body {
	background-attachment: fixed;
	background-color: #fff;
	background-image: url(../images/striped.png);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center bottom;
}

#tops, #bottom {
	background: #000000;	
}

#left, #right {
	background: #000000;	
}

/* DEFAULT ALTERNATING COLOURS */

.post_bg1 { 
	background-color:#824622; /*light brown*/
	border: 1px solid #66371a;
}
.post_bg2 {
	background-color:#cb5c1b; /*burnt orange*/
	border: 1px solid #b94e0f;
}
.post_bg3 {
	background-color:#222222; /*dark grey*/
	border: 1px solid #000000;
}
.post_bg4 {
	background-color:#45372f; /*another brown*/
	border: 1px solid #241d19;
}
.post_bg5 {
	background-color:#592808; /*brown*/
	border: 1px solid #3e1b03;
}
.post_bg6 {
	background-color:#190c06; /*dark brown*/
	border: 1px solid #190c06;
}

/* ---- */

.row_dot_border {
	background-image: url(wood/row_dot_border_small.png);
}
.row_dot_border2 {
	background-image: url(wood/row_dot_border_small.png);
}


.page {
	background-color: #c9c9c9;
	border-left: 1px solid #999;
	border-right: 1px solid #999;
}


p.subscribe {
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

.page_block, .content .post, .commentlist li {
	background-image: url(wood/row_dot_border_small.png);
}

a, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6  {
	color:#993300;
}

.sidebar {
	/* background-image: url(wood/col_dot_border.png); */
}

.sidebar a:hover {
	color:#cccccc;
}

.sidebar h2, .sidebar h3, .sidebar h4, .sidebar h5, .sidebar h6  {
	color:#000000;
}

.widget {
	background: #4c240c;
}

.widget h2, .widget h3, .widget h4, .widget h5, .widget h6  {
	color:#ffffff;
}

.widget li {
}

.footer {
	background-image: url(wood/row_dot_border_small.png);
}

h1, h1 a, .single {
	color: #ffffff;
}

p.issue a {
	color:#f6f6f6;
}

.content p, .content li {
	color:#1e1e1e;
}

.page_block h2, .footer h2, .page_block li, .footer h2, .page_block p, .footer p {
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

.post h2 a {
	color:#ffffff;
}

.post p {
	color:#1e1e1e;
}

.footer a {
	color:#CC6600;
	text-decoration:none;
}
.footer a:hover {
	color:#fff;
}


.sponsor {
	background-color:#000000;
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

.sponsor h3 {
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

.white_pointer {
	background-image: url(wood/white_pointer.png);
}

.black_pointer {
	background-image: url(wood/black_pointer.png);
}

.featured_date p, .featured_content p {
	color:#FFFFFF;
}

.image p {
	color: #666666;
}

.author_meta span a {
	color: #ffffff;
	border-bottom-color: #ffffff;
}

.navigation a {
	color:#993300;
	text-decoration:none;
}
.navigation a:hover {
	color:#fff;
	text-decoration:none;
}

.comments h2, .trackbacks h2, .comment_list li, .trackbacks li {
	border-bottom-color: #ffffff;
}

.post_meta a {
	color:#FFFFCC;
}

.post_meta a:hover {
	color:#FFCC33;
}