hyperlinks in themes aren’t showing properly

  • kathy16

    (@kathy16)


    14 years, 8 months ago

    I hope someone can help me with an issue I’m having with 2 separate themes.

    Theme #1: Bali Flower

    The problem I’m having with this theme is when I link the hypertext, then Save Post, View the page, the hypertext is not in blue, as it should be.

    Theme #2: beauty blog 1.0

    The problem with this theme is the same as above, PLUS there is no underlining either! But if you “hover” the mouse/hand over the text, it shows as hypertext.

    I haven’t seen this addressed in the forum and I had submitted a trouble ticket. I was told it was a theme issue and that I would need to change themes or, if I was comfortable with editing CSS, I could do that.

    Well, I know the very tiniest bit about CSS, so if someone knows how to correct these issues and can walk me through it without being TOO technical, I would REALLY appreciate it! (Changing themes isn’t really an option, they are the only ones that work with what I’m doing!)

    Thanks so much!

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    Pick which theme you want to use, activate it and then post a link to your site with a description of what you want to change.

    Thread Starter kathy16

    (@kathy16)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    Hi esmi – Thanks for offering to help!

    Theme #1, website: http://www.lingerie-gifts.net

    The original problem was that the hyperlinks were not showing as blue. I fixed that part, but once the link is clicked, it is not showing as purple.

    Theme #2, website: http://www.BestFreeCosmetics.net

    The original problem was that the hyperlinks were not showing blue and also were not underlined. I’ve fixed those issues, but again, once the link is clicked, it is not showing as purple.

    I made the changes in the html area of the WordPress document, not in CSS since I don’t really know CSS. And I only know a little html, so I’m sure how to get the hyperlink to change to purple.

    Also, I was told this was a theme issue…why would someone post themes without the proper linking properties?

    Anyway, whatever help you can give me is much appreciated! And please remember that I’m a non-techie!

    Thanks!!

    trinifiedscom

    (@trinifiedscom)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    You should really try to learn CSS it will make your life 100% easier.

    here is the CSS code for links

    <style type="text/css">
A:link {text-decoration: none}
A:visited {text-decoration: none}
A:active {text-decoration: none}
A:hover {text-decoration: underline; color: red;}
</style>

    It should be pretty explanatory. Basically CSS is like paint to a canvas (raw Html).

    see http://www.csszengarden.com/ for the real power of CSS

    Thread Starter kathy16

    (@kathy16)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks for the response, trinifieds.com!

    I don’t like the “hover” option though. How can I make it automatically underline instead?

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    why would someone post themes without the proper linking properties

    The color purple for visited links is by no means standard. It’s actually defined within your own web browser. Most common browsers tend to use purple as the default visited link color but it’s actually very easy to change it.

    I don’t like the “hover” option though. How can I make it automatically underline instead?

    Add text-decoration:underline; to the a:hover declaration in your stylesheet. If link are underlined normally, you can remove the underline onhover by adding text-decoration:none; to the a:hover declaration. It’s actually a very good way of supporting your color-blind visitors.

    Thread Starter kathy16

    (@kathy16)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    Thank you esmi, I appreciate your help!

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