#timeline {
    margin-bottom: 2em;
}
.stripe {
    font-size: 1.5em;
    font-weight: normal;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    padding: 0.3em;
    position: relative;
    line-height: 3em;
}
.stripe:after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 7px;
    background: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, skyblue, skyblue, 2px, white 2px, white 4px);
}
.stripe:before {
  content: "\f073";
  left: -8px;
  margin-right: 2px;
}

/*===== Vertical Timeline =====*/
#conference-timeline {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 920px;
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

#conference-timeline .timeline-start,
#conference-timeline .timeline-end {
  display: table;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.4em;
  font-weight: 900;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  background: #00b0bd;
  padding: 0.5em 1em;
  color: #fff;
  width: 100px;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0em 1em 1em 1em;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}
#conference-timeline .conference-center-line {
  position: absolute;
  width: 3px;
  height: 100%;
  top: 0;
  background: #00b0bd;
  z-index: 0;
  margin-left: 0;
  left: calc(50px + 1em);
}
#conference-timeline .conference-timeline-content {
  padding-bottom: 1em;
}
.timeline-article {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  margin: 1em 0;
}
.timeline-article .content-left-container,
.timeline-article .content-right-container {
  max-width: 44%;
  width: 100%;
}
.timeline-article .timeline-author {
  display: block;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 24px;
  color: #242424;
  text-align: right;
}
.timeline-article .content-left,
.timeline-article .content-right {
  position: relative;
  width: auto;
  border: 1px solid #eee;
  background-color:lightblue;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.03);
  padding: 1em 25px;
}
.timeline-article p {
  margin: 0 0 0 60px;
  padding: 0;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #242424;
  font-size: 1em;
  line-height: 2em;
  position: relative;
}
.timeline-article p span.article-number {
  position: absolute;
  font-weight: 300;
  font-size: 2.5em;
  top: 0.05em;
  left: -60px;
  color: #00b0bd;
}
.timeline-article .content-left-container {
  float: left;
}
.timeline-article .content-right-container {
    max-width: 100%;
    width: auto;
    float: none;
    margin-left: 110px;
    min-height: 53px;
}
.timeline-article .content-left:before,
.timeline-article .content-right:before{
  position: absolute;
  top: 20px;
  font-size: 23px;
  font-family: "Font Awesome 5 free";
  color: lightblue;
}
.timeline-article .content-left:before {
  content: "\f0da";
  right: -8px;
  font-weight: 900;
}
.timeline-article .content-right:before {
  content: "\f0d9";
  left: -8px;
  font-weight: 900;
}
.timeline-article .meta-date {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  width: 4em;
  height: 4em;
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 100%;
  background: #00b0bd;
  margin-left: 0;
  left: calc(20px + 1em);
}

.timeline-article .meta-date .month,
.timeline-article .meta-date .date {
  display: block;
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: 900;
}
.timeline-article .meta-date .month {
  font-size: 1.5em;
  line-height: 40px;
}
.timeline-article .meta-date .date {
  font-size: 1.3em;
  line-height: 10px;
}
.timeline-article .meta-date-small {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0.75em;
  width: 2.5em;
  height: 2.5em;
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 100%;
  background: #00b0bd;
  margin-left: 0;
  left: calc(20px + 1.75em);
}
.timeline-article .meta-date-small .date {
  display: block;
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: 900;
  font-size: 1.3em;
  line-height: 40px;

}

.content-right a {
  color: blue;

}
/*===== // Vertical Timeline =====*/

/*===== Resonsive Vertical Timeline =====*/

@media only screen and (max-width: 400px) {
  .timeline-article p {
    margin: 0;
    font-size: 0.8em;
  }
  .timeline-article p span.article-number {
    display: none;
  }
    
  
}
/*===== // Resonsive Vertical Timeline =====*/