/*--- featured authors ---*/

.featured-authors {
    /*position: relative;*/
    margin: auto;
    margin-bottom:15px;
    padding:auto;
    width: 510px;
    height: 236px;
    font-family: arial, sans-serif;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
}

.featured-authors * {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    background: none;
}

.featured-authors h2 {
/*    position: absolute;*/
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    margin: 0;
    width: 468px;
    height: 35px;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 35px;
    color: #231f20;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
}

.featured-authors .scrollContainer {
   /* position: absolute;*/
    top: 0px;
    left: 34px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 399px;
    height: 215px;
    overflow:hidden;
}

.featured-authors .scrollArea {
    margin: 0;
    width: 1000000px;
    
}

.featured-authors .author 
{
	/*position: relative;*/
    float: left;
    width: 134px;
    margin: 10px 0 0 0;
    text-align: center;
    background: url('/images/featured_author/featured-authors-author-bg.gif') no-repeat;
}

.featured-authors img {
    margin: 9px 15px 9px 14px;
}

.featured-authors .author h3 {
    margin: 0.5ex 0;
    font-size: 12px;
}

.featured-authors .author h3 a {
    margin: 0;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #4699cc;
}

.featured-authors .author p a {
    margin: 0.5ex 0;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight:normal;
}

.featured-authors .pagination {
/*    position: absolute;*/
    top: 217px;
    left: 0;
    margin: 0;
    width: auto;
    height: 20px;
    text-align: center;
    border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5;
    background-color: #F8F8F8;
}

.featured-authors .pagination span {
    margin: 0 1ex;
    font-size: 11px;
    line-height: 20px;
    color: #797979;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.featured-authors .pagination span.active {
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #4699cc;
}

.featured-authors .button {
/*    position: absolute;*/
    top: 36px;
    margin: 0;
    width: 34px;
    height: 191px;
    background: url('/images/featured_author/featured-author-buttons.gif') no-repeat;
    cursor: pointer;
}

.featured-authors .leftButton {
    margin-right: 20px;
    float:left;
    background-position: 0 66px;
}

.featured-authors .rightButton {
    left: 434px;
    margin-left:20px;
    float:right;
    background-position: -34px 66px;
}