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Saratoga Sam
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PostPosted: June 23rd 2007, 2:34 pm    Post subject: How to change the a:link behavior for generated links? Reply with quote
Hi -

How do I change the a:link behavior for dynamically generated links in a template?

For example, on the viewforum page, links to moderators for the forum are dynamically generated and displayed above the forum.

The link is generated in the viewforum.tpl file with this code:

Code:
{L_MODERATOR}: {MODERATORS}


Which is translated into this html:

Code:
Moderators: <a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=8">Joe Smith</a>


If I wrap the original code with a <span> statement, the new link definitions are ignored. In other words, my link shows up RED instead of GREEN.

Code:
<span class="gensmall">{L_MODERATOR}: {MODERATORS}</span>


My simple CSS file looks like this:
Code:

/* default link colors */
a:link {
   color:Red;
   text-decoration:underline;
}
a:visited {
   color:Red;
   text-decoration:underline;
}
a:hover {
   color:Red;
   text-decoration:none;
}


/* customized link colors */
.gensmall {
   font-family: Verdana, Arial;
   font-size: 12px;
   color: #666666;
}
a.gensmall:link {
   color:Green;
   text-decoration:underline;
}
a.gensmall:visited {
   color:Green;
   text-decoration:underline;
}
a.gensmall:hover {
   color:Green;
   text-decoration:none;
}

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PostPosted: June 23rd 2007, 3:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Changing your css from

Code:
a:link {
   color:Red;
   text-decoration:underline;


to

Code:
a:link {
   color:Green;
   text-decoration:underline;


would resolve it but I am guessing you dont want to go that way with it?

Have you tried using font color= ?

Code:
Moderators: <a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=8"><font color="green">Joe Smith</font></a>

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Saratoga Sam
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PostPosted: June 23rd 2007, 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Changing the CSS definition of a:link to GREEN will not work because there are some a:links that need to be RED.

You cannot modify the <a href="profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=8>Joe Smith</font></a> statement in the tpl file because it is dynamically generated. I could modify this statement in the .php file but then it would affect all different templates on this phpBB.
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PostPosted: June 24th 2007, 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Use .gensmall a:link in your CSS instead of using a.gensmall:link. The latter only applies to tags that have gensmall set on the link itself, like <a href="" class="gensmall">.
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Saratoga Sam
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PostPosted: June 24th 2007, 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thoul wrote:
Use .gensmall a:link in your CSS instead of using a.gensmall:link. The latter only applies to tags that have gensmall set on the link itself, like <a href="" class="gensmall">.


Brilliant. I just tested it and you're right.

Thanks again, Thoul!
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