CSS in style section doesn't stick [#975004]

I'm hoping someone can dumb this whole thing down for me. It seems really straightforward but I can not get any CSS I put in the Style section of the settings to work. Header and footer—no problem. But anything I put in for the style (even as simple as a background color) doesn't stick. It looks like all of the CSS from my site is loaded into the message and overrides any changes I make in the style section.

Hoping someone I can get help understanding this and getting it to work for me.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Comments

Comment #1

Wilfred Waltman CreditAttribution: Wilfred Waltman commented 12 January 2011 at 20:17

+1, I have exactly the same problem.

Comment #2

mansspams CreditAttribution: mansspams commented 18 February 2011 at 03:26

still same here :( css is unsecure and is probably stripped somewhere

Comment #3

Avalanche CreditAttribution: Avalanche commented 8 March 2011 at 01:31

Ditto. I can't make the change in the CSS style section work either, but I got around it by inserting my own style rules into the header.

Here is a copy of mine, edit to your own liking and DIV labels:

<STYLE type="text/css">
* {
    background-image: none !important;
    background: none !important;
}

newsletter_logo {
    clear:both;
    margin: 5px 15px 5px 25px;
}

newsletter_buttons {
    clear:both;
}

newsletter_body * {
    background-image: none !important;
}

.simplenews-template-body {
    clear: both;
    margin-top: 15px;
}

body {
    background-image: none !important;
    padding: 5px;
    background: none !important;
}

</STYLE>