Re: Inconsistent style - why?

Try changing the order you list them. Put visited before hover in your list.
Seems I read that the order makes a difference.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Dozier <mr_griz(at)hotmail.com>
To: <tammy(at)tammyweb.com>; <mr_griz(at)hotmail.com>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: Inconsistent style - why?


:
: Thank you! That's the problem. Now the choice of whether to use the (Yuk!)
: default.
:
: >I had the exact same problem and found that when I declared a color on
: >visited that hover didn't work for me if you had already visited the
link.
: >When I left it as the default (purple typically) then the hover worked on
: >mouseover on those links. My code looked similar to yours and I changed
it
: >to:
: >
: >A:hover {color: red; text-decoration: none}
: >A:link {color: brown text-decoration: none}
: >A:visited {text-decoration: none}
: >A:active {text-decoration: none}
: >A {text-decoration: none}
: >
: >I guess when you declare a color for visited it overrides the hover. But
: >removing the declaration made the hover work.
: >
: >Hope that helps,
: >Tammy
: >
: >------------------------------------------------------------
: >Tammy S. Weibel
: >tammy(at)tammyweb.com
: >http://www.tammyweb.com/
: >I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
: >------------------------------------------------------------
: >
: >----- Original Message -----
: >From: Larry Dozier <mr_griz(at)hotmail.com>
: >To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
: >Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 6:56 PM
: >Subject: Inconsistent style - why?
: >
: >
: > > Hi,
: > >
: > > I'm still working on my first commercial page at http://redwoodinn.com
: > >
: > > I seem to have a problem with the A:hover property in the external
: > > stylesheet. Some of the links hover, others don't. I've been over the
: >code
: > > several times and I'm not finding the problem. Could someone take a
: >look?
: > > The specific page I'm working on right now is the Restaurant page.
: > >
: > > The style sheet it's linked to looks like this:
: > >
: > > A:hover {color: red}
: > > A:link {color: brown}
: > > A:visited {color: brown}
: > > A:active {color: brown}
: > > A {text-decoration: none}
: > >
: > > I'm real real new to using style sheets, Just know enough to be
: >dangerous,
: >I
: > > guess. Thanks.
: > >
: > > Larry Dozier
: > >
: > > PS - Thanks for the help with my sizing for resolution prob. The best
: > > solution I could find was to use js to detect the size and direct to
the
: > > best page. The drawback is having so many pages to keep track of.
: > >
: > >
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