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Amy Taylor

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Dec 19, 2002, 3:25:44 PM12/19/02
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Hi, All,

I have a question about color change of web browser visited liniks.
Hope I can get answer.

I found in some web pages, when I clicked web links, it would change
to visited links color that I set in the browser after I visited these
links, but some woundn't change , even I uninstalled web browser and
reloaded again. so it really coufused me that which link I already
visited, which not. I thought it should always have color changed.
I am using Netscape 4.76, also tried netscape 6.2, no help. I don't
know it is web browser problems or web page source code problems or
computer problems, Can anyone explain ?? Thanks very much !!!

KC Wilkerson

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Dec 22, 2002, 12:08:24 PM12/22/02
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Hi,

If you're sure the links aren't clever little text graphics then the page is
probably coded with a 'style' of A {text-decoration: none}
or the <BODY> properties for the <LINK="#ffffff"> and the <VLINK="#
ffffff"> are coded the same as in this example.

You can check your page history in your browser to see if you've already
visited a link by comparing it with your status readout when you mouse over.

KC
http://www.risingstarmusic.com/websites/

Zev

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Jan 6, 2003, 2:26:34 AM1/6/03
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Nothing wrong with your browser, Amy, do not worry. Simply some
weebmasters coded links in different colors and you see this colors
not default one of your browser.

Amit Gangrade

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Jan 6, 2003, 3:34:29 PM1/6/03
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vmak...@netscape.net (Zev) wrote in message news:<5134bf2e.03010...@posting.google.com>...

> Nothing wrong with your browser, Amy, do not worry. Simply some
> weebmasters coded links in different colors and you see this colors
> not default one of your browser.

You can try removing stored coockies in Cache,bcos as far as think
information that certain link was previously visited is stored locally
on your computer as coockies.
hope this works

benny.michigan

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Jan 7, 2003, 4:06:41 PM1/7/03
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KC Wilkerson <kcwil...@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:<BA2B3F1E.1D7%kcwil...@ameritech.net>...

> Hi,
>
> If you're sure the links aren't clever little text graphics then the page is
> probably coded with a 'style' of A {text-decoration: none}
> or the <BODY> properties for the <LINK="#ffffff"> and the <VLINK="#
> ffffff"> are coded the same as in this example.

These links that KC refers to are most likely HTML code, the text that
is transmitted into your browser, for most server page requests, which
reinterprets how information will be displayed. In HTML you have
three ways to specify what colors links (hypertext references) will
be. The link, the visited link, and the active link (the link you are
currently either clicking on or hovering over), can all be set to
different colors. If you clear your history in your browswer program,
the visited color for a hypertext reference will change to the link
color. Cool eh?

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