Ok... Another tidbit of information that may shed some light on this.

I changed my script to read as follows: 

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

my $body = "123";
my $length = length($body);
my $body2 = "abc";
my $length2 = length($body2);

print<<bob;

    <html>
    <head>
    <!-- Style Sheet Here -->
    <link href="./training_site.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
    <title></title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <p class="bodytext">Body variable *$body* has $length chars</p>
    <p class="bodytext">Body variable *$body2* has $length2 chars</p>
    </body>
    </html>

bob

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Note that both $body and $body2 are short strings of three chars each. It seems that adding the $body2 into the printed html code makes it so the styles don't display as well. *scratches head* Perhaps the problem is something else and not just long strings?

In reply to Re: Style Sheet Doesn't Display Styles by JaredHess
in thread Style Sheet Doesn't Display Styles by JaredHess

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