Title: Correct CSS referencing a class?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Correct CSS referencing a class?

 *  [michaelmcguk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmcguk/)
 * (@michaelmcguk)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-css-referencing-a-class/)
 * Hi!
 * I have a line in one of the pages:
    `<ul><li class="page_item page-item-5"><a
   href="http://www.sitename.com/wordpress/?page_id=5" title="Standing out by standing
   for">Standing out by standing for</a></li></ul>`
 * Now, I was wondering if I want to make this particular link have a different 
   color background(say), how do I do this in CSS?
 * I’ve tried li.page_item .page-item-5 {background-color:#000}; but it doesn’t 
   seem to like it 🙁
 * Please help. Tearing hair out here.

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-css-referencing-a-class/#post-699026)
 * Keep in mind multiple classes can be assigned through a single class attribute.
   So
 * `class="page_item page-item-5"`
 * is two classes (a space delimits them): `page_item`, the default generic class
   for list items output by wp_list_pages(), and `page-item-5`, obviously the class
   for a specific Page (ID).
 * With that in mind, this:
 *     ```
       li.page-item-5 {
       	background-color: #000;
       }
       ```
   
 * should effect the whole `<li>` line for your “Standing out by standing for” Page.
   For just the link (`<a>`) component of the line:
 *     ```
       li.page-item-5 a {
       	background-color: #000;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [michaelmcguk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelmcguk/)
 * (@michaelmcguk)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-css-referencing-a-class/#post-699072)
 * Brilliant. You’re a legend.
 * Many thanks, it worked a treat 😀

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/correct-css-referencing-a-class/#post-699072)
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