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thesacredpath on "Twenty Eleven: Created "Class" for links - is there a better way?"

thesacredpath — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:53:51 +0000

You are welcome.

sensuousinkspiller on "Twenty Eleven: Created "Class" for links - is there a better way?"

sensuousinkspiller — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:47:09 +0000

Thank you so much, the sacredpath! No remembering needed now - phew!

I added .comment-content so it does the same in comments, too.

Being steered in the right direction makes all the difference, thank you all for being so gracious and helpful, not to mention patient.

timethief on "Twenty Eleven: Created "Class" for links - is there a better way?"

timethief — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:26:22 +0000

@TSP
Cheers!

thesacredpath on "Twenty Eleven: Created "Class" for links - is there a better way?"

thesacredpath — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:23:14 +0000

@TT thanks and I'll do the same for you tonight.

timethief on "Twenty Eleven: Created "Class" for links - is there a better way?"

timethief — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:56:21 +0000

@TSP
It's only 2:00 PM! I'm going to put on some ♫ slack string guitar music ♫ and raise a toast to you after work. :) Aloha

thesacredpath on "Twenty Eleven: Created "Class" for links - is there a better way?"

thesacredpath — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:52:07 +0000

Happy Friday to you timethief and to all. I'm in countdown mode to happy hour and Hawaiian music.

@designsimply, thanks and nice to be seen. :-)

designsimply on "Twenty Eleven: Created "Class" for links - is there a better way?"

designsimply — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:07:59 +0000

thesacredpath, nice to see you!!

timethief on "Twenty Eleven: Created "Class" for links - is there a better way?"

timethief — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:06:24 +0000

~~thesacredpath
Happy Friday to you. :)

thesacredpath on "Twenty Eleven: Created "Class" for links - is there a better way?"

thesacredpath — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:05:25 +0000

My suggestion on this would be to create a more specific rule that targets only the links in the content of posts and pages and that way you don't have to worry about adding a "class" to each link when you create them. Delete the a.blue you have and give this a try.

.entry-content a {
color:#244fb0 !important;
text-decoration:underline;
}

sensuousinkspiller on "Twenty Eleven: Created "Class" for links - is there a better way?"

sensuousinkspiller — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:38:31 +0000

Hi...

I'm beginning to learn my way around this CSS, and I know a little information can be dangerous. :-)

I want to have only the links I add in a post to be a certain color, and be underlined. Not all the links, such as those in the widgets and the dates, categories, tags, etc, for each post. Only a link I add.

Which meant that:

a { text-decoration: underline; color: #244fb0; }

didn't work for me, since it changed everything.

I created this class rule and added it:

a.blue { color:#244fb0!important; text-decoration:underline; }

and in a post, I add class="blue" in the html < a > tag. It works! (Which is very exciting, in terms of the learning part.)

But... before I get too attached to this, will it cause problems later on (other than needing to remember to add the class="blue") or is there a better way?

Thank you!