/************************************************************************
-) Slider: only the following lines are necceassary for slider styling,
   rest of the css file styles the demo page
*************************************************************************/
.slideshow{ 
/* height:320px; */ 	/*this changes the height of the image slider*/
/* width:640px; */
text-align: center;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
background: #fff url(images/layout/preload.gif) center center no-repeat;
}

.slideshow li, .slideshow .featured{
display: block;
width:100%;
/* height:100%; */
/* position: absolute; */
top:0;
left:0;
z-index: 1;
}

.js_active .slideshow li, .js_active .slideshow .featured{
display:none;
}

.slideshow img, .slideshow a img, .slideshow a{
border:none;
text-decoration: none;
}

.slidecontrolls{
margin:20px auto 0 auto;
position: relative;
float:left;
}

.slidecontrolls a {
height:20px;
width:18px;
display:block;
cursor: pointer;
background: transparent url(images/layout/controlls.gif) center bottom no-repeat;
float:left;
outline: none;
}

.slidecontrolls a:hover, .slidecontrolls .active_item{
background: transparent url(images/layout/controlls.gif) center top no-repeat;
}

.feature_excerpt{
/* width:610px;
position: absolute;
display: block; */
display: none;
bottom: 0;
left:0;
z-index: 2;
padding:14px 15px;
font-size: 11.5px;
line-height:1.5em;
cursor: pointer;
background: #000;
color: #fff;
}

.feature_excerpt strong{
display: block;
font-size: 15px;
padding-bottom: 3px;
}

.center{ /*center content area */
text-align: center;
position: relative;
margin:0 auto;
/* width:640px; */
}