/* global body styles for BACKGROUND, TEXT COLOR and FONT */
body {background:#fff; color:#000; font-family:"Times Roman", "Times New Roman", Times, serif}

/* global link style */
a {color:#000;}


/***** THIS CONTROLS THE BACKGROUND COLOR OF:
	the footer 
	top navigation bar 
	the link hover states
	and the dropdown background 
*****/
.footer, .topbar, .entry p a:hover, .entry li a:hover,
.nav li li a:link, .nav li li a:visited, #nav2 li li a:link, #nav2 li li a:visited {background:#fff;}
/*****/


/***** THIS CONTROLS THE STATES OF:
	dropdown link background
	dropdown link color
*****/
.nav li li a:hover {background:#676C70; color:#fff !important;}
#nav2 li li a:hover {background:#676C70 !important;}
/*****/

/***** THIS CONTROLS
	the border color at the top of each post
*****/
.post {border-color:#a3a2a8;}
/*****/


/***** THIS CONTROLS
	the font size of each post's paragraphs and list items
	and the link hover states withing the paragraphs and list items
*****/
.entry p, .entry li {font-size:15px;}
.entry p a:hover, .entry li a:hover {color: #d4d4d4; text-decoration:none}
/*****/


/* styles the archive months where there are no posts */
.footer-nav li .emptymonth {color: #e3e3e3;}

/* styles the search box input field in the footer */
.footer-nav form input#s {background:#333; color:#a3a2a8;}

/* styles the link hover states of links in the footer */
.affiliates a:hover, .footer-nav li a:hover, .footer-about a.more:hover {background:#fff; text-decoration:none}


#commentwrapper {border-bottom:4px solid #a2a3a8;}

/* background of left side of the comment box */
#commentwrapper ol {background:#f1f1f1;} 

/* background of right side of the comment box */
#commentwrapper form {background:#b8b8b8;} 

/* background of the input and textbox in the right side of the comment box */
#commentwrapper form textarea, #commentwrapper form input {background:#ccc;}

/***** THIS CONTROLS
	the left side link styles of the comment box
*****/
#commentwrapper .commentmetastuff small, .entry #commentwrapper .commentlist li .commentmetastuff small a {color:#9a9a9a;}
.entry #commentwrapper .commentlist li .commentmetastuff small a:hover, .entry #commentwrapper .commentlist li .commentmetastuff a:hover {background:none; color:#9a9a9a}
.entry #commentwrapper .commentlist li .commentmetastuff a:hover {color:#000;}