I've tried so hard to change text link colors… need help!

  • Resolved BetsyS

    (@betsys)


    10 years, 10 months ago

    I cannot figure out how to change the pallid grey of my links in the the body of my blog posts.
    A blog post with a couple links in it is here (links are in second paragraph and final paragraph of the post). I’m using a child theme built from twenty-twelve.

    I’ve tried to learn to use colorzilla and firebug and the web developer function on Firefox that gives you the “inspect element” info when you select and right-click. I have also read all the other support requests I can, and have tried the fixes that were recommended to other people, when I can understand them.

    I did succeed in fixing the widget links in the sidebar, which are currently an assortment of garish test colors.

    But for the life of me I cannot parse the layers and layers of crossed-out, superceded CSS to reach the basic “active – hover – visited” link info. I’m a writer and artist, not a web developer, and I’ve waded out into coding over my head.

    I’d be so grateful for help with this. Thanks!

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  • Link text:

    .entry-content a {
color: red;
}

    Change color when hover:

    .entry-content a:hover {
color: orange;
}

    .entry-content a:visited, .comment-content a:visited {
    color: #000000;
    }

    .entry-content a:hover, .comment-content a:hover {
    color: #000000;
    }

    I think this should work ??

    Haha posted at the same time ?? sorry, hope you get it working!

    Thread Starter BetsyS

    (@betsys)

    Cindy, batharoy — YES! It worked, like magic! This stuff is probably totally elementary to you, but to me it’s pure wizardry. I really appreciate your taking the time to offer this help.

    Wonderful to hear it worked for you! ??

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