Hi Jackson

> I was kinda hoping that I
> could just embed my CSS the same way I used to in the html page:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/styles.css">

> But this doesn't work.

This isn't valid XHTML it should work if you change it to

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/styles.css" />


> I am also having a problem with non-regular ascii characters displaying in
> the browser as you can see in the data below; this is transferred to the
> browser and is never translated for display.

This is a problem with your XML rather than your XSL, It looks like it could
be a dodgy Microsoft quote.

? <description>Georgian Oil Painting BeginnerÂ' s Set</description>

Hope this is useful

Cheers
Robert


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