[lug] off topic, web design

[D. Stimits]

Two good answers in seconds. Thanks to both of those who answered. It
seems after asking that the answer should have been obvious (but I
missed it anyway).

FYI, speaking of the MS business model, somehow I think this exceeds any
service I could get even if I were paying cash for it.

John Starkey wrote:
> 
> try:
> 
> a:link     { color: #xxxxxx }
> a:visited  { color: #xxxxxx }
> a:active   { color: #xxxxxx }
> 
> Obviously replace the x's with your color.
> 
> John
> 
> On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, D. Stimits wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to use a CSS to control some web site attributes, and came
> > across one item I can't find any information on, maybe someone that uses
> > CSS for web devel could answer this.
> >
> > I'm trying to control the colors of anchors, "<A href=....>" items.
> > Normally the body tag would contain a link="color" and vlink="color",
> > but link and vlink seem to be ignored when placed in:
> > BODY {
> >    link: somecolor;
> >    vlink: somecolor;
> > }
> >
> > (I tried a few variations in BODY {} and also A {}, none mattered).
> >
> > One reference indicates that body link and vlink are deprecated
> > features, but still available in transitional html. Maybe this is why it
> > fails. I can specify a color in A {} that does not understand the
> > concept of visited or unvisited links, and forces this color at all
> > times:
> > A {
> >    color: somecolor;
> > }
> >
> > But this isn't what I want. What is the CSS means to control visited
> > link colors versus unvisted link colors? Since strict html seems to be
> > dropping the link and vlink attributes of BODY tags, does anyone know
> > what the replacement is?
> >
> > D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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