body {
  padding-top: 40px;
  padding-bottom: 40px; 
}
a:focus, :visited {
  outline:0 none;
  text-decoration: none;
}
/*Navigation*/
.sidebar-nav {
  width: 250px;
  height:100%; /* to be made responsive */
  position: fixed;
  float: left;
  border-top: none;
  border-left: none;
  margin: 1px 0px 0px 0px;
  background: #222222;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-header i{
  color: #4c4c4c;
  text-shadow: -1px -1px 1px #111111, 1px 1px 1px #363636;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-list i{
  color: #666666;
  text-shadow: -1px -1px 1px #111111, 1px 1px 1px #363636;
}
.sidebar-nav form.search {
  padding: .5em 0em;
  margin: 0em;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-header {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #111111;
  border-top: 1px solid #333333;
  border-left: 3px solid transparent;
  color: burlywood;
  /*color:#ddd;*/
  display: block;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-weight: normal;
  font-size: 1em;
  line-height: 2.5em;
  margin-bottom: 0px;
  text-shadow: none;
  text-transform: none;
  background: #222222;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-header .active {
    background: url("../images/menu-active.png") no-repeat scroll right center transparent !important;
}

.sidebar-nav .active > .nav-header, .sidebar-nav .active > .nav-header:hover {
    background: url("../images/menu-active.png") no-repeat scroll right center transparent !important;

}
.sidebar-nav .label {
    border-radius: 50%;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-header .label {
  margin-right: .25em;
  line-height: 1.5em;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-header .label i{
  color: #ccc;
  margin: 0 !important;
  padding: 3px;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-header:hover {
  background: #363636; /* Old browsers */
  /* IE9 SVG, needs conditional override of 'filter' to 'none' */
  background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #363636 1%, #303030 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(1%,#363636), color-stop(100%,#303030)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #363636 1%,#303030 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
  background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #363636 1%,#303030 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
  background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #363636 1%,#303030 100%); /* IE10+ */
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  #363636 1%,#303030 100%); /* W3C */
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#363636', endColorstr='#303030',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-8 */
  color: #FFFFFF;
  outline: 0 none;
  border-left: 3px solid #E40E0E;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-header .label {
  float: right;
  margin-top: .3em;
  line-height: 1.5em;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-header i[class^="icon-"] {
  margin-right: .75em;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-list {
  margin: 0px;
  background: #2a2a2a;
  border: 0px;
}

.sidebar-nav .nav-list  > li > a:focus {
  background: #2a2a2a;
  text-decoration: none;
  color:#fff;
}

.sidebar-nav .nav-list  > li > a:hover {
  background: #222;
  text-decoration: none
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-list  > .active > a,
.sidebar-nav .nav-list  > .active > a:hover {
  background: #fff;
  color: #222;
}
.nav-list > .active > a > [class^="icon-"], 
.nav-list > .active > a > [class*=" icon-"] {
  background-image: url("../img/glyphicons-halflings.png");
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-list  > li > a {
  color: #ddd;
  text-shadow: none;
  padding: .5em 1em;
}
.sidebar-nav .nav-list.collapse {
  border-bottom: 0px;
}
/* sidebar css ends */

/* css for jquery validation */
label.valid {
  width: 24px;
  height: 19px;
  background: url(../js/images/valid.png) center center no-repeat;
  display: inline-block;
  text-indent: -9999px;
}
label.error {
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #B94A48;
    padding: 2px 4px;
    margin-top: 2px;
}
/* css for jquery validation ends */