* {
        box-sizing: border-box;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
    }
    
    body {
        background-image: url('/assets/background_01.jpg');
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        background-size: cover;
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
        flex-wrap: nowrap;
    }
    
    h1 {
        font-size: 0.5in;
        padding: 5px;
    }
    
    li {
        list-style-type: none;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        background-color: #50C878;
    }
    
    a {
        display: block;
        color: gold;
        text-align: center;
        padding: 15px;
        text-decoration: none;
        margin: 1;
        border: gold solid 2px;
    }
    /* makes the text colour gold while the mouse is hovering over a link */
    
    a:hover {
        text-decoration: underline;
        text-decoration-color: gold;
    }
    
    .main-container {
        text-align: center;
        border: gold solid 4px;
        margin: auto;
        margin-top: 10px;
        padding-bottom: 10px;
        width: 7.5in;
        background-color: teal;
    }
    
    .main-title {
        text-align: center;
        width: 3in;
        margin: auto;
        margin-top: 5px;
        color: gold;
        background: orange;
    }
    
    .item-container {
        text-align: center;
        /*background-color: purple; */
    }
    
    .item-title {
        text-align: center;
        color: gold;
    }
    
    .item-content {
        /*background-color: #50C878; */
        text-align: center;
        /*border: 2px solid gold;*/
        border-radius: 5px, 5px, 5px, 5px;
        color: gold;
        padding: 3px;
        margin: 5px;
    }
    
    .BigFont {
        font-size: 3em;
    }
    
    .centerTxt {
        text-align: center;
    }
    
    .centerImg {
        display: block;
        padding: 1%;
        margin-left: auto;
        margin-right: auto;
        width: 50%;
        max-width: 5in;
    }
    
    .aImg {
        display: block;
        padding: 1px;
        margin: auto;
        width: 1.5in;
        margin-bottom: 10px;
    }
    /*css for the nav bar for how it looks.*/
    
    .flex-nav {
        display: flex;
        justify-content: space-evenly;
        margin: auto;
        padding: 6px;
        margin-top: 5px;
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
        width: 3in;
        height: 0.65in;
        color: gold;
    }
    
    .flex-nav a {
        background-color: #50C878;
    }
    
    .hidden {
        display: none !important;
    }
    
    .p-item {
        display: flex;
        padding: 5px;
        text-align: center;
        margin: auto;
        background-color: seagreen;
        border: 5px dotted black;
        border-radius: 5px, 5px, 5px, 5px;
        color: gold;
        max-width: 3in;
        max-height: 3in;
    }
    
    .account-link {
        display: flex;
        position: absolute;
        background-color: #50C878;
        border: 5px groove black;
        border-radius: 5px, 5px, 5px, 5px;
        color: gold;
        text-align: center;
        flex-direction: column;
    }
    
    .btn {
        background-color: #50C878;
        border: 3px solid gold;
        color: gold;
        margin: auto;
        margin-top: 10px;
        width: 1in;
    }
    
    .padding-top {
        padding-top: 18px;
    }
    
    .dropDown a {
        display: flex;
        justify-content: space-evenly;
        justify-content: space-around;
        margin: auto;
        text-decoration: none;
        color: gold;
        border: gold solid 4px;
        width: 3in;
        background-color: #50c878;
    }
    
    .dropDown a:hover {
        text-decoration: underline;
    }
    /*animation is used on the colour changing text*/
    
    .animation {
        font-family: arial black;
        font-size: 3em;
        background-image: linear-gradient(to right, gold, #50C878, orange, gold);
        background-clip: text;
        -webkit-background-clip: text;
        -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
        animation: rainbow-animation 85s linear infinite;
    }
    /*rainbow-animation is how the animation of the colours should switch and move over time*/
    
    @keyframes rainbow-animation {
        to {
            background-position: 4500vh;
        }
    }