Can't change visited link color from white to other color

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  lacerta1013 · Member · Dec 16, 2018 at 1:38 pm

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  Hello there,

  I hope someone can help me. My wordpress website has a white background and unfortunately the color of a visited link is also set to white in the theme.
  The theme I use is called Fashionistas.

  I tried to change the color in the editor for the theme. But although I chose a different color for the visited link, it won’t change anything. The visited link still stays white.
  It looks like this at the moment:

  /* Links */
  a {
  color: #333;
  outline: none;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.14s ease 0s;
  -moz-transition: all 0.14s ease 0s;
  -o-transition: all 0.14s ease 0s;
  }
  a:visited {
  color: #666;
  }
  a:hover,
  a:focus,
  a:active {
  color: #666;
  }

  It would be great of someone could help me how I can change the color for the visited link so that it really is a different color after being visited.

  Thanks in advance!

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  torres126 · Member · Dec 16, 2018 at 2:11 pm

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  Hi, could you please share the URL of your website so we can take a look? a:visited is generally the selector you’ll want to change. #666 should be grey though.

  Bare in mind that if your site is self-hosted, it’s best to contact the theme developer for help: https://wordpress.org/support/theme/fashionistas

  This forum is designed for WordPress.com sites: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Thanks! :)

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  ratneshsonar · Member · Dec 16, 2018 at 2:15 pm

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  Hi There,

  Please let us know which site you’re working on so I can take a better look at the site.

  Thanks.

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  eozolins87 · Member · Dec 16, 2018 at 2:20 pm

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  Hi there,

  When you hover your mouse over the link in question, do you see the correct #666 color?

  Thanks!

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  ratneshsonar · Member · Dec 16, 2018 at 2:31 pm

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  sorry for the overlap @torres126

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  lacerta1013 · Member · Dec 16, 2018 at 2:39 pm

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  Hey there,

  thank you all so much for your replies. :)
  I turned the visited link color to grey, but it still is white.
  When I hover the mouse over the link it is grey.

  I worked on this part of my website today: http://changesinlife.de/seminare/
  It is in German, I hope that it is not too confusing. The links in the text are underlined for example underneath “Anmeldung”.

  I will also contact the theme developer. Thank you for the advice!

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  torres126 · Member · Dec 16, 2018 at 2:46 pm

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  No problem! Unfortunately, it appears that your website uses the self-hosted version of WordPress rather than WordPress.com, which is what this forum is designed to help with. Note the difference here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  You may be able to find help here: https://wordpress.org/support/, but it’s best to contact your theme developer for issues like this.

  

  However, I had a look at the link you shared, and the visited links are appearing grey for me (see above). Could you please try clearing your cache?

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  That should probably solve the issue on your end. :)

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  lacerta1013 · Member · Dec 16, 2018 at 8:36 pm

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  Dear torres126,

  thank you so much for helping me out! It was indeed the cache! I cleared it and now the visited links are appearing grey. I’m using a new laptop and totally wasn’t aware that the cache could cause such a problem.

  I also wasn’t aware of the difference between wordpress.org and wordpress.com. Thanks for explaining that to me. :O)

  Have a great day! :O)

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  torres126 · Member · Dec 17, 2018 at 7:47 pm

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  No problem, you too! :)