.background {
  border: 3px solid #000000;
  padding: 50px;
  margin: 50px auto;
  max-width: 600px;
  background-color: rgba(33, 180, 217, 0.3);
  border-radius: 10px;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Georgia', serif;
  color:  #FFFFFF;
  box-shadow: 2px 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

/*left side bar stuff*/
.sidebar-left {
  background: rgba(33, 180, 217, 0.3);
  border: 3px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 10px;
  width: 250px;
  margin-left: 75px;
  padding: 15px;
  margin-top: 25px;
  min-height: 50%;
  position: absolute;  /* Change from fixed to absolute */
  overflow: auto;
  text-align: center;
}

.nav-title {
  background-color: #FCEDDC;
  border: 1px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 10px;
  padding: 10px;
  margin: -10px -10px 10px -10px; /* Extends to edges of sidebar */
  color: #000000;
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: bold;
}

.nav-body {
  background-color: #FCEDDC;
  border: 1px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 10px;
  padding: 10px;
  margin: -10px -10px 10px -10px; /* Extends to edges of sidebar */
  color: #FCEDDC;
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: bold;
}
/*content blocks*/

.content-title {
  background-color: #FCEDDC;
  border: 2px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 5px;
  padding: 10px;
  margin: -10px -10px 10px -10px; /* Extends to edges of background box */
  color: #000000;
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: bold;
}

.image-background {
  background-color: #FCEDDC;
  border: 2px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 5px;
  padding: 20px;
  margin: 10px 0; /* Changed from negative margins */
  color: #000000;
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 13px;
}


.content-background {
  background-color: #FCEDDC;
  border: 2px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 5px;
  padding: 10px;
  margin: -10px -10px 10px -10px; /* Extends to edges of background box */
  color: #000000;
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 13px;
}

.blog-content-background {
  background-color: #FCEDDC;
  border: 2px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 5px;
  padding: 10px;
  margin: -10px -10px 10px -10px; /* Extends to edges of background box */
  color: #000000;
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 15px;
}

.sidebar-right {
  background: rgba(33, 180, 217, 0.3);
  border: 3px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 10px;
  width: 250px;
  margin-right: 75px;
  padding: 15px;
  margin-top: 25px;
  min-height: 50%;
  position: absolute;  /* Change from fixed to absolute */
  right: 0;
  overflow: auto;
  text-align: center;

}


#guest-book:link,
#blog:link,
#home:link,
#about-me:link,
#poetry:link {
  color: #f9c211;
  text-decoration: none; /* optional, removes underline */
}

#guest-book:visited,
#home:visited,
#blog:visited,
#about-me:visited,
#poetry:visited {
  color: #b04c05;
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* animated color text */
@keyframes colorChange {
  0%   { color: #0048a2; }
  10%  { color: #0084cf; }
  20%  { color: #69c6cd; }
  30%  { color: #ebe45e; }
  40%  { color: #f8cf28; }
  50%  { color: #dc7909; }
  60%  { color: #c85105; }
  70%  { color: #932806; }
  80%  { color: #dc7909; }
  90%  { color: #75544f; }
  100% { color: #6e6248; }
}

.colorful-text {
  animation: colorChange 5s infinite;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 2em;
  text-align: center;
}


@keyframes colorChange {
  0%   { color: #0048a2; }
  10%  { color: #0084cf; }
  20%  { color: #69c6cd; }
  30%  { color: #ebe45e; }
  40%  { color: #f8cf28; }
  50%  { color: #dc7909; }
  60%  { color: #c85105; }
  70%  { color: #932806; }
  80%  { color: #dc7909; }
  90%  { color: #75544f; }
  100% { color: #6e6248; }
}

.colorful-text {
  animation: colorChange 5s infinite;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 2em;
  text-align: center;
}