Well thats the problem. I dont seem to understand the built in editor. I tried using it and thats what wiped out my default style.I think I possibly selected edit from the prior screen when I should have chosen create new. The above link in your post is forbidden to me by the way.
Ok now I see I choose create new and then in the first section thats where I name it.
It takes too long to create it in the editor. Once I have the basic style created (within the editor) can I edit the style sheet via FTP? Thats what I have been doing so far and it seems to have worked. I edit the sheet manually on my desktop and then paste it into an existing style sheet on my server.