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# thinkingwriter

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [CSS classes for <li> elements are not working.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-classes-for-ltligt-elements-are-not-working/)
 *  Thread Starter [thinkingwriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thinkingwriter/)
 * (@thinkingwriter)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-classes-for-ltligt-elements-are-not-working/#post-160960)
 * No CSS fans right now? Okay, I’m pulling the CSS off the site until I figure 
   it out. Maybe I can get closer to the problem and try here again later.
 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Using CSS in posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-posts/)
 *  Thread Starter [thinkingwriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thinkingwriter/)
 * (@thinkingwriter)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-posts/#post-160718)
 * I have to run away until morning. If anyone has any help, I’ll be checking in
   again then. Thanks for the suggestions.
 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Using CSS in posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-posts/)
 *  Thread Starter [thinkingwriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thinkingwriter/)
 * (@thinkingwriter)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-posts/#post-160715)
 * Yes to both. I just posted it again for all to see.
 * [http://thinkingwriter.com](http://thinkingwriter.com)
 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Using CSS in posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-posts/)
 *  Thread Starter [thinkingwriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thinkingwriter/)
 * (@thinkingwriter)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-posts/#post-160702)
 * The styles were taken from the site I mentioned above – they work that way for
   him. So was the code. The only thing he didn’t explain is where to put the styles–
   in their own stylesheet or added to an existing stylesheet, and on what page 
   to import the stylesheet (e.g. [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)“
   [http://thinkingwriter.com/new-style.css&#8221](http://thinkingwriter.com/new-style.css&#8221);
   or something like that. I’ve tried it as its own stylesheet, adding the [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)
   to the header.php page in the deafult theme, and I’ve tried just adding to style.
   css with no other new code. Neither of these works.
 * Here’s a link to a post where he explains what he did:
    [http://johnaugust.com/archives/2004/new-css-template-for-screenplay-formatting](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2004/new-css-template-for-screenplay-formatting)
 * If I could get him to explain more, I would – but he’s a busy man.
 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Using CSS in posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-posts/)
 *  Thread Starter [thinkingwriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thinkingwriter/)
 * (@thinkingwriter)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-posts/#post-160696)
 * Oh, and to answer your question, you are correct, it was added to style.css, 
   not styles.css. My error in my original question.
 *   Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
   
   In reply to: [Using CSS in posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-posts/)
 *  Thread Starter [thinkingwriter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thinkingwriter/)
 * (@thinkingwriter)
 * [21 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-css-in-posts/#post-160695)
 * Here’s the markup that goes in the post (placed in `backticks` for this post 
   only):
 * `<code>
    <ul class="screenbox"> <li class="sceneheader">EXT. JOE'S BAR</li> <
   li class="action">Bill stares at a watery scotch.</li> <li class="character">
   BILL (V.O.)</li> <li class="dialogue">All I could think of was code. What's the
   damn code?</li> </ul> </code>
 * Here’s the CSS code (also in `backticks` for this post only):
 * `.screenbox {
    list-style: none; width: 420px; background: #eee; border: 1px 
   solid #333; padding: 5px 14px;
 * }
 * .screenbox li {
    font: 12px/14px Courier, fixed; }
 * .sceneheader,
    .action, .character { padding-top: 1.5ex; }
 * .action {
    padding-right: 5%; }
 * .character {
    margin-left: 40%; }
 * .dialogue {
    margin-left: 25%; padding-right: 25%; }
 * .parenthetical {
    margin-left: 32%; padding-right: 30%; }
 * /* special case: dialogue followed by
    a parenthetical; the extra line needs  
   to be suppressed */
 * .dialogue + .parenthetical {
    padding-bottom: 0; }
 * .transition {
    padding-top: 3ex; margin-left: 65%; padding-bottom: 1.5ex; }
 * The question is, where do the styles go? I tried adding the to style.css, the
   stylesheet in 1.5’s default theme, and it did not work.
 * Thanks.

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