/*  

Theme Name: CheckMate Blog Theme 2.0

Theme URI: http://curtishenson.com/checkmate-20-a-free-premium-wordpress-theme/

Description: Minimalist Blog Theme

Version: 2.0.1

Author: Curtis Henson

Author URI: http://curtishenson.com

*/



/**** GLOBAL STYLES ****/

body {margin-top: 0px; color: #555; }

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {font-weight:normal; color:#333; font-family: Georgia, serif;}



a { color: #000; }

a:hover { color: #777;}

a:visited { color:#777;}



blockquote { border-top: 2px solid #bbb; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 1.5em 10px; background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #777; clear: both;}

blockquote p {margin-bottom: 0;}



ul {list-style-type: square;}



.content { margin-top:2em;}



p img { float: none; } 

.wp-smiley { float: none; margin: 0; }



/******  SEARCH *****/

		.search_sidebar #searchform label { display: none; }

		.search_sidebar input { margin-top: 1.1em; padding: 2px; border: 1px solid #999; background-color: #e9e9e9; width:300px;}



/******  HEADER *****/

.header { background-color: #222; color:#bbb; padding: 1em 0px 1.5em; z-index: 2; }

	.header h1 { font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 3.5em;}

		.header h1 a { text-decoration: none; color: #fff;}

	.header fieldset { border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;}

		.header #searchform label { display: none; }

		.header input { margin-top: 1.1em; padding: 2px; border: 1px solid #999; background-color: #e9e9e9; width:260px;}



/**** RSS FEED ****/

.rss { padding: 0px 0 0 15px; background: url('images/rss_tiny.png') left no-repeat; margin-bottom: 0; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1em; }

.rss a { color: #fb9d3a; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; }

.rss a:hover { color:#FFF;}

.rssoptions { font-family:  Georgia, serif;}

.rssoptions ul { margin: 0; list-style-type: none; font-size: 1.2em; }

	.rssoptions ul li { display: inline; background: url('images/rss_tiny.png') left no-repeat; padding-left: 15px;}

	.rssoptions ul li:last-child { background: url('images/atom_tiny.png') left no-repeat; padding-left: 15px;}

		.rssoptions ul li a { color: #fff; text-decoration: none; }

			.rssoptions ul li a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

	.rssoptions fieldset { border: none; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }

		.rssoptions label { color: #fff; display: block; }

		.rssoptions input { width: 260px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px;}



/****** MENU *******/

#subheader { background-color: #e5e5e5; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; border-top: 1px solid #999; }

.menu { width: 950px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: left; }

.menu ul { list-style-type: none; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0; }

	.menu ul li { display: inline; margin-right: 0px; }

		.menu ul li a { color: #555; padding: 5px; text-decoration: none; border-left: 1px solid #ccc; }

			.menu ul li a:visited { color: #555; }

			.menu ul li a:hover, .sf-js-enabled a, .sf-js-enabled a:visited  { color: #000; }

	.menu ul li:last-child { border-right: 1px solid #ccc; }



.menu ul ul, .menu ul ul ul { display: none; } /* Hides submenus from JS disabled browsers */



.sf-js-enabled { float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; }

	.sf-js-enabled li li a { font-size: .7em; }

.sf-js-enabled li li { background: #e9e9e9; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; }

	.sf-js-enabled li li:last-child { border-right: none; }

	.sf-js-enabled li li li { background: #e9e9e9; }

.sf-js-enabled li:hover, .sf-js-enabled li.sfHover, .sf-js-enabled a:focus, .sf-js-enabled a:hover, .sf-js-enabled a:active { background:#aaa; outline:0; }



/**** FEATURED ****/

.feature { margin: 1em 0 2em; background-color: #e9e9e9; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px 10px;}

.feature h2, .feature h2 a{ color: #333; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; margin-bottom: 0px; }

	.feature h2 a:hover { color: #000;}

.feature .meta ul li, .classic-feature .meta ul li a { color: #888; }

.feature img { float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; }



.feature .more-link { font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #333; border-top: 1px solid #bbb; background: none; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: block; margin-top: 1em; text-align: right; clear: both; }

	.feature .more-link:hover { color: #000; }



/*** CLASSIC FEATURED ***/

.classic-feature { margin: 1em 0 2em; background-color: #222; color: #ddd; padding: 5px 10px;}

.classic-feature h2, .classic-feature h2 a{ color: #fff; text-decoration: none; margin-bottom: 0px; }

	.classic-feature h2 a:hover { color: #ccc;}

.classic-feature .meta ul li, .classic-feature .meta ul li a { color: #ccc; }

.classic-feature img { float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; }

.classic-feature a { color: #fff;}

	.classic-feature a:hover { color: #aaa;}

.classic-feature .more-link { font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #aaa; border-top: 1px solid #555; background: none; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: block; margin-top: 1em; text-align: right; }

	.classic-feature .more-link:hover { color: #FFF; }



/**** BLOG ****/

.meta ul { list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; }

.meta ul li { display: inline; font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #888; font-weight: bold;}

	.meta ul li a { color: #888; text-decoration: none; }

		.meta ul li a:hover { color: #000; text-decoration: underline;}



.blog h2 { font-weight: bold; clear: left; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; margin-bottom: 0px; }

	.blog h2 a { text-decoration: none; color: #333;}

		.blog h2 a:hover { color: #888;}



.more-link { font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: #777; border-top: 1px solid #ddd; background: url('images/arrow.png') right 4px no-repeat; padding-right: 17px; text-decoration: none; display: block; margin-top: 1em; text-align: right; clear: both; }

	.more-link:hover { color: #000; }

	

.navigation { padding-top: 3px; margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.2em; border-top: 2px solid #999; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; background-color: #e9e9e9; }

	.navigation a { text-decoration: none; color: #555; }

		.navigation a:hover { color: #000; }

		.navigation .alignleft, .navigation .alignright { margin-bottom: 0px; }



/***** SINGLE ****/

.single { margin-top: 3em; }

	.single h2 { margin-bottom: 0px;}

		.post h2 { border: none; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0.75em; }

	/* .single h2+p { color: #888; font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-indent: 0px;} */

.post ul, .post ol { padding-left: 20px;}

.page-links { color: #555; border-top: 2px solid #aaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; background-color: #e9e9e9; padding: 4px 0 4px 2px; margin-bottom: 1em; }

	.page-links a{ border: 1px solid #999; background-color: #fff; padding: 2px 5px; text-decoration: none; margin: 0 2px; }

		.page-links a:hover { background-color: #ddd; border-bottom: 1px solid #999; color: #000; }



/**** ARCHIVE PAGE*****/

.archive, .archives { margin-top: 2em; }

.archive > h2 {margin-bottom: 0px;}

.archive select + form { display: inline; }

.archive select { border: 1px solid #ccc; color: #999; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }

	.archive select option { color: #555; }

.posts_navigation {border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; clear: left; }

/* the .archives class is used in the archives.php template */

.archives .content { margin-top: 0px; }

	.archives .content h3 { font-weight: bold; color: #555; background: #e9e9e9 url('images/down_arrow.png') right no-repeat; padding: 5px; border-top: 2px solid #ddd; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; }

	.archives .content ul { list-style-type: none; }	

		.archives .content ul li { border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; margin-right: 2%; float: left; width: 48%; }

			.archives .content ul ul li { border-bottom: none; }

			.archives .content ul li a { text-decoration: none; }

.archives .sidebar { padding-top: 0px;}

.author p { font-family: Georgia; font-size: 1.2em; }



/**** WIDGETS ****/

.widget { margin-bottom: 1.5em;}

	.widget h3 { border-top: 2px solid #aaa; background: #e9e9e9 url('images/down_arrow.png') right no-repeat; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; color: #888; padding: 5px 0 5px 2px; font-weight: bold; }

	.widget ul { margin: 0px; list-style-type: none;}

		.widget ul ul { margin-left: 10px; }

		.widget ul li { border-bottom: 1px solid #e9e9e9;  }

			.widget ul li a { text-decoration: none; }

			.widget ul li a:hover { color: #222; }

/* Custom Icon widgets */

.widget_recent_entries ul li, .widget_category ul li { background: url("images/arrow.png") left 3px no-repeat; padding-left: 20px;}

.widget_categories ul li{ background: url("images/folder.png") left no-repeat; padding-left: 20px; }

.widget_recent_comments ul li {background: url("images/user.png") left no-repeat; padding-left: 20px;}

.widget_links ul li {background: url("images/link.png") left no-repeat; padding-left: 15px;}

.widget_archive ul li { background: url("images/calendar.png") left no-repeat; padding-left: 20px;}

.widget_meta ul li { background: url("images/favorite.png") left no-repeat; padding-left: 20px;}

.widget_news_list ul li { background: url("images/pages.gif") left no-repeat; padding-left: 20px; }

/* Welcome Box Widget */

.widget_welcome { background-color: #e9e9e9; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px 10px 0; }

	.widget_welcome h2{ margin-bottom: 0px; font-weight: bold; }

	.widget_welcome img { float: left; padding-right: 10px; margin: 0 0 0;}

/* Welcome Box Classic */

.widget_welcome_classic { background-color: #ccc; padding: 5px 10px 0; }

	.widget_welcome_classic h2{ margin-bottom: 0px; }

	.widget_welcome_classic p img { float: left; padding-right: 10px; margin: 0 0 0;}

/* Ads Widget */

.ads { margin-bottom: 1.5em;}

.ads img { float: left; margin-right: 5px;}

/* Tags */

.widget_tag_cloud a { text-decoration: none; color: #999; }

	.widget_tag_cloud a:hover { color: #000; }

/* RSS Widget */

.cm_rss_widget { border: 1px solid #ccc; background-color: #e9e9e9; padding: 10px; }

	.cm_rss_widget img { float: left; margin-right: 10px; }

	.cm_rss_widget h3 { border-top: none; padding: 0; background: none; color: #FB9D3A; margin-bottom: .4em; }

	.cm_rss_widget p { margin-bottom: 0px; }

	

	.cm_rss_widget ul { margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; list-style-type: none; }

		.cm_rss_widget ul li { border-bottom: none; display: inline; background: url('images/rss_tiny.png') left no-repeat; padding-left: 15px; margin-right: 10px;}

		.cm_rss_widget ul li:last-child { background: url('images/atom_tiny.png') left no-repeat; padding-left: 15px;}

			.cm_rss_widget ul li a { color: #333; text-decoration: none; }

				.cm_rss_widget ul li a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

		.cm_rss_widget fieldset { border: none; padding: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }

			.cm_rss_widget label { color: #555; display: block; }

			.cm_rss_widget input { width: 260px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 5px;}

			.span-5 .cm_rss_widget input { width: 155px; }

			

/****** SIDEBAR *****/

.sidebar { padding-top: 3em; }

.sidebar_feature { padding-top: 1em;} /* If feature story is shown this pulls widgets up to be level with feature story */



/***** COMMENTS ****/

.comments-header { font-weight: bold; border-top: 2px solid #aaa; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; color: #555; padding: 4px 0 4px 2px; margin-bottom: .5em; background-color: #fff; }

	.comments-header + p.smallrss { background: url('images/feed_small.png') left no-repeat; padding-left: 20px; }

		.comments-header + p.smallrss a:hover { color: #f7941d;}

		.comments-header + p a { color: #888;}

#commentform input, #commentform textarea, #commentform button { color: #555; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px 0px 2px 4px; }

#commentform input:focus, #commentform textarea:focus { border: 1px solid #888; }

#commentform input { width: 230px; margin-bottom: 1em; }

#commentform textarea { width: 300px; height:150px; padding:5px; margin-top: 0px;}

.required {color: #d85050; font-size: .9em; vertical-align: text-bottom;}

#commentform button { background: transparent url('images/comment_submit.png') left no-repeat; border: none; height: 2.5em; padding: 4px 5px 2px 30px; font-size: 1em; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-weight: bold;}

#commentform button:hover { cursor: pointer; background-color: #e9e9e9; color: #000;}

#commentform input[type=hidden] { border: none; background-color: transparent; }

#commentform p { text-indent: 0px;}



ol#comments { list-style-type: none; margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; padding-left: 0px; }

	#comments li { padding: 5px 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; border: 1px solid #ccc;}

		#comments li.odd { background-color: #f9f9f9;}

		#comments li.even { background-color: #ffffff; }



.comment-meta { margin-bottom: 1em;}

.comment-date { font-size: .9em; color: #999;}

.comment-edit a{ font-size: .9em; color: #999; margin-left: 5px; text-decoration: none; }

.comment-text p {margin-bottom: .5em; float: left; text-indent: 10px; width: 450px;}

.avatar { float: left; margin-bottom: .5em; margin-right: 10px; }



#comments-form + .respond { clear: left; text-indent: 0px; }

.respond a { color: #999; }

/* Threaded Comments */

ol#comments ul.children { margin: 10px 0 0; clear: left; } 



#comments li.thread-even { background-color: #fff; }

#comments li.thread-odd { background-color: #fff; }

#comments li:hover { background-color: #f9f9f9;}

#comments li.bypostauthor { background-color: #f5f4e6;}



.comment-author img { margin-top: 25px; }

.comment-author cite { margin-left: 0px;  }

.comment-author .says { display: none; }

.commentmetadata { margin-bottom: 4px; }

	.commentmetadata a { text-decoration: none; color: #999;}

.reply { clear: both; text-align: right; padding-right: 15px; background: url('images/link.png') right center no-repeat; }

	.reply a { color: #555; text-decoration: none; }

		.reply a:hover { color: #333; text-decoration: underline; }



#respond .span-8 { width: 288px; }

	#respond #commentform textarea { width: 280px; }

	#respond #commentform input { width: 220px; }





/**** PAGE ****/

.page h2 { border-bottom: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 0.75em; }



/***** FOOTER ******/

.footer { margin-top: 1em; }



/*** CLEARING ***/

.clearfix:after, .container:after, .cm_rss_widget:after, li.comment:after {content:".";display:block;height:0;clear:both;visibility:hidden;}

.clearfix, .container, .cm_rss_widget, li.comment {display:inline-block;}

* html .clearfix, * html .container, * html .cm_rss_widget, * html .li.comment {height:1%;}

.clearfix, .container, .cm_rss_widget, li.comment {display:block;}



/***** MISC POST AND PAGE STYLES *****/

/* You can use these to images and other elements inside posts or pages */

.imageframe { margin: 10px; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #aaa; }

.alignleft { float: left; margin: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; }

.alignright { float: right; margin: 0px; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; }



/***** TABBER TABBED CONTENT *****/

/* TAB MENU */

.tabbertab ul { list-style-type: none; margin: 0 0 1.5em 0; }

.tabbertab li { margin-bottom: .2em; background: url('images/link.png') left no-repeat; padding-left: 15px; }



/*--------------------------------------------------

  REQUIRED to hide the non-active tab content.

  But do not hide them in the print stylesheet!

  --------------------------------------------------*/

.tabberlive .tabbertabhide {

 display:none;

}



/*--------------------------------------------------

  .tabber = before the tabber interface is set up

  .tabberlive = after the tabber interface is set up

  --------------------------------------------------*/

.tabberlive { margin-bottom: 1em; background-color: none; }

.tabberlive sub {display: none;}



/*--------------------------------------------------

  ul.tabbernav = the tab navigation list

  li.tabberactive = the active tab

  --------------------------------------------------*/

ul.tabbernav { margin: 0; padding: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia, serif; }



ul.tabbernav li { list-style: none; margin: 0; display: inline; }



ul.tabbernav li a { padding: 3px 0.5em 1px 15px; margin-right: 3px; border: 1px solid #ddd; background: #f5f5f5 url('images/down_arrow.png') left no-repeat; text-decoration: none; }



ul.tabbernav li a:link { color: #999; }



ul.tabbernav li a:hover { color: #555; background-color: #e5e5e5; text-decoration: underline; }



ul.tabbernav li.tabberactive a { background-color: #fff; background-image: none; padding-left: 0.5em; border-bottom: 1px solid #fff; color: #555; }



ul.tabbernav li.tabberactive a:hover { color: #555; background: #fff; }



/*--------------------------------------------------

  .tabbertab = the tab content

  Add style only after the tabber interface is set up (.tabberlive)

  --------------------------------------------------*/

.tabberlive .tabbertab { padding: 10px; border:1px solid #ddd; border-top: 0; background-color: #fff; }

.tabberlive .tabbertab ul { margin-bottom: 0;}



/* If desired, hide the heading since a heading is provided by the tab */

.tabberlive .tabbertab h3 { display:none; }



/*** DROPDOWN STYLES ***/

.sf-js-enabled, .sf-js-enabled * {

	margin:			0;

	padding:		0;

	list-style:		none;

}

.sf-js-enabled {

	line-height:	1.0;

}

.sf-js-enabled ul {

	position:		absolute;

	top:			-999em;

	width:			10em; /* left offset of submenus need to match (see below) */

}

.sf-js-enabled ul li {

	width:			100%;

}

.sf-js-enabled li:hover {

	visibility:		inherit; /* fixes IE7 'sticky bug' */

}

.sf-js-enabled li {

	float:			left;

	position:		relative;

}

.sf-js-enabled a {

	display:		block;

	position:		relative;

}

.sf-js-enabled li:hover ul,

.sf-js-enabled li.sfHover ul {

	left:			0;

	top:			1.3em; /* match top ul list item height */

	z-index:		99;

}

ul.sf-js-enabled li:hover li ul,

ul.sf-js-enabled li.sfHover li ul {

	top:			-999em;

}

ul.sf-js-enabled li li:hover ul,

ul.sf-js-enabled li li.sfHover ul {

	left:			7.7em; /* match ul width */

	top:			0;

}

ul.sf-js-enabled li li:hover li ul,

ul.sf-js-enabled li li.sfHover li ul {

	top:			-999em;

}

ul.sf-js-enabled li li li:hover ul,

ul.sf-js-enabled li li li.sfHover ul {

	left:			10em; /* match ul width */

	top:			0;

}

/*** arrows **/

.sf-js-enabled a.sf-with-ul {

	padding-right: 	20px;

	min-width:		1px; /* trigger IE7 hasLayout so spans position accurately */

}

.sf-sub-indicator {

	position:		absolute;

	display:		block;

	right:			2px;

	top: 			5px;

	width:			16px;

	height:			16px;

	text-indent: 	-999em;

	overflow:		hidden;

	background:		url('images/down_arrow.png') no-repeat;

}

img.centered{display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}

img.aligncenter{display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}



.comments-navigation { margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: -1em; }

	.comments-navigation div { margin-bottom: 0px; }

	.comments-navigation div > a { text-decoration: none; }

	.comments-navigation div > a:hover { color: #000; }



/* Trackbacks/Pingbacks */

.show_trackbacks { background: #fff url('images/down_arrow.png') left top no-repeat; padding-left: 20px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; border-top: 1px solid #aaa; margin-bottom: 1em; display: block; text-decoration: none; }

.trackback div div.vcard cite, .pingback div div.vcard cite { margin-left: 0px; }

#trackbacks li { border-bottom: 1px solid #999; }