You've got to upload the .css files, it can't and won't work without them. You should avoid using spaces... use test_page.html instead For http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mings/2010/test%20page.html you are calling the style sheet: 3col_rightNav.css The requested URL /~mings/2010/3col_rightNav.css was not found on this server. 3col_rightNav.css should be in the same folder as test%20page.html For http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mings/2010/index.html you are calling the style sheet:<link href="CSS/ngs.css" The requested URL /~mings/2010/CSS/ngs.css was not found on this server. ngs.css should be in the folder /2010/CSS/ The folder does not exist on the server. CentOS - the operating system for the Rootsweb server is a UNIX like operating system, it is case sensitive. Judy J.A. Florian is correct that Rootsweb adds the banner, however they are not added when you upload the file they are added when the file is served. If you view your code on your local machine, or use your FTP client to download a file the code for the Rootsweb banner will not be present. Your site is for a society, it should have only the top banner. Judy's advise is right on regarding the basics of HTML. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mings/2010/index.html is missing the opening <body> tag which is causing the RW banner to be misplaced. I recommend you get Firefox and install and use the add-on Web Developer to validate your HTML and your CSS <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60?collection_uuid=da0ecd99-2289-7ab0-7d57-e7c489c845c3> Glenn Gilbert SKCGS <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ewaskcgs//index.html>Web Master On 2010-02-21 19:49, Richard & Pat wrote: > Hello, > I'm learning CSS and converting my website accordingly. I'm at my > wits end trying to figure out why my webpage won't reflect the CSS. > For trouble shooting purposes, I removed the Ancestry code and > external style sheet so only MY external style sheet is listed. > When I check it on the server, the bare html appears with none of my > CSS formating--and the Ancestry banner shows up at the bottom of the > page. > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mings/2010/index.html > > When I view Page Source, the Ancestry code and Ancestry CSS style > sheet still appears with the code intact at the top of the page and > also at the bottom of the page. > I have tried everything I can think of to remove it. I have copied > the code from the Page Source view, pasted it into a new page, > renamed it, and stripped out the Ancestry coding and style sheet. ALL > TO NO AVAIL. > > When I click on my style sheet, ngs.css, none of my code is there-- > Only the Ancestry code. > This is on the last paragraph of my style sheet: The requested URL / > ~mings/2010/CSS/ngs.css was not found on this server. > > Interestingly, the same Ancestry problems appear in a new template > from Dreamweaver--no formatting, the banner appears at the top of the > page, and the site's css external sheet is filled with Ancestry code. > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mings/2010/test%20page.html > > I hope someone can figure it out and offer suggestions. > > > A thousand thank you's, > pat >