I've tried several times, but no matter what I do, I can't get the normal text color or the cursor on my page to work correctly. The colors and effects applied to the link text work fine, however.

The code is as follows-

<style type="text/css">
<!--

A:link
{ text-decoration: none; color:#CC99FF }
A:visited
{ text-decoration: none; color:#CC99FF }
A:active
{ text-decoration: none; color:#CC99FF }
A:hover
{ text-decoration: line-through; color:#CC99FF;

background-color:#000033;

cursor: {e-resize}

body
{ background-color: #000033;

font-family: verdana
color: #CCCCFF ;
letter-spacing: 1pt;
font-weight:100;
font-size:x-small;

scrollbar-face-color : #000033;
scrollbar-highlight-color : #FFFFFF;
scrollbar-3dlight-color : #000033;
scrollbar-shadow-color : #000033;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color : #000033;
scrollbar-track-color : #000099;
scrollbar-arrow-color : #CCCCFF }

input, textarea
{ background: #000033;
font-family: verdana;
color: #CCCCFF;
border-style: dashed;
border-color: #CCCCFF;
border-width: 2px}

-->
</style>

If you can help me in any way, please do, and try not to make me feel too incompetent. ^^;

Put a semicolon after your font-family attribute... that's probably why the text color doesn't work. You also have two random tags before your body tag, and they won't do anything hanging around there. :) Take out the background color one and put the cursor one inside the body tag. Also, you don't need those brackets around the cursor code.

<<; Ahh... thank you! *goes off and tries that*

Erp... I probably just don't understand what you were talking about, but I tried several times and it still didn't work. what exactly did you mean by your instructions? Like I said, I probably just didn't get it... I can be rather dull sometimes.

Originally posted by NeNay

font-family: verdana
color: #CCCCFF ;
letter-spacing: 1pt;
font-weight:100;
font-size:x-small;




u c there after veranda, u need a ;


lol :)

heh that's okay. :) I just realized that "random background code" was talking about is part of the hover code... is it? It's kind of seperate from it so I'm not sure. Either way, I stuck it in the hover attribute and if you don't want it there you can always take it out!

<style type="text/css">
<!--

A:link
{ text-decoration: none; color:#CC99FF }
A:visited
{ text-decoration: none; color:#CC99FF }
A:active
{ text-decoration: none; color:#CC99FF }
A:hover
{ text-decoration: line-through; color:#CC99FF; background-color:#000033;}

body
{ background-color: #000033;

font-family: verdana
color: #CCCCFF ;
letter-spacing: 1pt;
font-weight:100;
font-size:x-small;
cursor:e-resize;

scrollbar-face-color : #000033;
scrollbar-highlight-color : #FFFFFF;
scrollbar-3dlight-color : #000033;
scrollbar-shadow-color : #000033;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color : #000033;
scrollbar-track-color : #000099;
scrollbar-arrow-color : #CCCCFF }

input, textarea
{ background: #000033;
font-family: verdana;
color: #CCCCFF;
border-style: dashed;
border-color: #CCCCFF;
border-width: 2px}

-->
</style>

Do you want the crosshair all the time, or only on hover? I should have asked that before. :P

Thank you for the help, first of all. ^.^ Now the cursor works, but unfortunately, the thing about the normal text remaining black despite all efforts to change it remains a problem- I'm beginning to think that Angelfire is doing this on purpose, just to spite me. Take a look, if you wish. (http://www.angelfire.com/anime5/belldreams/)

Bah, I forgot the ; after verdana. put that in and see if it works. :P If not, trying taking out the # before the color, not sure if that'll do anything.

It worked! n_n! Thanks so much, you've been a HUGE help, and I think I MAY have actaully learned something! O-o; Incredible, huh?
*runs gleefully around in circles*

yay! I'm glad it worked :D It's always the silly little things that make something not work out...