body {
    background: #000000;
    font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    color : #999999;
    margin: 0px;
    padding-top: 0px;
    padding-right: 5%;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
    padding-left: 5%;
}

#white_title{color:#c6bdb3}

#cpg_logo_block_outer  {
    background-color: #fefefe;
    background-image: url(images/main_block.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-position: 0pt -240px;
    padding-left: 12px;
}

#cpg_logo_block_outer div.cpg_logo_block_inner {
    background-color: transparent;
    background-image: url(images/main_block.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-position: 100% -240px;
    display: block;
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-right: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    padding-left: 0px;
}

#cpg_logo_block_logo {
    float: left;
    border: none;
}

#cpg_logo_block_name {
    float: right;
    text-align: center;
}

#cpg_header_block_outer  {
    background-color: #fefefe;
    background-image: url(images/main_block.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-position: 0pt -633px;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 1px;   /* IE7 */
}

#cpg_header_block_outer div.cpg_header_block_inner {
    background-color: transparent;
    background-image: url(images/main_block.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-position: 100% -633px;
    display: block;
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-right: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 0pt;
    padding-left: 0px;
    /* min-height: 95px;   ...later changed to 35 by craig search IE for area below*/
}

#cpg_main_block_outer  {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    background-image: url(images/frame_repeat.png);
    background-repeat: repeat-y;
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-position: left top;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-top: 1px;     /* IE7 */
    padding-bottom: 1px;  /* IE7 */
}

#cpg_main_block_outer div.cpg_main_block_inner {
    background-color: transparent;
    background-image: url(images/frame_repeat.png);
    background-repeat: repeat-y;
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-position: right center;
    display: block;
    padding-top: 1px;
    padding-right: 20px;
    padding-bottom: 0px;
    padding-left: 0pt;
}

#cpg_footer_block_outer  {
    text-align: center;
    background-color: transparent;
    background-image: url(images/main_block.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-position: 0pt -1156px;
    padding-left: 20px;
}

#cpg_footer_block_outer div.cpg_footer_block_inner {
    background-color: transparent;
    background-image: url(images/main_block.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-position: 100% -1156px;
    display: block;
    padding-top: 60px;
    padding-right: 0pt;
    padding-bottom: 0pt;
    padding-left: 0pt;
}

.cpg_starttable_outer  {
    background-color: transparent;
    background-image: url(images/main_block.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-position: 0pt -200px;
    padding-left: 20px;
}

.cpg_starttable_outer div.cpg_starttable_inner {
    background-color: transparent;
    background-image: url(images/main_block.png);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: scroll;
    background-position: 100% -200px;
    display: block;
    padding-top: 3px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    padding-right: 0px;
    padding-left: 0px;
}

#sysmenu {
    margin-top: 5px;
}

.menuheight {      /* IE7 */
    width: 1px;    /* IE7 */
    height: 35px;  /* IE7 */
}                  /* IE7 */


table {
    font-size: 12px;
}

h1{
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 22px;
    font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    text-decoration: none;
    line-height : 120%;
    color : #000000;
    margin: 2px;
}

h2 {
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 18px;
    margin: 0px;
}

h3 {
    font-weight: normal;
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 12px;
    margin: 2px;
}

p {
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 100%;
    margin: 2px 0px;
}

pre.filepath {
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 0px;
}

.textinput {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 100%;
    border: 1px solid #D1D7DC;
    padding-right: 3px;
    padding-left: 3px;
}

.listbox {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 100%;
    border: 1px solid #D1D7DC;
    vertical-align : middle;
}

.radio {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 100%;
    vertical-align : middle;
}

.checkbox {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 100%;
    vertical-align : middle;
}

a:link {
    color: #346;
    text-decoration: none;
}

a:visited {
    color: #0033CC;
    text-decoration: none;
}

a:focus {
    color: #0033CC;
    text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover {
    color: #346;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

a:active {
    color: #0033CC;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.bblink a {
    color: #0033CC;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.bblink a:hover {
    color: #0033CC;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.button, .admin_menu {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    color: white;
    background-color:#5A6C85;    
    border: 1px solid #5A6C85;
    cursor:pointer;
    padding-left:0px;
    padding-right:0px;
    margin-right:2px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
}

.button {
    font-size: 0.8em;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

a.button, a.admin_menu {
    color:white;
    text-decoration:none;
}

a:hover.button, a:hover.admin_menu {
    background-color: #FD9604;
}

.maintable {
    margin-top: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 1px;
    background-color: #EFEFEF;
}

.tableh1 {
    padding-top: 3px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    color: white;
    font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;
    font-size: 1.1em;
    font-weight: bold;
    background: url(images/main_block.png) no-repeat -10px -160px;
}

.tableh2 {
    background: #E7EAEF ;
    color : #000000;
    padding-top: 3px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    padding-left: 10px;
}

.tableb {
    background: #F0F4F7 ;
    padding-top: 3px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    padding-left: 10px;
}

.tablebspecial {
    background: #EFEFEF ;
    padding-top: 3px;
    padding-right: 0px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    padding-left: 0px;
    text-align: center;
}

/* This class will be used in conjunction with class tableb: attributes not particularly (re)-assigned will be taken into account from tableb. */
/* It is being used to accomplish alternating row colors for lists. */
/* It's recommended to only assign another background color that slightly differs from the one defined in tableb */
.tableb_alternate {
    background: #E7EAEF;
}

.tablef {
    background: #F0F4F7;
    padding-top: 10px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
    padding-left: 10px;
}

.catrow_noalb {
    background: #E7EAEF ;
    color : #000000;
    padding-top: 3px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    padding-left: 10px;
}

.catrow {
    background: #F0F4F7 ;
    padding-top: 3px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    padding-left: 10px;
}

.album_stat {
    font-size: 85%;
    margin: 5px 0px;
}

.thumb_filename {
    font-size: 80%;
    display: block;
}

.thumb_title {
    font-weight : bold;
    font-size: 80%;
    padding: 2px;
    display : block;
}

.thumb_caption {
    font-size: 80%;
    padding: 1px;
    display : block;
}

.thumb_caption a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #000000;
}

.thumb_num_comments {
    font-weight: normal;
    font-size: 80%;
    padding: 2px;
    font-style : italic;
    display : block;
}

.user_thumb_infobox {
    margin-top: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 1px;
}

.user_thumb_infobox th {
    font-weight : bold;
    font-size: 100%;
    margin-top: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 1px;
    text-align : center;
}

.user_thumb_infobox td {
    font-size: 80%;
    margin-top: 1px;
    margin-bottom: 1px;
    text-align : center;
}

.user_thumb_infobox a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000;
}

.user_thumb_infobox a:hover {
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.sortorder_cell {
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
}

.sortorder_options {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    color : #FFFFFF;
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    font-weight: normal;
    font-size: 80%;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

.navmenu {
    font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-size: 100%;
    font-weight: bold;
    background : transparent url(images/main_block.png) no-repeat scroll -10px -160px;
    border-style: none;
}

.navmenu img {
    margin-top: 1px;
    margin-right: 5px;
    margin-bottom: 1px;
    margin-left: 5px;
}

.navmenu a {
    display: block;
    padding-top: 2px;
    padding-right: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 2px;
    padding-left: 5px;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

.navmenu a:hover {
    background : #EFEFEF ;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000;
}

.icon {
    vertical-align:middle;
    margin-right:1px;
}

.comment_date{
    color : #5F5F5F;
    font-size : 90%;
    vertical-align : middle;
}

.image {
    border-style:solid;
    border-width:1px;
    border-color:#000000;
    margin:2px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
}

/* pseudo-classes for image links */
a:link .image{
    border-style:solid;
    border-width:1px;
    border-color:#000000;
    margin:2px;
}

a:visited .image{
    border-style:solid;
    border-width:1px;
    border-color:#840084;
    margin:2px;
}

a:focus .image{
    border-style:solid;
    border-width:1px;
    border-color:#000000;
    margin:2px;
}

a:hover .image{
    border-style:solid;
    border-width:1px;
    border-color:#0033CC;
    margin:2px;
}

a:active .image{
    border-style:solid;
    border-width:1px;
    border-color:#000000;
    margin:2px;
}

/* pseudo-classes for middlethumb links */
a:link .middlethumb,a:visited .middlethumb,a:focus .middlethumb,a:hover .middlethumb,a:active .middlethumb{
    border: 2px solid blue;
}

.imageborder {
    border: 1px solid #000000;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
    margin-top: 3px;
    margin-bottom: 3px;
}

.display_media {
    background: #EFEFEF ;
    padding-top: 1px;
    padding-right: 1px;
    padding-bottom: 1px;
    padding-left: 1px;
}

.thumbnails {
    background: #EFEFEF ;
    padding: 5px;
}

.footer {
    font-size : 9px;
}

.footer a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #000000;
}

.footer a:hover {
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.statlink {
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

.statlink a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

.statlink a:hover {
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.alblink {
    font-weight:bold;
}

.alblink a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #000000;
}

.alblink a:hover {
    color: #000000;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.catlink {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 2px;
    font-weight:bold;
}

.catlink a {
	text-transform: uppercase;
    text-decoration: underline;
    color: #10394a;
}

.catlink a:hover {
	text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #217698;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.topmenu {
    line-height : 130%;
    font-size: 100%;
}

.topmenu a {
    color : #0033CC;
    text-decoration : none;
}

.topmenu a:hover  {
    color : #0033CC;
    text-decoration : underline;
}

.img_caption_table {
    border: none;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
    width : 100%;
    margin : 0px;
}

.img_caption_table th {
    background: #D1D7DC ;
    font-size: 100%;
    color : #000000;
    padding-top: 4px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 4px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    border-top : 1px solid #FFFFFF;
}

.img_caption_table td {
    background: #EFEFEF ;
    padding-top: 6px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 6px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    border-top : 1px solid #FFFFFF;
    white-space: normal;
}

.debug_text {
    border: #BDBEBD;
    background-color: #EFEFEF;
    width : 100%;
    margin: 0px;
}

.clickable_option {
    cursor : default;
}

.listbox_lang {
    color: #000000;
    background-color: #D1D7DC;
    border: 1px solid #0E72A4;
    font-size: 80%;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    vertical-align : middle;

}

.pic_title {
    color: #000000;
    font-size: 120%;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-weight:bold;
    text-align : center;
    padding-top:0px;
    padding-bottom:0px;
    margin-top:0px;
    margin-bottom:0px;
    line-height:1.0em;
}

.pic_caption {
    color: #000000;
    font-size: 100%;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-weight:bold;
    text-align : center;
    padding-top:0px;
    padding-bottom:0px;
    margin-top:0px;
    margin-bottom:0px;
    line-height:1.0em;
}

.important {
    /* background-image : url(images/important.gif); */
    color: red;
    font-weight: bold;
    padding-left:1px;
    padding-right:1px;
    padding-top:3px;
    padding-bottom:3px;
}

#cpgChooseLanguageWrapper {
    float:left;
    margin-left:3px;
    margin-right:3px;
    margin-top:0px;
    margin-bottom:0px;
}

#cpgChooseThemeWrapper {
    float:left;
    margin-left:3px;
    margin-right:3px;
    margin-top:0px;
    margin-bottom:0px;
}

.filmstrip_background {
    background-color:#000000;
}

.prev_strip {
    text-align: center;
}

.next_strip{
    text-align: center;
}

/** Swfupload css **/
div.fieldset {
    border:  2px solid #0E72A4;
    margin: 10px 0;
    padding: 20px 10px;
}

div.fieldset span.legend {
    position: relative;
    padding: 3px;
    top: -30px;
    background-color: #0E72A4;
    color: #fff;
}

div.flash {
    width: 375px;
    margin: 10px 5px;
    border-color: #D9E4FF;
}

input[disabled]{ border: 1px solid #ccc } /* FF 2 Fix */


.progressWrapper {
    width: 357px;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.progressContainer {
    margin: 5px;
    padding: 4px;
    border: solid 1px #E8E8E8;
    background-color: #F7F7F7;
    overflow: hidden;
}
/* Message */
.message {
    margin: 1em 0;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    border: solid 1px #FFDD99;
    background-color: #FFFFCC;
    overflow: hidden;
}
/* Error */
.red {
    border: solid 1px #B50000;
    background-color: #FFEBEB;
}

/* Current */
.green {
    border: solid 1px #DDF0DD;
    background-color: #EBFFEB;
}

/* Complete */
.blue {
    border: solid 1px #CEE2F2;
    background-color: #F0F5FF;
}

.progressName {
    font-size: 8pt;
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #555;
    width: 323px;
    height: 14px;
    text-align: left;
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.progressBarInProgress,
.progressBarComplete,
.progressBarError {
    font-size: 0;
    width: 0%;
    height: 2px;
    background-color: blue;
    margin-top: 2px;
}

.progressBarComplete {
    width: 100%;
    background-color: green;
    visibility: hidden;
}

.progressBarError {
    width: 100%;
    background-color: red;
    visibility: hidden;
}

.progressBarStatus {
    margin-top: 2px;
    width: 337px;
    font-size: 7pt;
    font-family: Arial;
    text-align: left;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

a.progressCancel {
    font-size: 0;
    display: block;
    height: 14px;
    width: 14px;
    background-image: url(../../images/cancelbutton.gif);
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: -14px 0px;
    float: right;
}

a.progressCancel:hover {
    background-position: 0px 0px;
}

.swfupload {
    vertical-align: top;
}

/**styles for photo manager*/
table#pic_sort tr td { 
    padding: 4px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
}

/** styles for album manager and photo album*/
table#album_sort tr td {
    padding: 3px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;
}

table#album_sort tr td span.editAlbum {
    margin-left: 100px;
    font-size: 10px;
    line-height: 100%;
    text-decoration: underline;
    cursor: pointer;
    display: none;
    color: #FF0000;
}

.cpg_message_info, .cpg_message_success, .cpg_message_warning, .cpg_message_error, .cpg_message_validation {
    border: 1px solid;
    margin: 10px 0px;
    padding:15px 10px 15px 50px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: 10px center;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
}

.cpg_message_info {
    color: #00529B;
    background-color: #BDE5F8;
    background-image: url('../../images/message/info.png');
}

.cpg_message_success {
    color: #4F8A10;
    background-color: #DFF2BF;
    background-image: url('../../images/message/ok.png');
}

.cpg_message_warning {
    color: #9F6000;
    background-color: #FEEFB3;
    background-image: url('../../images/message/warning.png');
}

.cpg_message_error {
    color: #D8000C;
    background-color: #FFBABA;
    background-image: url('../../images/message/stop.png');
}

.cpg_message_validation {
    color: #D63301;
    background-color: #FFCCBA;
    background-image: url('../../images/message/error.png');
}

#GB_window {
    background-color: #EFEFEF;
    border: 5px solid #0E72A4;
}

.external {
    background: transparent url('../../images/link.gif') 100% 50% no-repeat;
    padding-right: 10px;
}

.detail_head_collapsed, .detail_head_expanded {
    color: #0033CC;
}

/* Styles for the standard dropdown menus. */
main_menu {
    padding: 0 0 0 0.5em;
    float: left;
    margin: 0;
    width: 98%;
}

.dropmenu, .dropmenu ul {
    list-style: none;
    line-height: 1em;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

.dropmenu {
    padding: 0 0.5em;
}

.dropmenu a {
    display: block;
    color: #c6bdb3;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.dropmenu a span {
    display: block;
    padding: 0 0 0 5px;
    font-size: 0.9em;
}

/* the backgrounds first level only*/
.dropmenu li a.firstlevel {
    margin-right: 8px;
}

.dropmenu li a.firstlevel span.firstlevel {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    left: -5px;
    padding-left: 5px;
    height: 22px;
    line-height: 19px;
}

.dropmenu li {
    float: left;
    position: relative;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

.dropmenu li ul {
    z-index: 90;
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    width: 19.2em;
    font-weight: normal;
    border-bottom: solid 1px #999;
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) 0 -100px no-repeat;
    padding: 7px 0 0 0;
}

.dropmenu li li {
    width: 19em;
    margin: 0;
    border-left: solid 1px #999;
    border-right: solid 1px #999;
}

.dropmenu li li a span {
    display: block;
    padding: 8px;
}

.dropmenu li ul ul {
    margin: -1.8em 0 0 13em;
}

/* the active button */
.dropmenu li a.active {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 100% 0;
    color: #ffffff;
    font-weight: bold;
}

.dropmenu li a.active span.firstlevel {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 0 0;
}

/* the hover effects */
.dropmenu li a.firstlevel:hover {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 100% -30px;
    color: #ffffff;
    cursor: pointer;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.dropmenu li a.firstlevel:hover span.firstlevel {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 0 -30px;
}

/* the hover effects on level2 and 3*/
.dropmenu li li a:hover {
    background: #D4DBE4;
    color: #000;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.dropmenu li:hover ul ul, .dropmenu li:hover ul ul ul {
    top: -999em;
}

.dropmenu li li:hover ul {
    top: auto;
}

.dropmenu li:hover ul {
    display: block;
}

.dropmenu li li.additional_items {
    background-color: #fff;
}

/* Styles for the standard button lists.
------------------------------------------------------- */

.buttonlist ul li a {
    display: block;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    color: white;
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 0 -30px;
    padding: 0;
    margin-left: 12px;
    margin-right: 0px;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.buttonlist ul li a:hover {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 0 0;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.buttonlist ul li a span {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 100% -30px;
    display: block;
    height: 24px;
    line-height: 20px;
    padding: 0 8px 0 0;
    position: relative;
    right: -8px;
}

.buttonlist ul li a:hover span {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 100% 0;
}

/* the active one */
.buttonlist ul li a.active {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 0 -60px;
    color: black;
    font-weight: bold;
}

.buttonlist ul li a.active span {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 100% -60px;
}

.buttonlist ul li a.active {
    font-weight: bold;
}

.buttonlist ul li a.active:hover {
    color: #ddf;
}

.align_top ul li a, .align_bottom ul li a {
    margin: 0 12px 0 0;
}

.rounded_menu {
    display: block;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    color: white;
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 0 -30px;
    padding: 0;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.rounded_menu span {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 100% -30px;
    display: block;
    height: 24px;
    line-height: 20px;
    padding: 0 8px 0 0;
    position: relative;
    right: -8px;
}

a:hover.rounded_menu  {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 0 0;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover.rounded_menu span {
    background: url(images/menu_gfx.png) no-repeat 100% 0;
}




/* styles above come with curve_v  styles below come with the 3 column revisions */
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- */

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: #000000; */
}
.thrColAbsHdr #container { 
	position: relative; /* adding position: relative allows you to position the two sidebars relative to this container */
	width: 1132px;  /* using 20px less than a full 800px width allows for browser chrome and avoids a horizontal scroll bar */
	background: #FFFFFF;
	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. */
} 

/* Tips for absolutely positioned sidebars with header and footer:
1. Absolutely positioned (AP) elements must be given a top and side value, either right or left. (As a default, if no top value is given, the AP element will begin directly after the last element in the source order of the page. This means, if the sidebars are first element in the #container in the document's source order, they will appear at the top of the #container even without being given a top value. However, if they are moved later in the source order for any reason, they'll need a top value to appear where you desire.
2. Absolutely positioned (AP) elements are taken out of the flow of the document. This means the elements around them don't know they exist and don't account for them when taking up their proper space on the page. Thus, an AP div should only be used as a side column if you are sure the middle #mainContent div will always contain the most content. If either sidebar were to contain more content, that sidebar would run over the bottom of the parent div, and in this case the footer as well, and the sidebar would not appear to be contained.
3. If the above mentioned requirements are met, absolutely positioned sidebars can be an easy way to control the source order of the document.
4. If the source order is changed, the top value should be equal to the height of the header since this will cause the columns to visually meet the header.
*/
.thrColAbsHdr #header { 
	height: 0px; /* if you're changing the source order of the columns, you'll may want to use a height on the header so that you can give the columns a predictable top value */
	background: #DDDDDD; 
	padding: 0 10px 0 20px;  /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear beneath it. If an image is used in the #header instead of text, you may want to remove the padding. */
} 
.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 */
}
.thrColAbsHdr #sidebar1 {
	color: #000;
	position: absolute;
	top: auto;
	left: 0;
	width: 100px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */
	background: #EBEBEB; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	/*padding: 15px 10px 15px 20px;  padding keeps the content of the div away from the edges */
}
.thrColAbsHdr #sidebar2 {
	color: #000;
	position: absolute;
	top: auto;
	right: 0;
	width: 100px; /* the actual width of this div, in standards-compliant browsers, or standards mode in Internet Explorer will include the padding and border in addition to the width */
	background: #EBEBEB; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 0px 50px 0px 0px;  /*padding keeps the content of the div away from the edges */
}
.thrColAbsHdr #mainContent { 
	
	margin: 0 150px; /* 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 10px; /* remember that padding is the space inside the div box and margin is the space outside the div box */
}
.thrColAbsHdr #footer { 
	padding: 0 10px 0 20px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */
	background:#DDDDDD;
} 
.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;
}

</style>