* {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
body {
	background: #ebebeb;
	color: #333;
	font-size: 62.5%;
	font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif;
	text-align: center;
background-image:url('http://248am.com/images/back.png');
background-repeat:repeat;
background-attachment:fixed;
background-position:center top;
} 
h1 {
	font-size: 2em;
}
h2 {
	font-size: 1.6em;
}
h3 {
	font-size: 1.4em;
}
h4{font-size:13px;margin-bottom:3px;}

a {
	color: #000;
	outline: none;
	text-decoration: none;
}
a img {border: none; } 
a:hover {
	color: #ec008c;
}

/* =----------------------------------- oh the convenience */
#wrapper {
	/* 
		sets the minimum(s) for the entire site
		off of which everything else is based on
	*/
	background:#FFF;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	line-height: 1.4em;

}
.nav li {
	line-height: 1.2em;
}
.nav li a {
	font-weight: bold;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
.nav li a span {
	color: #fff;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: lowercase;
}
.nav li a:hover span {
	color: #000;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: lowercase;
}
.nav li a.focus span {
	color: #ccc;
}
.nav li a:hover,
.nav li a.focus {
	color: #fff;
}
.nav .searchField input {
	color: #777;
}
.toggleCategories li a {
	color: #fff;
}
.toggleCategories li a:hover {
	color: #ccc;
}
.postMeta {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
.postMeta span.date {
	color: #777;
}
.postMeta span.comments a,
.postMeta span.date a {
	color: #ec008c;
}
.post h2 {
	line-height: 1.2em;
}


.post span.bywho {
	font-size: 0.8em;
	color: #777;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	padding: 0 3px;
}
.post span.bywho a{
	color: #ec008c;
}
.post span.bywho a:hover{
	color: #ec008c;
text-decoration:underline;
}
.entry a{text-decoration: none;	color: #ec008c;}
.secondaryColumn a,
#commentsContainer h3 a,
.commentlist .comment-author a {
	color: #ec008c;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.entry a:hover,
.secondaryColumn a:hover,
#commentsContainer h3 a:hover,
.commentlist .comment-author a:hover,
.commentlist .comment-meta a:hover {
	color: #ec008c;
	text-decoration:underline;

}
.secondaryColumn a {
	font-weight: normal;
}
.entry ul,
.entry ol,
.entry blockquote {
	color: #555;
}
.entry blockquote {
	font-style: italic;
}
.secondaryColumn h3,
#commentsContainer h3 {
	font-size: 1.2em;
}
#cancel-comment-reply-link {
	color: #ec008c;
	font-size: 0.8em;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta a {
	color: #777;
}
.commentlist .comment-author cite {
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta {
	font-size: 0.8em;
}
#commentform p span input,
#commentform span textarea {
	color: #333;
	font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif;
	font-size: 1em;
}
#paginateIndex {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
}
#footer {
	clear: both;
}
#footer p a {
	font-weight: bold;
	color:#333;
}

/* =----------------------------------- main structure */
#wrapper {
	border-top: 0px solid #FFF;
	margin: 0px auto;
	text-align: left;
	width: 940px;
	padding: 15px 20px;
}
#masthead {
	padding: 1px 0
}
#filler {}
#mainColumn {
	float: left;
	margin: 32px 0 0 0;
	width: 490px;
}
.secondaryColumn {
	float: left;
	margin: 28px 0 0 20px;
	overflow: hidden;
	width: 150px;
	background:#ededed;
	color:#444;
	float:left;
	line-height:1.3em;
	padding:7px 10px 0px 7px;
}
.thirdColumn {
	float: left;
	margin: 28px 0 0 22px;
	overflow: hidden;
	width: 240px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- middle taken from old */

#midCol a{color:#777;}
#midCol{background:#fff;color:#444;float:left;margin:14px 0 0 20px; width:150px;line-height:1.3em;padding:0px 10px 0px 7px;list-style:none;}
#midCol a:hover{color:#ec008c;}
#midCol p{color:#777;}
#midCol ul{list-style:none;margin:8px 0 4px;}
.middle_links h3{margin-bottom:7px;}
.middle_links{margin-bottom:20px;}
.middle_links ul li{line-height:1.3em;border-top:1px solid #BBB;padding:4px 0 4px 0px;}

#searchWrap,

.middle_links{margin-bottom:20px;}

#searchWrap input{vertical-align:middle;}

#searchWrap #s{font-size:1.1em;border:1px solid #BBB;padding:1px 2px;margin-right:3px;width:190px;}

/* =----------------------------------- header elements */
#masthead h1 {
	float: left;
	margin: 15px 0 0 7px;
}
#masthead h1 a {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	width: 400px;
}
#blogLead img {
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #bbb;
	float: right;
	height: 42px;
	margin: 0 7px;
	padding: 2px;
	width: 42px;
}
#authorIntro {
	float: right;
	margin: 8px 0 0 0;
	width: 340px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- top + bottom navigation */
.navStripWrapper {
	position: relative;
	clear: both; height:26px;
}
.footer-text{margin:10px 0px 10px 0px;}
.nav {
	background: #ec008c;
}
.nav li {
border-right:1px solid #FFF;float:left;display:block;width:100px;

}
.nav li a {
font-size:10.5px;outline:none;color:#FFF;text-decoration:none;display:block;padding:5px 0 5px 10px;text-transform:uppercase;
}
.nav li a span {}
.nav li a:hover {
	background: #fff;
	color:#ec008c
}
.nav li.skip{border-left:1px solid #FFF;border-right:0px solid #ec008c;float:right;}
.nav li.skip a{}
.nav li.skip a:hover, li.top a:hover {background:#fff;color:#ec008c!important;border-right:1px solid #fff;}
.nav li.entertainment {width:130px;}
.nav li.classifieds{width:116px;}
.nav li.highlight{background:#000000;}
.nav li a.focus {
	background: #fff;
}
.nav li.searchField {
	border: 0;
}
.nav .searchField div {
	margin: 9px 8px 0 0;

}
.nav .searchField span {
	background: #fff;
	
}
.nav .searchField input {
	border: 0px solid #bbb;
	outline: none;
	padding: 0 0 0 0;
	width: 90px;
}
.toggleCategories {
	background: #ec008c;
}
.toggleCategories ul,
.toggleCategories2 ul {
	padding: 8px 7px 7px;
}
.toggleCategories ul li {
	display: block;
	float: left;
	width: 102px;
}
.toggleCategories li a {
	margin: 3px 0 4px 5px;
}

/* =----------------------------------- meta lead for each post */
.postMeta{background:url(images/dot.gif) repeat-x left center;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10px;text-align:right;margin-bottom:10px;}

.postMeta span.date{background:#FFF;padding:0 2px 0 4px;}

.postMeta span.comments{background:#FFF url(images/chat_grey.gif) no-repeat left center;padding-left:15px;margin-left:2px;}

.postMeta span.comments a,

.postMeta span.date a{color:#ec008c;}

.postMeta span.date a:hover{text-decoration: underline;}

.postnav{text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10px;margin-bottom:10px;}
.postnav span.left{text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10px;text-align:left;margin-bottom:10px;}
.postnav span.left{text-transform:uppercase;font-size:10px;text-align:right;margin-bottom:10px;}






/* =----------------------------------- general post */
.post {
	margin: 0 0 21px 0;
}
.post h2 {
	margin-bottom: 7px;
	padding: 0 3px;
}
.post h2 a {
	display:block;
}

/* =----------------------------------- entry body */
.entry {
	padding: 0 3px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.entry p {
	line-height: 1.6em;
	margin: 10px 0;
}
.entry ul,
.entry ol,
.entry blockquote {margin: 20px 0;padding: 0 20px 0 50px;background: url('images/quote.gif') 10px top no-repeat;border: none;}
.entry ol {
	list-style: decimal;
}
.entry ul li,
.entry ol li {
	margin: 0 0 7px 18px;
}
.entry ul li {
	list-style: circle;
}

.entry img,
.entry a img {
	background: #fff;
	border: 0px solid #bbb;
	padding: 2px;
}
.entry a:hover img {
	border-color: #ec008c;
}

.entry.meta {
	background: #eee;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-width: 1px 0;
}
.entry.meta p {
	margin: 5px 7px;
}
.entry.meta .highlight {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	font-size: 10px;
}
.entry.meta a {
	color: #333;
	border-color: #bbb;
}
.entry.meta a:hover {
	color: #000;
	border-color: #000;
}

/* =----------------------------------- main index pagination */
#paginateIndex { 
	margin-bottom: 25px;
}
#paginateIndex a,
.commentlist li .reply a {
	color: #777;
	font-size: 0.9em;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	display: block;
	padding: 4px 7px 3px;
	background: #fff;
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
}
.commentlist li .reply a {
	color: #aaa;
}
#paginateIndex a:hover,
.commentlist li .reply a:hover {
	color: #ec008c;
	border-color: #ec008c;
	background: #eee;
}

/* =----------------------------------- widget enabled sidebar */
.secondaryColumn h3 {
	border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	padding: 7px 4px;
}
.widgetContainer {
	margin: 0 0 20px 0;
}
.widgetContainer ul li {
	margin: 0 3px 7px 21px;
	list-style: circle;
}
.widgetContainer ul li ul {
	margin-top: 5px;
}
.widgetContainer .textwidget {
	margin: 0 3px;
	line-height: 1.5em;
}
.widgetContainer #wp-calendar {
	border-collapse: collapse;
	width: 100%;
}
#wp-calendar caption {
	font-weight: bold;
	margin-bottom: 7px;
}
#wp-calendar thead {}
#wp-calendar thead th {
	padding: 4px 0 4px 3px;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-width: 1px 0;
}
#wp-calendar td {
	padding: 3px 0 4px 3px;
	color: #777;
}
#wp-calendar td a {
	font-weight: bold;
}

/* =----------------------------------- Related Posts */

.commentsblockquote {margin: 0 0;padding: 0 0 0 50px;border: none;}
.commentsblockquote ul{margin: 0 0;padding: 0 0 0 15px;border: none;background: url('images/pinkdash.gif') 5px no-repeat;}
.commentsblockquote a{color:#ec008c;}
.commentsblockquote a:hover{text-decoration:underline;color:#ec008c;}

.metadataline {font-size: 1em;display: block;margin-top: 2px;color: #bbb;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;}

/* =----------------------------------- style some comments */

#commentsContainer {
	margin-bottom: 30px;
}
#commentsContainer span.hook {
	position: relative;
	display: block;
}
#commentsContainer h3 {
	display: block;
	margin: 10px 0;
	padding: 7px 4px 0;
}
.cancel-comment-reply {
	position: absolute;
	top: -1px;
	right: 4px;
}
.commentlist {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0 0 20px;
}
.commentlist .comment-author {
	border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding-top: 7px;
	margin-top: 10px;
	overflow: hidden;
}
.commentlist .comment-author img.avatar {
	display: block;
	float: left;
	height: 16px;
	width: 16px;
	margin: 0 4px 0 0;
}
.commentlist .comment-meta {
	margin: 0 0 0 20px;
}
.commentlist li .reply {
	text-align: right;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.commentlist li .reply a {
	display:inline;
}
.commentlist li p {
	margin: 1em 0;
	padding: 0 3px;
}
.commentlist li ul,
.commentlist li ol,
.commentlist li blockquote {
	margin: 0 20px;
}
.commentlist .children {
	margin: 0 0 0 40px;
}
.commentlist .children li {
	list-style: none;
}
#commentform .contain {
	margin: 0 0 10px 0 !important;
}
#commentform #author,
#commentform #email,
#commentform #url,
#commentform textarea {
	padding: 4px 3px;
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-left-color: #bbb;
	border-bottom-color: #bbb;
	background: #fff;
	margin-right: 0px;
}
#commentform #author,
#commentform #email,
#commentform #url,
#commentform textarea {
	border: 1px solid #bbb;
	outline: none;
	padding: 4px 3px;
	width: 160px;
}
#commentform p label {
	margin: 4px 0 0 0;
}
#commentform textarea {
	float: none;
	width: 98%;
	overflow: auto;
}

/* =----------------------------------- boring footer */
#footer {
	border-top: 1px solid #ec008c;
	margin: 35px 0;
}
#footer p {
	padding: 14px 3px 0; 
}

/* =----------------------------------- floats + clearing rule */
.floatleft,
.alignleft {
	float: left;
	margin: 3px 7px 0 0;
}
.floatright,
.alignright {
	float: right;
	margin: 3px 0 0 7px;
}
.right {
	float:right;
}
.left {
	float: left;
}
.clear {
	clear: both;
}
.fix:after {
	content: ".";
	display: block;
	height: 0;
	clear: both;
	visibility: hidden;
}
.fix {
	display: inline-block;
} 
* html .fix{
	height: 1%;
}
.fix{
	display:
	block;
}

/* Apr-2014 site width increase @AndyMehalick */

body {
    background-image: none;
    background-color: #EBEBEB;
}

#wrapper {
    width: 990px;
    padding: 15px;
 
    padding-bottom: 15px;
    box-shadow: 0 0 20px 0 rgba(102,102,102,0.25);
}

#masthead {
    background-color: #EC008C;
    border-bottom: 1px solid white;
}

#midCol {
    margin-top: 28px;
    padding: 0;
    width: 220px;
}

#midCol #searchForm #s {
    margin: 0 !important;
    padding: 6px;
    width: 206px;
    background-image: url('//248am.com/wp-content/themes/248GRID2/images/btn_search.png');
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: right 3px center;
}

#midCol #searchForm #s::-ms-clear {
    display: none;
}

#midCol #searchForm #advancedSearchLink {
    text-align: right;
    padding-top: 2px;
}

#midCol #searchForm #advancedSearchLink a {
    color: #EC008C;
    font-size: 1em;
}

#midCol #searchForm #advancedSearchLink a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

#midCol .mid-section {
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#midCol #categories #cat {
    padding: 6px;
    width: 220px;
    border: 1px solid #bbb;
    color: gray;
}

#midCol #categories #cat option {
    color: #333;
}

#midCol #categories #cat option:first-child {
    color: gray;
}

#midCol ul {
    margin-top: 0;
}

#midCol .magenta-header {
    background-color: #EC008C;
    color: white;
    padding: 8px;
}

#midCol .magenta-link {
    color: #EC008C;
}

#midCol .magenta-link:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.thirdColumn {
    margin-left: 20px;
}

.entry,
.entry img {
    padding: 0;
}

.entry img[width='480'],
.entry img[width='470'],
.entry img[width='440'],
.entry img[width='400'] {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
}

.middle_links ul li:first-child {
    border-top: none;
    padding-top: 0;
}

.middle_links > div > ul > li > a {

    display: inline-block;
    margin: 10px 0;
    font-size: 1.3em;
    line-height: 1.3em;
    font-weight:bold;
    color: #000 !important;
}

    .middle_links > div > ul > li .thumbnail-excerpt > a > img {
        margin-bottom: 15px;
    }

    .middle_links > div > ul > li .thumbnail-excerpt .wprss-feed-excerpt {
        margin-bottom: 15px;
    }
          
        .middle_links > div > ul > li .thumbnail-excerpt .wprss-feed-excerpt a {
        color: #ec008c !important;
    }

    .middle_links > div > ul > li .thumbnail-excerpt .wprss-feed-excerpt a:hover {
        text-decoration: underline;
    }

.middle_links .nav-links {
    display: none;
}
#midCol #contribute {
    padding: 8px;
    background-color: #E5E4E0;
}

#midCol #contribute h4,
#midCol #contribute h4.magenta-header {
    margin-bottom: 3px;
    padding: 0;
    background: none !important;
    color: #EC008C;
}