[wellylug] OT: Argh! What is wrong?

[Jamie Baddeley]

how is the general.css referenced in the html?

jamie

On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 08:01 +1200, Rob Stockley wrote:
> My experience with HTML and CSS is average. My style sheet contains this;
> 
> ========general.css=========
> .term {
>     border-style: ridge;
>     border-width: 5px;
>     border-color: #7F7F7F;
>     padding-top: 5pt;
>     padding-bottom: 5pt;
>     padding-left: 1em;
>     background: #000000;
>     font-size: 10pt;
>     color: #FFFFFF;
>     text-align: left;
>     margin: 24pt;
>     font-family: courier, fixed, monospace;
> }
> 
> .comd {
>     color: #F9F517;
> }
> =======================
> My webpage uses these styles like this
> =======================
> <div class=term><pre>
> cyclone:~# <span class=comd>/etc/init.d/asterisk stop</span>
> Stopping Asterisk PBX:
> Disconnected from Asterisk server
> asterisk.
> cyclone:~#
> </pre></div>
> ===================
> The effect I'm going for is a block that looks like a terminal window, 
> white on black with user entered commands in yellow to make them stand out.
> 
> When I view the page directly (file://) using FireFox everything looks 
> right. When I scp the page and stylesheet to the webserver and view the 
> page again (http://) everything works except the highlighting in yellow. 
> I know the stylesheet is being read because the terminal window looks 
> right. It's just the comd style that is not being applied.
> 
> I've tried a range of different ways of attaching the style and checked 
> the website from work with another browser. Nothing seems to work. When 
> I view source the pages are identical. What gives?
> 
> I am pulling my hair out! Has anyone struck this before? Any suggestions 
> of a good IRC channel for this sort of thing? Google hasn't helped.
> 
> Rob :(
> 

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Jamie Baddeley <wellylug at vpc.co.nz>