down state for links

[MCasey]

I'm setting up navigation links for my website and I'd like to use text links instead of graphics. I set up the hover link to change color, but is there a way that the text color of the link can change color when the page is loaded--like a "down state"?

I'd like users to easily identify what page their on with the navigation menu.

Any ideas are appreciated?

Thanks,
M.Casey

 

[traingamer]

One way - by specifying a unique class for each item and setting that calass spedifically on the page thread215-905608

Another way is to have a class "Current" and make sure the current page link is assigned that class.

Greg
"Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." - Winston Churchill

 

[Bravogolf]

Hi, I use PHP to do this dynamically (see example at

http://www.heaphydesigns.com/ef2/index.php).

The instructions for doing this are at

http://www.heaphydesigns.com/ef2/index.php

If you're not using PHP you could instead assign a unique class to the link in question but this has to be done on every page!

 

[Bravogolf]

oops, example is at

http://codex.wordpress.org/Dynamic_Menu_Highlighting

 

[MCasey]

Thanks for the quick response--I'll try that!

 

[MCasey]

Before I tried what you guys recommended, I tried just changing the color of the text in the properites box. Each page has it's menu item chaned. It's overriding the link color. Does that make sense? It seems to work in Safari.

Let me know if you think this is an option.

 

[traingamer]

I'm reading your response to mean that you are using Dreamweaver or some other html editor to change the color for just the specific menu item.

While that will certainly work, I'd recommend using something like class="current", because then you can change the links on all pages by updating one linked css file.

Greg
"Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." - Winston Churchill

 

[MCasey]

Ahhh....that makes sense. Thanks again.