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/*   THEME STYLING BEGINS HERE                                */
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/* basic page element styling */

body {
	background-attachment: fixed;
	color: #fff;
	background-color: #fff;
	font-family: 'lucida grande', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
}

#background-image {
        
        top: 300px;
        height: 600px;
        width: 100%;
        position: fixed;

}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
	font-family: 'lucida grande', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
}

a {
	color: #2178B2;
        text-align: left;
}

a:hover {
	color: #600;
}


/* page layout basics */

#container {
	width: 942px;
}

#alpha {
	float: left;
	margin: 0 0 0 20px;
}

#alpha-inner {
	padding: 0 0 25px;
}

#beta {
	margin-top : 0px;
	margin-right : 0px;
	margin-bottom : 0px;
	margin-left: 40px;
	float: left;
}

#beta-inner {
	padding: 0 0 25px;
}

#gamma {
	float: left;
	margin: 0 0 0 20px;
}

#gamma-inner {
	padding: 0 0 25px;
}


/* container styling */

#container-inner {
	border-color: #fff;
	border-width: 0 1px;
	border-style: solid;
}


/* banner styling */

#banner {
	width: 940px;
	margin: 0;
	border-top-width: 5px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: bottom left;
	border-top-color: #fff;
	background-color: #fff;
	/*background-image: url(/.shared-typepad/themes/walt/theme-asterisk_white_wide/header.png);*/
}


#banner a {
	color: #000;
	text-decoration: none;
}

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

#banner-inner {
	border-top-color: #fff;
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	padding-right: 220px;
}

#banner-header {
	color: #fff;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 20px 5px;
	font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;
	font-size: 36px;
	font-weight: normal;
	line-height: 1;
        margin-top: 30px;
        margin-bottom: 30px;
      
}

#banner-header-image {
        
        width: 450px;
        height: auto;

}

#banner-description {
        display: none;
	color: #333;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 5px 20px 35px;
	font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	line-height: 1.125;
	font-style: italic;
}


/* navigation bar styling */

#nav {
	/*background: #e5e6e8 url(/.shared-typepad/themes/walt/theme-asterisk_white_wide/nav.gif) repeat-x top left;*/

        /*-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
	-moz-border-radius: 6px;
	border-radius: 6px;
        background-color: #E6E6E6;*/
}

.nav-list {
	/*border-bottom: 1px solid #cdcdcd;*/
}

.nav-list-item {
	/*border-right: 1px solid #cdcdcd;*/
        background-image: url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/navItem.png);
        margin-right: 5px;
        
        
        
        
        
}

.nav-list-item a {
	font-size: 14px;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 15px 30px;
        text-decoration: none;
        color: white;
  
        font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

.nav-list-item:hover {
        color: white;
        font-size: 14px;
        background-image:   url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/navItemHover.png);

}    


.nav-list-item a:active {
        color: white;
        background-color: black;
        

}    


/* social icons */

#social-icons {

    position: absolute;
    top: 153px;
    right: 25px;

}

#social {
}

#facebook-icon {

        display: inline-block;
        width: 50px;
        height: 50px;
        background-image: url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/facebookSquare.png);
        margin-right: -2px;
}

#facebook-icon:hover {

        background-image: url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/facebookHover.png);

}

#twitter-icon {

        display: inline-block;
        width: 50px;
        height: 50px;
        margin-right: -4px;
        background-image: 
url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/twitterSquare.png);
}

#twitter-icon:hover {

        background-image: url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/twitterHover.png);

}

#linkedIn-icon {

        display: inline-block;
        width: 50px;
         margin-right: -4px;
        height: 50px;
        background-image: url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/linkedIn.png);
}

#linkedIn-icon:hover {

        background-image: url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/linkedInHover.png);

}

#tumblr-icon {

        display: inline-block;
        width: 50px;
        height: 50px;
        background-image: url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/tumblrSquare.png);
}

#tumblr-icon:hover {

        background-image: url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/tumblrHover.png);

}



/* pagebody styling */

#pagebody {
	background-color: #fff;
	padding: 15px 0;
        margin-top: 20px;
  
      
}

#pagebody-inner {
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
	background-position: top center;
        /*border: 5px solid rgba(235,235,235,.8);*/
         
}


#search {
 width: 100px;
 -moz-transition: width 0.5s ease-out;
 -webkit-transition: width 0.5s ease-out;
 transition: width 0.5s ease-out;
}
#search:focus {
 width: 200px;
 -moz-transition: width 0.5s ease-out;
 -webkit-transition: width 0.5s ease-out;
 transition: width 0.5s ease-out;
}

#search-bar-container {

    position: absolute;
    top: 0px;
    right: 25px;
    z-index: 7;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
    padding-left: 10px;

}




/* entry listing and entry styling */

.content-header {
	margin: 5px 0 20px;
	font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;
	font-size: 28px;
	color: #000;
}

.content-nav {
	margin: 5px 0 20px;
}


.date-header {
	color: #666;
	margin: 5px 0;
	font-size: 10px;
        margin-left: -15px;
}

.entry {
	background-image: url(/.shared-typepad/themes/walt/theme-asterisk_white_wide/post-ornament.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: 0 10px;
        margin-left: -20px;
}

.entry-header {
	color: #2178B2;
	margin: 5px 25px 5px;
	font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;
	font-size: 22px;
}

.entry-header a {
	color: #2178B2;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.entry-header a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}

.entry-content {
	margin: 5px 25px;
        color: black;
        line-height: 160%;
}

.entry-more-link {
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.entry-footer {
	border-top-color: #e5e5e5;
	color: #666;
	font-size: 11px;
	margin: 10px 25px 20px;
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	padding-top: 5px;
	font-weight: normal;
}

.entry-footer a {
	color: #666;
}

.entry-footer a:hover {
	color: #333;
}

#comment-author,
#comment-email,
#comment-url,
#comment-text {
	width: 80%;
}


.trackbacks-header,
.comments-header,
.comments-open-header,
.archive-header {
	/* ie win (5, 5.5, 6) bugfix */
	p\osition: relative;
	width: 100%;
	w\idth: auto;

	margin: 0;
	padding: 5px 0;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: black;
}

.trackback-content,
.comment-content,
.comments-open-content,
.comments-closed {
	margin: 5px 0;
        color: black;
}

.trackbacks-info,
.trackback-footer,
.comments-info,
.comment-footer,
.comments-open-footer,
.archive-content {
	margin: 5px 0 20px;
        color: black;
}


.trackback-footer,
.comment-footer {
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-top-style: solid;
	padding-top: 5px;
	border-top-color: #e5e5e5;
	color: black;
	font-size: 11px;
        
}

.comment-footer a {
	color: #666;
}

.comment-footer a:hover {
	color: #333;
}


/* sidebar module styling */

.module-header {
	color: #fff;
	/* ie win (5, 5.5, 6) bugfix */
	position: relative;
	
        height: 35px;
	font-size: 14px;
        background-image: url(http://bostonvcblog.typepad.com/test2/headerBar.png);
        width: 290px;
        margin-left: 5px;
        
}

.module-header a {
	color: #fff;
        margin-left: 12px;
        padding-top: 5px;
        text-decoration: none;
}

.module-content {
	margin: 5px 0 20px;
	font-size: 11px;
        margin-left: 25px;
        text-align: left;
}

.module-content a {
        font-size: 13px;
	color: #2178B2;
        text-decoration: none;
        text-align: left;
}

.module-content a:hover {
	color: gray;
}


.module-calendar {
	font-size: 11px;
}


.module-powered {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}

.module-powered .module-content {
	margin: 15px 0;
	padding: 10px;
	border-width: 1px;
	border-style: solid;
	text-align: center;
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: top left;	border-color: #e5e5e5;
	color: #333;
	background-color: #f3f3f3;
	background-image: url(/.shared-typepad/themes/walt/theme-asterisk_white_wide/gradient-bg.png);
}

.module-powered .module-content a {
	color: #333;
}

.module-photo {
	border: 0;
	background: none;
}

.photo-header {

       position: absolute;
       margin-top: -183px;
       margin-left: 145px;
       font-size: 18px;
       color: white;

}


.photo-link {

       position: absolute;
       margin-top: -120px;
       margin-left: 173px;

}

.module-photo .module-content {
	margin: 10px;
}

.module-photo img {
	border: 0;
}


.module-featured-photo {
	width: 415px;
}

.module-featured-photo .module-content {
	margin: 15px 0 5px;
}

.module-featured-photo img {
	width: 415px;
}


.module-recent-photos {
	border: 0;
	margin-left: 2px;
}

.module-recent-photos .module-header {
	background-image: none;
}

.module-recent-photos .module-list {
	margin: 0;
}

.module-recent-photos .module-list-item {
	width: 64px; /* mac ie fix */
	margin: 0 7px 6px 0;
	padding: 0;
	background-image: none;
}

.module-recent-photos .module-list-item a {
	border-width: 1px;
	border-style: solid;
	padding: 1px;
	border-color: #ccc;
	background-color: #eee;
}

.module-recent-photos .module-list-item a:hover {
	border-color: #000;
}

.archive-list-item {
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}

.typelist-thumbnailed {
	margin: 0 0 20px;
}

.typelist-thumbnailed .module-list-item {
	margin: 1px 0;
	border-width: 1px;
	border-style: solid;
	padding: 0;
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: top left;
	border-color: #e5e5e5;
	background-color: #f3f3f3;
	background-image: url(/.shared-typepad/themes/walt/theme-asterisk_white_wide/gradient-bg.png);
	font-size: 11px;
}

.typelist-thumbnail {
	background: #f3f3f3;
}


#portfolio-list {

     margin-left: 25px;
     color: #2178B2;
     margin-top: 6px;
     text-decoration: none;     

}

#portfolio-list:hover {

     margin-left: 25px;
     color: gray;
     margin-top: 6px;
     text-decoration: none;     

}

#tweet-header {
    
      color: rgba(0,171,241,1);
      font-family: arial; 
      font-size: 15px;
      margin-left: 25px;
      font-style: italic;
      margin-top: 20px;
}

#aboutImage {

   margin-left: -15px;

}

#aboutHeader {

  margin-left: 180px; 
  margin-top: -160px;
  font-size: 18px; 
  color: #2178B2;

}

#aboutSubHeader {
  
  margin-left: 180px; 
  font-size: 14px;
  color: gray;
  margin-top: 20px;

}

.about-content {
	margin: 5px 25px;
        color: black;
        line-height: 160%;
}

.dsq-comment-message {

        color: black;
        word-wrap: break-word;
}

.dsq-commenter-bio {

       color: gray;

}

.dsq-comment-meta, .dsq-comment-actions {
    color: gray;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.dsq-commenter-name {
    font-weight: 700;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #2178B2;
}


/* one-column tweaks */

.layout-one-column #container { width: 782px; }
.layout-one-column #banner { width: 780px; }
.layout-one-column #alpha { width: 740px; }
.layout-one-column #banner { background-position: right bottom; }


/* two-column-left tweaks */

.layout-two-column-left #pagebody-inner { background-image: url(/.shared-typepad/themes/walt/theme-asterisk_white_wide/body-bg-tw.png); }
.layout-two-column-left #alpha { width: 300px; }
.layout-two-column-left #beta { width: 560px; }


/* two-column-right tweaks */

.layout-two-column-right #pagebody-inner { background-image: url(/.shared-typepad/themes/walt/theme-asterisk_white_wide/body-bg-wt.png); }
.layout-two-column-right #alpha { width: 560px; }
.layout-two-column-right #beta { width: 300px; }


/* three-column tweaks */

.layout-three-column #pagebody-inner { background-image: url(/.shared-typepad/themes/walt/theme-asterisk_white_wide/body-bg-twt.png); }
.layout-three-column #alpha { width: 120px; }
.layout-three-column #beta { width: 400px; }
.layout-three-column #gamma { width: 300px; }


/* three-column-right tweaks */

.layout-three-column-right #pagebody-inner { background-image: url(/.shared-typepad/themes/walt/theme-asterisk_white_wide/body-bg-wtt.png); }
.layout-three-column-right #alpha { width: 400px; }
.layout-three-column-right #beta { width: 120px; }
.layout-three-column-right #gamma { width: 300px; }


/* Hide Typepad comments to show only Disqus */

.comments-open { display:none !important; }
/* ph=1 */