/*
Theme Name:EdMatters Theme
Theme URI:http://www.nybble.ie/
Description:Theme for new Education Matters website
Version:1.0
Author:Ben Croker
Author URI:http://www.nybble.ie/	
*/



/* Begin Main-Layout */
*{
	margin:0;
	padding:0
}

body {
	background:#164376 url(images/background.jpg) repeat-x;
	color:#333;
	font:small arial,verdana,sans-serif;
	text-align:center;
}

#page {
	background:#fff; 
	margin:0 auto 0 auto;
	text-align:left;
	width:843px;
	padding:0 5px;
	}

#main {
	background:#fff url(images/page_back.jpg) repeat-y;
	margin:0;
	}

#content {
	margin:0 155px 20px 190px;
	min-height:500px;
	}

#sidebar{
	clear:both; 
	}

#sidebar_left{
	float:left;
	padding:0 0 20px 2px;
	width:175px;	
	}

#sidebar_left h2{	
	margin-right:20px;
	}

#sidebar_left ul li ul li{
	margin:0 7px 0 2px;
	border:none;
	font-family:georgia,"trebuchet ms";
	}

#sidebar_left ul li {	
	padding-left:10px;
	padding-right:5px;
	}

#sidebar_left .children {	
	display:none;
	}

#sidebar_left .children li {	
	padding-left:15px;
	font-size: 0.85em;
	}

#sidebar_left form #s, #sidebar_left form #email{
	width:140px;
	}

#sidebar_left #sidebar_text{
	margin-top:30px;
	padding-right:15px;
	}

#sidebar_left #google_adsense{	
	margin:30px 0 0 10px;
	}
 
#sidebar_right{
	float:right;
	margin:0;
	width:140px;
	}


#footer {
	clear:both;
	background-image:url(images/footer.jpg);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	margin:0 auto 20px auto;
	padding-top:2px;
	text-align:left;
	width:853px;
	}

#footer .copyright{
	padding:11px 50px 0 40px;
	font:1.0em "trebuchet ms",georgia;
	color:#103e72;
	height:44px;
	}

#footer .copyright a{
	color:#103e72;
	}

#footer .bottom{
	background:#164376;
	height:20px;
	}

.clear{
	clear: both;
	display: block;
	height: 1px;
	overflow: hidden;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	}
/* End Main-Layout */



/* Begin Header */
h1 {
	font:2.3em "Futura Lt BT",georgia,"trebuchet ms",arial,sans-serif;
	text-align:left;
	text-transform:uppercase
	}
	
h1 a:link, h1 a:visited, h1 a:active, h1 a:hover{
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#000;
	}

.description {
	color:#777;
	font:2.0em georgia,"trebuchet ms",arial,sans-serif;
	padding:0 0 5px 0;
	text-align:center;
	text-transform:uppercase
	}
	
.today {
	margin-top:5px;
	color:#003366;
	text-align:right;
	font:0.8em georgia,"trebuchet ms",arial,sans-serif;
	}

#header{
	background-image:url(images/header.jpg);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	padding-top:30px;
}

#header ul{
	margin:15px 0 0px 0;
	height:27px
}

#header ul li {
	display:inline;
	color:#fff;
	font:10pt georgia,"trebuchet ms";
}

#header ul li a {
	color:#fff;
}

#header .login {
	float:right;
	background-image:url(images/login_back.jpg);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position: top left;
	text-align:right;
	padding-top:4px;
}

#header .login li{
	padding:0 10px 0 15px;
}

#header .topmenu ul {
	background-image:url(images/menu_back.jpg);
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
	padding-top:4px;
}

#header .topmenu ul li a {
	text-transform:uppercase;
	font:12pt georgia,"trebuchet ms";
	padding:0 15px;
	text-decoration:none;
}

#header .topmenu ul li a:hover {
	color:#ddd;
}

#header .topbar {
	background:#EEE;
	padding:2px 5px 2px 20px;
	margin:0 0 5px 0;
}

#header .topbar table {
	width:100%;
}

#header .topbar td {
	color:#333;
	font:9pt arial, "trebuchet ms", georgia;
	vertical-align:middle;
}

#header .topbar .submit_article {
	padding:0 20px 0 0px;
}

#header .topbar a {
	color:#333;
}

/* End Header */



/* Begin Content*/

h2{
	color:#006291;
	font:normal 1.3em georgia,"trebuchet ms";
	padding-top:20px;
	}

h3,h4,h5,h6{
	color:#006291;
	font:normal 1.3em georgia,"trebuchet ms";
	margin:10px 0 0 0
	}

h2{
	border-bottom:1px solid #333;
	}

h2 a:link, h2 a:visited, h2 a:active, h2 a:hover,
h3 a:link, h3 a:visited, h3 a:active, h3 a:hover{
	color:#006291;
	text-decoration:none
}

a:link,a:visited,a:active,a:hover{
	color:#000;
	text-decoration:none
}

.post {
	background-image:url(images/divider.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position: bottom left;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	padding-right:50px;
}

.post td{
	vertical-align:middle;
}

.post img{
	padding:0 10px 10px 0;
}

.post-single {
	background-image:url(images/divider.gif);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position: bottom left;
	padding-bottom:20px;
	padding-right:20px;
}

.post-single img{
	padding:10px;
}

.post-page {
	padding-bottom:20px;
	padding-right:20px;
}

.postmetadata {
	color:#888;
	font-size:.85em;
	padding:2px 0 0 0
}

.postmetadata a:link, .postmetadata a:visited, .postmetadata a:active{
	color:#888;
	text-decoration:none
}

.postmetadata a:hover{
	text-decoration:underline
}

a.readmore:link, a.readmore:visited, a.readmore:active{
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#800;
	}

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

.summary{
	color:#006291;
	font-size:0.9em;
	line-height:1.3em;
	margin-top: 7px;
	}

.entry, .entrytext{
	line-height:150%;
	margin:2px 0 0 0;
	}
	
.entrytext p{
	margin:0 0 15px 0
	}

.welcome{
	background-image:url(images/welcome.jpg);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	width:479px;
	height:172px;
	}

.welcome_text{
font-family: "Verdana";
line-height: 1.4em;
	padding:50px 160px 10px 35px;
	font-size:0.8em;
	color:#555555;
	}

.sidebar_top_ad{
	padding:13px 3px 5px 0; 
	font:8pt Verdana;
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#000;
	line-height:1.5em;
	}

.sidebar_top_ad img{
	margin-right:7px;
	float:left;
	}

.sidebar_top_ad a{
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#000;
	}

.sidebar_top_ad a:hover{
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#000;
	}

.sidebar_ad{
	margin-top:20px;
	text-align:center;
	}

.topbar_ad{
	float:right;
	margin-right:10px;
	}

.article_ad{
	float:right;
	padding:30px 0 30px 50px;
	}

.book{
	margin-bottom:0px;
	}

.book td{
	vertical-align:top;
	}

.book td img{
	vertical-align:top;
	padding-right:20px;
	padding-top:10px;
	}

.book td a img{
	padding:0;
	}

/* End Content*/



/* Begin Comments */
.commentlist li, #commentform input, #commentform textarea {
	font-size:0.85em
	}
	
.commentlist li {
	font-weight:bold
	}

.commentlist cite, .commentlist cite a {
	font-weight:bold;
	font-style:normal;
	font-size:1.1em
	}

.commentlist p {
	font-weight:normal;
	line-height:140%;
	text-transform:none
	}

.commentmetadata {
	font-weight:normal
	}

.commentlist {
	padding:0;
	text-align:justify
	}

.commentlist li {
	margin:0px 0 15px 16px;
	padding:5px 10px 0 0;
	list-style:decimal
	}

.commentlist p {
	margin:10px 5px 10px 0
	}

#commentform p {
	margin:5px 0
	}

.commentmetadata {
	margin:0;
	display:block
	}
/* End Comments */

	

/* Begin Lists */
.entry ul, .entry ol,
.entrytext ul, .entrytext {
	margin:5px 0 15px 26px
	}

#content ul {
	margin:5px 0 15px 26px
	}

#sidebar ul li{
	list-style:none
	}

#sidebar ul li ul li{
	border-bottom:0px solid #ddd;
	padding:2px 0
	}

#sidebar ul li ul li a:link, #sidebar ul li ul li a:visited, #sidebar ul li ul li a:active{
	color:#444;
	text-decoration:none
}

#sidebar ul li ul li a:hover{
	color:#000;
	text-decoration:underline
}

#sidebar .submit_button{
	padding-top:5px;
}
/* End Entry Lists */



/* Begin Images */
p img {
	padding:0;
	max-width:100%
	}

img.centered {
	display:block;
	margin-left:auto;
	margin-right:auto
	}
	
img.alignright {
	padding:4px;
	margin:0 0 2px 7px;
	display:inline
	}

img.alignleft {
	padding:4px;
	margin:0 7px 2px 0;
	display:inline
	}

.alignright {
	float:right
	}
	
.alignleft {
	float:left
	}
/* End Images */



/* Begin Form Elements */
#searchform {
	margin:0px 0;
	padding:0px 0
	}

#sidebar2 #searchform #s {
	width:130px;
	padding:2px
	}

#sidebar2 #searchsubmit {
	padding:1px
	}

.entry form { 
	text-align:center
	}

select {
	width:130px
	}

#commentform input {
	width:170px;
	padding:2px;
	margin:5px 5px 1px 0
	}

#commentform textarea {
	width:95%;
	padding:2px 10px 2px 2px;
	}

#commentform #submit {
	margin-right:10px;
	float:right
	}
/* End Form Elements */




/* Begin Various Tags & Classes */
code {
	font:1em 'Courier New', Courier, Fixed
	}

acronym, abbr, span.caps
{
	cursor:help;
	font-size:0.9em;
	letter-spacing:.07em
	}

acronym, abbr {	
	border-bottom:1px dashed #226
}

blockquote {
	background:#f3f3f3;
	border:1px solid #000;
	line-height:120%;
	margin:10px 0;
	padding:5px 10px 5px 10px
}

blockquote cite {
	margin:5px 0 0;
	display:block
	}

.center {
	text-align:center
	}

hr {
	clear:both;
	display:none
	}

a img {
	border:none
	}

.navigation {
	display:block;
	text-align:center;
	margin-top:10px;
	margin-bottom:60px
	}
/* End Various Tags & Classes*/