CSS won't let me add a:link... says css is invalid?

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November 30, 2020
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I've created a new class for the footer and want to change the link colors but when I try, it says my a:link etc are invalid CSS. What am I missing? Is this a bug? It seems to me that adding, editing css is not as easy as it was.

I have selected hyperlinked text in the footer area to try and modify the colors.

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Correct answer Jon Fritz

You would create the a:link under Selectors, not Properties.

If you only want to select links in your footer, the Selector would be something like...

.yourfooterclass a:link

...you would then add Properties like color, margin, text-decoration, etc after creating the Selector.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Maybe because a:link is a CSS pseudo -class that will effect ALL anchors on your page regardless of where they appear. If you want to style just the footer links, try footer a instead. Or do what I do and manually edit code in your stylesheet thus avoiding panel hassles entirely.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

J

jefferisAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks all. I ended up doing it manually, but there is a big change from DW CS 6 to 2021 in how the panels work.

I see the selector does what I want though.

Jon Fritz

Correct answer

Community Expert

You would create the a:link under Selectors, not Properties.

If you only want to select links in your footer, the Selector would be something like...

.yourfooterclass a:link

...you would then add Properties like color, margin, text-decoration, etc after creating the Selector.

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