/* COLOR THEME - FROM DARKEST TO LIGHTEST COLOR 1: 47BEA0 /* LOGO */ #brand { color: #555555 } .logo #letter { fill: #161E26 } .logo #decoration circle { fill: #000000 } .logo #decoration path { fill: #47BEA0 } /* MENU */ #menuToggler { color: #47BEA0 } #enbar span, #enbar a { color: #47BEA0 } /* LINKS */ a { color: #0B703D } a:hover { color: #47BEA0 } /* BUTTONS */ button { background: -webkit-linear-gradient(0deg,#49C0fC 0%,#47BEA0 100%); background: -moz-linear-gradient(0deg,#49C0fC 0%,#47BEA0 100%); background: -o-linear-gradient(0deg,#49C0fC 0%,#47BEA0 100%); background: -linear-gradient(0deg,#49C0fC 0%,#47BEA0 100%) } /* DARK THEME */ .dark a { color: #47BEA0 } /* JOOMLA-SPECIFIC */ /* H1 - CATEGORY LIST */ .categories-list > h1 { color: #47BEA0 } /* BUTTON */ p.readmore a.btn { background: -webkit-linear-gradient(0deg,#47BEA0 0%,#49C0fC 100%); background: -moz-linear-gradient(0deg,#47BEA0 0%,#49C0fC 100%); background: -o-linear-gradient(0deg,#47BEA0 0%,#49C0fC 100%); background: -linear-gradient(0deg,#47BEA0 0%,#49C0fC 100%) } /* TAGS */ .com-tags.tag-category h1 { color: #47BEA0 } /* ALERTS */ .alert > span.visually-hidden { background-color: #47BEA0 } /* FONT AWESOME */ /* FOR REFERENCES AND LINKS (JOOMLA ARTICLES LINKS 1, 2, AND 3) */ .com-content-article__links > svg { background-color: #47BEA0 } /* BRAND */ #brand { padding: 0 25px 20px } #who { font-size: 34px; line-height: 34px } #what { text-transform: lowercase; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px } /* FONT AWESOME PRO ICONS (FOR GENERIC ICONS, SEE EXTENSIONS.CSS) */ /* SWORD */ .faSword::before { content: "\f6cb"; font: var(--fa-font-solid) } /* POTION */ .faPotion::before { content: "\f6e1"; font: var(--fa-font-solid) } /* CONTENT TEXT */ /* MENU TITLE */ #enbar::before { content: 'Pick your Poison' } /* JOOMLA */ /* EMPTY SEARCH RESULTS */ #search-query-explained::after { content: "Having a bit of trouble typing here? Sorry about that. Just hard to believe I would skip an article on such a pictoresque subject matter... This website is simply too amazingly encompassing of all things interesting, for this insolent occurence to be fact." } /* CATEGORY LIST */ /* ATHLETICS */ body.athletics .categories-list::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/athletics/maxresdefault.webp) } /* CODING */ body.coding .categories-list::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/coding/maxresdefault.webp) } /* COOKING */ body.cooking .categories-list::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/cooking/maxresdefault.webp) } /* HOMECARE */ body.homecare .categories-list::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/home/maxresdefault.webp) } /* LEISURE */ body.leisure .categories-list::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/leisure/maxresdefault.webp) } /* TOYS */ body.toys .categories-list::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/toys/maxresdefault.webp) } /* BIKE */ body.bike .categories-list::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/toys/riding/maxresdefault.webp) } /* BOAT */ body.boat .categories-list::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/toys/sailing/maxresdefault.webp) } /* WOODWORKING */ body.woodworking .categories-list::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/woodworking/maxresdefault.webp) } /* RESOURCES */ body.resources .categories-list::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/resources/maxresdefault.webp) } /* CATEGORY BLOG */ /* ATHLETICS */ /* BOXING */ body.boxing .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Every champion was once a contender who refused to give up." } /* FISHING */ body.fishing .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Teach a man how to… yeah, yeah... They make it sound so easy." } /* CODING */ /* JOOMLA 4 RESOURCE CENTER */ body.coding_resources .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "This section helps me set up my Joomla extensions, and transition away from version 3 alongside the rest of the internet." } /* WEBSITE DESIGNS */ body.website_designs .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Pick and download Adobe Photoshop files to make your website look better than you look. That may be hard, or not. Note that these files will soon be replaced by Adobe XD files, which is the better software for web design." } /* TIPS AND TRICKS */ body.coding_tips .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Tips such as resolution grids, as well as notes on the software I use to design, develop, and manage websites." } /* COOKING */ /* BREAKFAST */ body.breakfasts .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day." } /* BAKING */ body.baking .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "It's not a sweet tooth but a voracious jaw of candyleciousness we suffer from here." } /* DOUGHMAKING */ body.doughmaking .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Because if you're buying it premade, Alt+F4 at your earliest convenience." } /* APPETIZERS */ body.appetizers .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "More of an occasion than an everyday thing, appetizers are often the last thing you think of when hosting. That's why I try and find the yummy stuff that's quick and easy." } /* MEAT AND POULTRY */ body.meat .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "I'd tell you the world would have been complete with pizza and pasta only, but BBQ's and fried proteins are too good to pass whenever your body calls for it." } /* FISH AND SEAFOOD */ body.seafood .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Pasta con le vongole. Enough said?" } /* TARTS AND QUICHES */ body.quiches .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Je suis français, tu es français, il est franç..." } /* SIDES */ body.sides .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Unfortunately most meals will call for them. And you thought you were done..." } /* PASTA */ body.pasta .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Perche la pasta, dice mamma, si mangia al dente." } /* PASTA */ body.risottos .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Creamy but Not Too Thick. That's how it's done." } /* SUNDAY MEALS */ body.sunday_meals .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "When many at the table, look no further than Italy's Piatto della Domenica." } /* CUCINA NOSTRA */ body.cucina_nostra .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "The recipes grandma never failed to bring us all to the family table. Among my most tender memories, may we pass on these family traditions for generations to come." } /* LEISURE */ /* TRAVELS */ body.travels .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." } /* GAMING */ body.gaming .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "The first was Alex Kidd on the Master System, and many more came after. What a wonderful world." } body.gaming .com-content-category-blog__child::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/leisure/gaming/diablo_3/maxresdefault.webp) } /* DIABLO */ body.diablo .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "D3 is only second's best to WOW and Blizzard is the greatest developer, without any competitor coming remotely close. And no, I don't care about the frat boy culture many of us deplore. In fact, I expect and appreciate it. There, I wrote it." } /* DRAWING */ body.drawing .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Life is the art of drawing without an eraser." } body.drawing .com-content-category-blog__child::before { background-image: url(/images/categories/leisure/drawing/maxresdefault.webp) } /* HOMECARE */ /* MAINTENANCE */ body.home_maintenance .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "If you're paying for 25 years+, you might want to make sure it lasts." } /* GARDENING */ body.gardening .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Life begins the day you start a garden." } /* THE DECK */ body.deck .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Though the sunny days are too few in Northern Virginia our outdoors deck at home is a sacred place and one to improve over the years, as it is home to a plethora of natural moments." } /* BUYING LAND */ body.land .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "In preparing the purchase of farming land located nearby Annapolis, in Maryland." } /* THE PAD */ body.thepad .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "All the information pertaining to Modera's Founders Row in Falls Church, Virginia." } /* TOYS */ /* THE CAR */ body.car .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?" } /* YAMAHA MT-O3 */ body.yamaha .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Je n'ai besoin de personne en Yamaha MT-03 2020." } /* MAINTENANCE */ body.garage .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Skip the shady mechanics who have no interest regarding your bike other than making money. Learn and take care of her instead, and I think she'll take care of you forever." } /* THE RISING STAR */ body.pearson .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "My 1980 Pearson 30 known as The Rising Star. And everything else around it." } /* ROSA */ body.rosa .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "This category is dedicated to my boat, the Ericson 34-2 named Rosa." } /* ROSA'S OWNER MANUAL */ body.ericson-manual .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "This category splits the Owner's Manual of the Ericson 34-2 into several articles, for sectional readthroughs." } /* SUNFISH */ body.dinghy .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Live a little: My Sunfish is named Risen, because, unlike The Rising Star, it's ready to sail as soon as today." } /* DC ELECTRICAL */ body.dc_electrical .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "A how-to guide in preparation of a brand new DC electrical system and an All-American Elco inboard electrical motor (that's right: I don't buy things made from little children in Chinese concentration camps)." } /* WOODWORKING */ /* PROJECTS */ body.woodworking_projects .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "I document ongoing projects. Note that these resources are for personal references first. I claim no expertise, know-how, intelligence, or anything else of that matter." } /* THE WORKSHOP */ body.workshop .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "My neighbor once said, "It almost always comes down to one question: Do you have the right tool?". Hence here it is: The saws, the tools, all in one place." } /* POWER TOOLS */ body.woodworking_power_tools .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Any woodworking shop requires lots of power tools, alongside good electrical system and ventilation. You'll find my setup here. Note that battery-powered tools such as digital rulers are excluded and found in the hand tool section of this website." } /* HAND TOOLS */ body.woodworking_hand_tools .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Sometimes, all you need is a hand. Battery-powered tools such as digital rulers included." } /* ACCESSORIES */ body.woodworking_accessories .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Saws especially, often welcome lots of accessories to enhance performance and usage. Here are mine." } /* EXPENDABLES */ body.woodworking_expendables .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "From Acetone to sandpaper, alcohol pads, and everything in between, we keep the shop well supplied at all times!" } /* TIPS AND TRICKS */ body.woodworking_tips .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Tips and tricks from books and other sources, on the science and art that is woodworking." } /* RESOURCES */ body.resources .com-content-category-blog > .page-header::after { content: "Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life." } /* TAGS */ /* AMERICAN */ body.tagAmerican h1::after { content: "There's a cowboy in all of us." } /* FRENCH */ body.tagFrench h1::after { content: "Well I don't think it's the greatest but I sure believe it's the finest. Just like anything else French." } /* ITALIAN */ body.tagItalian h1::after { content: "The greatest cuisine in the world. Period." } /* UNIVERSAL */ body.tagUniversal h1::after { content: "Because everyone cooks an egg." }