/* This is just here for formatting purposes.  This has nothing to do with the layout. */
@import url(../CSS/defaultstyles.css);
body {
/* Always use margin:  0;  padding:  0; as margin controls for your page itself.  Setting both to 0 ensures that your page will spread to the outer edges of the browser window. */
	margin:  0;
	padding:  0;
}
#leftbackground {
	margin:  0; 
	padding:  0;
/* Replace URL and background color attributes with the attributes corresponding with your background URL and color, respectively */
	background:  url(../layoutimages/body_bg.gif) top left repeat-y #FFFFFF;
	color:  #000000;
/*  Replace with your choice of layout width.  */
	width:  770px;
}
#rightbackground {
	margin:  0; 
	padding:  0;
/* Replace URL and background color attributes with the attributes corresponding with your background URL and color, respectively */
	background:  url(../layoutimages/body_bg.gif) top right repeat-y;
/*  Replace with your choice of layout width.  */
	width:  770px;
	position:  relative;
}
#leftcolumn {
	float:  left;
	width:  200px;
	margin:  0; 
	padding:  0;
/* Replace URL and background color attributes with the attributes corresponding with your background URL and color, respectively */
	background:  url(../layoutimages/body_bg.gif) top left repeat-y;
}
#rightcolumn {
	float:  right;
	width:  200px;
	margin:  0; 
	padding:  0;
/* Replace URL and background color attributes with the attributes corresponding with your background URL and color, respectively */
	background:  url(../layoutimages/body_bg.gif) top right repeat-y;
}
#contentarea {
	margin:  0;
/*  Replace with your choice of content area width.  */
	width:  370px;
	background-color:  #FFFFFF;
	color:  #000000;
	height:  1%; /*  IE hack related to float:  left bug.  */
	float:  left;
}
#contentarea[id] {
/* This div is in place to counter the differences in handling the middle column (#contentarea) between Firefox and IE.  IE will ignore this section, whereas Firefox will acknowledge it. */
	float:  none;
	margin-left:  200px;
	margin-right:  200px;
}
#leftcolumncontent {
	position:  absolute;
	top:  0;
	left:  0;
/* replace with the width of your left column div */
	width:  200px;
/* Replace URL and background color attributes with the attributes corresponding with your background URL and color, respectively */
	background:  url(../layoutimages/body_bg.gif) top right repeat-y #3F9BCF;
	color:  #FFFFFF;
}
#rightcolumncontent {
	position:  absolute;
	top:  0;
/* replace with the sum of the widths of your left column and content area divs. */
	left:  570px;
/* replace with the width of your right column div */
	width:  200px;
/* Replace URL and background color attributes with the attributes corresponding with your background URL and color, respectively */
	background:  url(../layoutimages/body_bg.gif) top right repeat-y #3F9BCF;
	color:  #FFFFFF;
}
#columnsize {
	clear:  both;
/* this is the lowest possible value that will ensure three columns.  Do not lower this value, or your layout will break up. */
	height:  1px; 
	overflow:  hidden;
	border:  none;
	margin:  0; 
	padding:  0;
	background:  transparent;
}