 20px;
}

.sidebar b{
    color: #821122;
}

.sidebar a{
  text-decoration: none;
}
.sidebar a:hover{
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.sidebar a:visited{
  color: #14558E;
}

.sidebar img{
  border: 0px;
}

form {
   margin-bottom: 0px;
}

input, textarea {
   size: 15;
}

/* 
 * Ad styles
 */

.textad{
  background: #ffffeb;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  padding: 5px;
}

.ads img{
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
}

.advertise{
  xborder: 1px solid #ccc;
  xtext-align: center;
  xbackground: #f3f3f3;
  color: white;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  xwidth: 100%px;
  xpadding: 2px;
}

.advertise a {
   xcolor: #333;
   font-weight: bold;
}

.buysellads{
  xwidth: 270px;
  xbackground: red;
  xtext-align: center;
  xpadding-left: 10px;
}

.buysellads img{
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
}