body
{
    font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
    background-image: url(design/background_gradient.png);
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
    background-color: #1a1a1a;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0 0 20px 0;
    font-size: 16px;
    color: #cccccc;
    text-align: center;
}
 
.root
{
    width: 1200px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    text-align: center;
    background-color: #1a1a1a;
    position: relative;
}
.root a
{
    color: #374d5b;
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: bold;
}

#header
{
    background-image: url(design/background_gradient.png);
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
    background-color: #1a1a1a;
    height: 100px;
}
#header a
{
    margin: 0;
    border: 0;
    padding: 0;
    margin: auto;
    display: block;
    text-indent: -9999px;
    letter-spacing: -9999px;
    font-size: 0;
    text-decoration: none;
    width: 600px;
    height: 100px;
    background-position: 0 0;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

nav {
font-family: "BankGothic Md BT", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;
background-color: #0d0d0d;
text-align: center;
font-size: 30px; 
height: 40px;
width: 95%; 
padding: 5px 0px 0px 0px;
margin: 0 auto 10px auto;
}

a:link {
color:#cccccc;
text-decoration:none;
}

a:visited {
color:#cccccc;
text-decoration:none;
}


a:hover
{
    color: #ffffff;
  
}

ul.skills {
padding-left: 0.6em; 
margin-left: 0.6em; 
list-style-position: outside;
list-style-type: none;
}

/* nav ul
{
    list-style-type: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
nav li
{
    display: inline;
} */