Re: Changing "link" properties using style sheets...

by Kynn Bartlett <kynn(at)idyllmtn.com>

Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2002 14:40:13 -0800
To:	"Tim Rivera" <timrivera(at)hotmail.com>, <hwg-style(at)mail.hwg.org>
Cc:	<galdor7(at)hotmail.com>
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At 4:01 PM -0500 1/17/02, Tim Rivera wrote:
>  >I was under the impression that the "link" property could be changed with a
>>"class" specification but I can't seem to get it working.
>
>
>Remember that you are dealing with -cascading- style sheets, which means
>each rule overrides preceding rules. Because you have A:link -after-
>.council, the definitions for A:link override the .council. If you switch
>the two rules, the links should be styled the way you desire them to be.

Kinda.  It also depends on specificity of each rule.  And, of course,
on whether or not the browsers properly interpret the cascade!

--Kynn

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