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May 20, 2026
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How do I change the color of active/external links in my navigation in Adobe Portfolio?

  • May 20, 2026
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I want to change the colors for different link states in my navigation, but only see options for Regular and Rollover - Adobe’s support page on this topic (https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037365053-Styling-your-Navigation) is about 3 years outdated with old screenshots and doesn’t go into detail on this...

 

A few issues I’m having:

  1. It seems like there are styles for Active (Black) and Visited (Gray) link states when editing the nav, but I see no option to change them 
  2. My Rollover style should be the same gray as the Visited links in the screenshot below, but hovering over the “CONTACT” link shows that state as black for some reason
  3. The system seems to have a different style settings for external links - e.g. “PHOTOGRAPHY” below is an external link, and does not take on the same styles as the internal links - and this is the only one I actually can customize. None of the internal links take on the same color changes, but I would like them to match.

 

 

Basically I just want to make the Active page red and leave the rest gray - is there any way to do this?

 

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    In CSS, there are 3 link states:

    1. Active links (any link you haven’t clicked yet)
    2. Visited links (links you’ve clicked that are in your browser’s history)
    3. Link on focus or hover (rollover).

    There is no distinction between internal & external links. That’s not a thing.

     

    Changing link colors in Adobe Portfolio is quick and easy. You can update your navigation links globally using the Site-Wide settings, or you can change individual text links directly within the Text Editor.

     

    To test new links styles, use a new browser or clear the cached data history from your current browser.

    https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/articles/360037365053-Styling-your-Navigation

    https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/articles/360038553154-Styling-Text-types

     

    Hope that helps.

     

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    May 21, 2026

    In CSS, there are 3 link states:

    1. Active links (any link you haven’t clicked yet)
    2. Visited links (links you’ve clicked that are in your browser’s history)
    3. Link on focus or hover (rollover).

    There is no distinction between internal & external links. That’s not a thing.

     

    Changing link colors in Adobe Portfolio is quick and easy. You can update your navigation links globally using the Site-Wide settings, or you can change individual text links directly within the Text Editor.

     

    To test new links styles, use a new browser or clear the cached data history from your current browser.

    https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/articles/360037365053-Styling-your-Navigation

    https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/articles/360038553154-Styling-Text-types

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 20, 2026

    portfolio questions: https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=177168

     

    portfolio faq: https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us

     

    understanding themes: https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035995733-Themes-features

     

    comparing themes: https://help.myportfolio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360035496294-Comparing-themes

     

    theme examples: https://portfolio.adobe.com/examples/

    x_defect14
    Participant
    May 21, 2026

    I was not able to find any answers in the Support pages - the Styling Navigation page I referenced in my original post did not specify anything about styling Active or Visited states, or external links.

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 21, 2026

     

    Portfolio’s custom link states are Regular & Rollover. No other link states can be customized.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert