@charset "utf-8";
/*  
Theme Name: Franchise Loop
Theme URI: http://franchiseloop.com/
Description: News Theme for FranchiseLoop
Version: 1
Author: Franchise Loop
Author URI: http://franchiseloop.com/
*/



/* Begin Typography & Colors */
body {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	background-repeat: repeat-x;
	background-position: top;
	margin-left: 0px;
	margin-right: 0px;
	margin-top: 0px;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	padding:0;
	height:100%;
	width:100%;
	border:none;
}
.tdRightNavBack {
	background-image: url(../../../../siteImages/rightNavBack.gif);
	background-repeat: repeat-y;
}
.tdHeaderBack {
	background-image: url(../../../../siteImages/headerCorners.jpg);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.tdLight {
	background-color: #f5f8fb;
}
.searchField {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	width: 100px;
	height: 16;
	border-color: #9db9c8;
	font-size: 12px;
}
.searchField2 {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	width: 150px;
	height: 16;
	border-color: #9db9c8;
	font-size: 12px;
}
.pullDownMenuSize2 {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	width: 110px;
	height: 18;
	border-color: #9db9c8;
	font-size: 12px;
}
.pullDownMenuSize3 {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	width: 240px;
	height: 18;
	border-color: #9db9c8;
	font-size: 12px;
}
.searchArea {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #00487C;
	font-weight: normal;
}
.resultsDesc {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #00487C;
	font-weight: normal;
}
.tdMed {
	background-color: #ccd7e0;
}
.tdWhite{
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
.tdBorder {
	background-color: #a1bccf;
}
.tinyLink {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #00487c;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.tinyLink a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #00487c;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.tinyLink a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #00487c;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.tinyLink a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #000000;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.tinyLink a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #000000;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}

.tinyLinkNoLine {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #00487c;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.tinyLinkNoLine a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #00487c;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.tinyLinkNoLine a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #00487c;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.tinyLinkNoLine a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #000000;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.tinyLinkNoLine a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #000000;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.mainLink a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #00599B;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.mainLink a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #00599B;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.mainLink a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #007CD9;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.mainLink a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #007CD9;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.blogLink a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	color: #2C618F;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.blogLink a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	color: #2C618F;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.blogLink a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	color: #007CD9;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.blogLink a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 18px;
	color: #007CD9;
	font-weight: bold;
}


.tinyText {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color:#666666;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.tinyText a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color:#666666;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.tinyText a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color:#666666;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.tinyText a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color:#000000;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.tinyText a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 10px;
	color:#666666;
	text-decoration: underline;
}


.entry {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color:#000000;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: normal;
}


.entry a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #2C618F;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: normal;
}

.entry a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #007CD9;
	text-decoration: underline;
	font-weight: normal;
}

.more-link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #2C618F;
	text-decoration: none;
	width: 400px; 
	border: solid #cccccc; 
	border-width: 1px; 
	padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px; 
	margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px; 
	background:#fff;
}

.more-link .a {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #2C618F;
	text-decoration: none;
	width: 400px; 
	border: solid #cccccc; 
	border-width: 1px; 
	padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px; 
	margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px; 
	background:#fff;
}
.more-link a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #2C618F;
	text-decoration: none;
	width: 400px; 
	border: solid #cccccc; 
	border-width: 1px; 
	padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px; 
	margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px; 
	background:#FFFFFF;
}
.more-link a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #007CD9;
	text-decoration: underline; 
	width: 400px; 
	border: solid #cccccc; 
	border-width: 1px; 
	padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px; 
	margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px; 
	background:#FFFFFF;
}
.more-link a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #007CD9;
	text-decoration: underline; 
	width: 400px; 
	border: solid #cccccc; 
	border-width: 1px; 
	padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px; 
	margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px; 
	background:#FFFFFF;
}

.sideentry, .sideentry2 {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color:#000000;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: normal;
	line-height: 20px;
}

.sideentry a:link, .sideentry2 a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #2C618F;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.sideentry a:visited, .sideentry2 a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #2C618F;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.sideentry a:hover, .sideentry2 a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #007CD9;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.sideentry a:active, .sideentry2 a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #007CD9;
	text-decoration: underline; 
}

.sideentry2 ul, .sideentry2 li { margin: auto auto; padding: 4px 0 4px 0; list-style: none outside; border: none; 
}

.children ul {margin-left: 20px;} 

.children li { 
margin: auto auto; 
padding: 0px 3px 1px 3px;
background-image: url(http://www.franchiseloop.com/news/wp-content/themes/franLoop/images/BlueArrowRight2.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 0% 50%;
padding-left: 17px; 
border: none;
}


.mainBack {
	background-image: url(../../../../siteImages/mainBack.gif);	
}
.footNavBack {
	background-image: url(../../../../siteImages/footLinksArea.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center center;
}
.grayLine {
	background-color: #ababab;
}
.sectionHeading {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #525252;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 16px;
	line-height: 20px;
}

.searchHeading a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #525252;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 16px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.searchHeading a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #525252;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 16px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.searchHeading a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #525252;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 16px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.searchHeading a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #525252;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 16px;
	line-height: 20px;
}
.sectionHeadingRightNav {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #0D2F5F;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 13px;
	line-height: normal;
}
.smallLink a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #00487c;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.smallLink a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #00487c;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.smallLink a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #000000;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.smallLink a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
	color: #000000;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: underline;
}
.subSectionRightNav {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #454545;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: normal;
}
.space1 {
	width: 20px;
}
.space2 {
	height: 25px;
}
.space3 {
	height: 31px;
}
.space4 {
	width: 42px;
}
.space5 {
	height: 40px;
}
.space6 {
	height: 10px;
}
.space7 {
	width: 5px;
}
.space8 {
	height: 4px;
}
.space9 {
	width: 150px;
}
.space10 {
	height: 20px;
}
.footStart {
	height: 165px;
	background-color: #ccd7e0;
}
.footer {
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #2c618f;
	font-size:11px;
}
.footer a:link {
	text-decoration:none;
	color: #2c618f;
	font-size:11px;
}
.footer a:visited {
	text-decoration:none;
	color: #2c618f;
	font-size:11px;
}
.footEnd {
	height: 31px;
	background-color: #8499a4;
	text-align:right;
	line-height: 31px;
	padding-right: 25px;
}
.BreadcrumbContainer {
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background-color: #ccd7e0;
	border-top:#a1bccf 1px solid;
	height: 28px;
	font-size: 11px;
	font-weight:bold;
	color: #00477b;
}
.footer a:hover {
	text-decoration:underline;
	color: #2c618f;
	font-size:11px;
}
.footer a:active {
	text-decoration:underline;
	color: #2c618f;
	font-size:11px;
}
.copyright {
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color: #ccd7e0;
	font-size:11px;
}
.SearchBoxContainer {
	background-color: #e6e7e6; 
	border-top:#97afbe 1px solid; 
	border-bottom:#FFFFFF 1px solid;
}
.searchArea {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	color: #00487C;
	font-weight: normal;
}
.headerBar {
	background-image:url(../../../../siteImages/topBorder.gif);
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
	height: 45px;
	width:auto;
}
.chooseCountryBack {
	background-image:url(../../../../siteImages/chooseCountryBack.gif);
	height: 45px;
	width: 783px;
	background-position:right;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	margin-left:auto;
	margin-right:auto;
}
.tabBackArea1 {
	background-image: url(../../../../siteImages/tabBar1.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.tabBackArea2 {
	background-image: url(../../../../siteImages/tabBar2.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.tabBackArea3 {
	background-image: url(../../../../siteImages/tabBar3.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.tabBackArea4 {
	background-image: url(../../../../siteImages/tabBar4.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.tabBackArea5 {
	background-image: url(../../../../siteImages/tabBar5.gif);
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.tabActive {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #003f69;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.tabActive a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #003f69;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.tabActive a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #003f69;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.tabActive a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #003f69;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.tabActive a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #005695;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.tabNormal a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #EFEFEF;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.tabNormal a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #EFEFEF;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.tabNormal a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #000000;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.tabNormal a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 14px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #000000;
	text-decoration: none;
}
.pages a:link {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
	color: #00487C;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-align: center;
}
.pages a:visited {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
	color: #00487C;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-align: center;
}
.pages a:hover {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	background-color:#CCD7E0;
	color: #00487C;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-align: center;
}
.pages a:active {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	background-color:#CCD7E0;
	color: #00487C;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-align: center;
}

.pagesNumber a:link {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
	color: #00487C;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-align: center;
}
.pagesNumber a:visited {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
	color: #00487C;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-align: center;
}
.pagesNumber a:hover {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	background-color:#CCD7E0;
	color: #00487C;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-align: center;
}
.pagesNumber a:active {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	background-color:#CCD7E0;
	color: #00487C;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-align: center;
}
.pagesAt {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	background-color:#CCD7E0;
	color: #000000;
	font-weight: bold;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	line-height: 20px;
	text-align: center;
}

.navigationCont {width: 520px; height: 25px; background:#E5E5E5; border: solid #cccccc; border-width: 1px;}

.navigation {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px; /* was 13px */
	color: #00599B;
	padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;
}
.navigation a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px; /* was 13px */
	color: #00599B;
}
.navigation a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px; /* was 13px */
	color: #00599B;
}
.navigation a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px; /* was 13px */
	color: #007CD9;
}
.navigation a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px; /* was 13px */
	color: #007CD9;
}

.post {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #00599B;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.post a:link {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #00599B;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.post a:visited {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #00599B;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.post a:hover {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #007CD9;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.post a:active {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #007CD9;
	font-weight: bold;
}

.bottombox {width: 480px; border: solid #cccccc; border-width: 1px; padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px; background:#E5E5E5;}

.entrywidth {margin: 0px 10px 2px 10px}

/* Standard CSS */

h1 { color: #000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
h2 { color: #000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
h3 { color: #000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
h4 { color: #000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
h5 { color: #000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
h6 { color: #000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
p { color: #000; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }

ol { margin: auto auto; margin: 0 30px 0 20px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-position: outside; padding: 25px 40px 25px 40px; border: double #cccccc; border-width: 1px; line-height: 18px;}

li {
margin-bottom: 9px;
} 

ul { margin: auto auto; margin: 0 30px 0 20px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; list-style-position: outside; padding: 25px 40px 25px 40px; border: double #cccccc; border-width: 1px; line-height: 18px;}

a { color: #00599B; letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif  }
a:visited { color: #00599B; letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
a:hover { color: #007CD9; letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }
a:active { color: #007CD9; letter-spacing: 0.2px; font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }

.introtext:first-letter {
float:left;
color:#737373;
font-size:72px;
line-height:54px;
padding-top:2px;
padding-right:6px;
font-family: Times, serif, Georgia;
} 

.introtext { color: #000; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }

.footertext { color: #000; line-height: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.1px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif }

.dropcap {
float:left;
color:#737373;
font-size:72px;
line-height:54px;
padding-top:2px;
padding-right:6px;
font-family: Times, serif, Georgia;
} 

.alignleft { float: left;}
.alignright {  float: right; float: clear; text-align: right;}
.sectionHeadingRightNav {line-height:20px; margin-top: 10px;}

#postSpace {height: 30px;}