body {
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
background-color: #000000;
font-size:12px;
color:#666666;
font-family:georgia, verdana, arial,helvetica, sans-serif;
background-image: url('http://www.seekthecodes.com/images/background_top.jpg');
background-repeat: repeat-x;}

#top {
position:absolute;
top:0px;
left:0px;}

A:link {
color: #A97400;
font-size:11px;
text-decoration: none;
font-style: normal ;
font-weight: normal;
background-color: transparent;}

a:visited {
text-decoration: none;
font-size:11px;
font-weight: normal;
color:#666666;
background-color:transparent;}

a:hover {
font-size:11px;
color:#ffffff;
background-color:transparent;}
	
a {color:#A97400;font-style: normal; 
font-weight: normal; text-decoration:none; background-color:transparent;}


/* ---------------------------- blog content  --------------------------*/	
#content {
position:absolute;
left:20px;
top:130px;
background:transparent;
width:550px;
margin:10px 0px 10px 0px;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
color: #666666;
font-size:11px;}

.title	{
font-size: 14px;
font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;
color: #ffffff;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: bold;
background-color : transparent;}

.posts {
font-size:11px;
font-family:verdana, arial,helvetica, sans-serif;
font-weight:normal;
color:#666666;
padding:10px;
background:transparent;
margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;}

.date {
font-family: verdana, arial,helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 9px;
font-weight:bold;
text-transform: uppercase;
color:#333333;
background-color:transparent;}

.posted{
font-size:9px; 
font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#A97400;
font-weight:normal;
background:transparent;
padding-bottom:5px;}
				 
.posted a:link { color: #A97400; font-weight: normal;font-size:9px; background-color : transparent;}
.posted a:visited {color: #232323; font-weight: normal;font-size:9px; background-color : transparent;}
.posted a:hover, .posted a:active {color: #232323;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;font-size:9px; background-color : transparent;}
				

/* ---------------------------- right side --------------------------*/

#side {
font-family: verdana, arial,helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight:normal;
color:#6A6A6A;
position:absolute;
top:20px;
left:560px;
background:transparent;
width:200px;}

.sideheader {
font-size:10px;
font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
font-weight:bold;
text-transform: uppercase;
color:#ffffff;
background:transparent;}

.sidebody {
background:transparent;
font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
color:#6A6A6A;
font-size:11px;
margin:5px 0px 0px 25px;}

.textsm {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; 
font-size: 9px; 
font-style: normal; 
font-weight: normal; 
color: #ffffff;}


/* ---------------------------- border photos --------------------------*/

.photo{ 
margin-top:0px;
margin-bottom:4px;
margin-right:8px;
margin-left:0px;
border:1px #464646 solid;
}
/* ---------------------------- comments --------------------------*/

.title2	{
font-family: georgia, verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
color: #ffffff;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: bold;
background-color : transparent;}

.submit {
background-color:  #000000;
font-family:       Arial, Verdana, Sans-serif;
font-size:         11px;
font-weight:       normal;
letter-spacing:    .1em;
padding:           1px 3px 1px 3px;
margin-top:        3px;
margin-bottom:     4px;
text-transform:    uppercase;
color:             #A97400;
}

/* ------- quoting somebody else----------*/

 blockquote
{background-color:transparent;
padding: 10px;
border: 1px solid #A97400;
}

/* ------- countdown centering----------*/

img.countdown
{padding: 10px;
display: block;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
}