Hello,
Why the following styling of the link does not work ?
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
a:link {color:#123456;} /* unvisited link */
</style>
</head>
<body>
<a href="http://www.google.com">Visit Google</a>
</body>
</html>
Thanks !
It's because the link has been visited.
Try
a {color: blue;} /* unvisited link */
a:visited {color: orange;} /* visited link*/
If you remove the last declaration links will be blue regardless of :visited.
And you shouldn't rely on it working in the future:
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/31/plugging-the-css-history-leak/
For some general best practices, the link styling hierarchy works like this:
a:link {
color: #ff0000;
}
a:visited {
color: #ff0000;
}
a:hover {
color: #cccccc;
}
a:focus {
color: #cccccc;
}
a:active {
color: #cccccc;
}
It's best to always apply all of these, whether you do them singly as above or like this:
a:link, a:visited {
color: #ff0000;
}
a:hover, a:focus, a:active {
color: #cccccc;
}
But regardless, the order is very important and things can be overwritten if it isn't followed.