Link Colour after clicking

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by TheDutchMan, Nov 23, 2008.

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    Hi Guys,

    I was hoping that one of you could help me out with this.

    I just made page in Dreamweaver and when I click the links the colour changes.

    What code do I need to add to determine the colour after links are clicked?

    I'm not using a CSS for this single page.

    Thanks
     
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    tobydawson13 Active Member

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    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    You should use a:visited in your CSS, but since you're not using a CSS file, then try this:

    <a href="http://blabla.com" style="color:#cc0000">Link text</a>
    Code (markup):
    Just replace cc0000 with the colour your want. The colour should stick for visited and hover.
     
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    But that wouldn't stay the same colour after the link is visited, would it?
     
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    @ tobydawson13, looks interesting, thanks.

    @ Kerosene, I didn't knew that this was an option. thanks

    This was a double post because of a hick-up of the DP server and a other guy told me that I could copy a small piece of CSS on the top of the html and this worked for me.

    So again, thank you both. just given you both +rep's
     
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    Yep. If you specify the colour in the <a> tag, then it will stay that colour, including for hover and visited.
     
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    Not a good idea to have the same colour for hover as it doesn't tell a visitor that it's a link (no behaviour). Why not create an internal CSS in the head of this file where you can specify links colours for the whole page? You won't need separate css file this way.
     
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    <style>

    a:visited {your-color: #here;}


    </style>
     
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    I have don this now. This indeed works like a charm.

    Thanks guys for the tips
     
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