/*   
Theme Name: CT News Default blog
Description: Based on Hearst approved Grid (971px wide)
Author: Alan Whipple
Version: 1.0
Tags: blog.ctnews.com
*/


/* Override some Global settings */
#leftcolumn, #rightcolumn-div{
	padding-top:0;
}


/* Blog Header */
.blogheadercover{
	position:relative;
	width:621px;
	height:115px;
}
#blogheader{
	background: url(images/blogheader-bg3.gif) top left no-repeat;
	clear:both;
	width:631px;
	/*margin-bottom:15px;*/
	position:absolute;
	left:-5px;
}
#blogheader td{
	color:#333;
	padding-top:8px;
	padding-left:8px;
}
#blogheader td.setter{
	padding:0;
	height:100px;
}
#blogheader .bloginfo{
	padding-left:10px;
	width:100%;
}

#blogheader a {
	color:#002163;
}
#blogheader .bloginfo-img{
	margin:0px !important;
	padding-left:3px;
}
#blogheader h1{
	font-size:22px;
	padding-top:2px;
}
#blogheader h1 a{
	color:#002163;
}
#blogheader .tagline{
	color:#666;
	font-style:italic;
	font-size:14px;
	/*font-weight:bold;*/
	padding-top:3px;
	padding-bottom:6px;
}
#blogheader .extrainfo{
	font-size:14px;
}





/* Left Column */
#maincontent p{
	margin-bottom: 1em;
}
#leftcolumn ul, #leftcolumn ol{
	margin-top: 3px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	margin-left: 15px;
}
h2.pagetitle{
	color:#333;
	font-size:14px;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-align:center;
	text-transform:uppercase;
}
.post-title{
	font-size: 20px;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom:5px;
	width: 620px;
}
.post-byline{
	color: #777;
	font-size: 12px;
	margin-bottom: 9px;
}
.post-author{
	/*color: #3B8BE6;*/
	color:darkred;
	/*color:#993300;*/
	font-weight:bold;
	padding-left:2px;
}
.post-contents{
	font-size:13px;
}
.post-contents a{
	/*color:#993300;*/
	/*color:darkred;*/
}
.more-link{
	color:darkred;
	font-weight:bold;
}
.post-commentmeta{
	background: url(images/post-divider.gif) bottom repeat-x;
	clear: both;
	line-height:20px;
	padding-bottom:7px;
	margin-bottom:25px;
	text-align: center;
}
.post-commentmeta .comments-link a{
	background: url(images/arrow-button.gif) top right no-repeat;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding:3px;
	padding-right:25px;
}


#leftcolumn img, #leftcolumn embed, #leftcolumn object{
	/*margin: 7px;*/
}

#leftcolumn .commentlist{
	margin-left: 25px;
}
#leftcolumn .commentlist li{
	margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.commentmeta{
	font-style: italic;
}
#comments, #respond{
	color:#369;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-align:center;
}
#respond{
	text-align: left;
}
#login{
	margin-bottom: 12px;
	list-style:none;
}
#login a{
	font-weight: bold;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}




/* Right Column */
#rightcolumn #search-div{
	background: url(images/search-bg2.gif) no-repeat;
	height: 88px;
	width: 300px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	position:relative;
}
#rightcolumn #search-div label{
	font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: bold;
}
#rightcolumn #search-div .keywords{
	border: 1px solid #B4B3B3;
	padding: 1px;
	margin-right: 2px;
	width: 170px;
	position:absolute;
	top:21px;
	left:23px;
}
#rightcolumn #search-div .button{
	position: absolute;
	top: 23px;
	left:210px;
}
#blog-utilities {
	color:#999;
	font-size:11px;
	letter-spacing:1px;
	position:relative;
	top:60px;
}
#blog-utilities a{
	letter-spacing:normal;
}
#blog-utilities img{
	margin-left:13px;
	margin-right:5px;
	position:relative;
	top:-1px;
}
#blog-utilities .rsslinks{
	color:#FF6600;
	padding-right:7px;
}
#blog-utilities .rsslinks a{
	color:#FF6600;
}
#blog-utilities .loginlinks{
	font-weight:bold;
}



/* Shadowed box */
.shadowedbox{
	clear:both;
	margin-bottom:6px;
}
* html .shadowedbox{height:1%;} /*hasLayout is needed*/
*:first-child+html .shadowedbox{height:1%;}
* html .shadowedbox div{height:1%;}
*:first-child+html .shadowedbox div{height:1%;}

#rightcolumn .shadowedbox{
	width:300px;
}

.shadowedbox .top{background: url(images/shadow-top.gif) top left no-repeat;}
.shadowedbox .middle{background: url(images/shadow-middle.gif) top left repeat-y; }
.shadowedbox .bottom{
	background: url(images/shadow-bottom.gif) bottom left no-repeat;
	padding:12px;
	padding-bottom:1px;
	
}

.north{background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/shadow_N.gif) top repeat-x;}
.east{background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/shadow_E.gif) right repeat-y;}
.southeast{background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/shadow_SE.gif) bottom right no-repeat;}
.south{background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/shadow_S.gif) bottom repeat-x;}
.southwest{background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/shadow_SW.gif) bottom left no-repeat;}
.west{background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/shadow_W.gif) left repeat-y;}
.northwest{background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/shadow_NW.gif) top left no-repeat;}
.northeast{
	background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/shadow_NE.gif) top right no-repeat;
	padding:12px;
}

#rightcolumn .shadowedbox h2{
	background-color:#DAE6F2;
}
#rightcolumn .shadowedbox ul{
	/*margin-bottom:0px;*/
}

#categories{
	border-bottom:1px solid #fff;
	overflow:hidden;
	padding-bottom:11px;
}
#rightcolumn #categories h2{
	background:#333 url(images/arrow-down.gif) center bottom repeat-x;
	padding-bottom:13px;
	margin-bottom:2px;
	color:#fff;
}
#rightcolumn #categories li{
	margin:0;
	/*float:left;*/
	display:inline;
}
#rightcolumn #categories li a{
	background: url(images/pipe.gif) center right no-repeat;
	float:left;
	margin-left:3px;
	margin-right:3px;
	padding-right:6px;
	white-space:nowrap;
}
#categories li ul.children{
	/*float:left;*/
	display:inline;
	margin:0;
}
/** html #rightcolumn #categories li, * html #categories li ul.children{float:left; }
*:first-child+html #rightcolumn #categories li, *:first-child+html #categories li ul.children{float:left; }*/


#rightcolumn .shadowedbox h2{
	padding:3px 6px;
}
#rightcolumn h2{
	color:#333;
	font-family:Arial, sans-serif;
	font-size:12px;
	margin-bottom:7px;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-transform:uppercase;
}
#rightcolumn .bulletlinks h2, #rightcolumn .tu_rss h2{
	margin-bottom:5px;
}
#rightcolumn .bulletlinks li, #rightcolumn .bulletlinks ul.forced li li, 
#rightcolumn .tu_rss li, #rightcolumn .tu_rss ul.forced li li
{
	background:transparent url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/bullet3.gif) no-repeat scroll left top;
	padding-left:10px;
	margin-left: 3px;
	margin-bottom:2px;
}

.withborder{
	border: 2px solid #ccc;
}
#billboard{
	margin-bottom:10px;
}
#rightcolumn ul{
	list-style: none;
	margin-bottom: 12px;
}
#rightcolumn .page_item ul, #rightcolumn .cat-item ul{
	margin-bottom: 0;
	margin-left: 7px;
}
#rightcolumn li, #rightcolumn ul.forced li li{
	margin-left: 7px;
}
#rightcolumn ul.forced ul ul{
	margin-bottom: 2px;
}
#rightcolumn ul.forced{
	list-style: none;
	margin-bottom: 0;
}
#rightcolumn ul.forced li{
	list-style: none;
	margin-left: 0;
	padding-left:0;
	background:none;
}

.blogger{
	background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/border_dash.gif) bottom repeat-x;
	margin-bottom: 8px;
	width: 275px;
}
.blogger {
	padding-bottom:8px;
}
.blogger-text{
	padding-left: 6px;
}
.blogger h3{
	font-size:14px;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin-bottom:5px;
}
.bloggers-simple li{
	background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/border_dash.gif) bottom repeat-x;
	margin-left:3px !important;
	margin-bottom:5px !important;
	padding-bottom:7px !important;
}
.bloggers-simple li div{
	background:transparent url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/bullet3.gif) no-repeat scroll left top;
	padding-left:10px;
}
.bloggers-simple li a{
	font-weight:bold;
}
.navigation{
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.editor-note{
	color: #666;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}




/* Some extra stuff */
.morestorieslink{
	position:relative;
	top:-10px;
	text-align:right;
}
.hilite{ 
	background:#D3E18A; 
}
#rightcolumn #categories li.category_cloud {
	background:none;
	float:none;
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
	margin-left:3px;
}
* html li.category_cloud{height:1%;} /*hasLayout is needed*/
*:first-child+html li.category_cloud{height:1%;}

li.category_cloud a{
	padding-right:3px;
}

#collapsible-archive ul ul{
	margin-left: 7px;
}
#collapsible-archive .ca-toggle{
	text-decoration:none;
}
.ca-bracket{
	font-size:14px;
	font-weight:bold;
}
.ca-plus, .ca-minus{
	font-weight:bold;
}
.ca-plus{
	font-size:11px;
}
.ca-minus{
	font-size:13px;
	padding-right:2px;
}
.ca-yearblock{
	background: url(/wp-content/theme-includes/timesunion.com/images/border_dash.gif) bottom repeat-x !important;
	padding-bottom:7px !important;
	margin-bottom:5px !important;
}
.ca-postcount{
	padding-left:2px;
}
/*#collapsible-archive p{
	margin-top:2px;
	margin-bottom: 2px;
}*/
#recentcomments{
	margin-bottom:12px;
}
#recentcomments ul{
	margin:0;
	padding: 0;
}
#recentcomments ul ul{
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}
#recentcomments li{
	margin-bottom:7px;
}
#recentcomments li{
	margin-left:3px;
}
#recentcomments li li{
	margin-left:7px;
}

.feedItemDate{
	color: #555;
	font-style: italic;
}


/* logo header extension in rightrail */
/*#sponsorlogo{
	background-color:#91B447;
	text-align:center;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}
#sponsorlogo a{
	background-color:#91B447;
	display:block;
	position:relative;
	left:1px;
	text-align:center;
}*/