.shiny-progress-container {
    position: relative;
    top: 100px;
    width: 40%;
    z-index: 1;
}

.shiny-progress .progress {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    top: 0px;
    /* The default height is only 1px which is find to be TINY */
    height: 10px;
    margin: 0px;
}

.shiny-progress .bar {
    background-color: #FF0000;
    .opacity = 0.8;
    transition-duration: 250ms;
}

.shiny-progress .progress-text {
    position: absolute;
    right: 30px;
    height: 30px;
    width: 490px;
    background-color: #D9534F;
    padding-top: 2px;
    padding-right: 3px;
    padding-bottom: 2px;
    padding-left: 3px;
    opacity: 0.95;
    /* I also wanted to round off the corners of the text box */
    border-radius: 10px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
}

.progress-text {
    /* Copy the below to vertically center the progress bar text box in the shiny dashboard header */
    /* !important is crucial here otherwise it gets overridden by the dreaded element.style */
    top: 15px !important;
    color: #FFFFFF !important;
    text-align: center;
        font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 18px;
}

/* Bold Initial part of message */
.shiny-progress .progress-text .progress-message {
    position: relative;
  top: -18px;
  height: 20px;
  text-align: center;
     padding-top: 0px;
    padding-right: 3px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 18px;
}

/* Message detail */
.shiny-progress .progress-text .progress-detail {
    padding-top: 0px;
    padding-right: 3px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    padding-left: 3px;
    font-size: 17px;
}