Frontpage hyperlink colors

[Findogs]

I want to have consistent hyperlink colors across my website.
I have tried changinging the Page Properties, Format, Hyperlink, active
Hyperlink and visited hyperlink to be the same across two pages in two
different folders.
I have also tried setting the font color for each hyperlink.
They appear consistent in Frontpage but on the web some are blue and some
mauve, apparently arbitrarily!

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Mauve would indicate the links that you have already visited. You would have to clear your browser's
history to re-set.

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[p c]

You can use stylesheets to specify the look of hyperlinks.

To understand read this
http://www.echoecho.com/csslinks.htm
and this
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/style-html.html

To do it, add the style declarations (for the behavior) you want in a
text file, e.g. mystyle.css contains

A:link {text-decoration: none}
A:visited {text-decoration: none}
A:active {text-decoration: none}
A:hover {text-decoration: underline; color: red;}

Then add this line between the head tags (in HTML view) of each page you
want to use that stylesheet
<LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="mypath/mystyle.css" TYPE="text/css" >

Change "mypath" to point to the correct path.

...PC

 

[Findogs]

This helped though the results were still inconsistent when I went to the
website - the index page links in the top folder remained as unvisited but
the links in the pages in the subsidiary folder changed to indicate which
pages had been visited.

I solved the problem by setting all Page Properties, Formatting, Links to
the same colour and then going through each page and setting the colour for
each link to automatic.
Many thanks

 

[Findogs]

This looks interesting and is something I must try when I get the time!
Thank you.

 

[Clair Culliford]

Unvisited Links are Purple

I have the same or a similar problem as Findogs (10/1/05) with Front Page
2002.

When I make a link in Front Page, unvisited links do not retain their blue
colour.

A link, once clicked, is the purple (visited) colour ever after, rather than
resetting itself when my webpage has been closed and then reopened.

This applies when it is checked in my browser or on any other computer.

This is clearly not the way a link should work. All links should be blue
every time a webpage is visited.

Is this a problem only for me and a few others or do no links created in
Front Page work properly?

Is there a setting in Front Page that I have checked or unchecked to cause
this?

Solutions have been suggested by Thomas A. Rowe and p c, but a user should
not have to make changes to have a major part of a Microsoft program work
properly. The program should work properly in the first place.

Help! Most other things in Front Page work well but this is a disaster.


Many thanks,

Clair Culliford

 

[Bob]

That is because YOU have been to that link...
Try deleting you browser temp internet files and see if that don't solve the
problem...
If someone else were to view your page for the first time they will see them
as blue.
Once they have clicked on the link and then return to that page the link
will be purple. (unless you change the visited link color to "Blue") I have
done that a few times..

bob
message | Unvisited Links are Purple
|
| I have the same or a similar problem as Findogs (10/1/05) with Front Page
| 2002.
|
| When I make a link in Front Page, unvisited links do not retain their blue
| colour.
|
| A link, once clicked, is the purple (visited) colour ever after, rather
than
| resetting itself when my webpage has been closed and then reopened.
|
| This applies when it is checked in my browser or on any other computer.
|
| This is clearly not the way a link should work. All links should be blue
| every time a webpage is visited.
|
| Is this a problem only for me and a few others or do no links created in
| Front Page work properly?
|
| Is there a setting in Front Page that I have checked or unchecked to cause
| this?
|
| Solutions have been suggested by Thomas A. Rowe and p c, but a user should
| not have to make changes to have a major part of a Microsoft program work
| properly. The program should work properly in the first place.
|
| Help! Most other things in Front Page work well but this is a disaster.
|
|
| Many thanks,
|
| Clair Culliford
|
| --
| My thanks for all suggestions.
|
|
| "Findogs" wrote:
|
| > This looks interesting and is something I must try when I get the time!
| > Thank you.
| >
| > "p c" wrote:
| >
| > > You can use stylesheets to specify the look of hyperlinks.
| > >
| > > To understand read this
| > > http://www.echoecho.com/csslinks.htm
| > > and this
| > > http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/style-html.html
| > >
| > > To do it, add the style declarations (for the behavior) you want in a
| > > text file, e.g. mystyle.css contains
| > >
| > > A:link {text-decoration: none}
| > > A:visited {text-decoration: none}
| > > A:active {text-decoration: none}
| > > A:hover {text-decoration: underline; color: red;}
| > >
| > > Then add this line between the head tags (in HTML view) of each page
you
| > > want to use that stylesheet
| > > <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="mypath/mystyle.css" TYPE="text/css" >
| > >
| > > Change "mypath" to point to the correct path.
| > >
| > > ...PC
| > >
| > >
| > > Findogs wrote:
| > >
| > > > I want to have consistent hyperlink colors across my website.
| > > > I have tried changinging the Page Properties, Format, Hyperlink,
active
| > > > Hyperlink and visited hyperlink to be the same across two pages in
two
| > > > different folders.
| > > > I have also tried setting the font color for each hyperlink.
| > > > They appear consistent in Frontpage but on the web some are blue and
some
| > > > mauve, apparently arbitrarily!
| > >

 

[Chuck Davis]

That is because YOU have been to that link...
Try deleting you browser temp internet files and see if that don't solve
the
problem...
If someone else were to view your page for the first time they will see
them
as blue.
Once they have clicked on the link and then return to that page the link
will be purple. (unless you change the visited link color to "Blue") I
have
done that a few times..

bob
message | Unvisited Links are Purple
|
| I have the same or a similar problem as Findogs (10/1/05) with Front
Page
| 2002.
|
| When I make a link in Front Page, unvisited links do not retain their
blue
| colour.
|
| A link, once clicked, is the purple (visited) colour ever after, rather
than
| resetting itself when my webpage has been closed and then reopened.
|
| This applies when it is checked in my browser or on any other computer.
|
| This is clearly not the way a link should work. All links should be blue
| every time a webpage is visited.
|
| Is this a problem only for me and a few others or do no links created in
| Front Page work properly?
|
| Is there a setting in Front Page that I have checked or unchecked to
cause
| this?
|
| Solutions have been suggested by Thomas A. Rowe and p c, but a user
should
| not have to make changes to have a major part of a Microsoft program
work
| properly. The program should work properly in the first place.
|
| Help! Most other things in Front Page work well but this is a disaster.
|
|
| Many thanks,
|
| Clair Culliford
|
| --
| My thanks for all suggestions.
|
|
| "Findogs" wrote:
|
| > This looks interesting and is something I must try when I get the
time!
| > Thank you.
| >
| > "p c" wrote:
| >
| > > You can use stylesheets to specify the look of hyperlinks.
| > >
| > > To understand read this
| > > http://www.echoecho.com/csslinks.htm
| > > and this
| > > http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/style-html.html
| > >
| > > To do it, add the style declarations (for the behavior) you want in
a
| > > text file, e.g. mystyle.css contains
| > >
| > > A:link {text-decoration: none}
| > > A:visited {text-decoration: none}
| > > A:active {text-decoration: none}
| > > A:hover {text-decoration: underline; color: red;}
| > >
| > > Then add this line between the head tags (in HTML view) of each page
you
| > > want to use that stylesheet
| > > <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="mypath/mystyle.css" TYPE="text/css" >
| > >
| > > Change "mypath" to point to the correct path.
| > >
| > > ...PC
| > >
| > >
| > > Findogs wrote:
| > >
| > > > I want to have consistent hyperlink colors across my website.
| > > > I have tried changinging the Page Properties, Format, Hyperlink,
active
| > > > Hyperlink and visited hyperlink to be the same across two pages in
two
| > > > different folders.
| > > > I have also tried setting the font color for each hyperlink.
| > > > They appear consistent in Frontpage but on the web some are blue
and
some
| > > > mauve, apparently arbitrarily!
| > >

Clair, easy test. Open in a different browser, e.g. Firefox, Netscape,
Opera.

 

[Ronx]

To reset the Visited links to blue, clear your browser's History. The
links will remain purple until the shortcut to the page in history is
removed.