How do I change the color of my “links”?

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  funcartattoos · Member · Mar 30, 2009 at 4:17 pm

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  Could someone please go to my blog and tell me how to change the color of my links? I “assume” I do it in the CSS stuff but… I can’t find what I want to change!!! I don’t like the brown/tan color of the link! Can you tell me what the number of that color is? If I can see where it is, I “assume” I can change it to another color!

  Thanks so much!

  Jo Anne
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  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 30, 2009 at 4:23 pm

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  The site linked to your username is not a wordpress.COM blog. If you are talking about a wordpress.COM blog, then please give us a link to it starting with http:// so that we can look.

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  funcartattoos · Member · Mar 30, 2009 at 7:36 pm

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  http://funcartattoos.wordpress.com/

  Here it is!

  thanks!

  Jo Anne
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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 30, 2009 at 7:54 pm

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  It is here,

  a {
  color:#2277DD;
  text-decoration:none;
  }

  but it will change the color of all links including the ones in the sidebar.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 30, 2009 at 7:57 pm

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  OK, never mind the above, you are talking about after you click on a link (visited). That is here,

  .entry-content a:visited {
  color:#BB4411;
  }

  and only changes the color of the “visited” post links. The sidebar stays the same.

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  funcartattoos · Member · Mar 31, 2009 at 12:25 am

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  Thanks so much for helping me! Unfortunately, I’m not quite sure what to do.

  I looked at the CSS coding for “#BB4411” and could not find it. (I did a “control f” and didn’t see a match.) This makes me think that I am not searching in the correct place.

  Just so you know…if you look at today’s post, in the first paragraph I would like tike to change “Fun Car Tattoos” and “Show the World You Care Car Magnets” from icky tan to probably blue. I think that #BB4411 is the code for the tan that I don’t like.

  Hope this makes sense! And thanks so much!

  Jo Anne
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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 31, 2009 at 12:35 am

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  The #bb4411 is the hex code for the color. If you want it the same blue as links are in the sidebar then use the color code in my first post #2277D. If you want it a different color of blue, then type “hex code color chart” into a search engine such as Google and you will get a number of charts.

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  funcartattoos · Member · Mar 31, 2009 at 12:39 am

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  I do understand that now. What I don’t understand is where to change it in my CSS coding. I am going to the “view original style” of my blog and can’t seem to find the color “#bb4411” Could it be a different color?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 31, 2009 at 12:48 am

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  OK, my CSS viewer is showing the complete color code. What you are seeing is

  .entry-content a:visited {
  color: #b41;
  }

  Some hex color codes can be represented by three alpha-numeric characters where you have three pairs that repeat such as bb, 44, and 11 (b41).

  Change the #b41 to the color you wish and use the full 6 character code.

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  funcartattoos · Member · Mar 31, 2009 at 12:58 am

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  You won’t believe this! If I want to change this, I have to upgrade! I’m using the free blog. I tried to change the CSS but it says something along the lines of … you have to upgrade and pay to make these changes!

  I apologize for taking your time! Though… I know how to do it but I don’t want to spend the money!

  Thanks!

  Jo Anne
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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 31, 2009 at 1:01 am

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  Oh, I figured that you had the CSS upgrade, I probably should have asked first.

  Not a problem and you are welcome.