html, body {

  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-size: 90%;
  font-family: georgia, serif;
  background-color: #FFFFF0;

}

/*page positioning*/



.position {
  margin-left: 15%;
  margin-right: 15%;
  border-right: 1px dashed #800040;
  border-left: 1px dashed #800040;
  background-color: white;


}

.position2 {
  margin-left: 2%;
  margin-right: 2%;
  margin-top: 5px;
}

.divider {
  border-bottom: 1px dashed #800040;
}

/*header*/

#header {
  margin-left: 5px;

}  

#header #maintitle {
  font-size: 250%;
  font-weight: 900;
  color: #800040;
}

#header .subtitle {
  color: #800040;
  font-size: 86%;
  font-style: italic;
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}

/* those top-right links */

#header #headerlinks {
  border: 0;
  margin-right: 20px;
  float: right;
}

#header #headerlinks a {
  color: #800040;
  text-decoration: none;
  border: 0;
} 

#header #headerlinks a:hover {
  color: #800040;
  text-decoration: underline;
  border: 0;
} 

/*menu*/

#menu {
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 3px;
  margin-bottom: 3px;

}

#menu a {
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 0;
  border-left: 10px solid #FFFFFF;
  border-right: 10px solid #FFFFFF;

} 

#menu a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
  border-bottom: 0;
  border-left: 10px solid #FFFFFF;
  border-right: 10px solid #FFFFFF;
  
} 




/*links and other colorful elements*/

a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #800040;
  font-weight: 900;
  border-bottom: dashed 1px #800040;
}

abbr, acronym {
  border-bottom: dashed 1px #800040;
  cursor: help;
  color: #800040;
}

li {
  list-style-type: square;
  color: #800040;
}

.litext {
  color: #000000;
}


/*elements throughout content*/

.title {
  color: #800040;
  font-size: 150%;
  font-weight: 600;
  margin-top: 5px;
}

#sidebar { 
  float:right; 
  width:150px; 
  border-left: 7px solid #FFFFFF; 
  border-bottom: 7px solid #FFFFFF;
  border-top: 7px solid #FFFFFF;
  margin: 1px;
  padding: 0;
}

#sidebar .item { 
  border:1px solid #800040; 
  background-color:#FFFFFF; 
  padding:0; 
  padding-bottom:1px;
}


#sidebar .item h2 { 
  background-color:#800040; 
  font:bold 1.2em Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; 
  color:#FFF; 
  text-align:center; 
  padding:5px 6px;
  margin: 0; 
}


#sidebar .item p { 
  padding:3px 5px; 
  margin:0; 
}

#sidebar .date {
  margin-left: 4px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #800040;
  font-size: 130%;
}



/*footer*/

#footer {
  margin-right: 10px;
  margin-left: 10px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 96%;
  margin-top: 5px;

}

#footer a {
  text-decoration: none;
  border: 0;
  font-size: 96%;
}