Question

learning CSS, HTML & Java as I go on a project.. Mashing other people’s code together, then editing it to fit my purpose. It’s how I learn.

So,
I’m embedding a RSS feed into my page:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://output69.rssinclude.com/output?type=js&amp;id=491322&amp;hash=e7ec1e6d8d00e9c28972fedae169e932"></script> 

and although the style is close..it’s for a WebApp. I’ve copied the style sheet from the source (unfortunately I can’t make the changes I want at the source)
then changed the parameters I need, then pasted it as a style in my page:

<meta charset="utf-8"/>
<style type="text/css">

div#rssincl -box-491322 * {
    font-family : Verdana, Arial, sans-serif !important;
    margin : 0 !important;
    padding : 0 !important;
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    line-height : 110% !important;
    clear : both !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 {
    height : 520px !important;
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    overflow-y : auto !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-head {
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    padding : 7px !important;
    background-color : #ffffff !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-head p.rss-title, div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-head p.rss-title a {
    font-family : Verdana, Arial, sans-serif !important;
    border-radius : 10px !important ;
    font-size : 15px !important;
    font-weight : bold !important;
    text-align : center !important;
    color : #000000 !important;
    text-decoration : none !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content {
    border-radius : 5px !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content div.rss-entry {
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    padding : 7px !important;
    background-color : rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) !important;
    border-bottom : 3px solid #FFFFFF !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content div.rss-last {
    border-bottom : none !important;
    border-radius : 10px !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content div.rss-entry p.rss-itemtitle {
    margin-bottom : 6px !important;
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    text-align : center !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content div.rss-entry p.rss-itemtitle a {
    font-family : Verdana, Arial, sans-serif !important;
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    font-size : 13px !important;
    text-decoration : underline !important;
    text-align : centre !important;
    font-weight : bold !important;
    color : #000000 !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content div.rss-entry div.rss-itemdesc, div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content div.rss-entry div.rss-itemdesc * {
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    font-family : Verdana, Arial, sans-serif !important;
    font-size : 12px !important;
    color : #000000 !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content div.rss-entry div.rss-backlink {
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    font-family : ;font-size: 10px !important;
    color : #000000 !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content div.rss-entry div.rss-backlink a {
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    color : #000000 !important;
    line-height : 130% !important;
    text-decoration : none !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content div.rss-entry div.rss-itemdesc img {
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    margin : 5px !important;
}


div#rssincl -box-491322 div.rss-content div.rss-entry div.rss-clear {
    border-radius : 10px !important;
    clear : both !important;
}


</style>

from some googling I thought !important in front of everything may work. It didn’t. the page still displays original formatting from the script.

Explanations in simple terms are welcome.

Answer 1

It looks like you made a typo in your css to me.

Your code:

div#rssincl -box-491322

What I think it should be:

div#rssincl-box-491322

Note the extra space in your code. It appears to be a problem on all of your selectors.