Assuming html 4.01 (loose or strict), your head section needs these:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/foo.css">

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Note type is 'text/css', not 'text/html' (single or double quotes, your choice), and the link rel line, which you can do manually, or find the appropriate CGI method in the docs.

You may gain more insight by reading the html in the .inc file or at w3c.org, w3cschools.org, etc.

In reply to Re: Included cgi does not get CSS formatted? by ww
in thread Included cgi does not get CSS formatted? by Jman1

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