Changing h3 tag with CSS

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I want to make the h3 tag without a big space before and after. I had it working with the following inline css:

<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 0;line-height: 35px">Manuscript Editing Services</h3>

But of course I want to add it to the external css file but when I do it doesn’t work. I added the following to the css file:

.hmpg-h3 {
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-top: 0;
line-height: 35px;
}

the html that goes with it is here:

<h3 class="hmpg-h3">Manuscript Editing Services</h3>

I have uploaded the new css file. Emptied my cache and tested it but it is not working. If I View Source” the HTML is changed to the new css so it is able to access the new css file fine. What simple thing am I missing?

[Beverleyh]

Maybe you need a higher specificity on the element selectors you’re using? Could be as simple as h3.hmpg-h3

Check in the developer toolbar (F12) for anything else that could be overriding it with greater specificity, and then make yours more specific.

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Wow! That worked! I don’t know why but it is working fine after I changed the entry from “hmpg-h3” to “h3.hmpg-h3”. I guess I don’t understand something basic like how this works.

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