Another CSS question

[kathleen]

I am having a problem with my CSS that I'm hoping someone can help me with, when you first bring up the site, it seems to work fine, but when you switch to another page, it seems to be gone- however, when you refresh the page, the styling is there I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.

I will post links to the two pages I'm working with, and copy the style sheet here and hope someone can yet again help me out.

Here is the link to what will be the main page:


Here is the link to the second page:


and here is what I have in my css file on the server saved as main.css:

/* Body */
body {font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;
font-size: 11pt;
font-weight: 500;
color: #330066;
background-color: #3333CC;}

/* Links */
a:link, a:visited {color: #D9D9F3;
font-size: 7pt;}
a:hover, a:active {color: #66CCFF;
font-size: 7pt;}
/*Headings */
h1 {font-size: 15pt;}
h2 {font-size: 13pt;}


Can someone help please??

Thanks,
Kathleen
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[Tom Fosson]

[kathleen]

[Tom Fosson]

Yes, you need to be careful in what tags you include in your 'included' pages. The link to your CSS page should be in the head of the calling SSI page and not inside the called (included) page - unless it is intended to override the main CSS file.

Eliminate all tags except those necessary for displaying the information contained within your included files. As an example, I will normally create an entire table to use as my 'top' or 'bottom' navigation, and another for use as my 'side' navigation - if I'm including both. Each will consist of a separate file and include the entire navigation table for its intended location, but no additional tags that would reside 'outside' the table (such as HTML, HEAD, or BODY tags.) That way, I can experiment with the table's placement within the calling SSI page.

You can also 'nest' SSI pages and have a 'called' page call in (include) another 'included' page - you just have to remember to name any and all 'calling' pages (those containing any SSI code) with the proper SSI extension for your hosting situation - usually something like '.shtml'.

Cheers,
Tom

[kathleen]

yep, that did the trick, thanks!!

Kathleen