body {
     /* the last one is the one that renders
     in this order, the background color will be used if the UA cannot render the gif */
     background-color:  #660099;
     background-image: url('../../images/backgrounds/purple.gif');    
}

#main {
}

/* hack to create a minimum width in IE */
/* for the blog page */
#minWidth {
     border: dotted #4239FF;
}

/* hack to create a minimum width in IE */
/* for the archive links page */
#minWidthA {
     border: dotted #4239FF;
}

#topSpace {  /* blog title:  Current Projects  div id=topSpace */
     color: #ff00cc;       
}

#bottomSpace  {      
}

#centerTopSpace  {     
}

#contentBorder {  /* div id=contentBorder */
     background-color: #7B10B5;  /* purple */ 
     border: solid #4239FF;   /* blue */ 
     /* without these last 2 lines border-width and border
     the top of the contentBorder is invisible */     
} 

#contentBox  {  /*   div id=contentBox  */  
     color: #002200; 
     background-color: #18d639;   /* bright green */ 
     background-image: url(../images/backgrounds/blueSpring1.gif);      
} 

blockquote {
     color: #002200;
}

/* Properties that both side lists have in common */
div.link-list {    /* div id=list2 class=link-list */
}

/* we leave some place on the side using the margin-* properties */
/* and then we put each list on its place */

#list1 {
        left:0;
}
#list2 {
        right:0;
}

.homeButton{  /* class=homeButton   */  
}

IMG#homeButton {
}

.blogButton{
}

IMG#blogButton{
}

/* ******************************************** */ 

div.linkBox  {  /* div id=inner class=linkBox */ 
} 

#left {
}

#right {
}

/* ******************************************** */ 

.red {  /* special emphasis  */
     color:  #660099;  
}  

/*  TYPE SELECTOR (for A element - the anchor tag) with pseudo class :LINK - an unvisted link */
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

a:link {  /* controls link display */
     color: #003300;
}

a:visited {  /* controls link display */
     color: #000066;
}

a:active {  /* controls link display */
     color: #cc00cc;    
}

a:hover {  /* on IE only */
     color: #cc00cc; 
}  

A.ada:link {
     color: #cc00cc;
     font-weight: bold;             
     text-decoration: underline;
} 

A.ada:visited {
     color: #cc00cc;
     font-weight: bold;             
     text-decoration: underline;
}