Making links a certain color in a certain section

How would I go about making say..only the links in the footer section white?

I know its something like footer a { font-color:#FFFFFF; }

But I guess I have it wrong as its not working

P.S Footer is its own class

 

Its OK, I found it out
http://www.ssi-developer.net/css/link-colours.shtml

 

#footer or .footer would have worked as well, provided the parent container is id="footer" or class="footer".

 

Example

.box a:link, a:visited {
color:#FFFFFF
}

HTML:

 

Thanks for that link, just what I was looking for.

No more losing white links in the white background!