/*  istartbusiness.com
	edited: 050309
*/

body, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, form {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

body {
	margin: 0;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	vertical-align: top;
	background: #ebeadf;
	background-color:#ebeadf;
	background-image:url("images/bgnd_body.gif");
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
}

h1 {
	font-family: Lucida Sans, Gill Sans MT,Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 15px;
	color: #8f8f8f;
	padding: 0 0 10px 0;
}


h5 {
	font-family: Arial, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #5F5F5F;
	padding: 0 0 10px 0;
}

a:link{
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #7f7f7f;
}

a:visited {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #7f7f7f;
}

a:hover {
	text-decoration: none;
}

p {
	padding: 18px 0 0 0;
}
#outer {
        width:970px;
        background:#FFF;

	   margin: 5px auto 1px auto;
        padding: 0 0 1px 0;
}

#wrapper{
	margin: 0 auto 0px auto;
	width: 966px;
	text-align: left;
}

.pagelink {
	color:#000;
	font-size: 14px;
	margin: 4px 0px 0px 0px;
}

.pagelink a, .menu a:visited {
	font-size: 16;
	color: #6699cc;
	margin:0;
	padding: 3px 10px 3px 10px;
	text-decoration: none;
}
		
.pagelink a:hover {
	color:#fff;
	background: #1ba7d4;
	text-decoration: none;
    border:1px solid #fff;
}


/*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Header +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

#header{
	float: left;
	width: 958px;
    height: 89px;
    background: #6699cc; 
    margin:1px auto;
    padding: 2px 0 2px 8px;
    text-decoration:none;
    background:url(images/header.gif) repeat-x;
}

#header_l{
    float:left;
    width:350px;height:85px;
	margin-top:3px;
	margin-bottom:10px; padding:0;
	margin-left:8px;
	background:url(images/logo.gif) no-repeat;
}

.motto{
 	font-family: Arial, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #000;
	font-style:italic;
	float:left;
    width:550px;height:5px;
	margin-top:70px;
	margin-bottom:2px; padding:0;
}

/*+++++++++++++++++++++++ Header Ads Images (NOT USED)+++++++++++*/
#header_r{ 
    float:right;height:91px;width:506px;
        margin:0; padding:0;
        background-image:url(images/ads-holder.jpg);

}

/*++++++++++++++++++++++ 468x60 banner zone (NOT USED) ++++++++++++++++++*/

#header_r_ads {
        margin:92px 0 0 112px; padding:0;
        width:368px;
        height:0px;   		
}

/*+++++++++++++++++++++++ Main menu & rss feed ++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

#nav {
        clear:both;
        margin:1px auto 1px auto;
        width: 966px;
        height:20px;
        background-color:#ebeadf;
        overflow:hidden; 
}

#nav_l {
        float:left;
        width:865px;  
        margin:0px; padding:0px; 
        overflow:hidden;
        height:31px; 
}

.menu {
        float:left;
        margin:5px 1px;
        padding:3px;
        width:500px;
}
	
.menu li {
	display: inline;
	list-style: none;
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}

.menu ul, .menu ol {
        display: inline;
	list-style: none;
	margin:0;
	padding:0 10px 0 0;
}
		
/*+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Breadcrumb +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/
.breadcrumb {
	color:#000;
	font-size: 10px;
	margin: 0px 0px 0px 8px;

}		
.breadcrumb a, .menu a:visited {
	color: #6699cc;
	font-weight: bold;
	margin:0;
	padding: 3px 10px 3px 10px;
	text-decoration: none;
}
		
.breadcrumb a:hover {
	color:#fff;
	background: #1ba7d4;
	text-decoration: none;
    border:1px solid #fff;
}

/*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Search (NOT USED)+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

#search { 
        height:14px;
        float:right;
        margin:4px 4px 0 0;

}
#search #s { 
        font-size:8pt;
        padding-left:3px;
        padding-bottom:1px; 
        width:180px;
}

input#s { 
        color:#000;
        border:3px solid #7fcbe3;
        background:#fcfcfc;
}

/*+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Main Column +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

#container{
	float: left;
	width: 550px;
    padding: 6px 10px 10px 10px;
    text-align:left;
    background: #fff;
    margin:0 auto 1px auto;
}

.post{
	padding: 2px 6px 10px 6px;
}

.post h2{
	font-family: Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	color:#000;
    margin:15px auto 0px auto;
    text-align:left;
}

.post h2 a:hover {
	color:#fff;
	background: #1ba7d4;
	text-decoration: none;
    border:1px solid #fff;
}

.entry{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 1.7em;
	margin: 3px 0 5px 0;
}

p.postmetadata{
	margin: 10px 0 0 0;
    padding:6px;
    background: #fff;
}

.navigation{
	padding: 10px 0 0 0;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 18px;
}

.navleft{
    margin:0;padding:0;
    float:left; 
}

.navright{
    margin:0;padding:0;
    float:right; 
}

blockquote {
        margin:5px 20px;
        padding:4px 7px 10px 7px;
        font-size:12px;
        color:#336699;  
        border:1px dashed #dfdfdf;
        background: #ebeadf url(images/quote.gif) no-repeat 10px 4px;        
}

blockquote blockquote {
        margin:5px 10px;
        padding:4px 7px 10px 7px;
        font-size:10px;
        background:#ebadf; 
        color:#336699;  
        border:1px dashed #40a9c9;
        background: #d8eaee url(images/quote.gif) no-repeat 10px 4px;      
}

/*+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Post Header +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

.post_header {
        margin:0; padding:0;
        height:60px;
        background:#fff;
}

.post_headerr {
        margin:0; padding:0;
}

.post_title {
       margin:0; padding:0;
}
.post_title a:link, a:visited{
	color:#6699cc;
}

.post_title h2{
        font-size:16px;
}

.details {
       padding: 0 0 0 90px;
	   margin-top:3px;
       border-bottom:1px solid #fff;
	   font-size:11px;
	   color:#afafaf;
		background: url(images/tag.gif) no-repeat 70px -2px; 
}
.details a:link {
	color:#afafaf;

}


.files {
        background:url(images/folder.gif) no-repeat;
        margin:0; padding:0 0 0 20px;
}

.comment_list {
        background:url(images/list_comments.gif) no-repeat;
        margin:0; padding:0 0 0 20px;
}

.edit {
        background:url(images/edit.gif) no-repeat;
        margin:0; padding:0 0 0 20px;
}

/*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Post Date ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

.the_date {
        display:block;
		font-size: 0.9em;
        text-align: center;
        float:left;height:65px;
        font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
        width:62px;
        margin:0px 5px 0 0;
        background:url(images/calendar.gif) no-repeat;
}

.date_m {
        display:block;
        font-size: 0.9em;
        margin:0;
        padding-top:5px;
        color:#8f8f8f;
        font-weight: bold;
        text-align:center;
		text-transform:uppercase;
}

.date_d {
        display:block;
        font-size:1.7em;
        margin:0;
        color:#fff;
        font-weight: bold;
        padding:0.7em 0 1.1em 0;
        text-align: center;
}


/*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Label ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/
.step {
        display:block;
        text-align: center;
        float:left;height:58px;
        font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
        width:40px;
        margin:5px 5px 0 0;
        background:url(images/step.png) no-repeat;
}

.label {
        display:block;
        font-size: 1em;
        margin:0;
        padding-top:5px;
        color:#8fc7ff;
        font-weight: bold;
        text-align:center;
}

.no {
        display:block;
        font-size:1.2em;
        margin:0;
        color:#fff;
        font-weight: bold;
        padding:0.7em 0 1.1em 0;
        text-align: center;
}

/*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  Image ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/



.index-image{
	float:right;
	padding:1px 1px 1px 1px;
	margin: 2em 0 1em 1.5em;
	background-color:#ebeadf;
	border:1px solid #ebeadf;
}

.post-image{
	float:right;
	padding:3px 3px 3px 3px;
	margin:2em 0 1em 1.5em;
	background-color:#ebeadf;
	border:1px solid #ebeadf;
}


/*+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Page Break  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/
.page_break{
	background-color:#EBEADF;
	margin:1.5em 0 0.5em 0; 
	width: 540px;
	height:6px;
}
/*+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adsense  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/
#cs{
	position:relative;
	left:100px;
}

#ab {
	position:relative;
	left:68px;
}	

/*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sidebar +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

.sidebar{
	float: left;
	margin: -2px 0 0 2px;
	width: 386px;
    background:#EBEADF;
}

.sidebar ul{
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 10px 0 10px;
}

.sidebar ul li{
	padding: 10px 0;
}

.sidebar ul li h2{
	font-family: Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
}

.sidebar ul ul li{
	padding: 0;
	line-height: 24px;
}

/*+++++++++++++++++++++++ SIDEBAR: Top component ++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

#sidebar_top {
	margin:1px;	padding:8px;
	background: #FFF;
    width: 366px;
    border:1px solid #FFF;
}

/*++++++++++++++++++++++ Left SIDEBAR: Categories+++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

.lsidebar {
	margin:0px; padding:0px;
    float:left;
    width:208px;
	background:#EBEADF;
}

.lsidebar ul{
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 1px 0 0;
}

.lsidebar ul li{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
    color:#5F5F5F;;
	margin:0; padding: 10px 0 4px 0;
	text-decoration: none;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
}

.lsidebar ul li a:link, .lsidebar ul li a:visited {
    color:#5f5f5f;
    font-weight:500;
}

.lsidebar ul li a:hover {
	color:#fff;
	background: #1ba7d4;
	text-decoration: none;
    border:1px solid #0071F7;
}
		
.lsidebar ul li h3{
	font-family: Verdana,Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	text-align:left;
	background:url(images/bgmenu.gif) repeat-x; 
    margin:0px ; padding:3px;
    height:20px;width:200px;
    color:#000;
    text-transform:uppercase;
	border-top:1px solid #FFF;
}

.lsidebar ul ul li{
	padding: 0 0 0 25px;
	line-height: 18px;
	font-family: Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
     background:url(images/folder.gif) no-repeat 0px 0px; 
}

.lsidebar ul ul ul li{
	padding: 0 0 0 14px;
	line-height: 18px;
	font-family: Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
    font-size:11px;
    background:url(images/sub-cat.jpg) no-repeat 3px 3px;
}

.lsidebar ul ul ul li a:link, .lsidebar ul ul ul li a:visited {
    color:#5f5f5f;
    font-weight:500;
}
/*++++++++++++++++++++++ Right SIDEBAR:  Archieves +++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

.rsidebar {
        margin:0px; padding:0px;
        float:right;
        width:153px;
		background:#EBEADF;;
}

.rsidebar ul{
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 1px 0 0;
}

.rsidebar ul li{
	padding: 10px 0 4px 0;
	font-family: Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
    color:#5F5F5F;;
	margin:0;
	text-decoration: none;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
}

.rsidebar ul li a:link, .rsidebar ul li a:visited {
    color:#5F5F5F;
    font-weight:500;
}

.rsidebar ul li a:hover {
	color:#fff;
	background: #1ba7d4;
	text-decoration: none;
    border:1px solid #0071F7;
}

.rsidebar ul li h3{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	text-align:left;
	background:url(images/bgmenu.gif) repeat-x; 
    margin:0px ; padding:3px;
    height:20px;width:147px;
    color:#000;
    text-transform:uppercase;
	border-top:1px solid #FFF;
}

.rsidebar ul ul li{
	padding: 0 0 0 22px;
	line-height: 18px;
	font-family: Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
    background:url(images/folder.gif) no-repeat 0px 0px; 
}

.rsidebar ul ul ul li{
	padding: 0 0 0 14px;
	line-height: 18px;
	font-family: Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
    font-size:11px;
    background:url(images/sub-cat.jpg) no-repeat 3px 3px;
}

.rsidebar ul ul ul li a:link, .rsidebar ul ul ul li a:visited {
        color:#5f5f5f;
        font-weight:500;
}

/*+++++++++++++++++++++++ Bottom SIDEBAR: Popular Posts  XXX Need TO Adjuxt Margin: 300px++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

.sidebar_bottom_popular_posts {
        margin:300px 0 0 0;padding: 0px;
		width: 386px;
        text-align:left;
		background:#EBEADF;
}

.sidebar_bottom_popular_posts ul  {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 1px 0 0;
}

.sidebar_bottom_popular_posts ul  li{
	padding: 0 0 0 25px;
	line-height: 18px;
	font-family: Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	background:url(images/arrowg.gif) no-repeat 0px 0px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
}	
.sidebar_bottom_popular_posts  h3{
	font-family: Verdana,Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color:#000;
	background:url(images/bgmenu.gif) repeat-x; 
	margin:0px ; padding:3px;
	width: 380px;
    height:20px; 
	text-align:left;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	border-top:1px solid #FFF;
}
.sidebar_bottom_popular_posts ul li a:link, .sidebar_bottom_popular_posts ul li a:visited {
    color:#5F5F5F;
    font-weight:500;

}
.sidebar_bottom_popular_posts ul li a:hover {
	color:#fff;
	background: #1ba7d4;
	text-decoration: none;
    border:1px solid #0071F7;
}	
/*#sidebar_bottom_popular_posts ul a:hover{
	color:#fff;
	background: #1ba7d4;
	text-decoration: none;
	line-height:normal;
    border:1px solid #0071F7;
}
*/
/*+++++++++++++++++++++++ Bottom SIDEBAR: Top Tags ++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

.sidebar_bottom_top_tags {
    margin:20px 0;padding:0px;
    background: #EBEADF;
    width: 386px;
	height:300px;  
    text-align:left;
    font-size:10px;
    font-family:verdana;
}
.sidebar_bottom_top_tags  h3{
	font-family: Verdana,Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color:#000;
	background:url(images/bgmenu.gif) repeat-x; 
	margin:0px ; padding:3px;
	width: 380px;
	height:20px;
	text-align:left;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	border-top:1px solid #FFF;
	border-bottom:2px solid #E2EBF2;
}

.sidebar_bottom_top_tags  a{
	line-height:22px;
	text-decoration:underline;
}

.sidebar_bottom_top_tags  a:hover {
	color:#fff;
	background: #1ba7d4;
	text-decoration: none;
    border:1px solid #0071F7;
}	

.sidebar_top h4 {
        color:#0e5268;
        margin-bottom:3px;
        font-size:14px;
}

/*++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Bottom SIDEBAR Similar Posts+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/
.sidebar_bottom_similar_posts{
	float: left;
	width: 386px;
    background:#fff;
	padding: 0 10px 0 7px;
}

.sidebar_bottom_similar_posts h3{
	list-style: none;
	font-size: 13px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 10px 0 -5px;
}

.sidebar_bottom_similar_posts ul li{
	padding:5px 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #dfdfdf;
	margin-left:-15px;
	list-style-image: url(images/arrowb.gif);

}

.sidebar_bottom_similar_posts ul li h4{
	font-family: Verdana,Arial, Georgia, Sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	width: 330px;
	color:#000;
	background-color: #fff;
	border:1px solid #dfdfdf;
	height:20px;
	text-align:left;
	text-transform:uppercase;
}

.sidebar_bottom_similar_posts ul ul li{
	padding: 0;
	line-height: 24px;
}

.sidebar_bottom_similar_posts ul li a:hover {
	color:#fff;
	background: #1ba7d4;
	text-decoration: none;
    border:1px solid #0071F7;
}

/*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Footer +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++*/

#footer{
	clear: both;
	width: 966px;
	height:100px;
    background:url(images/wave.gif);
	margin-bottom: margin: 50px auto;
    padding:10px 0;
    margin:0;
}
#footer p {
	line-height: 13px;
    text-align:center;
    font-weight:700;
    color:#fff;
    padding: 80px 0 0 0;
    font-size: 10px;
    font-family:Verdana;
}

#footer a {
    color:#afe1f3;
}

#footer a:hover {
    color:#53c7f2;
}
#footer-wrap { 
	width: 950px; margin: 0px auto; 
}