/*  
Theme Name: Black Splat WR
Theme URI: http://samk.ca/freebies/free-wordpress-theme-blacksplat/
Description: A simple, 3-column widget-ready WordPress theme designed to incorporate common ad formats.
Author: sam
Author URI: http://samk.ca/
Version: 1.7
Tags: black, gold, simple, grunge, right sidebar, 3 columns, fixed width, valid xhtml, valid css, widgets, adsense ready, rounded, 1024
.
Released under the <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php">GPL</a>.
.
*/

/* Defaults */

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  }

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 10px;
  }

a {
  color:#333333;
  text-decoration: none;
  }

a:hover {
  color:#099c9f;
  text-decoration: underline;
  }

blockquote {
  background: url(images/bquotes.gif) left top no-repeat;
  padding-left: 35px;
  margin: 10px 0 0 10px;
  font-style: italic;
  }

code {
  color: #555;
  }

body {
padding:0;
  position: relative; /* Fixes browser resizing bug in IE6 */
  margin: 0px auto;
  /*width: 980px;*/
  font-family: arial, sans-serif;
  text-align: center; /* IE Centering Technique */
  background: #ffffff;
  }


/* Header and wrapper */
#wrapper {
  width: 980px;
  text-align: left; /* IE Centering Technique */
  /*background: url(images/topcurve.png) 40px 0 no-repeat;*/
  margin:0 auto;
  }
 
/*#headerwrapper {
  background: url(images/topsplatleft.png) left top no-repeat;
  }*/

#header {
	margin: 0 10px;
	/*padding-top: 55px;*/
  	height:95px;
	background-image: url(images/header_bg.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left top;
  }

#title {
  float: left;
  margin-left: 15px;
  width: 360px;
  display:inline;
  }
#header h1 {
  padding: 0;
  font-size: 15pt;
  }
#header h1 a {
  color: #d3d082;
  font-size: 16pt;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
#header h1 a:hover {
  color: #EBE9BE;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
#header h3 {
  padding: 0;
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 10pt;
  }

#topright {
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 10pt;
  float: right;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
  margin-right: 15px;
  width: 468px;
  height: 60px;
  display:inline;
  }
#topright a {
  color: #B4B472;
  }


/* Menu and search */

#nav {
  color:#ffffff;
  clear: both;
  float:right;
  height: 62px;
  text-align:right;
  width:450px;
  margin:194px 115px 0 150px;
  width:300px;
  }
  
.nav-tab {
	color:#ffffff;
	font-size:11px;
	float:left;
	zborder:#444444 1px solid;
	zborder-top:none;
	margin:0 10px 0 0;
	padding:0 8px 5px 8px;
	background-color:#000000;
}

.nav-tab a{
	color:#ffffff;
}

#header #searchform {
  float: right;
  margin-left: 0;
  }
  
#searchdiv {
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}

#searchform {
  margin-left: 10px;
  width: 400px;
  padding-top: 7px;
  height: 28px;
  background: #ccc;
  background: url(images/bgsearchL.jpg) left 3px no-repeat;
  }

*:first-child+html #searchform { /* Filter for IE7 */
  padding: 5px 0;
  }

* html #searchform { /* Filter for IE6 */
  padding: 5px 0;
  }

#searchbox {
  margin-left: 8px;
  margin-bottom: 3px;
  width: 230px;
  background: none;
  border: none;
  }

#searchbutton {
  width: 50px;
  background: none;
  border: none;
  }

#searchbutton:hover {
  cursor: pointer;
  }

#nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  width: 520px;
  height:62px;
  }

#nav li {
  float: left;
  }

#nav li a {
  padding: 0 15px;
  height: 32px;
  line-height: 32px;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 11pt;
  color: #000000;
  text-transform: lowercase;
  }

#nav li a:hover {
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  width:400px;
 /* background-image: url(images/heart-black.png);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center center;*/
  }

/*#nav li.rssmenu a {
  color: #d3d082;
  }

#nav li.rssmenu a:hover {
  color: #fff;
  }*/
  
#blog_banner {
	background-image: url(images/chew-top-banner.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	width:960px;
	height:248px;
	margin:0 auto;
	padding:0 0 0 22px;
}

/*#blog_banner_bar {
	background-color:#afd4d5;
	width:100%;
	height:366px;
}
*/




/* Content */

#main {
  clear: both;
  margin: 40px 0 40px 5px;
  width: 955px; /* Prevents IE6 miscalculation */
  background: #fff;
  }

#contentwrapper {
  width: 560px;
  float: left;
  padding-left: 5px;
  padding-right: 20px;
  border-right:#eaeaea 1px solid
  }
#contentwrapper_fullwidth {
  width: 880px;
  float: left;
  padding-left: 5px;
  padding-right: 20px;
  }

#content {
	width:530px;
	padding:0 20px 0 0;
	 zborder-right:#eaeaea 1px solid
	/*border:#eaeaea 1px solid*/
  }

#content .pageTitle {
  font-size: 15pt;
  letter-spacing: -1px;
  color: #222;
  }

.post {
  margin-top: 0px;
  margin-bottom: 15px;
  }

h2.postTitle {
	padding: 8px 10px 0 10px;
	letter-spacing: -1px;
	background-color: #b6e1dd;
	background-image: url(images/title_bg.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	height:37px;
	width:530px;
	margin:0 30px 0 0;
  }

h2.postTitle a {
  font-size: 18pt;
  font-weight: bold;
  color: #000000;
  }

#content p.postMeta {
  padding: 0 10px;
  font-size: 10pt;
  color: #7b7b7b;
  }

.post img {
  margin: 10px;
  border:1px solid #DDDDDD;
  padding:5px;
  }

#content p, .postContent p {
  font-size: 10pt;
  color: #333;
  }

.postContent ul, ol {
  padding: 0 0 0 35px;
  }

.postContent ul li, ol li {
  font-size: 10pt;
  color: #333;
  }

.comment {
  border-top: 1px solid #ebebeb;
  }


#commentslinks {
  float: right;
  text-align: right;
  padding: 5px 10px;
  width: 160px;
  color: #727248;
  font-size: 9pt;
  }

#commentslinks a {
  text-decoration: underline;
  }

#comments {
  margin: 0 10px;
  /*padding: 5px 10px;
  padding-left: 25px;*/
  font-size: 9pt;
 /* background: url(images/comments_bg.gif) left 5px no-repeat;*/
  }
  
.comments {
  color: #ffffff;
  background-color:#CC6666;
  background: url(images/comments_bg.gif) left top no-repeat;
  padding:20px 0 0 10px;
  font-weight:bold;
  font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size:11px;
  }
  
.comments a{
  color: #ffffff;
  padding:20px 0 0 10px;
  font-weight:bold;
  font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  font-size:11px;
  }

p.comments {
  clear: both;
  /*padding: 5px 10px;*/
  }

p.comment {
  padding: 0 10px;
  }

p.comments a {
  padding-left: 20px;
  /*background: url(images/comments_bg.gif) left top no-repeat;*/
  font-size: 10pt;
  text-decoration: none;
  height:70px;
  }

p.comments a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
  }

.commentlist {
  margin: 10px 25px;
  padding: 0 10px;
  font-size: 10pt;
  list-style: none;
  }

.commentlist li {
  margin: 0 0 5px -25px;
  padding-bottom: 5px;
  }

.commentlist cite {
  font-size: 10pt;
  font-style: normal;
  }

.commentlist cite a {
  }

.comment .commentmetadata a {
  color: #333;
  }

.commentlist p {
  padding: 10px 0;
  }

.comment h3 {
  font-size: 10pt;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #333;
  }

p.comment a {
  padding-left: 20px;
  background: url(images/comments_bg.gif) left top no-repeat;
  font-size: 10pt;
  }

textarea {
  width: 480px;
  }

.comment #submit {
  width: 118px;
  height: 30px;
  background: url(images/commentbutton.jpg) left top no-repeat;
  border: none;
  font-size: 9pt;
  color: #fff;
  }

.comment #submit:hover {
  cursor: pointer;
  }

.commentbody {
  float:right;
  width: 370px;
  margin: 10px 0 15px 0;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
  }

a.gravatar {
  float:left;
  margin:10px 15px 20px 0;
  width:69px;
  }

#nextprevious {
  margin: 10px;
  color:#099C9F;
  }


#nextprevious a{
  margin: 10px;
  color:#099C9F;
  }


/* Sidebars */
#sidebars {
  float: right;
  margin:0;
  padding:0 0 0 15px;
  width: 325px;
  zborder-left:#eaeaea 1px solid
  }
  
  
.image_block {
	margin:0 0 0 5px;
}

.image_block img{
	margin-bottom:2px;
}

.image_block_padding {
	margin:0 2px 0 0;
}
  
.sidebar_col1 {
	width:170px;
	float:left;
	border-right:#e9eded 1px solid;
	margin:0 0 0 10px;
	padding:10px;
}

.sidebar_col2 {
	width:180px;
	float:left;
	/*border:#e9eded 1px solid;*/
	margin:0 0 0 10px;
}

.sidebar_col2 img {
	margin:0 0 3px 0;
}


#sidebar0 {
  padding: 0 0 0 0;
  }

#sidebar1 {
 /*  float: left;
  width: 160px; */
  padding: 0 0 0 0;
  }

#sidebar2 {
 /* float: right;
  padding-right: 15px;
  width: 160px; */
  padding: 0 0 0 0;
  }

#sidebars h2 {
  padding: 0 0 2px 0;
  font-size: 12pt;
  color: #099c9f;
  letter-spacing: -1px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e4e4e4;
  }

#sidebars table {
  width: 160px;
  }

#sidebars ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0 0 5px 0;
  }

#sidebars li {
	margin-bottom: 20px;
	font-size: 9pt;
	list-style-type: none;
  }

#sidebars li ul {
  padding: 0;
  }

#sidebars ul ul li {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 3px 2px 2px 16px;
  color: #333;
  background: url(images/star-bullet.gif) left 7px no-repeat;
  line-height: 17px; /* Required for cross-browser consistency; cross-browser defaults vary. */
  }
  
#sidebars a {
  display: inline;
  zcolor: #333333;
  text-decoration: none;
  }
#sidebars a.showit {
  zcolor: #333333;
  }
#sidebars a:hover {
  zcolor: #099c9f;
  text-decoration: underline;
  }
  
#sidebars p {
  padding: 2px 0;
  font-size: 9pt;
  color: #333;
  }

#tag_cloud a {
  display: inline;
  }

#sidebars ul.children li {border-bottom:none;}
#sidebars ul.children {margin-bottom:-5px;}




/* footer*/

#footerwrapper {
	zclear: both;
	height: 134px;
	width:100%;
	zbackground-color:#383838;
	background:#2d2d2d url(images/lines-footer.gif) top repeat-x;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	margin:0 0 20px 0;
  }

#footer {
  width:978px;
  margin:0 auto 0 auto;
  padding:40px 0 0 12px;
  zbackground-color:#2d2d2d;
  height: 91px;
  zborder-left:#535353 1px solid;
  zborder-right:#535353 1px solid;
  background:#2d2d2d url(images/lines-footer.gif) top repeat-x;
  }

#footerleft {
  float: left;
  width: 600px;
  display: inline;
  }
  
#footertop {
  float: left;
  width: 980px;
  display: inline;
  margin:0 0 0 0;
  }
  
.footer-lines {
	/*background:#2d2d2d url(images/lines-footer.gif) top repeat-x;*/
	background-image: url(images/lines-footer.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: top;
	height:15px;
	width:100%;
}
  
.footer-banner {
	margin:0 60px 0 0;
	float:left;
}

#footerleft p a {
  color: #099C9F;
  }

#footerleft p {
  color:#000000;
  padding: 0;
  line-height: 16px;
  font-weight:bold;
  }

#footer p {
  font-size: 10pt;
  color: #000000;
  font-weight:bold;
  }

a img {
  border: none;  
  }

/*#bottomcurve {
  clear: both;
  width: 900px;
  height: 55px;
  background: url(images/bottomcurve.png) left bottom no-repeat;
  }*/
  
#bottomcurve span{
  float: right;
  width: 125px;
  height: 15px;
  }
#bottomcurve span:hover{
  cursor: pointer;
  }

.highlight {
  color: #D9D688;
  font-weight: bold;
  }


/* Misc */
.cleared {
  clear: both;
  }

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

.alignleft {
  float: left;
  }

.alignright {
  float: right;
  }

.wp-caption {
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  text-align: center;
  background-color: #f3f3f3;
  padding-top: 4px;
  margin: 10px;
  /* optional rounded corners for browsers that support it */
  -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;
  }
  
.date {
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#000000;
	font-size:11px;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}

.filed {
	background-color:#099c9f;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:11px;
}

.filed a{
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

.tags {
	color:#000000;
	font-size:12px;
	font-weight:bold;
}

.tags a{
	color:#099C9F;
	font-size:12px;
	font-weight:bold;
}

#banner_strip {
	width:100%;
	background-color:#afd4d5;
	margin:0;
}

#twitter_link {
	background-image: url(images/twitter.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	width:280px;
	height:168px;
}

.blog-link-active {
	padding: 0 15px;
	height: 62px;
	line-height: 32px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 11pt;
	color: #ffffff;
	text-transform: lowercase;
	background-image: url(images/heart-black.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center center;
}

.link-active {
	color:#ffffff;
}

#nav li.blog-link-active a {
  color: #ffffff;
  }
  
.home-link {
	margin:0 0 0 150px;
}

/*#nav li.blog-link-active a:hover {
  color: #000000;
  }*/
  
.sidebar_head_bg {
	background-image: url(images/sidebar_headings.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	width:317px;
	height:77px;
 }
 
 .sidebar_headSm_bg {
	background-image: url(images/sidebar_headings_small.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	width:317px;
	height:77px;
 }
 
.sidebar_head {
 	color:#ffffff;
	font-size:18px;
	padding:19px 0 0 15px;
 }
 
  .sidebarSm_head {
 	color:#ffffff;
	font-size:18px;
	padding:19px 0 0 15px;
 }
 
.side_bar_content {
	background-image: url(images/side_bar_drop_shadow.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	font-size:13px;
	padding:0 45px 0 20px;
 }
 
  .side_barSm_content {
	background-image: url(images/side_bar_drop_shadowSm.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	font-size:13px;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
 }
 
 .side_box_bottom {
	background-image: url(images/side_bar_shadow_bottom.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	height:11px;
 }
 
 .fav-links {
 	margin:0 0 10px 0;
 }
 
 .bottom-link {
 	margin:0;
 }
 
/*without box .vid_block {
	margin:0 0 0 5px;
	width:276px;
	height:200px;
	margin:0 0 0 12px;
	padding:6px;
	border:1px solid #DDDDDD;
}
*/

.vid_block {
	margin:0;
}

.twitter-bullet {
	float:left;
	width:11px;
	margin:0 10px 0 0;
}

.twitter-feed {
	float:left;
	width:238px;
}

.twitter-feed-head {
	background-image: url(images/twitter_bird_chew_magazine.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: right center;
	height:46px;
	width:232px;
	color:#08a9ca;
	font-size:15px;
	margin:0 0 0 15px;
}

a.twitter-user {
	color:#08a9ca;
}

.a.twitter-link {
	color:#08a9ca;
}

.twitter-timestamp {
	color:#08a9ca;
}

.sidebar_head a{
 	color:#ffffff;
 }
 
 .followers {
 	font-size:10px;
 }
 
p {
	font-size:10px;
}