Customize the widget/page

I tried to use CSS to customize it, but I don't think I'm putting it at the right point in the code -- even putting it under the javascript invocation code doesn't fix it.

I want to make the text span the whole box -- here's the styles I'm including at the bottom of hte page:

#new_topic, fieldset {
width: 100%;
}

1) the parent containment is really the culprit for the text area's width

#new_topic, fieldset {
border:medium none;
float:left;
width:355px;
}

The width here will stretch the div the surrounding the whole form. I would not exceed 585px.

2)
After a quick test your code should have worked as well. Looking at the DOM in question I think it is not "connecting" is because the entire widget is wrapped in an iframe which has it's own DOM .

I am just getting started too I will be more helpful at a later date , sorry

So the real fix is to include a css value in the widget code pointing to a css file that you ( not GS ) hosts.

feedback_widget_options.custom_css = "http:\/\/YOUR_DOMAIN\/css\/community.css";

The funky slashes are required.
This css file will get included with in the Iframe and have a more direct effect.