text color of links

[miss_kristine]

How do we change the text color of links, etc. again?

[Instructor]

You want to use pseudo-class styles to style your links. So in Dreamweaver, make a new style, select "Advanced", click on the arrow next to the "Selector" text area and find "a:link". That will control your link text color, effects, blink (don't use blink), background images, etc.

There are four that you can use:

a:link - This controls your link appearance.
a:visited - This controls the appearance of the links that have already been visited.
a:hover - This controls the appearance that links change to when you mouse over them.
a:active - This controls what color or appearance links flash when you click on them.

Apply these in this order or they will interfere with one another.

Here's a couple of links and videos that delve into this process:

http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-d ... 84591.aspx

http://www.smartwebby.com/web_site_desi ... styles.asp

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