active link not 'being active'

Hi,

I've got hte following in a linked css file:

..sideNavlinks a:link,a:visited {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
background-color: #E5E5EF;
text-decoration: none;
}
..sideNavlinks a:hover {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
text-decoration: underline;
display: block;
}
..sideNavLinks a:active {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
text-decoration: underline;
display: block;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

The problem is the active page does not exhibit any of the active properties
as above - what am i missing ?

Thanks fro your help,

Mac

Perhaps you are misunderstanding what the active pseudo-class does. In most
browsers, it is only expressed while the mouse button is depressed on the
link. I sense that you are looking for a 'breadcrumb' effect, no?

In addition, your styles may contain a typo. Change this -

..sideNavlinks a:link,a:visited {


to this -

..sideNavlinks a:link, .sideNavlinks a:visited {

(I think)

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"Rupert PupKin" <rupert (AT) trim (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Hi,

I've got hte following in a linked css file:

.sideNavlinks a:link,a:visited {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
background-color: #E5E5EF;
text-decoration: none;
}
.sideNavlinks a:hover {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
text-decoration: underline;
display: block;
}
.sideNavLinks a:active {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
text-decoration: underline;
display: block;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

The problem is the active page does not exhibit any of the active
properties
as above - what am i missing ?

Thanks fro your help,

Mac

On 11 Nov 2004 in macromedia.dreamweaver, Rupert PupKin wrote:

The problem is the active page does not exhibit any of the active
properties as above

Go to Project Seven (http://projectseven.com/) and look for the
'Uberlinks' tutorial - it has a really neat css-driven way to accomplish
what you're looking to do.

--
Joe Makowiec
http://makowiec.net/
Email: http://makowiec.net/email.php

Hello,

Well yes - I'm looking for the link to be 'different' on the page that the
link itself points to.

I'll go do some more research , thanks,##

Mac
"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote

Perhaps you are misunderstanding what the active pseudo-class does. In
most
browsers, it is only expressed while the mouse button is depressed on the
link. I sense that you are looking for a 'breadcrumb' effect, no?

In addition, your styles may contain a typo. Change this -

.sideNavlinks a:link,a:visited {


to this -

.sideNavlinks a:link, .sideNavlinks a:visited {

(I think)

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"Rupert PupKin" <rupert (AT) trim (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:cmvevu$l9g$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Hi,

I've got hte following in a linked css file:

.sideNavlinks a:link,a:visited {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
background-color: #E5E5EF;
text-decoration: none;
}
.sideNavlinks a:hover {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
text-decoration: underline;
display: block;
}
.sideNavLinks a:active {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
text-decoration: underline;
display: block;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

The problem is the active page does not exhibit any of the active
properties
as above - what am i missing ?

Thanks fro your help,

Mac

Are you using templates for the menu? Or SSI?

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"Rupert PupKin" <rupert (AT) trim (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Hello,

Well yes - I'm looking for the link to be 'different' on the page that the
link itself points to.

I'll go do some more research , thanks,##

Mac
"Murray *TMM*" <forums (AT) HAHAgreat-web-sights (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:cmvluk$62$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Perhaps you are misunderstanding what the active pseudo-class does. In
most
browsers, it is only expressed while the mouse button is depressed on the
link. I sense that you are looking for a 'breadcrumb' effect, no?

In addition, your styles may contain a typo. Change this -

.sideNavlinks a:link,a:visited {


to this -

.sideNavlinks a:link, .sideNavlinks a:visited {

(I think)

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"Rupert PupKin" <rupert (AT) trim (DOT) co.uk> wrote in message
news:cmvevu$l9g$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
Hi,

I've got hte following in a linked css file:

.sideNavlinks a:link,a:visited {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
background-color: #E5E5EF;
text-decoration: none;
}
.sideNavlinks a:hover {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
text-decoration: underline;
display: block;
}
.sideNavLinks a:active {
font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
color: #006633;
text-decoration: underline;
display: block;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
}

The problem is the active page does not exhibit any of the active
properties
as above - what am i missing ?

Thanks fro your help,

Mac

it is only expressed while the mouse button is depressed on the link.

Murray, I know how much you dislike frames but the active pseudo-class happens to work rather well with frames.

Kramerica Industries wrote:

it is only expressed while the mouse button is depressed on the link.

Murray, I know how much you dislike frames but the active pseudo-class
happens to work rather well with frames.

Only in IE.


Gary

<shrug> OK. I'll never see it. But I don't think you are looking in
enough browsers to say that with certainty. As I recall it's only the Mac
browsers that keep the link active....

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"Kramerica Industries" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

it is only expressed while the mouse button is depressed on the link.

Murray, I know how much you dislike frames but the active pseudo-class
happens to work rather well with frames.

But I don't think you are looking in enough browsers to say that with
certainty. True. >>As I recall it's only the Mac browsers that keep the link

active.... Not true.. It works in at least IE6 on Windows. Cosmo