@charset "iso-8859-1";

/*******************************************************************************
*  gutters.css : 2004-07-06 : Ruthsarian Layouts
* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*  handles the whitespace between and within elements; such as margins and 
*  padding.
*******************************************************************************/

body
{
	margin: 0;
	padding: 2em;		/* remove this padding if you want the layout to
				   stretch from edge to edge of the viewport. */
}
p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6
{
	margin: 1em 0;		/* specifically define this for Opera's sake,
				   and also for better consistency across 
				   all platforms  */
}
.inside
{
	padding: 0 1.5em;	/* this padding is applied to every major box 
				   within the layout for a uniform gutter 
				   between borders 

				   _NOTE_: a small glitch in IE seems to appear
				   if this class has vertical padding applied
				   to it. so in cases where you want to add 
				   vert padding, use the parent element. margin
				   values here don't work because .inside has
				   a key role in border generation */
}
#leftColumn, #centerColumn, #rightColumn, #masthead
{
	padding-top: 0.5em;
	padding-bottom: 0.5em;	/* this is the vert padding talked about in the
				   previous selector. */
}
#masthead, #footer
{
	padding: 1em 1em 0 0;
}
.vnav
{
	margin: 1em 0;
}
html>body #footer
{
	padding-bottom: 1.01em;	/* this is to fix a bug in mozilla that results
				   in a 1px line of white below the footer when
				   the document gets very long. extremely long
				   documents may generate the bug again. if
				   you experience that, increasing this value
				   may help. i think this is related to moz's
				   off-by-one troubles as the bug does not
				   occur in any other browser */
}
/******************************************************************************/