Chris, Myles, and Howard: Thanks for your help. I didn't know that // wasn't a comment, my VIM editor seemed to highlught it that way, and it also seemed harmless as long as the CSS was still inside the HTML file. It seems that the checking is more strict if the code is in its own file. Anyway, many thanks! Paul On 2 Apr 2016 at 23:10, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
On Sat, 2 Apr 2016, Paul King wrote:
Hi
Sorry if this is off-topic, but I have been scratching my head for hours and have been frustrated with this error. I am writing this code just for myself.
The first stanza in my css code which I moved from HTML to an external css file does not appear to be read at all. This appears to happen whatever the first stanza is, and I have tried moving them around. All other CSS tags are understood, but only if they do not appear in the first stanza. I can give the first two stanzas including the lines above it (all comments). Doesn't look like there is anything wrong here to me, although there is a bit of repetition.
Paul
------------------CSS CODE BELOW-----------------------------
// Cascading stylesheet for form elements such as buttons // "equal" and "clear" are two class names I gave for form buttons
Those are not CSS comments. CSS comments are enclosed between /* and */.
.equal { background-color: #4CAF50; /* Green */ border: 2px solid black; color: white; padding: 4px 7px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; width: 50px; } .equal:hover { background-color: #aefe41; color: black; } .clear { background-color: #FF0000; /* Red */ border: 2px solid black; color: yellow; padding: 4px 7px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; width: 50px; } .clear:hover { background-color: #FFABAB; color: black; } --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
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