css styling links using a div tag

Hi,
I am learning css and am having a hard time figuring out how to achieve nav
bars that are styled differently on one page. I am pretty sure a div tag is
what I need to use but I can't figure out how to style links differently with a
div tag.

I understand that I can put a div tag around a table in which are my buttons
will be, but how do I assign link styles to it? My style sheet already have
a:link, a:hover...etc. That is what styles my main navigation. Do I make
duplicates or something?

I am close. I would appreciate some help.

Thank you very much

First .. you wouldn't need to "put a div tag around a table". Use one or
the other. If you use a div, then give it an id like div id="firstdiv" and
assign navigation to it like this #firstdiv a { } and #firstdiv a:hover { },
etc. for the links. Then on the navigation, give that an id like div
id="nav" and assign different links to that like #nav a { } and #nav a:hover
{ }, etc. In that way, you can easily have several different sets of button
styles on your page.

If you prefer the table, then give that the id like table id="mytable" and
style those links based on #mytable a { } etc.

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"kapowd" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Hi,
I am learning css and am having a hard time figuring out how to achieve
nav
bars that are styled differently on one page. I am pretty sure a div tag
is
what I need to use but I can't figure out how to style links differently
with a
div tag.

I understand that I can put a div tag around a table in which are my
buttons
will be, but how do I assign link styles to it? My style sheet already
have
a:link, a:hover...etc. That is what styles my main navigation. Do I make
duplicates or something?

I am close. I would appreciate some help.

Thank you very much