[thelist] text links

[Joe Crawford]

jami mccabe wrote:
> Hi - i'm having a problem with my text links in FP2000. the script i put in
> (below) works fine in Eversoft (but I'm not capable of making my whole site
> by hand) and it worked when a friend published it to her web. It even works
> as long as my page is in a folder in FP and not a web. Soon as I put it into
> a web, I get some underlined links, not all, and some a color that isn't
> specified anywhere. Has anyone had this problem -am I doing something really
> DUMB?? Help Please! I was supposed to have this site up this week... Thanks!
> <style>
> <!--
> A:hover {text-decoration: none; color:#FF0000;}
> A:link {text-decoration: none; color:#999999;}
> A:visited (text-decoration: none; color:#999999;)
> -->
> </style>

I'd have to see it in action -- but  can say you have some things which
catch my eye:
 * for your visited links, are those parentheses? 
 * I don't think it's required, but I think you want a
   space after "color:"
 * be sure to specify the type "text/css" for your stylesheet.
 * I'm not 100% sure, but doesn't the closing comment tag
   need to have a // comment? Again, not sure on that, just my habit
 * there's an efficiency you can get by adding a generic <a> tag style
   and put the text-decoration there.
So your code, spiffied up would be:

<style type="text/css">
<!--
a       {
	text-decoration : none; }
a:hover {
	color : #ff0000;
	background-color : transparent; }
a:visited {
	color : #999999;
	background-color : transparent; }
a:link {
	color : #999999;
	background-color : transparent;}
//-->
</style>

And done that way (with the transparent background colors) -- the w3c
stylesheet validator loves it! :-)

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator-text.html

Now, what FrontPage will do with it I don't know.

HTH,
	Joe
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