you were right juggledad, it was the CSS inserts causing the issue, many thanks for your help!
I followed your advice and removed some doubled up "}" characters, and despite the fact that I didn't completely understand the rules of code, this fixed the problem - the widget headline changed back to blue (as it should be).
With CSS I'm learning as I go... so its true that my code is probably quite messy!
Since the main problem is fixed, this thread can be marked as 'solved'.. However I'll post my updated code just in case juggledad or anyone can point out other mistakes that I'm missing:
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img#wpstats{width:0px;height:0px;padding:0px;borde r:none;overflow:hidden
}
div#categoryposts-8 div.widget-title h3 {
color: #006699;
}
div#categoryposts-8 ul a.post-title {
color: #006699;
}
div#menu1 {
border: solid #ffffff;
}
td.logoarea-logo {
width: 100%;
}
img.logo {
float: right;
}
.coltwo { width:100%;
}
div#menu1 ul.rMenu li a:link,
div#menu1 ul.rMenu li a:hover,
div#menu1 ul.rMenu li a:visited,
div#menu1 ul.rMenu li a:active {
}
h1 {font-size: 1.6em; color: #d98e22; margin-top: -10px;}
h2 {font-size: 1.6em; color: #d98e22; width: 100%; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 2px solid}
h3 {color: #d98e22; width: 100%; line-height: 28px; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid}
h4 {font-size: 1.2em; color: #cccccc; width: 95%; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid}
h5 {font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold; color: #660033; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: -5px; width: 100%; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid}
h6 {font-size: 0.9em; font-weight: bold; color: #d98e22;}
}
.widget ul li a:link,
.widget ul li a:visited,
.widget ul li a:active,
.widget ul li a:hover {
}
border-left: 0 !important;
padding-left: 0 !important;
}
.widget ul {
list-style-type: none !important;
padding-left: 0;
margin-left: 0;
}
.widget ul li {
background: url(
http://proportionfoundation.org/wp-c...link-arrow.png) no-repeat 0 5px;
padding-left: 0px;
}
display: list-item;
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