title: Change footer text color. Background Change?
body: <p>I am having trouble changing the text color of my footer.  I have it arranged like I want, but it's not changing color like I want it to.  I've tried many ways to change it, and finally just decided to ask someone.  Also if someone could tell me how to add a background similar to the page of my website.  I would be much appreciative.  But I mainly need to change the text color.  Here is a link to the current theme of the website I am changing.
  <a href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbcardmore.com/</a><br>
  The new theme has a gray background which makes the text of the footer barely read-able.  So please help me.  :)</p>
  
  <p>Edit: I have since fixed the issue with my text by doing something simple.  I now have my text looking as I want.  But if anyone could help me with creating a background for my footer.  I'd be grateful.<br>
  Scroll down to see the updated HTML.</p>
  
  <p>CSS </p>
  
  <pre><code>    /* =Footer
      -------------------------------------------------------------- */
      .left{
      text-align:left;float:left;margin-left:17px;
      color:#191e26;
      }
      .right{
      float:right;text-align:right;
      color:#191e26;
      }
      .centered{
      float:left;margin-left:160px;text-align:center;
      color:#191e26;
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Old HTML</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;html&gt;
      &lt;body&gt;
      &lt;head&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
      &lt;head&gt;
  &lt;div id="footer"&gt;
   &lt;div class="left"&gt;
   &lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="padding-top: 10pt; " class="paragraph_style"&gt;&lt;font size="5" color="red"&gt;About Us&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="BBC History" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/bbc-history-3/"&gt;BBC History&lt;/a&gt;                 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="BBC Statement Of Faith" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/statement-of- faith/"&gt;BBC Statement Of Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="BBC Ministries" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/bbc-ministries/"&gt;BBC Ministries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="BBC Pastor" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/our-pastor/"&gt;BBC Pastor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="BBC Map"  href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/map/"&gt;BBC Map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          &lt;/div&gt;  
  
   &lt;div class="centered"&gt;
   &lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="padding-top: 10pt; " class="paragraph_style"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt;&lt;font size="5" color="red"&gt;Service Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt; Sunday School~ 10:00 AM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt; Sunday Morning Service~ 11:00 AM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt; Sunday Evening Service~ 7:00 PM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt; Wednesday Evening Bible Study~ 7:00 PM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt; Transportation and child-care available for all services.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
              &lt;/div&gt;
  
     &lt;div class="right"&gt;
  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="padding-top: 10pt; " class="paragraph_style"&gt;&lt;a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/contact-us/"&gt;&lt;font size="5" color="red"&gt;Contact Us:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
      &lt;p class="paragraph_style_2"&gt;&lt;a title="Map" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/map/"&gt;&lt;font size="3" color="red"&gt;Physical Address:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Map" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/map/"&gt;1515 Easley Drive&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Map" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/map/"&gt;Ardmore, OK 73401&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class="paragraph_style_3"&gt;&lt;span class="style"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="mailto:bbcardmore@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font size="3" color="red"&gt;Email:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; bbcardmore@aol.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class="paragraph_style_3"&gt;&lt;span class="style"&gt;&lt;a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/contact-us/"&gt;&lt;font size="3" color="red"&gt;Phone:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (580) 223-6629&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          &lt;/div&gt;
         &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;/body&gt;
       &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>​
       New HTML</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;body&gt;
      &lt;head&gt;
      &lt;/style&gt;
      &lt;head&gt;
      &lt;div id="footer"&gt;
      &lt;div class="left"&gt;
      &lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="padding-top: 10pt; " class="paragraph_style"&gt;&lt;font size="5" color="#b42a1e"&gt;About Us&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="BBC History" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/bbc-history-3/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt;BBC History&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="BBC Statement Of Faith" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/statement-of- faith/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt;BBC Statement Of Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="BBC Ministries" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/bbc-ministries/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt;BBC Ministries&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="BBC Pastor" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/our-pastor/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt;BBC Pastor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="BBC Map"  href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/map/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt;BBC Map&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          &lt;/div&gt;  
  
   &lt;div class="centered"&gt;
   &lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="padding-top: 10pt; " class="paragraph_style"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt;&lt;font size="5" color="#b42a1e"&gt;Service Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt; Sunday School~ 10:00 AM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt; Sunday Morning Service~ 11:00 AM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt; Sunday Evening Service~ 7:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt; Wednesday Evening Bible Study~ 7:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
       &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Service Times" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/service-times/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt; Transportation and child-care available for all services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
              &lt;/div&gt;
  
     &lt;div class="right"&gt;
  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;p style="padding-top: 10pt; " class="paragraph_style"&gt;&lt;a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/contact-us/"&gt;&lt;font size="5" color="#b42a1e"&gt;Contact Us:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
      &lt;p class="paragraph_style_2"&gt;&lt;a title="Map" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/map/"&gt;&lt;font size="3" color="#b42a1e"&gt;Physical Address:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Map" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/map/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt;1515 Easley Drive&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class="paragraph_style_1"&gt;&lt;a title="Map" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/map/"&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt;Ardmore, OK 73401&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class="paragraph_style_3"&gt;&lt;span class="style"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="mailto:bbcardmore@aol.com"&gt;&lt;font size="3" color="#b42a1e"&gt;Email:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt; bbcardmore@aol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class="paragraph_style_3"&gt;&lt;span class="style"&gt;&lt;a title="Contact Us" href="http://www.bbcardmore.com/contact-us/"&gt;&lt;font size="3" color="#b42a1e"&gt;Phone:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color="#191e26"&gt; (580) 223-6629&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
          &lt;/div&gt;
         &lt;div&gt;
        &lt;/body&gt;
       &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>​</p>