/*
Theme Name: Chequers
Theme URI: http://chequersplaygroup.co.uk/
Description: Theme for the Chequers Playgroup website.
Version: 1.0
Author: Andy Bryant
Author URI: http:/lessfussdesign.com/
Tags: fixed width, three columns

*/

body{
	font-size:100%;
	background:#6cc;
	font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color:#333;
	}

/**structural**/
#wrapper{/*holds tiled blue sugarpaper*/
	background:url(images/bluetile.jpg);
	}
#backdrop{/*holds the main image*/
	background:url(images/background.jpg) top center no-repeat;
	}
#container{/*centres design & fixes width*/
	width:960px;
	margin:0 auto;
	}
#header{
	height:195px;
	position:relative;
	font-size:0.9em;
	}
#strapline{
	float:left;
	width:298px;
	font-weight:bold;
	padding:170px 0 0 140px;
	color:#000;
	font-family:Nilland-Black,Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	}
#toplinks{
	float:left;
	width:500px;
	font-family:Georgia,Verdana,Arial,serif;
	}

/**content area**/
#contentWrapper1{
	background:url(images/bgstrip.png) top center repeat-y;
}
#contentWrapper2{
	background:url(images/paper.jpg) top center no-repeat;
	margin-left:1px;
	min-height:600px;
	}
#column1{/*holds the nav*/
	float:left;
	position:relative;
	top:-3px;
	width:215px;
	margin-left:15px;
	background:url(images/menuBg.png) top left no-repeat;
	height:450px;
	}
#column2{/*holds the nav*/
	float:left;
	width:485px;
	padding-top:20px;
	padding-right:15px;
	background:url(/wp-content/themes/chequers/images/col2-divider.png) top right repeat-y;
	}
#column3{
	float:left;
	width:215px;
	margin-top:20px;
	text-align:center;
	background:url(/wp-content/themes/chequers/images/col3-divider.png) top left repeat-y;
	}

/**post it**/
#today{
	background:url(images/today-postit.png) top center no-repeat;
	margin:0;
	padding:65px 10px 10px 10px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
	text-align:center;
	height:120px;
	}

div.sidebarBlog{
	text-align:left;
	padding-left:17px;
	}

#footer{
	clear:both;
	height:290px;
	background:url(images/footer.jpg) top center no-repeat;
	}
#credits{
	width:180px;
	float:right;
	margin-top:100px;
	}

/**headings**/
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5{
	font-family:Nilland-Black,Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;
	background:url(images/headingBg.png) top left no-repeat;
	font-size:2.0em;
	color:#333;
	padding:18px 0 15px 0;
	}

h2, h3, h4{
	font-size:1.5em;
	background:url(images/heading2Bg.png) top left no-repeat;
	}

h3{
	font-size:1.3em;
	}

h4{
	font-size:1.0em;
	}

/**paragraphs**/
#column2 p, #column2 li, div.sidebarBlog p, div.sidebarBlog li{
	font-size:0.75em;
	margin:8px 0;
	line-height:1.5em;
	}

p.postmeta{
	font-style:italic;
	font-size:0.8em;
	}

/**post it styles**/
#today p{
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-weight:bold;
	margin:0;
	padding:10px;
	font-size:0.85em;
	}

#credits p{
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:0.7em;
	margin:2px 0 6px 0;
	line-height:1.4em;
	padding-right:40px;
	}

/**common styles**/
.hidden{
	position:absolute;
	left:-9999px;
	height:1px;
	font-size:0.1em;
	}
.clear{clear:both;}
.orangeBorder{
	border-bottom:1px solid #f30;
	}
.floatRight{
	float:right;
	}

/**anchors**/
a{
	color:#639;
	border-bottom:1px dotted #639;
	}
a.headLink{color:#333;}

a:hover, a:focus, a:active{
	color:#f30;
	border-bottom:1px solid #f30;
	}
a#homelink{ /*jumper link, top left*/
	position:absolute;
	left:20px;
	top:0;
	width:195px;
	height:160px;
	border:0;
	}
#toplinks ul li{
	float:left;
	}
	
#toplinks ul li a{ /*2 tab links in header*/
	display:block;
	font-weight:bold;
	color:#000;
	}

#toplinks ul li a.tab2{
	margin-left:90px;
	}
#toplinks ul li a.tab3{
	margin-left:112px;
	}

a.sidebar-rss{
	background:url(/wp-content/themes/chequers/images/rss-sidebar.gif) top left no-repeat;
	padding:5px 0 5px 34px;
	display:block;
	font-weight:bold;
	border:0;
	}

/**lists**/
#toplinks ul{
	margin:170px 0 0 40px;
	list-style-type:none;
	}

/*main nav*/
#column1 ul{
	margin:20px 35px 0 7px;
	font-size:1.2em;
	}

#column1 ul li a{
	font-size: 0.7em;
	font-weight:bold;
	display:block;
	padding:5px 0 5px 28px;
	border:0;
	font-family:Nilland-Black,Verdana,Arial,serif;
	}

#column1 ul li a:hover, #column1 ul li a:active, #column1 ul li a:focus{
	background:url(images/navStar.gif) top left no-repeat;
	color: #f30;
	}

#column1 ul li.current_page_item a{
	color:#f30;
	background:url(images/activeBg.png) top left no-repeat;
	font-family:Nilland-Black,Verdana,Arial,serif;
	}
#column2 ul li, #column2 ol li{
	margin:5px 0 5px 35px;
	list-style:square;
	}

#column2 ol li{
	list-style:decimal;
	}

div.sidebarBlog ul li{
	background:url(/wp-content/themes/chequers/images/post-divider.png) bottom left no-repeat;
	padding-bottom:6px;
	margin-bottom:6px;
	}

div.sidebarBlog ul li a{
	border-bottom:0;
	}
	
/**images**/
img#menuHeader{
	margin:55px 0 0 85px;
	}
img.alignright{
	float:right;
	margin:0 6px 10px 10px;
	}

/**blog styling **/
div.post-index{
	padding-left:105px;/*allows for the date on the left*/
	background:url(/wp-content/themes/chequers/images/blogdate-bg.png) 0 18px no-repeat;
	position:relative;
	min-height:130px;
	}
div.postmeta{
	position:absolute;
	top:0;
	left:0;
	width:98px;
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-weight:bold;
	}
span.date-day{
	display:block;
	text-align:center;
	color:#fff;
	font-size:2.7em;
	padding-top:26px;
	}
span.date-month{
	display:block;
	text-align:center;
	color:#fff;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	font-size:1.6em;
	padding-top:12px;
	}
span.date-year{
	display:block;
	text-align:center;
	color:#fff;
	font-size:0.9em;
	padding-top:2px;
	}

div.entry{
	background:url(/wp-content/themes/chequers/images/post-divider.png) bottom left repeat-x;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	}

/**contact form**/
form#contactform{
	margin:15px auto;
	font-size:0.75em;
	position:relative;
	background:url(/wp-content/themes/chequers/images/formbg.gif) top center no-repeat;
	min-height:390px;
	}
form#contactform input, form#contactform textarea{
	padding:2px;
	margin:4px 0 10px 0;
	}
form#contactform input#contactsubmit{
	display:block;
	position:absolute;
	right:20px;
	bottom:3px;
	}
span.req, p.req{
	color:#C00;
	font-weight:bold;
	}
label.block{
	display:block;
	}
form#contactform div#formpadding{
	padding:30px 0 0 28px;
	}