Yes - the code inserted by the rootsweb server is the culprit. Did you view the source of the page after it was served from rootsweb to see what was different? Your answer lies there. Be sure to view any stylesheet file linked by the inserted code. John On Sun, 20 Dec 2009, George Waller <George@waller.org> wrote: > Hi again, > > I've been trying to get my first CSS to work. > > I used the following script: > > <style type="text/css"> > body {margin-left:60px} > </style> > > When I view the html file on my hard drive with FireFox, it > works. But when uploaded to RootsWeb it doesn't work: > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctmanshs/00_templat > es/bare.htm > Tried FF, IE8, and Chrome. > Could the RW banner the culprit? > Solutions? > Thanks, George
Thanks John, I spent most of yesterday researching this and finally saw the light late last night. This morning I fixed the code and it worked. Next email will describe it in baby terms for future puzzled CSS neophytes. George On 21 Dec 2009 at 0:02, John Van Essen wrote: > Yes - the code inserted by the rootsweb server is the culprit. > > Did you view the source of the page after it was served from rootsweb > to see what was different? Your answer lies there. > > Be sure to view any stylesheet file linked by the inserted code. > > John > > > On Sun, 20 Dec 2009, George Waller <George@waller.org> wrote: > > Hi again, > > > > I've been trying to get my first CSS to work. > > > > I used the following script: > > > > <style type="text/css"> > > body {margin-left:60px} > > </style> > > > > When I view the html file on my hard drive with FireFox, it > > works. But when uploaded to RootsWeb it doesn't work: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctmanshs/00_templat > > es/bare.htm > > Tried FF, IE8, and Chrome. > > Could the RW banner the culprit? > > Solutions? > > Thanks, George > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROOTSWEB-HELP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message