body {
  background-image: linear-gradient(#101010, #000000);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-attachment: fixed;
  color: #A9A9A9;
  font-family: Helvetica;
  font-size: 115%;
  line-height: 1.3;
  width: 95%;
  max-width: 1150px;
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  margin: auto
}

/* this bit is just links colours */

a:link {
  color: orange;
  background-color: transparent;
  text-decoration: underline;
}
a:visited {
  color: #ffc680;
  background-color: transparent;
  text-decoration: underline;
}
a:hover {
  color: tomato;
  background-color: transparent;
  text-decoration: underline;
}
a:active {
  color: tomato;
  background-color: transparent;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

/* this bit is sections of article pages (columns, functionally) */

.coreFrame{
	max-width: 1100px;
}

.stuff {
	background: #13131380;
	padding-top: 1px;
	padding-bottom: 1px;
	padding-right: 30px;
	padding-left: 30px;
	width: 60%;
	box-sizing: border-box;
	margin: auto
}

.contentsFrame {
  padding: 20px;
  float: left;
  width: 20%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: auto
}

.contents {
  background: #13131380;
  position: -webkit-sticky;
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  font-size: 90%;
  line-height: 1.15;
}

.sidenote {
  background: #13131350;
  padding: 5px;
  float: right;
  width: 20%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: auto;
  border-left:3px solid #ffc680;
  font-size: 90%;
  line-height: 1.15;
}
.warning{
	max-width:800px;
	padding: 5px;
}
.tangent{
	border-left:5px solid #b36200;
	background: #331c0050;
	padding: 5px 20px;
}

.quote{
	border-left:8px solid #fff4e6;
	padding: 1px 30px;
}
  @media screen and (max-width: 850px) {
  .contentsFrame, .stuff, .sidenote {
    width: 95%;
    padding: 10px;
	float: none;
  }
}
/* simple default settings for embedded images */
.responsive {
  max-width: 100%;
  height: auto;
}
/*details for top navigation bar*/
.nav {
  list-style-type: none;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  max-width: 800px;
  border-bottom:3px solid orange
}

.nav li {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 20px;
  padding: 20px;
}
/*details for contents tables on index pages*/
.contentsTable{
	border-spacing:20px;
	border-bottom:5px solid black
}
.contentsRow{
	height:100px; 
	vertical-align:top;
}