Change Few Words in Text to Different Font Color

[chava]

[FONT=Times New Roman]I have been trying to change a few words of text on my main page to a different color using <font color> which is obviously incorrect, as the color doesn’t appear in Firefox.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]I understand that I will need to add this to my stylesheet, but I’m not certain where I should enter it.[/FONT]

[FONT='Courier New'].redtext { #990000 } [/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]and I should add this before and after the text I want to change on my main page:[/FONT]

[FONT='Courier New']<span class="redtext">My Text Goes Here</span>[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]My second question: Do I need to add something to the stylesheet for this also:[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman] I have two links at the bottom of my main page text and I am trying to make the font for these links text a different color. I added the font color inside the <a> tags, as follows:[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]For a quick view of "all" items, click here for <a href="/index.php?main_page=products_new"><font color="990000"><u>Newest Items</u></font></a>[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman] but I understand I am suppose to add this and eliminate the > after the word new:[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]<a href="/index.php?main_page=products_new" style="color: rgb(153,0,0)"><font color="990000"><u>Newest Items</u></font></a>[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]Do I also have to add something to the stylesheet for this also.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman]Thanks for any help.[/FONT]

[RuFuS]

Hi Chava,

change your css to

.redtext {
color: #990000;
}

I went to look at your site again http://www.antiquesbycharla.com/ but I could not view it?

[chava]

Hi RuFuS
Thanks so much for your help again. You should be able to access my site.
Would you know where I should enter this in my stylesheet.
Chava

[RuFuS]

Hi Chava,

Just put it at the end of your stylesheet

if you actually put this:

.redtext, .redtextu {
color: #990000;
}
.redtextu {
text-decoration: underline;
}

You can use css for the two links at the bottom of the page (Question 2) as below:

<a class="redtextu " href="/index.php?main_page=products_new">Newest Items</a>

Hope this answers your questions

[chava]

Hi RuFuS
I'm pretty sure I did it exactly as you mentioned. The first part appears to have worked correctly. The links below didn't. They appear in the blue color that I have designated for visited links and they aren't underlined. Any idea what I might be doing wrong.
Thanks

[chava]

Even after making the changes to the text color, as above, it is still not showing up as red when viewing in Firefox. Anyone know what's up with firefox? Does Firefox require special coding?

[RuFuS]

Hi Chava,

Sorry the other example was being overidden by your previous settings for the a tag

try this:

<span class="redtextu"><a href="/index.php?main_page=products_all">All Items</a></span>

[chava]

Hi RuFuS
I changed the text for the link, but it remains the visited blue color and isn't underlined.

[RuFuS]

Hi Chava,

Im sorry, I forgot to add the CSS change to the last post

.redtext, .redtextu a {
color: #990000;
}

.redtextu a {
text-decoration: underline;
}

I obviously had not had enough coffee

[chava]

Hi RuFuS
I'm sorry to be such a pain, but that didn't work either. Perhaps something else is hanging it up. I seem to have a general problem with the visited color for links.

When I click on links in my categories, the items turn the blue visited links color. Problem is that once logged out and go back in, the previous blue links have changed back to the regular black, but when I click on any one link, they "all" pop back up again. This happens even after I clear my cache and completely close down computer. They are only supposed to remain the visited color until you leave the site.
Could this have anything to do with the links problem in my text area?
Thanks, Chava