website help please

[aidan1980]

Just a small one

I have a website which has been built etc but have a question.

I have some text that I now what to use as anchor text in a link but when I link it it becomes underlined and changed the font colour.

how can I link out from there but keep the text colour the same as it was and with no underline?

 

[OldWelshGuy]

you need to set up a class in the CSS for that type of link and then apply it. http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorial...501/So-You-Dont-Want-Links-Underlined-Huh.htm

 

[aidan1980]

cheers mate

 

[Faevilangel]

add this to your css Aidan

a {
 color:#000000;
}

It will set all A links to be black but to overrule it, you can set A tags within another element to be different colours e.g.

#div a {
 color:blue;
}

 

[TitanWebsites]

If it is just for the one link you should use in line CSS <a href="#" style="..."> otherwise put in the page header or CSS. All covered in the htmlgoodies link above.

 

[Timothius]

try & clear your internet history - see if the link takes on the colour you desire...

if yes, locate "visited" in your CSS file and change the HTML color code for that item

 

[robbydesigns]

Ask your web designer why he left out such an important rule from the CSS (!)

 

[Oakleaf Studio UK]

a:hover {text-decoration:none; color:#333333}

or colour of your choice

Or if you want to just target that link in isolation, then you need to assign that link a class.

Eg: <a href="#" class="new">Your link</a>


Then the CSS would be

.new {text-decoration:none; color:#333333}
.new:hover {text-decoration:none; color:#333333}

Hope that helps!

 

[menetworkjadaltd]

May I just throw in my hat...

The reason for having different format for links is a very good one... I would suggest that if you do change the formatting, that you change it to a colour which is not the same as your content.

p.content {
font-family: arial;
color: #000000; }

a:link {
font-family: arial;
font-weight: bold;
color: #cc0000;
text-decoration: none; } 

a:hover {
color: #cc0000;
text-decoration: underline; } 

a:visited {
color: #cc0000;}

 

[UK WebSearch SEO]

Try using a different browser. Could be your own "visited link" color. Happens all the time.

 

[TotallySport]

just out of interest are you saying that the other links are all what you want but you want to add a new link and have it the same as the others?

if so, then there is a class element in the other links simply add it to the a tags in the link you want.

 

[UKSBD]

Reminds me of a saying from years back,

Luther Vandross Has Acne

Link, Visited, Hover, Active

 

[LeggTech]

What do you exactly need? If you want to zip the files and email me I'll help you out!

 

[astutiumRob]

I have some text that I now what to use as anchor text in a link but when I link it it becomes underlined and changed the font colour.

Yes, all designed to be visual clues to the use that it;s a link (and whether or not they've already been there).

Why do you want to "override" one of the most useful things about HTML ?

 

[OldWelshGuy]

probably because he ahs loads of links and doesn't want them to look like links

 

[astutiumRob]

probably because he ahs loads of links and doesn't want them to look like links

Dont wrap them in an href then
Mystery-meat navigation only turns away potential clients

 

[macadamiacreative]

Did you manage to get it sorted?

If not we can help?

Regards

 

[santexgroupseo]

Simple use css in you website...

 

[UKSBD]

probably because he ahs loads of links and doesn't want them to look like links

On a side issue.

As google is seen as devaluing boilerplate links do you think it gives more value to links on pages that are displayed in bodytext AND receive more natural clicks?

I've moved away from blending links in to bodytext and make my important links more prominant so as to encourage more clicks on them.

I wrote a blog post about this a few months ago
(search for *Make your important links more prominent*)
and would be interested to hear other peoples opinions.

 

[OldWelshGuy]

On a manual inspection, hidden links would be an instant penalty, there is absolutely no question about that. if links are not clearly identifiable as being links, and they are hidden away in the body text, a manual inspector would issue a penalty ahgainst the site.

 

[UKSBD]

What about the theory that more actively clicked links gain a benefit, do you think there is anything in that?

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Google are using behaviour metrics more and more, but I don't agree with the theaory that more popular links earn more love, because links to the same page can aappear in multiple positions on a page.

 

[cmcp]

I wrote a blog post about this a few months ago
(search for *Make your important links more prominent*)
and would be interested to hear other peoples opinions.

Opinions about making link colours stand out from body text? Web 101.

 

[UKSBD]

Opinions about making link colours stand out from body text? Web 101.

No, as to whether more active links receive any kind of boost.