Change link color

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  schtdyrosegarden · Member · Apr 6, 2012 at 10:01 pm

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  I am very new to this, don’t know any css.Hope someone can help me, if question is too basic, tell me.

  I would like to change the link color on my pages. In some cases they are blue, in others they are black. All are underlined. I just upgraded to custom design to get access to css. Can someone tell me how to do this, in simple English? Thank you.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 6, 2012 at 10:42 pm

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  All CSS editing is theme specific. there is no off-the-shelf code we can provide. Please post an active link starting with http:// to the blog you purchased the custom design upgrade for.

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  schtdyrosegarden · Member · Apr 6, 2012 at 10:49 pm

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  http://www.friendsofscpl.org

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  timethief · Member · Apr 6, 2012 at 10:54 pm

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  Does this help?
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/changing-link-color?replies=4

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  schtdyrosegarden · Member · Apr 6, 2012 at 10:54 pm

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  I notice on my iPad the links (most of them) are blue;not so on my pc.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 6, 2012 at 10:58 pm

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  I clicked into 5 random pages from my pc using Firefox 11. The links are all blue – the same color I’m accustomed to seeing on the Pilcrow theme. For iPad issues there’s a forum that may be helpful > http://ios.forums.wordpress.org/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting

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  timethief · Member · Apr 6, 2012 at 11:00 pm

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  Yikes! I forgot to tell you that after tyhe blue links are clicked in that theme they turn black and become underlined. That’s normal behavior for that theme.

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  schtdyrosegarden · Member · Apr 6, 2012 at 11:03 pm

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  Thank you. As I said, I’m so new at this, not even sure how to use css, but I’ll keep reading and figuring it out.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 6, 2012 at 11:05 pm

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  I have flagged this thread and it will be moved to the CSS Forum where Staff will assist you when they can. Best wishes.

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  schtdyrosegarden · Member · Apr 6, 2012 at 11:05 pm

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  Oh, that explains it. So, someone looking at it won’t think it’s weird that some are blue and some black? Next challenge is fixing a hover color.

  Thanks again.

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  designsimply · Member · Apr 16, 2012 at 2:19 pm

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  The Pilcrow theme has a few various CSS link color settings scattered in the original stylesheet: https://s-ssl.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/pub/pilcrow/style.css?m=1354392135g&minify=false

  To change the link color and the hover link color in the Pilcrow theme, I copied all of the selectors that were using specific link colors and changed them all at once for links and then active/hover links like this:

  a,
  .entry-meta a,
  .entry-content a:visited,
  .page-link a:link,
  .page-link a:visited {
  	color: Indigo;
  }
  
  a:focus,
  a:active,
  a:hover,
  .entry-meta a:hover,
  .page-link a:active,
  .page-link a:hover {
  	color: Orchid;
  }

  Try copying that into your Appearance → Custom Design → CSS page and adjust the color names as necessary.