Why won't my links keep the right color?

Question

Please check my site http://www.4specialtygolf.com and let me know why the vlinks don't color code right. I've put in the following code: but they are not acting right. I get purple when clicking on a link and sometimes after a visited link.
Appreciate the help.

Answer 1

Works fine via Firefox, but I see what you mean in IE7..I didn't see any tags that were not closed so maybe your best option would be to tag your links in css, which is a lot easier imo

http://www.echoecho.com/csslinks.htm

Answer 2

I don't usually use old-style html like this, but I am pretty sure you have your:: link="#0033FF" vlink="#006600" alink="#990000" ::code in the wrong place. It needs to be in the so it would be: link text

However, a better way is to put this in the header (between and )


and then just use link text

saves a lot of typing, and if you ever want to change the colour scheme you only have to do it in one place.

Answer 3

The link, vlink and alink attributes should appear in the body tag if you're going to use them.

These are deprecated however so I'd recommend using CSS instead, you already have the following in your source code:



you can achieve the same thing by removing the link, alink and vlink and changing the CSS to:

Answer 4

Hi,

A hyperlink is usually blue by defult and purple after you've clicked on it (visited the link). This is not an error. They're supposed to act that way by nature.

The only one that can change that is the visitor to your website by going within the Options of their pc and configuring the internet explorer to display links in a non-default way.

Good luck!

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