body  {
	font: 100% Times New Roman, serif;
	background: #ffffff;
	margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */
	color: #000000;
}

a,a:active,a:visited {
	color: #000000;
}

a:hover {
	color: #0000FF;
}

h1 {
	font-size: 3em;
	color: #FFCC00;
}

#container { 
	width: 50%;
	margin: 0 auto;
	text-align: left;
}

.footer {
	background-color: #000;
	padding: 0.5em;
}

#container { 
	width: 55em;  /* this width will create a container that will fit in an 800px browser window if text is left at browser default font sizes */
	background: #FFFFFF;
	margin: 0 auto; /* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
	text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
} 
#sidebar1 {
	float: left; 
	width: 12em; /* since this element is floated, a width must be given */
	background: #ffffff; /* the background color will be displayed for the length of the content in the column, but no further */
	padding: 15px 0; /* top and bottom padding create visual space within this div */
}
#sidebar1 h3, #sidebar1 p {
	margin-left: 10px; /* the left and right margin should be given to every element that will be placed in the side columns */
	margin-right: 10px;
}
#mainContent {
 	margin: 0 1.5em 0 13em; /* the right margin can be given in ems or pixels. It creates the space down the right side of the page. */
}