/*
Theme Name: Sonian
Author: Julia Holland / Blue Penguin Consulting
Author URI: http://bluepenguinconsulting.com/
*/

/* http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/ */
/* v1.0 | 20080212 */

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
del, dfn, em, font, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
b, u, i, center,
dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
fieldset, form, label, legend,
table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0;
	outline: 0;
	font-size: 100%;
	vertical-align: baseline;
	background: transparent;
}
body {
	line-height: 1;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
	content: '';
	content: none;
}

/* remember to define focus styles! */
:focus {
	outline: 0;
}

/* remember to highlight inserts somehow! */
ins {
	text-decoration: none;
}
del {
	text-decoration: line-through;
}

/* tables still need 'cellspacing="0"' in the markup */
table {
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border-spacing: 0;
}
td {
	vertical-align: top;
}

/* Begin Typography & Colors */
body {
 	font-weight: normal; 
	font-size: 13px; 
	color: #5C5C5C; 
	line-height: 18px; 
	font-style: normal; 
	font-family: "Myriad Pro", Myriad, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background: #FFFFFF;
}

p {
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}
p.large {
	font-size: 14px;
}
a {
	color: #336699; text-decoration: none;
}
a:hover {
	color: #CB6F29; text-decoration: none;
}
.twitter a, .twitter a:hover { color: #fff; border-bottom:1px dotted #fff; }
hr {
	border:none;
	height:1px;
	border-top: 1px solid #C3C8CE;
	clear:both;
	margin: 5px 0;
}
#hrow2 hr { border-top: 2px solid #C3C8CE; margin:20px 0;}
h1 { 
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 26px;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	line-height: 26px;
}

h2 {
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 20px;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	line-height: 20px;
	color:#CB6F29;
	padding-top: 10px;
}
h2 a {color:#CB6F29;}
h2 a:hover { color: #336699; }

.tabContent h2 {
	color: #666;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	padding-top: 0;
}
h3 { 
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 17px;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
	line-height: 17px;
	padding-top: 10px;
	color: #376FA6;
}
#sidebar h3 {
	color: #666;
	padding-top: 0;
}
h3.sa2 {
	background: url(images/hheader_sa2.gif) no-repeat;
	position:relative;
	width: 286px;
	height:30px;
	text-indent:-9009px;
	padding-top: 0;
}

h4 {
	color: #336699; 
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 13px;
}
#footer h4 {
	text-transform:uppercase;
	color: #fff;
	font-weight:bold;
}
a.news_link {
	background: url(images/sonian_news.gif) no-repeat;
	display: block;
	float: left;
	width: 129px;
	height: 11px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	margin-top:10px;
}
a.news_link strong {display:none;}
a.rss_link {
	background: url(images/rss_sm.gif) no-repeat;
	display: block;
	float: left;
	width: 11px;
	height: 11px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	margin:10px 0 0 7px;
}
a.rss_link strong {display:none;}
a.blog_link {
	background: url(images/from_the_blog.gif) no-repeat;
	display: block;
	float: left;
	width: 86px;
	height: 11px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	margin-top:30px;
}
a.blog_link strong { display: none; }
a.last {margin-top:30px;}
h4.quotes {
	background: url(images/client_feedback.gif) no-repeat;
	position:relative;
	width: 93px;
	height: 11px;
	text-indent:-9009px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	margin-top:10px;
}
h4.webinar {
	background: url(images/webinar.gif) no-repeat;
	position:relative;
	width: 187px;
	height: 15px;
	text-indent:-9009px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	margin-top:10px;
}
h4.survey {
	background: url(images/survey.gif) no-repeat;
	position:relative;
	width: 110px;
	height: 15px;
	text-indent:-9009px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	margin-top:10px;
}
h4.whitepp {
	background: url(images/whitepaper.gif) no-repeat;
	position:relative;
	width: 148px;
	height: 15px;
	text-indent:-9009px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	margin-top:20px;
}
h4.case {
	background: url(images/casestudy.gif) no-repeat;
	position:relative;
	width: 139px;
	height: 15px;
	text-indent:-9009px;
	padding-bottom: 10px;
	margin-top:20px;
}


#footer a { color: #fff;}

.more {
	font-weight:bold;
	position:absolute;
	right: 15px;
	bottom: 15px;
}
.copytext { display:inline-block; padding-right: 25px; }
.sign_up { margin-top: 10px; }
.postmetadata {
	padding-top: 5px;
}
.postmetacomments {
	float:right;
	padding: 5px 0 0 20px;
	background: url(images/comment.png) 0 5px no-repeat;
}


.thread-alt {
	background-color: #f8f8f8;
}
.thread-even {
	background-color: white;
}
.depth-1 {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
}

.even, .alt {

	border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
}

span.required {
	color:#990000;
	font-weight:bold;
}
small {
	font-size: 11px;
}


h2.pagetitle {
	font-size: 18px;
	margin-bottom:20px;
}

#sidebar h2 {
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #666; 
	text-transform: uppercase;
}

#sidebar a:link, #sidebar a:visited, #sidebar a:active {
	color:#CB6F29;
}
#sidebar a:hover {
	color: #336699;
}

.commentlist li, #commentform input, #commentform textarea {
	font-family: "Myriad Pro", Myriad, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

.commentlist li ul li {
}

.commentlist li {
	font-weight: bold;
}

.commentlist li .avatar { 
	float: right;
	border: 1px solid #eee;
	padding: 2px;
	background: #fff;
	}

.commentlist cite, .commentlist cite a {
	font-weight: bold;
	font-style: normal;
	font-size: 11px;
	}

.commentlist p {
	font-weight: normal;
	text-transform: none;
}

.commentmetadata {
	font-weight: normal;
	}

code {
	font-family:'Courier New', Courier, Fixed;
}

acronym, abbr, span.caps
{
	font-size: 9px;
	letter-spacing: .7px;
}

#wp-calendar #prev a, #wp-calendar #next a {
	font-size: 10px;
	}

#wp-calendar a {
	text-decoration: none;
	}

#wp-calendar caption {
	font: bold 13px 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
	text-align: center;
	}

#wp-calendar th {
	font-style: normal;
	text-transform: capitalize;
	}
/* End Typography & Colors */



/* Begin Structure */

#bodyTop {
	height: 10px;
	background:#666;
}
.inner {
	background: #fff;
	padding-bottom: 30px;
}
.container {
	width: 930px; 
	margin: 0px auto;
	position: relative;
}
#headerNav {
	height:26px;
	background: url(images/topNav_bk.gif) bottom right no-repeat;
}
#header {
	position: relative;
	height:50px;
}
#content {
	border-top: 2px solid #C3C8CE;
	margin: 20px 0 0 0;
}
#icol1 {
	width: 601px;
	float:left;
	padding: 0 19px 0 0;
	margin: 20px 0 0 0;
}
#hrow1 {padding: 20px 0 0 0;}
#hrow2 {padding: 30px 0 0 0; position: relative;}
#hcol1 {
	width:610px;
	float:left;
	padding: 0 10px 0 0;
}
#hcol2 {
	width:310px;
	float:right;
}
.hs1 {
	float:left;
	width:280px;
	padding: 0 30px 0 0;
}
.hs2 {
	float:left;
	width:280px;
	padding: 0 30px 0 0;
}
.hs3 {
	float:left;
	width:310px;
	padding: 0;}
.logo {
	position: absolute;
	left:0;
}
.footer_logo {
	padding-top: 45px;
}
.homeFeaturedBox {
	border: 2px solid #C3C8CE;
	padding: 10px;
	position:relative;
	height: 317px;
}
.homeFeaturedQuote {
	border: 2px solid #C3C8CE;
	padding: 10px;
	position:relative;
	background: #fff;
	height: 155px;
}
.client {
	height: 258px;
}
#footer {
	background: #FF9933;
	border-top: 4px solid #CB6F29;
	padding-bottom: 15px;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #CB6F29;
}
#footercolleft {
	float: left;
	width: 200px;
	overflow: hidden;
	padding: 0 15px 0 0;
	margin-top: 15px;
}
	
#footercolmiddle {
	float: left;
	width: 200px;
	overflow: hidden;
	padding: 0 15px 0 0;
	margin-top: 15px;
}
#footercolmiddle2 {
	float: left;
	width: 200px;
	overflow: hidden;
	padding: 0 15px 0 0;
	margin-top: 15px;
}
	
#footercolright {
	float: left;
	width: 265px;
	overflow: hidden;
	padding-left: 20px;
}
#copyright { padding: 20px 0; }
.twitter { background: #E5842E url(images/twitter-div-bottom.gif) left bottom no-repeat; margin: 20px 0 0 0; padding: 15px 15px 24px 15px; color: #fff;}
.sonian_twitter { padding: 5px 0 0 10px; font-weight:bold; }
.aktt_tweets ol, .aktt_tweets ul {list-style: none;}
.aktt_tweets li { margin: 0 0 10px 0;}
.blogside {
	margin:0 0 4px 0;
}
.hscreenshot {
	position: relative;
	z-index: 2;
}
.post {
	margin: 0 0 40px;
}

.post hr {
	border:none;
	height:1px;
	border-top: 1px solid #C3C8CE;
	clear:both;
}

.postmetadata {
	padding-top: 5px;
	}

.smallattachment {
	text-align: center;
	float: left;
	width: 128px;
	margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px;
}

.attachment {
	text-align: center;
	margin: 5px 0px;
}

.clear, .clearer {
	clear: both;
}


/* End Structure */


/* Top Nav */

#topNav {
	margin:0;
	padding:0 8px;
	list-style:none;
	position:absolute;
	right:3px;
	text-align:center;
}

#topNav li {
	float:left;
	display:block;
	overflow: hidden;
	height: 24px;
	line-height:24px;
	font-size:12px;
	color: #fff;
}

#topNav li a {
	font-weight:normal;
	text-decoration:none;
	padding:0 10px;
	color: #fff;
}
/* Main Nav */

#mainNav {
	margin:32px 0 0 0;
	padding:0;
	list-style:none;
	position:absolute;
	right:0;
}

#mainNav li {
	float:left;
	overflow: hidden;
}

#mainNav li a {
	display:block;
	height: 15px;
	line-height:15px;
	text-indent:-9999px;
}
#mainNav li#sol a {
	background: url(images/nav_solutions.gif) no-repeat;
	width:100px;
}
#mainNav li#res a {
	background: url(images/nav_resources.gif) no-repeat;
	width:102px;
}
#mainNav li#comp a {
	background: url(images/nav_company.gif) no-repeat;
	width:94px;
}
#mainNav li#part a {
	background: url(images/nav_partners.gif) no-repeat;
	width:94px;
}
#mainNav li#cont a {
	background: url(images/nav_contact.gif) no-repeat;
	width:69px;
}
#mainNav li#cnews a {
	background: url(images/nav_news.gif) no-repeat;
	width:120px;
}
#mainNav li#cblog a {
	background: url(images/nav_blog.gif) no-repeat;
	width:62px;
}
#mainNav li#sol a:hover, #mainNav li#res a:hover, #mainNav li#comp a:hover, #mainNav li#part a:hover, #mainNav li#cont a:hover, #mainNav li#cblog a:hover, #mainNav li#cnews a:hover {
	background-position: 0 -15px;
}

/* Client Testimonials */
.quote_logos { list-style: none;}
.quote_logos li {
	float:left;
	overflow: hidden;
}

.quote_logos li a {
	float:left;
	display:block;
	height: 67px;
	width: 125px;
	text-indent:-9999px;
	margin: 0 20px 20px 0;
}
.quote_logos li a.sc { margin: 0 0 20px 0;}
.quote_logos li#logo_1 a {background: url(images/quotes_kerio.gif) no-repeat;}
.quote_logos li#logo_2 a {background: url(images/quotes_vertica.gif) no-repeat;}
.quote_logos li#logo_3 a {background: url(images/quotes_rackspace.gif) no-repeat;}
.quote_logos li#logo_4 a {background: url(images/quotes_phns.gif) no-repeat;}
.quote_logos li#logo_1 a.activeSlide, .quote_logos li#logo_1 a:hover,.quote_logos li#logo_2 a.activeSlide, .quote_logos li#logo_2 a:hover,.quote_logos li#logo_3 a.activeSlide, .quote_logos li#logo_3 a:hover, .quote_logos li#logo_4 a.activeSlide, .quote_logos li#logo_4 a:hover {
	background-position: 0 -67px;
}
.quote_text ul { list-style: none; }

/* Home page tab content */

.tabContent {
	border: 2px solid #C3C8CE;
	height: 175px;
	padding:10px;
}

#tabs ul {
	margin: 0;
	height: 36px;
	padding:0;
	list-style: none;
	overflow: hidden;
	border-top: 4px solid #336699;
	position: relative;
    top: -2px;
    z-index: 2;
}
#tabs ul li {
	margin: 0 2px 0 0;
	float:left;
}
#tabs ul li a {
	float: left;
	height: 36px;
	line-height:36px;
	white-space: nowrap;
	background-position: 100% 0;
}
#tabs ul li a span{
	display: none;
}
#tabs ul li.tabea a {
	width:114px;
	background: url(images/tab_ea.gif) no-repeat;
}
#tabs ul li.tabdc a {
	width:154px;
	background: url(images/tab_dc.gif) no-repeat;
}
#tabs ul li.tabcc a {
	width:159px;
	background: url(images/tab_cc.gif) no-repeat;
}
#tabs ul li.tabi a {
	width:70px;
	background: url(images/tab_i.gif) no-repeat;
}
#tabs ul li.tabmp a {
	width:101px;
	background: url(images/tab_mp.gif) no-repeat;
}
#tabs ul li a:hover, #tabs ul li.ui-tabs-selected a {
	background-position: 0 -37px;
}

/* Begin Images */
p img {
	padding: 0;
	max-width: 100%;
	}

/*	Using 'class="alignright"' on an image will (who would've
	thought?!) align the image to the right. And using 'class="centered',
	will of course center the image. This is much better than using
	align="center", being much more futureproof (and valid) */

img.centered {
	display: block;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	}

img.alignright {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 0 2px 7px;
	display: inline;
	}

img.alignleft {
	padding: 4px;
	margin: 0 7px 2px 0;
	display: inline;
	}
img.sidebar_pad {
	padding-top: 15px;
}
.alignright {
	float: right;
	}

.alignleft {
	float: left
	}
/* End Images */



/* Begin Lists */

.entry ol, .entry ul {
	padding: 0 0 10px 35px;
	margin: 0;
	}
	
.entry ol ul, .entry ul ul {
	padding: 0 0 0 35px;
	margin: 0;
}

.entry ol li, .entry ul li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 0 3px 0;
}

.postmetadata ul, .postmetadata li {
	display: inline;
	list-style-type: none;
	list-style-image: none;
	}

#sidebar ul, #sidebar ul ol{
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 0 10px 0;
}

#footer ul {
	margin: 5px 0 0 0;
	padding: 5px 0 0 0;
	border-top: 1px solid #fff;
}

#footer ul li {
	list-style-type: none;
	list-style-image: none;
	padding: 2px 0 0 0;
}
#sidebar ul li {
	list-style-type: none;
	list-style-image: none;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
}
#sidebar .sb-pagemenu ul li {
	margin-bottom: 3px;
	font-weight:bold;
}
#sidebar .sb-pagemenu ul ul li {
	font-weight:normal;
}

#sidebar ul p, #sidebar ul select {
	margin: 5px 0 8px;
	}

#sidebar ul ul, #sidebar ul ol {
	margin: 5px 0 0 0;
	}

#sidebar ul ul ul {
	margin: 0 0 0 10px;
	}

#sidebar ul ul li, #sidebar ul ol li {
	margin: 3px 0 3px 0;
	padding: 0;
}
#sidebar .sb-pagemenu ul ul {
	margin:0;
	padding:0;
}
#sidebar .sb-pagemenu ul ul li {
	margin: 3px 0 3px 15px;
}
/* End Entry Lists */



/* Begin Form Elements */
#searchform {
	margin: 10px auto;
	padding: 5px 3px;
	}

#sidebar #searchform #s {
	width: 140px;
	padding: 2px;
	}

#sidebar #searchsubmit {
	padding: 1px;
	}

.entry form { /* This is mainly for password protected posts, makes them look better. */
	text-align:center;
	}

select {
	width: 130px;
	}

#commentform input {
	width: 170px;
	padding: 2px;
	margin: 5px 5px 1px 0;
	}

#commentform {
	margin: 5px 10px 0 0;
	}
#commentform textarea {
	width: 100%;
	padding: 2px;
	}
#respond:after {
		content: "."; 
	    display: block; 
	    height: 0; 
	    clear: both; 
	    visibility: hidden;
	}
#commentform #submit {
	margin: 0 0 5px auto;
	float: right;
	}
/*#contactform { margin-top: 20px; }
#contactform input, #contactform textarea, #contactform select {
	display:block;
	margin:2px 0 5px 0;
	padding:2px;
}
#contactform label { display: block; margin:0; padding:5px 0 2px 0; }
#contactform input.error, #contactform select.error { border: 1px solid #990000;}
#contactform label.error {color: #990000; font-weight: bold;}
#contactform input[type=hidden] { padding:0;margin:0}

fieldset.contact-two-col {
overflow:hidden;
width:600px;
padding-bottom: 5px;
border:none;
}

fieldset.contact-two-col p {
float:left;
width:300px;
}
fieldset.contact-two-col input, fieldset.contact-two-col textarea {
width:250px;
}
*/

#contactform table td {padding: 5px 5px 5px 0; vertical-align:top;}




/* End Form Elements */

/* Begin Comments*/
.alt {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 10px;
	}

.commentlist {
	padding: 0;
	text-align: justify;
	}

.commentlist li {
	margin: 15px 0 10px;
	padding: 5px 5px 10px 10px;
	list-style: none;

	}
.commentlist li ul li { 
	margin-right: -5px;
	margin-left: 10px;
}

.commentlist p {
	margin: 10px 5px 10px 0;
}
.children { padding: 0; }

#commentform p {
	margin: 5px 0;
	}

.nocomments {
	text-align: center;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	}

.commentmetadata {
	margin: 0;
	display: block;
	}
/* End Comments */



/* Begin Sidebar */
#sidebar {
	width: 289px;
	float:left;
	padding: 0 0 0 20px;
	border-left: 1px solid #C3C8CE;
	margin: 20px 0 0 0;
}

#sidebar form {
	margin: 0;
}
/* End Sidebar */



/* Begin Calendar */
#wp-calendar {
	empty-cells: show;
	margin: 10px auto 0;
	width: 155px;
	}

#wp-calendar #next a {
	padding-right: 10px;
	text-align: right;
	}

#wp-calendar #prev a {
	padding-left: 10px;
	text-align: left;
	}

#wp-calendar a {
	display: block;
	}

#wp-calendar caption {
	text-align: center;
	width: 100%;
	}

#wp-calendar td {
	padding: 3px 0;
	text-align: center;
	}

#wp-calendar td.pad:hover { /* Doesn't work in IE */
	background-color: #fff; }
/* End Calendar */



/* Begin Various Tags & Classes */
acronym, abbr, span.caps {
	cursor: help;
	}

acronym, abbr {
	border-bottom: 1px dashed #999;
	}

blockquote {
	margin: 15px 30px 15px 10px;
	padding-left: 20px;
	border-left: 3px solid #ddd;
	}

blockquote cite {
	margin: 5px 0 0;
	display: block;
	}

.center {
	text-align: center;
	}

.hidden {
	display: none;
	}

a img {
	border: none;
	}

.navigation {
	text-align: center;
	margin-top: 10px;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
	font-size: 12px;
	}
/* End Various Tags & Classes*/

/* Tables */

table.tbl_support, table.tbl_partners {
	margin: 15px 0;
}
.tbl_support td {
	padding-bottom: 20px;
}
.tbl_partners td {
	padding-bottom: 10px;
}


/* Captions */
.aligncenter,
div.aligncenter {
	display: block;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
}

.wp-caption {
	border: 1px solid #ddd;
	text-align: center;
	background-color: #f3f3f3;
	padding-top: 4px;
	margin: 10px;
}

.wp-caption img {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: 0 none;
}

.wp-caption p.wp-caption-text {
	font-size: 11px;
	line-height: 17px;
	padding: 0 4px 5px;
	margin: 0;
}
/* End captions */

/* self-clear floats */

.group:after {
	content: "."; 
    display: block; 
    height: 0; 
    clear: both; 
    visibility: hidden;
    }

/* sIFR */

/* These are standard sIFR styles... do not modify */

.sIFR-flash {
	visibility: visible !important;
	margin: 0;
}

.sIFR-replaced {
	visibility: visible !important;
}

span.sIFR-alternate {
	position: absolute;
	left: 0;
	top: 0;
	width: 0;
	height: 0;
	display: block;
	overflow: hidden;
}

/* Hide Adblock Object tab: the text should show up just fine, not poorly with a tab laid over it. */
.sIFR-flash + div[adblocktab=true] {
  display: none !important;
}

/* These "decoy" styles are used to hide the browser text before it is replaced... the negative-letter spacing in this case is used to make the browser text metrics match up with the sIFR text metrics since the sIFR text in this example is so much narrower... your own settings may vary... any weird sizing issues you may run into are usually fixed by tweaking these decoy styles */
.sIFR-hasFlash #icol1 {
	margin-top: 12px;
}
.sIFR-hasFlash h1 {
	visibility: hidden;
	font-size: 30px;
	letter-spacing:-1px;
	margin:0 0 10px 0;
	line-height: 30px;
}

/*.sIFR-hasFlash h2 {
	visibility: hidden;
	font-size: 25px;
	letter-spacing:-1px;
}*/

.sIFR-hasFlash #sidebar h2.widgettitle {
	visibility: hidden;
	line-height:22px;
	height: 22px;
	letter-spacing:-1px;
	margin: 0 0 5px 0;
	padding-top: 0;
}

.sIFR-hasFlash h3.sifr {
	visibility: hidden;
	height: 23px;
}

.sIFR-hasFlash h4.sifr {
	visibility: hidden;
	height: 20px;
}

/* Tabs */

.ui-tabs-nav:after { /* clearing without presentational markup, IE gets extra treatment */
    display: block;
    clear: both;
    content: " ";
}


.ui-tabs-nav .ui-tabs-selected a:link, .ui-tabs-nav .ui-tabs-selected a:visited,
.ui-tabs-nav .ui-tabs-disabled a:link, .ui-tabs-nav .ui-tabs-disabled a:visited {
    cursor: pointer;
}
.ui-tabs-nav a:hover, .ui-tabs-nav a:focus, .ui-tabs-nav a:active,
.ui-tabs-nav .ui-tabs-unselect a:hover, .ui-tabs-nav .ui-tabs-unselect a:focus, .ui-tabs-nav .ui-tabs-unselect a:active {
    cursor: pointer;
}

/* Additional IE specific bug fixes... */
* html .ui-tabs-nav { /* auto clear @ IE 6 & IE 7 Quirks Mode */
    display: inline-block;
}
*:first-child+html .ui-tabs-nav  { /* auto clear @ IE 7 Standards Mode - do not group selectors, otherwise IE 6 will ignore complete rule (because of the unknown + combinator)... */
    display: inline-block;
}
.ui-tabs-hide { display: none !important;}

.ui-tabs-panel {
    background: #fff; /* declare background color for container to avoid distorted fonts in IE while fading */
}