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1. Mobbin01
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   So I am trying to change the color of my links on my blog and posts.
   I went into my css style sheet, which in my theme (yen) is editor-style.css.
   I searched link and came to

   [please mark your code using backticks or the code button]

   a:link {
   	color:#0066CC;
   }
   a:visited {
   	color:#743399;
   }
   a:active,
   a:hover {
   	color: #FF4B33;
   }

   I changed the a:link color from #0066CC to #FF7F00 (I want my links to be orange)

   updated and emptied my cache, and all the link colors on my site are all the same. What am I doing wrong here? Why arent the link colors changing?

   my site is http://www.streetsoffashionseattle.com

   thanks to all replies...

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   editor-style.css is only influencing any styles within the visual post/page editor in the dashboard.

   you may want to edit style.css of your theme.

3. Mobbin01
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Ok,thanks... I get what you are saying, but when I go to style.css the only thing that is written is

   /*
   Theme Name: YEN
   Description: Clean Magazine Newspaper Template
   Version: 1.0
   Author: Peerapong Pulpipatnan
   Author URI: http://themeforest.net/user/peerapong
   */
   
   @import "css/screen.css";

   that is it, so does this mean I should add

   a:link {
   	color:#0066CC;
   }
   a:visited {
   	color:#743399;
   }
   a:active,
   a:hover {
   	color: #FF4B33;
   }

   [please mark your code using backticks or the code button]

   directly into style.css with my changes then update? (does that make sense?)

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   that is it, so does this mean I should add

   possibly;

   unless the theme has some option panels to add custom styles (?)

5. Mobbin01
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Great thank you! My theme had a place to put the custom CSS.

6. Mobbin01
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   ok I spoke too soon. All the links on my site are the color I want, thanks to adding the custom CSS.

   BUT...

   There are a couple links on this page ( http://streetsoffashionseattle.com/5-must-install-wordpress-fashion-blog-plugins/ ) that are not conforming to the CSS...

   specifically the link titled Smush.it and WP-DBManager both in bold toward the bottom of the post.

   Why on earth would these links stay the old color??

   Also now when I go to add links in a new post, they are not coming up as the color I specified in CSS...WTF?

7. Mobbin01
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I feel stupid, nevermind I got it figured out. Cleared my cookies...

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