body {
	font: 90% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background: #596b85;
	margin: 0; 
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center;
	color: #000000;
}
#container {
	max-width: 1026px; 
	background: #FFFFFF;
	margin: 10px auto;
	border: 1px solid #000000;
	text-align: left; 
}
#header {
	background: #ddd; 
	padding: 20px; 
	border-bottom: #999 thin solid;
}
#header h1 {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
	padding: 10px 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
}
#mainContent {
	padding: 0 20px; /* remember that padding is the space inside the div box and margin is the space outside the div box */
	background: #fff;
}
#footer {
	padding: 0 10px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */
	background:#ddd;
	text-align: center;
	border-top: #999 thin solid;
	margin-top: 20px;
}
#footer p {
	margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
	padding: 10px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
	font-size: 80%;
}
.smalltext {
	font: 80% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
form {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
}