Stylesheets - IE6 link colors & CSS override (vs. Firefox)

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IE6 link colors & CSS override (vs. Firefox)

Woodmon

2005-10-20, 10:20 pm

Example of my CSS follows:

<style type="text/css" media="screen">

BODY { color: white }
A:link { color: 66CCFF; }
A:visited { color: CC66FF; }
A:active { color: CC66FF; }
A:hover { color: white; background-color: #0099cc; text-decoration:
#000000;}

..override a:link { color: CC66FF; }
..override a:visited { color: 66CCFF; }
..override a:active { color: 66CCFF; }
..override a:hover { color: blue; background-color: #0099cc;
text-decoration: #000000;}
</style>

HTML with image where IE does not apply the CSS link visited color:

<tr align="middle">
<td>
<a href="bigphoto.html" title="Example: photo1" alt="Example: photo1">
<img src="images/smallphoto.jpg" /></a>

</td>
</tr>

HTML showing override object:

<td class="override" align="center" bgcolor="006600">
<font size="1" color="white" face="helvetica, arial">
<b>
<a href="/contact.html">Contact Page</a>
</b>
</font>
</td>

Appreciate any suggestions.
Woody

Beauregard T. Shagnasty

2005-10-21, 3:18 am

Woodmon wrote:

> Example of my CSS follows:

How about if you follow the thread in alt.html? (This is the third copy
I've found...)

http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost

--
-bts
-When motorcycling, never follow a pig truck

Stan Brown

2005-10-21, 3:18 am

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:09:31 -0500 from <Woodmon
<mr.mediamonATXXXXXXXXXX>>:
>
> Example of my CSS follows:
[snip article identical to the one separately posted in c.i.w.a.html]

> Appreciate any suggestions.

Here's one: pick the appropriate newsgroup (N.B. "newsgroup",
singular) for an article, and post there. NEVER post the same article
to multiple newsgroups.

Articles might occasionally belong to two newsgroups, in which case
you would crosspost (not multipost, as you did). But since your
article is about CSS and not HTML it should not have been posted to
c.i.w.a.html in any manner.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
HTML 4.01 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/
validator: http://validator.w3.org/
CSS 2.1 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
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Woodmon

2005-10-21, 3:18 am

Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in
news:MPG.1dc22ce8e580cccd989a66@news.individual.net:

> Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:09:31 -0500 from <Woodmon
> <mr.mediamonATXXXXXXXXXX>>:
> [snip article identical to the one separately posted in c.i.w.a.html]
>
>
> Here's one: pick the appropriate newsgroup (N.B. "newsgroup",
> singular) for an article, and post there. NEVER post the same article
> to multiple newsgroups.
>
> Articles might occasionally belong to two newsgroups, in which case
> you would crosspost (not multipost, as you did). But since your
> article is about CSS and not HTML it should not have been posted to
> c.i.w.a.html in any manner.
>

My aplogies for multi-posting. I was confused. Thank you for bringing
this to my attention. Please see my follow-up in alt.html.

On the other hand I do hope the aggressiveness you apply in educating
your children, or your staff at Oak Road Systems, is not as aggressive as
your possibly well intentioned but backfiring attempts at educating
newsgroup posters. A gentle nudge is fine for first time 'offenders'.

"In any manner" here's my suggestion... don't get a job at a helpdesk as
you will just scare off all your customers.

Woodymon

Johannes Koch

2005-10-21, 7:14 am

Woodmon wrote:

> On the other hand I do hope the aggressiveness you apply in educating
> your children, or your staff at Oak Road Systems, is not as aggressive as
> your possibly well intentioned but backfiring attempts at educating
> newsgroup posters. A gentle nudge is fine for first time 'offenders'.

There was no rude word in what Stan answered. He told you about how to
follow conventions for at least this newsgroup. Now you know. You
apologized, that's fine.

> "In any manner" here's my suggestion... don't get a job at a helpdesk as
> you will just scare off all your customers.

You may be right. But this is _not_ a helpdesk, where it might be
necessary to use slimy words, in order not to scare off customers. Some
people seem to expect a helpdesk everywhere.
--
Johannes Koch
In te domine speravi; non confundar in aeternum.
(Te Deum, 4th cent.)

Stan Brown

2005-10-21, 6:32 pm

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:33:16 -0500 from <Woodmon
<mr.mediamonATXXXXXXXXXX>>:
> My aplogies for multi-posting. I was confused. Thank you for bringing
> this to my attention. Please see my follow-up in alt.html.
>
> On the other hand I do hope the aggressiveness you apply in educating
> your children, or your staff at Oak Road Systems, is not as aggressive as
> your possibly well intentioned but backfiring attempts at educating
> newsgroup posters. A gentle nudge is fine for first time 'offenders'.

Out of curiosity, what would you consider a "gentle nudge" that would
get the point across? If you don't mind, please be specific with what
words you would use, since you seem to find something objectionable
in mine.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
HTML 4.01 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/
validator: http://validator.w3.org/
CSS 2.1 spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Why We Won't Help You:
http://diveintomark.org/archives/20...e_wont_help_you