Hi..this is my first ESS..for some reason it will not work..can someone give me some troubleshooting ideas please?..thank you. p.s. the css resides on my hard drive. Here is the home page code: ------------------------------------------- <head> <title>Cat Info-Introduction</title> <style type="text/css"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="file:///c|\Documents and Settings\Kevin\Desktop\Website\CSS\base.css" /> </style> </head> ------------------------------------------------ here is the css: ---------------------------------------------- h1,h2,h3{color:#412700;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;} p{color:#8c5900; font-size:120%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;} a:link{color:#8C5900;} a:visited{color:#005073;} a:hover{color:#412700;} body{background:#acacac;}