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Hello,

The link below was black with no underline, then black with an underline when hovered. This is what I wanted. Then I turned it into an Amazon Associate link, and now it's blue & underlined. I'm still using the same CSS as before (links2), so I don't understand why it changed format.

How can I get the link to be black with no underline, then black with underline when hovered?

Thanks in advance,

John

The link:

'<a type="amzn" category="books" class="links2">'.$row['site'].'</a>'

The CSS:

a.links2:link {
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
text-align:left;
    margin-top:6px;
    margin-bottom:2px;
margin-left:2px;
    padding:0px;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
height: 12px;
vertical-align:middle;
}

a.links2:visited {
color: #000000;
text-decoration: none;
text-align:left;
    margin-top:6px;
    margin-bottom:2px;
margin-left:2px;
    padding:0px;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
height: 12px;
vertical-align:middle;
}

a.links2:hover {
color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;
text-align:left;
    margin-top:6px;
    margin-bottom:2px;
margin-left:2px;
    padding:0px;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
height: 12px;
vertical-align:middle;
}

a.links2:active {
color: #000000;
text-align:left;
    margin-top:6px;
    margin-bottom:2px;
margin-left:2px;
    padding:0px;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
height: 12px;
vertical-align:middle;
}
+1  A: 

The first thing I would try is putting

!important

after the styling in your style sheet that sets the color to black.

as in:

color: #000000 !important;

This gives priority to your styling over the Amazon one.

Robert Harvey
+1  A: 

is there any css associated with "Amazon Associate link" ?

if you use firebug and hover over the links you can find all the css associated with that link and also the properties which were overridden

Rony
A: 

Use color:#000!important and text-decoration:none!important, will solve your problem

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