body{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica;
font-size: 10px;
background: #e3dfd6 url('howie-images/bgx.jpg') repeat-x;
text-align: center;
color: #4a4339;
}


#maincontainer{
width: 1000px; 
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: justify;
position: relative;
}

#topsection{
height: 442px;
}

#contentwrapper{
float: left;
width: 100%;
}

#contentcolumn{
margin: 0 235px 0 238px; 
}

#sidebar-right{
float: left;
width: 230px; 
margin-left: -230px; 
}

#sidebar-left{
float: left;
width: 230px; 
margin-left: -1000px; 
}

#footer{
clear: left;
width: 100%;
color: #504c46;
text-align: center;
padding: 6px 0px 6px 0px;
}
#footer a{
color: #504c46;
}

#welcome{
color: #35322d;
text-align: justify;
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 11px;
}

 /* Navigation Menu */

#nav {
color: #aa9e8e;
text-align: center;
font-family: Trebuchet MS;
font-size: 11px;
}

#nav a{
color: #4b4d64;
font-weight: bold;
}

#nav a:hover{
color: #524d44;
font-weight: bold;
}

/* Content Structures */

.contentbg {
background: #d5d0c7;
padding: 5px 7px;
width: 510px;
}
 
.content-title {
color: #373a55;
text-align: left;
font-family: Tahoma;
font-size: 12px;
font-style: italic;
font-weight: bold;
padding: 5px 1px 2px 1px;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #c4beb2;
}

.content-title a{
color: #373a55;
}

.content-title2 {
font-family: tahoma;
font-size: 10px;
padding: 5px 0px 20px 3px;
color: #988e82;
text-align: left;

}

.content-title2 a{
color: #7d766d;
}

.date {
background: url('howie-images/date.png') no-repeat;	
height: 54px;
margin: 0px;
width: 54px;
text-align: center;
float: right;	
}
.date .month {
display: block;
color: #38332d;
padding: 2px 0;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 10px;
margin-top: 0px;
font-weight: bold;
}
.date .day {
display: block;
color: #4f4943;
font: 2.3em Georgia;
padding-top: 0px;
text-align: center;
margin-top: -5px;
}

.date .year {
display: block;
color: #4f4943;
padding: 0px 0;
text-align: center;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 10px;
margin-top: 0px;
font-weight: bold;
}

.content-page {
padding: 3px;
font-family: arial;
font-size: 11px;
color: #484440;
}

.content-bottom {
font-family: arial;
font-size: 11px;
padding: 10px 0px 0px 0px;
color: #8c806e;
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
}

.content-bottom a{
color: #7b7469;
}
 
h1 {
color: #373a55;
text-align: left;
font-family: tahoma;
font-size: 10px;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0px;
} 

.commentbg {
background: #d5d0c7;
padding: 5px 7px;
width: 510px;
}

p { 
margin-top: 1px;
}


 /* Sidebar Structures */

.sidebar_title {
color: #827c72;
font-family: Trebuchet MS;
font-size: 15px;
text-transform: lowercase;
text-align: center;
font-weight: bold;
}

.sidebar_content {
color: #58544e;
padding: 3px;
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 11px;
text-align: justify;
margin-bottom: 15px;
background: #dcd4c9;}



/*Options style*/

a { 
text-decoration:  none;
color: #484f62;}

a:hover {
color: #514c45;
text-decoration: none;}	

.image {
background-color: #e9e5dc;
border: 1px solid #c8c1b4;
padding: 3px;
margin: 2px;} 

.image:hover  {
background-color: #e9e5dc;
border: 1px solid #71798f;
padding: 3px;
margin: 2px;
} 

strong {color: #423f3a;}
b {color: #423f3a;}
i { color: #31302d;}
italic { color: #31302d;}
em { color: #31302d;}
u {color: #514c45; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 1px dotted #71798f;}
img {border: 0px;}

blockquote {
background: #e3dfd6;
padding: 15px;	
font-family: Arial;
border-left: 6px solid #71798f;
font-size: 11px;
color: #5e5a52;
} 

input, textarea, option, select, button {
font-family: Verdana, Helvetica;
font-size: 10px;
color: #5e5a52;
background: #e3dfd6;
padding: 1px;
border: 1px solid #d0cbc0;}