CLICKING on LINKS does not change colour

S

Stevan

One more issue just surfaced with my site (www.TimesaversForTeachers.com)...
I don't know why but I just noticed that when I click on most of my
hyperlinks on the top left side of the page, they don't change colour, but
stay the same. Any idea how this can be fixed? I have a feeling that it may
be something as simple of widening the box that contains the links.
Looking forward to your response...

By the way, I just discovered this forum through my Outlook Express recently
(can the forum be accessed through the internet?), and want to thank all
those who have answered my questions. Even though you don't always agree
with one another's advice, I thank you for your time, effort and tips. By
the way, is this something that you are paid for, or do you just do it
because you love to help others? If I remember correctly, Eric, you don't
not seem to be in favour of using Publisher for web design. So I then wonder
why you continue to assist others in this forum?... just curious.
 
M

MAURH

Stevan,

Try this link to access the forum via the internet.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...soft.public.publisher.webdesign&lang=en&cr=US

And to answer one of your other questions...no, people who help to answer
questions in this forum do not get paid. They give the time out of their
busy lives freely, to help others who choose to use Publisher for their web
design.

I'm sure someone else will be along soon to help with your question on the
colour change on hyperlinks.

Maureen
 
S

Stevan

Thanks for that Maureen... it is wonderful to see how other users are
assisting us who get stuck. Thanks also for the link. I asked for it in
order to see the list of other questions.
 
M

MAURH

Stevan, we've all been 'stuck' at some time during this learning curve of
web design.... and without the help of some of these kind people, some of us
would still be there!..>smile<

Maureen
 
D

DavidF

Stevan,

You have the correct line of code in the source code:

<body link=blue vlink=purple style='margin:0'>

Where the vlink specifies purple as the color of the visited/followed links.
So I am left to guess that perhaps this is peculiar to Pub 2002, as it works
correctly in Pub 2000 and newer versions of Publisher??? Here is a Pub 2000
site: http://johnahern.net/ and a newer version site where the color has
been changed from the default purple: http://www.shhrc.org/index.htm .

Perhaps change the color for the visited links, or 'followed links'. As you
know I don't have 2002 installed right now but in Pub 2003 you go to Format
Color Scheme > Custom color scheme and in Pub 2007 you go to Format >
Click to expand...
Color schemes > Create new color scheme to find the options to change the
color. In Pub 2000 Format > Color and Background Schemes > Custom tab. Try a
different color than purple and see if it makes any difference.

If that doesn't work, perhaps you can override those settings. Insert this
code snippet via the code fragment tool on the first three pages or so of
your publication.

<style>
A:visited {color: red}
</style>

Or try this one:

<style>
A:visited {color: #930015}
</style>

Do a web page preview to test the different fixes, and 'visit' the different
pages to see if the color of the link changes.

If inserting the html number of the color works, you can figure the html,
hex, RGB etc. of any color by using a color picker. Here is a great little
freebie: http://www.nattyware.com/pixie.php

Good luck.

DavidF
 
S

Stevan

Hi David,

What I find interesting is that I noticed the change in appearance in this
link (or lack of change in colour in browser) just today, but I am guessing
that it may have had something to do with me installing the 2007 version on
the computer. I have taken it off as I did not seem to have use for it for
the moment. I will look into what may have changed the colour.

Thank you again! Stevan
 
D

DavidF

Stevan,

You are welcome. I suppose it is possible that you somehow corrupted the Pub
2002 installation, but the fact that the line of code that controls the
'followed links' is in the source code doesn't really support that in my
mind. Has the 'followed links' every worked correctly?

I do know that I use a version of those CSS code snippets, and they do
override the settings in Publisher, so that might be your fastest solution.
I have also tested them in 2003 and 2007 and they work there too. I also use
a version of that code snippet that also affects the mouseover...the
'hover'...changes colors, which adds a bit of dynamic functionality. If you
want to see what I am talking about look at Maureen's site...she is using
the code snippets. Go to http://www.devonviewcaravans.co.uk/ and mouseover
the internal links and the bottom navbar to see what I am talking about. It
does not affect her side navbar as it is using hotspot hyperlinks.

And one final thought. In another thread you asked about Unicode
encoding...maybe try changing that and see if that has any effect.

Good luck.

DavidF
 
S

Stevan

Hi David,

The "followed" links worked fine before. I noticed them only very recently
and my thinking is that maybe I did something to the file since I had the
2007 version on my computer. I did go to Maureen's site as you suggested and
clicking on the links did not change their colour at all... they just stayed
the same, no change in colour. Thanks... Stevan
 
S

Stevan

I figured out how to fix the hyperlink font colour problem. For some reason
the colour was set as blue. I changed the hyperlink font colour back to
"black" and then noticed that when previewed in the browser, hyperlinks
colour changed as expected after being clicked.... Thanks for all the help.
Stevan
 
D

DavidF

I wasn't saying that Maureen's links changed the 'followed' color. I was
saying that her site is coded with the CSS code for a mouseover effect. Look
again and hover your mouse over the links within her site, and the bottom
navbar.

She uses this CSS snippet:

<style>
a:hover {color: #930015; font-weight: bold;}
</style>

It must be placed on each page.

Here is the code snippet that Panos uses:

<style>
a{text-decoration:none;}
a:hover {color: ff8c00;}
</style>

I am pretty sure that if you use these snippets without the 'visited' part,
the pages will not show that functionality. So you could add the

a:visited {color: red}

to either Maureens or Panos, and the visited color would/should also work.

DavidF
 
D

DavidF

Good...glad you found the problem.

DavidF

Stevan said:
I figured out how to fix the hyperlink font colour problem. For some reason
the colour was set as blue. I changed the hyperlink font colour back to
"black" and then noticed that when previewed in the browser, hyperlinks
colour changed as expected after being clicked.... Thanks for all the help.
Stevan
Click to expand...
 
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Rob Giordano [MS MVP]

Stay with nntp to access the newsgroups, this is where the wonky web
interface gets it's info from and this is faster than web access. Granted
searching nntp is not so good, but you can use google groups to search
within here.

No we don't get paid, not even the MVPs...once in a while you'll see a MFST
sig. they work for MS and do get paid (I hope).
 

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