[GTALUG] [OT] first stanza in css not understood

[Paul King]

Hi

Sorry if this is off-topic, but I have been scratching my head for hours and 
have been frustrated with this error. I am writing this code just for myself.

The first stanza in my css code which I moved from HTML to an external css file 
does not appear to be read at all. This appears to happen whatever the first 
stanza is, and I have tried moving them around. All other CSS tags are 
understood, but only if they do not appear in the first stanza. I can give the 
first two stanzas including the lines above it (all comments). Doesn't look 
like there is anything wrong here to me, although there is a bit of repetition.

Paul

------------------CSS CODE BELOW-----------------------------

// Cascading stylesheet for form elements such as buttons
// "equal" and "clear" are two class names I gave for form buttons

    .equal { 
          background-color: #4CAF50; /* Green */
          border: 2px solid black;
          color: white;
          padding: 4px 7px;
          text-align: center;
          text-decoration: none;
          display: inline-block;
          font-size: 16px;
          width: 50px;
          }
    .equal:hover {
      background-color: #aefe41;
      color: black;
    }
    .clear { 
          background-color: #FF0000; /* Red */
          border: 2px solid black;
          color: yellow;
          padding: 4px 7px;
          text-align: center;
          text-decoration: none;
          display: inline-block;
          font-size: 16px;
          width: 50px;
          }
    .clear:hover {
          background-color: #FFABAB;
          color: black;
    }