CSS Forum

**Ickie** · 09:01 AM

Code:

<HTML>

<HEAD>
<title>Ickie</title>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
<!--
BODY
   {
   color:#808080;
   background-color:#FFFFFF;
   font-family:Verdana;
   font-size: 70%
   }
A:link {text-decoration: none; color: #808080;}
A:active {text-decoration: none; color: #808080;}
A:visted {text-decoration: none; color: #808080;}
A:hover {text-decoration: none; color: #FF9900;}
-->
</STYLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>
<a href="http://www.steel-fish.com">Steel-Fish</a>
</BODY>

</HTML>

I've taken OmuCuSucu seriously and started to use pure text editor skills, and trashed MircoSoft FrontPage (2003 edition I mite add).

Im newb to CSS, and basicly read how it works (+comments from OmuCuSucu) on w3. And now I know how to do the basic link color set, no decoration etc etc off by heart (fast learner.. then agian not much to learn).

Now... for some reason the above code is not working/taking affect. Please explain o_O

EDIT: What I mean by not taking affect is the Hyperlink is staying purple (underline) when I have told it to not underline and a color #808080...

**praveen** · 05-14-2005, 08:45 AM

hmm.. wonder what you mean by not taking effect..

IE 6 sp2. and it works fine..

**Ickie** · 08:55 AM

What color are your links before you hover/click on them?

**praveen** · 05-14-2005, 09:32 AM

here is as screenshot of the two states

the one on the left is the normal one

and the one to the right is the "hover" state

**brokensoul2271** · 05-14-2005, 09:38 AM

hmm im not sure but prehaps its the uppercase letters.. I dunno.. does that make a difference... ??

**Ickie** · 05-14-2005, 09:44 AM

Ok thanks praveen, Im getting a purple link with underline... using Firefox v1.0.1, I have no idea why mines different.

Anyways, the way yours look is they way I meant to it too. Thanks

**praveen** · 05-14-2005, 10:21 AM

brokensoul2271,

case sensitivity doesnt matter..

Ickie,

update to the latest firefox and check. it works fine in that as well.

**OmuCuSucu** · 05-14-2005, 11:36 AM

try setting the attributes for a aswell ... without :link :hover :active :visited

check back and tell us if that fixed it

also: case only matters if you are writting it in xhtml, html has no problem with upper/lower case

**Nanobot** · 05-15-2005, 08:50 PM

I'm surprized no one has noticed it yet. You misspelled "visited". The reason it works for some people is that they haven't visited that link yet.

**davemies** · 05-16-2005, 12:56 AM

also your link order needs to be link, visited, hover, active