@charset "utf-8";
body  {
	font: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */
	color: #ffffff;
	background-image: url(../background.jpg);
}
.thrColAbsHdr #container {
	position: relative; /* adding position: relative allows you to position the two sidebars relative to this container */
	width: 950px;
	margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
	border: 1px solid #000000;
	text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
} 
.thrColAbsHdr #header h1 {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
	padding: 10px 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
	background-color:transparent;
}
.thrColAbsHdr #sidebar1 {
	position: absolute;
	top: 220px;
	left: 0;
	width: 150px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 15px 0px 15px 35px;
}
.thrColAbsHdr #sidebar2 {
	position: absolute;
	top: 220px;
	right: 0;
	width: 150px; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 15px 35px 15px 0px; /* padding keeps the content of the div away from the edges */
	background-color: #000000;
	left: 1000;
}
.thrColAbsHdr #mainContent {
	margin: 0 25px; /* the right and left margins on this div element creates the two outer columns on the sides of the page. No matter how much content the sidebar divs contain, the column space will remain. */
	padding: 0 5px;
	background-color: transparent;
}
.thrColAbsHdr #footer {
	padding: 0 10px 0 20px;
} 
.thrColAbsHdr #footer p {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
	padding: 10px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
}
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
	float: right;
	margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
	float: left;
	margin-right: 8px;
}