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Safari woes
Board: Designing and Creating Webpages
May 2, 2005 9:30am
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While trying to figure out (unsuccessfully I might add) how to make one link on a web page a different color from all the rest, I discovered that my website's home page displays weirdly on Safari. The webring navbar and counter are at the top of the page and not the bottom as they should be. It's driving me bonkers. Does anyone know WHY the thing would do it?...I mean other than it being a massive computer conspiracy to drive me insane? More importantly, can I insert some code that will make the navbar and counter stay put?

Thanks,
catbead
Re: Safari woes
Board: Designing and Creating Webpages
Reply to: #3908 by catbead
May 2, 2005 10:17am
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Quote While trying to figure out (unsuccessfully I might add) how to make one link on a web page a different color from all the rest...


I can't help you on the navbar and counter, but I can help with the link colors as best I can. By default, unvisited links are blue and visited are purple. To change the links for a whole page, use this method:
<body link="green">

To change individual links, use this one:
< a href="URL_here"><font color="red">click here</font></ a>
(remove those spaces before the As)

I tested this using Firefox and Internet Explorer. If this doesn't do anything, Safari may have been set to override link colors (I think it might be possible). Exploring the options may guide you to such a setting, or perhaps someone else has some insight.
Re: Safari woes
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Reply to: #3908 by catbead
May 2, 2005 11:51am
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Quote While trying to figure out (unsuccessfully I might add) how to make one link on a web page a different color from all the rest


To make a specific link a certain color, use the style attribute. For instance:

< a href="http://www.atlasquest.com " style="color:red">Atlas Quest</a >

(I added some extra spaces to that so it would format properly on these message boards, so just ignore those.)

I'm not sure about the page displaying weirdly on Safari. It's hard for me to test possible fixes since I don't have access to a Safari browser. The HTML code looks awfully complicated (and therefore, more prone to error).

What I find fixes a lot of problems is if I can make my webpages validate correctly. You can do this at http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/

At least if it validates properly, you can point to the browser and say, "HA! It's all your stupid fault! Stupid programmers!" =) Your page isn't validating properly, so "technically" there are HTML errors in it.

If making it validate correctly isn't in the cards (I'm not sure how much control you have over your webpage), my next suggestion would be to take the problematic parts out of that large table and put it at the end of the HTML. I suspect that might have something to do with it, but it's pretty hard to be sure....

Good luck! =)

-- Ryan

PS. If it's any consolation, less than 5% of the hits on AQ are from a Safari browser, so the problem won't affect the VAST majority of people. =)
Re: Safari woes
Board: Designing and Creating Webpages
Reply to: #3912 by Green Tortuga
May 2, 2005 1:19pm
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Thank you ShadowSpirit and Ryan for telling me how to do the specific link color. :-)

Quote The HTML code looks awfully complicated (and therefore, more prone to error).


Yeah, that's because computer D'oh people like me need programs that do all the work and let me play with the page by moving things around until I like it, just like it's real paper, photo's & stuff. :-)

I ran the page thru the validator (thanks :-) and it ran out of space before it got to the navbar & counter, I think because it doesn't recognize the commands (?) used by GoLive.

Quote If making it validate correctly isn't in the cards (I'm not sure how much control you have over your webpage), my next suggestion would be to take the problematic parts out of that large table and put it at the end of the HTML.


I probably would have more control if I understood code, but it's pretty much a lost cause. Picked up little bits & pieces, know how to insert code, know what some terms are.... The navbar & counter code are already at the very bottom of the page.

Quote PS. If it's any consolation, less than 5% of the hits on AQ are from a Safari browser, so the problem won't affect the VAST majority of people. =)


This is good to know. :-)

Thanks!
catbead