/*
Theme Name: benchcomics.com
Theme URI: http://www.creative9.com
Description: This is a Wordpress theme with a right sidebar and a fixed width 2 column layout
Author: Zeeshawn Durrani
Author URI: http://www.creative9.com


/*-----------Block Level Elements--------------*/

body {
  background-image: url("images/bg.jpg");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: top center;
  background-color: #000000;
  background-attachment:fixed;
  color: #333333;
  margin: 0px auto;
  padding: 0px;
}

#pagetop {
	height: 7px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px auto;
	background-image: url("images/pagetop.png");
  	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: top center;
	width: 934px;
	clear:both;
	/*opacity:0.9;
	filter:alpha(opacity=90);*/
}

.articletop {
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	margin-left:0px;
	display: block;
	margin-bottom:5px;
	overflow:hidden;
	clear:both;
	width: 540px;
}


#page {
	/*background-image: url("images/page_bg.png");
  	background-repeat: repeat-y;
  	background-position: top center; */
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	overflow: hidden;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px auto;
	width: 934px;

}

#header {
	overflow: hidden;
	width: 934px;
	margin: 0px auto;
	padding: 0px;
	height: 110px;
	
}

#logo {
	display: inline;
	float:left;
	overflow:hidden;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin-top:7px;
	margin-left:8px;
	border: 0px;
}

#search {
	display: inline;
	width: 300px;
	float:right;
	overflow: hidden;
	margin: 0px;
	padding : 0px;
	margin-top: 1px;
	margin-right: 0px;
	margin-bottom:0px;
	
}

#searchform #searchinput {
	overflow: hidden;
	float:left;
	background-image: url(images/search_bg.png);
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: bottom;
	border: solid 1px #efefef;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #333333;
	font-family:  Verdana, Arial, Serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	margin: 0px;
	width: 205px;
	padding:10px;
}


#searchform #searchbutton {
		position: absolute;
		margin: 0px;
		border: 0px;
		margin-top:0px;
		margin-left:5px;
}

#wrapper {
	width: 910px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px auto;
	overflow:hidden;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	margin-top: 5px;
}

#splash {
	overflow: hidden;
	float: left;
	display: inline;
	width: 594px;
	height: 270px;
}

#splash_ad {
	background-image: url(images/splash_ad.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: top left;
	padding :0px;
	margin: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 6px;
	overflow: hidden;
	width: 594px;
	height: 51px;
	float: left;
}

#splash_ad p {
	display: inline;
	float: left;
	width: 420px;
	font-family: verdana;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #9e9e9e;
	margin: 8px 13px;
	padding: 0px;
	line-height: 16px;
	
}

#splash_ad_link {
	display: inline;
	overflow: hidden;
	float: right;
	width: 137px;
	height: 33px;
	margin-top:8px;
	margin-right: 8px;
}

#splash_ad_300_250 {
	overflow: hidden;
	display: inline;
	float:right;
}

#splash_ad_300_250 h2{
	width: 300px;
	font-family: verdana;
	font-size:11px;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding-top: 6px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 4px;
	color: #df6d4f;
/*	border-bottom: 1px solid #e7e7e7;*/
}

#top_ads {
	overflow: hidden;
	width: 910px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px auto;
	margin-top:8px;
}

#small_ad {
	float: left;
	overflow: hidden;
	display: inline;
	width: 180px;
	height: 90px;
	background-image: url(images/small_ad.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px ;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	margin-left: 0px;
	
}

#small_ad p {
	font-family: arial, verdana;
	color: #353535;
	font-size: 11px;
	margin-top:25px;
	margin-left:8px;
	margin-right:5px;
	line-height: 1.25em;
}

#small_ad a:link, #small_ad a:visited {
	#color: #353535;
}

#ad_728_90 {
	overflow: hidden;
	float : left;
	display :inline;
	width: 728px;
	height: 90px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin:0px;
	margin-left: 1px;
}

.menu { 
	background-image:url(images/menu_bg.png); 
	background-repeat: repeat-x; 
	background-position: top left; 
	width: 594px; 
	position: relative;
	height: 35px;
	float: left;
	padding-left:0px;
	border: 1px solid #efefef;
}

.menu em { 
display: none
}

.menu ul { 
list-style: none; 
margin: 0px; 
padding: 0px;
}

.menu li { 
padding: 0px;
margin: 0px;
display: inline; 
font-size: 10px;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-family: verdana;
text-decoration: none;
}

.menu ul li a { 
padding:11px;
margin: 0px;
margin-top:0px;
text-decoration:none;
display: block;
color:#333333;
float: left;
font-weight:bold;
background-image:url(images/menu_divider.png);
background-position:center right;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

.menu ul li a:hover {  
	/*background-color:#3399ff; */
}

#feeds {
padding: 0px 0px;
margin: 0px;	
text-align: left;
width:69%;
display: inline;
}

#feeds dl{
	padding: 0px 10px;
	margin: 0px;
	float:left;
}

#feeds dl dt{
	display : inline;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #ec5c54;
}


#feeds dl dd{
	display: inline;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	background-image: url(images/feedicon.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left center;
	
}

#feeds a:link, #feeds a:active, #feeds a:visited, #feeds a:hover {
	color:#FFFFFF;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	text-decoration:none;
	padding-left: 18px;
	font-family: verdana;
	font-size: 11px;
}

#feeds a:hover {
	color:##ec5c54;
	font-family: verdana;
	font-size: 11px;
}


.breadcrumbs {
	overflow: hidden;
	font-family: Verdana;
	font-size: 11px;
	margin: 3px 0px 6px 2px;
	padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}

.breadcrumbs a:link, .breadcrumbs a:visited{
	font-family: Verdana; 
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #333333;
	font-size:11px;
	margin-left: 1px;
	margin-right: 1px;
}

.breadcrumbs a:hover {
	color: #333333;
}

#content {
	display:inline;
	float :left;
	overflow: hidden;
	min-height: 500px;
	width: 596px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	
}

#footer {
	width: 910px;
	margin: 0px auto;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Sanserif;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #666666;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	clear: both;
	margin-bottom: 8px;
}

#footer a:link, #footer a:visited {
	color: #ec5c54;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}

#footer a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}

#footer #links {
	width: 600px;
	float: left;
	display: inline;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	margin-left: 8px;
	margin-top: 5px;
}

#top {
	width:100px;
	float: right;
	display: inline;
	text-align: right;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	margin-top:5px;
	margin-right:8px;
}


#sponsors {
	padding: 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-family: Arial, arial, tahoma;
	font-size:10px;
	color: #666666;
}

#sponsors a:link, #sponsors a:visited{
	padding: 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #666666;
}

#sponsors a:hover {
	padding: 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}



.basicform
{
	overflow:hidden;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 1px;
	font-family: verdana, Arial, arial, tahoma;
	font-size: 11px;
}


.basicform a:link, .basicform a:visited,  {
	color: #333333;
	font-weight: normal;
}

.basicform a:hover {
	color: #333333;
}



.basicform label {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
	display: block;
	float: left;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #333333;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	font-size: 11px;
	text-align:left;
	margin-right: 10px;
	width: 100px;
}

.basicform textarea
{
	width: 300px;
	border: 1px solid #e7e7e7;
	color: #666666;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
	font-size: 11px;
}

.basicform input
{
	border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 2px;
	color: #666666;
	width: 180px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
}

.basicform select
{
	border: 1px solid #e7e7e7;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 2px;
	color: #666666;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
}

.basicform .submit
{
	background-color: #ec5c54;
	padding: 0px;
	border: 0;
	margin-top: 5px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 11px;
	padding: 2px;
}

.basicform .form_error {
	margin-left: 10px;
}




/*-------------The Post-------------*/

.sectionheader {
	overflow:hidden;
	float: left;
	background-image:url(images/menu_bg.png); 
	background-repeat: repeat-x; 
	background-position: top left; 
	width: 594px;
	border: 1px solid #efefef;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	height: 37px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	font-color: #333333;
}

.sectionheader h2 {
	width: 300px;
	display: inline;
	float: left;
	font-family : Verdana, Arial;
	font-size: 11px;
	color:#333333;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	padding-bottom:0px;
	margin-left:11px;
	margin-top:11px;
}

.sectionheader a:link, .sectionheader a:visited 
{
	font-family : Verdana, Arial;
	font-size: 11px;
	color:#333333;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	padding-bottom:3px;
	margin-left:0px;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.postdetails {
	display: inline; 
	float: right;
	font-family: arial;
	font-size: 13px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	color: #333333;
	font-weight:bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size: 13px;
	padding-bottom:0px;
	margin-right: 11px;
	margin-top: 11px;
}

.postdetails a:link, .postdetails a:visited{
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	color: #333333;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration:none;
}

.postdetails a:hover
{
	padding-top: 3px;
	color: #333333;
	text-decoration:none;
}

.section 
{
	overflow: hidden;
	background-color:#ffffff;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	width: 580px;
	margin-left: 2px;
	margin-top:0px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.section h3 {
	font-family: Arial;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #333333;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.section h3.alt{
	font-family: Arial;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #333333;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.shortentry {
	padding: 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px 5px 0px;
	overflow: hidden;	
}

.thumbnail {
	display: inline;
	float : left;
	overflow: hidden;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;	
}

.thumb {
	display: inline;
	float: left;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	border: 1px solid #e9e9e9;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 2px;
	
}

.shortentrytext {
	width: 450px;
	overflow:hidden;
	display:inline;
	float: left;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 1.3em;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	margin-left: 10px;
}

.shortentrytext h2{
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 1em;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	padding-bottom:0px;
	color: #333333;
	padding-top:1px;
}

.shortentrytext h2 a:link, .shortentrytext h2 a:visited {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 1.3em;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	color: #333333;
	border:0px;
	padding-bottom: 0px;
	padding-top:1px;
}

.shortentrytext h2 a:hover {
	color: #333333;
}

.shortentrytext p {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	margin-left:1px;
	color: #333333;
}


.entry {
	overflow: hidden;
	float: left;
	width: 575px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin-left: 1px;
	margin-top:2px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}

.entry p {
	overflow: hidden;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
	font-size: 11px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	padding-top:0px;
	padding-bottom:8px;
	color: #333333;
}

.entry p a:link, .entry p a:visited,  {
	color: #333333;
	font-weight: normal;
}

.entry p a:hover {
	color: #333333;
}

.entry p img {
	padding: 6px;
	border: 1px solid #e8e8e8;
	margin-left:0px;
}

.entry h3 {
	font-family: Verdana;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #333333;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin-top:0px;
	margin-bottom: 8px;
}

.entry ul {
	overflow: hidden;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	margin-left:0px;
	margin-bottom:7px;
}

.entry ul li {
	overflow: hidden;
	list-style-type: square;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	margin-left: 20px;
}

.entry ul li a:link, .entry ul li a:visited {
	list-style-type: square;
	text-decoration: underline;
	color: #333333;
}

.entry ul li a:hover {

}

.navigation {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	font-size: 12px;
	margin-bottom:5px;
}

.navigation a:link, .navigation a:visited
{
	font-family: arial;
	color: #333333;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.navigation a:hover
{
	color: #333333;
}



.postmetadata {
	border: 3px solid #e7e7e7;
	background-color: #fafafa;
	font-family: "Trebuchet MS", verdana;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 10px;
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #333333;
	font-weight: normal;
}


.postmetadata a:link, .postmetadata a:visited {
	color: #333333;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;	
}

.postmetadata a:hover {
	color: #333333;
	border-bottom: 2px dashed #ec5c54;
		
}


.alignleft {
	display: inline;
	float:left;
	padding-left: 2px;
}

.alignright {
	display : inline;
	padding-right: 2px;
	float:right;
}


.center {

}

blockquote {

}

cite {
	color: #ec5c54;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}

cite a, cite a:visited{
	color: #ec5c54;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #FFFFFF;
}

cite a:hover{
	color: #ec5c54;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #FFFFFF;
}

a images {
	border:0px;
}

acronym, abbr {

}

/*--------------Sidebar------------*/

#sidebar {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	float: left;
	overflow: hidden;
	display: inline;
	width: 300px;
	margin-left: 14px;
}


#sidebar h2 {
	font-family: verdana;
	font-size:11px;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	padding-top: 6px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	padding-bottom: 4px;
	color: #df6d4f;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #e7e7e7;
}

#sidebar ul {
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	margin-left: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.sidebarbody {
	overflow: hidden;
	float: left;
	width: 300px;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.sidebarbody ul {
	overflow: hidden;
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	margin-left: 5px;
}

.sidebarbody ul li {
	overflow: hidden;
	float: left;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	width: 100%;
}

.sidebarbody ul li a, .sidebarbody ul li a:visited {
	display: block;
	width: 300px;
	font-family: verdana;
	background-image: url(images/bullet.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: left center;
	font-size: 10px;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	padding: 0px 0px;
	padding-left: 14px;
	color: #333333;
	line-height: 22px;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
	
}

.sidebarbody ul li a:hover {
	display: block;
	margin: 0px;
	color: #df6d4f;
	
}


/*--------------Comments--------------*/

#comments {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	padding-top: 0px;
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, tahoma;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #333333;
}

ol.commentlist {
	list-style-type: none;
	list-style-image: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 2px;
	padding-left: 0px;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	font-size: 11px;
	letter-spacing: 0px;
	font-family: arial, tahoma;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	color: #333333;
	width: 530px;
}

ol.commentlist li {
	overflow: hidden;
	border: 1px solid #e9e9e9;
	font-family: Arial;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	padding: 6px 7px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	color: #333333;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}

ol.commentlist li.alt {
	overflow: hidden;
	border: 1px solid #e9e9e9;
	font-family: Verdana;
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 1.5em;
	padding: 6px 7px;
	margin: 0px 0px;
	color: #333333;
	margin-bottom:10px;
}

ol.commentlist p a , ol.commentlist p a:visited{
	color: #ec5c54;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: verdana;
	font-weight: normal;
}

ol.commentlist p a:hover {
	color: #ec5c54;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: verdana;
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #ec5c54;
}

small {
	padding: 0px;
	margin: 0px;
	color: #ffffff;
	font-weight:normal;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size: 10px;
	line-height: 1.3em;
}

small a, small a:visited{
	color: #555555;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration:none;
}

small a:hover{
	padding-top: 3px;
	color: #ec5c54;
	text-decoration:none;
}

.commentmetadata {
	line-height: 1.5em;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: normal;
}

.commentmetadata a, small.commentmetadata a:visited{
	line-height: 1.5em;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.commentmetadata a:hover{
	line-height: 1.5em;
	font-size: 10px;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.commentauthor {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #ec5c54;
	text-decoration: underline;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.commentauthor a, .commentauthor a:visited{
	color: #ec5c54;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	
}

.commentauthor a:hover{
	color: #333333;
	text-decoration: none;
	
}


/*-------------Other------------------*/

br.clear {
	clear: both;
}

img {
	border: 0;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}

.indent {
	padding-left: 0px;

}