why does pre tagged content show up with black background

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  ultimatepenultimate · Member · Apr 9, 2015 at 2:55 pm

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  I’ve found that when posting poems to my site, the “pre” tag is the best way to format the poem correctly. However, I’ve also found that at times the poem posts with white text in a black box. Is there a way to remove that black background so that it fits better with the overall look of the rest of the post? Here is an example of what I’m seeing: http://theultimatepenultimate.com/2015/04/03/edwin-morgan-good-friday/

  Thanks!

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  lizthefair · Member · Apr 9, 2015 at 5:56 pm

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  I’ve also found that at times the poem posts with white text in a black box. Is there a way to remove that black background so that it fits better with the overall look of the rest of the post?

  Your current theme adds some CSS styles to your “pre” tag that is causing the black background. I can give you some code to paste in your CCS box to fix that. Do you want a black background and the same text color as your normal body text, or something else?

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  ultimatepenultimate · Member · Apr 13, 2015 at 12:12 pm

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  Hi Liz,

  I’d prefer something that would be more along the lines of a white background with black text if possible.

  Thank you!

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  lizthefair · Member · Apr 13, 2015 at 1:05 pm

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  If you add the following CSS code to the CSS box in your customizer you can override the theme settings for pre-formatted text

  pre{
  	background: #fff;
  	color: #000;
  }

  Let me know if you need anything else!

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  ultimatepenultimate · Member · Apr 13, 2015 at 3:57 pm

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  That did it. Thank you very much!

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  lizthefair · Member · Apr 13, 2015 at 5:16 pm

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  Happy to help.