CSS a:link not working in browsers

[worldly1]

Hello all,

Every time I have tied to add the a:link pseudo class to a page, it affects the links in design view correctly (according to the style I've applied to the a:link) but it never shows up when I preview in Firefox or IE. This happens regardless of whether the a:link is in a document specific CSS file or external. My a:hover styles work fine. Seems like I'm missing something basic.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, Scott

 

[vacunita]

Without seeing your CSS code, I can only guess that maybe your a.style, a.hover are in the wrong order. a.link should always be first, in the CSS declarations. and Hover should always be last. With visited and Active in between.

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[worldly1]

Well, maybe that's my problem. I have only a:link and a:hover styles in my CSS (in that order). Do I need to have all 4? And what is a:style?

I'll experiment and see what I can learn.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[worldly1]

Yup, that did it.

I needed an a:visited between my link and hover - twist and shout.

Thanks for the help

Scott

 

[traingamer]

This is the actual order:

a:link {color: #FF0000}     /* unvisited link */
a:visited {color: #00FF00}  /* visited link */
a:hover {color: #FF00FF}   /* mouse over link */
a:active {color: #0000FF}   /* selected link */

LoVe HAte is an often used mnemonic to remember the order in the stylesheet.

You do not need all 4, so apparently that is not the problem here. What do you get if you view online or if you just open the html file with a browser?

Greg
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[worldly1]

Thanks Greg,

Love/hate I can remember.

Scott

 

[traingamer]

Of course, my posting came after you had already solved the problem. Glad you found it.

Greg
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