body {
 background-color:#F0F0F0;          /* light gray */
}

body H1 {
 color:#0000AA;                     /* dark blue */
}

#nav_panel {
 position:absolute;
 width:7em;
 background:#C0C0C0;                /* gray */
}

#nav_list {
 padding:0;                         /* remove the indents */
 margin:0;                          /* remove the indents */
 list-style-type:none;              /* remove the bullets */
}

#nav_list li {
 margin:5px;                        /* separation between rows */
 text-align:center;
 font-weight:bold;
}

#nav_list a {
 display: block;                    /* make all boxes equal length */
 padding:.2em;                      /* put some space around the text */
 background:#FFFFFF                 /* white */
   url(images/nav_btn_bkgnd.gif);
 background-repeat:repeat-x;
 background-position:bottom;
 color:#0000AA;                     /* dark blue */
 border:1px solid #000000;          /* black */
 text-decoration:none;              /* remove the link underline */
}

#nav_list a:hover {
 background:#0000FF;                /* blue  */
 color:#FFFFFF;                     /* white */
}

#nav_list a:active {
 background:#708090;                /* slate gray */
 color:#FFFFFF;                     /* white */
}

#main_panel {
 border-style:solid;
 border-color:#C0C0C0;              /* gray */
 border-top-width:0;
 border-bottom-width:0;
 border-left-width:7em;
 border-right-width:0;
 padding-left:1em;
 padding-right:1em;
}

#footer {
 clear:both;                        /* allow nothing on either side of footer */
 background:#708090;                /* slate gray */
 color:white;
 font-weight:bold;
 text-align:center;
 font-size:smaller;
 padding:.3em;
}

#footer a {
 color:#FFFFFF;                     /* white */
}

.footer_bars {
 font-size:large;
 padding: 0 .4em 0 .4em;            /* T R B L */
}