I don't understand CSS

Once upon a time, far far away David Preston
<dave.TakeThisOut@dbpreston.wanadoo.co.uk> spluttered

 >My understanding is that any link inside, say, a table with a
 >class="nav" should be yellow (#FFFF66)
 >
 >But it just doesn't work - the link is the standard blue.
 >
 >I'm obviously doing something wrong, but I don't know what.

REMEMBER a web browser may be set to ignore CSS suggestions.

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John Bokma wrote

 > Norman L. DeForest wrote:
 >
  >> "HTML 3.2 Reference - Zipped HTML"
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wilbur.zip</font" target="_blank">http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wilbur.zip</font</a>>
 >
 > drop that one.
 >
  >> "HTML 4.0 Reference - Zipped HTML":
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdghtml40.zip</font" target="_blank">http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdghtml40.zip</font</a>>
 >
 > drop that one.
 >
  >> "CSS Guide - Zipped HTML":
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdgcss.zip</font" target="_blank">http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdgcss.zip</font</a>>
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://w3c.org/</font" target="_blank">http://w3c.org/</font</a>>

Drop that one.

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Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, armed only with a rusty Forte
Free Agent 1.21/32.243, Matt Probert stumbled into alt.www.webmaster and
said:

 > Once upon a time, far far away David Preston
 > <dave.RemoveThis@dbpreston.wanadoo.co.uk> spluttered
  >> ...
  >> I'm obviously doing something wrong, but I don't know what.
 >
 > REMEMBER a web browser may be set to ignore CSS suggestions.

yes, a usefule reminder but unless the document author has tried to be
clever with the markup there will be no problems accessing page content
even for the most dumb UA.

When it comes to markup, less (really) is more.

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On 21 May 2005, Charles Sweeney wrote:

 > John Bokma wrote
 >
  > > Norman L. DeForest wrote:
  > >
   > >> "HTML 3.2 Reference - Zipped HTML"
<font color=brown>   > >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wilbur.zip</font" target="_blank">http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wilbur.zip</font</a>>
  > >
  > > drop that one.
  > >
   > >> "HTML 4.0 Reference - Zipped HTML":
<font color=brown>   > >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdghtml40.zip</font" target="_blank">http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdghtml40.zip</font</a>>
  > >
  > > drop that one.
  > >
   > >> "CSS Guide - Zipped HTML":
<font color=brown>   > >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdgcss.zip</font" target="_blank">http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdgcss.zip</font</a>>
  > >
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://w3c.org/</font" target="_blank">http://w3c.org/</font</a>>
 >
 > Drop that one.

Could you suggest any other downloadable references that can be used
off-line?

(I would love to find a complete (and free) downloadable JavaScript
reference that can be accessed off-line. The downloadable ECMA specs only
cover the core of the language without specifying any of the objects,
properties, methods, etc. etc. supported by browsers. It's much like the
situation that existed with the original Pascal specification, with no
defined way to perform I/O, access files or link to other routines.
("writeln" was the only I/O supported.) Only when implementers added
"extensions" to the language did Pascal start to become usable for
practical purposes.)

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Charles Sweeney me.TakeThisOut@charlessweeney.com wrote in
<Xns965D642AED34Emecharlessweeneycom.TakeThisOut@130.133.1.4>:
 > John Bokma wrote
 >
  > > Norman L. DeForest wrote:
  > >
   > >> "HTML 3.2 Reference - Zipped HTML"
<font color=brown>   > >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wilbur.zip</font" target="_blank">http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wilbur.zip</font</a>>
  > >
  > > drop that one.
  > >
   > >> "HTML 4.0 Reference - Zipped HTML":
<font color=brown>   > >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdghtml40.zip</font" target="_blank">http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdghtml40.zip</font</a>>
  > >
  > > drop that one.
  > >
   > >> "CSS Guide - Zipped HTML":
<font color=brown>   > >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdgcss.zip</font" target="_blank">http://www.htmlhelp.org/distribution/wdgcss.zip</font</a>>
  > >
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://w3c.org/</font" target="_blank">http://w3c.org/</font</a>>
 >
 > Drop that one.
 >

Don't drop any until you've looked through them all and chosen the ones
that suit you.

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David Preston wrote:
 > I'm trying to make a web page that has links (<a> tags) formatted in a
 > couple of different ways on the same page. I know CSS is the way to do
 > it, but I don't begin to understand how.
 >
 > Please, would someone direct this thicko to a tutorial that explains the
 > way to do it in *very* simple terms...
 >

That's not bad. I don't understand my wife!

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William Tasso wrote:
 > Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, armed only with a rusty Forte
 > Free Agent 1.21/32.243, Matt Probert stumbled into alt.www.webmaster
 > and said:
 >
  >> Once upon a time, far far away David Preston
  >> <dave.TakeThisOut@dbpreston.wanadoo.co.uk> spluttered
  >>
   >>> ...
   >>> I'm obviously doing something wrong, but I don't know what.
  >>
  >>
  >> REMEMBER a web browser may be set to ignore CSS suggestions.
 >
 >
 > yes, a usefule reminder but unless the document author has tried to be
 > clever with the markup there will be no problems accessing page content
 > even for the most dumb UA.
 >
 > When it comes to markup, less (really) is more.
 >

So far as this current project goes, the aforementioned link colour
changes will be as fancy as it gets. Having said that, however, playing
with the FF developer toolbar led me to test the page skellington for
validating, and after a couple of changes it does. (Albeit to a standard
of my choosing - 4.01 Transitional - which is very undemanding )

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 > ...
 > to test the page skellington for validating, and after a couple of
 > changes it does. (Albeit to a standard of my choosing - 4.01
 > Transitional - which is very undemanding )

Only a short hop to 4.01 Strict

and from there, a mere hoppety-skip to completely trivial markup

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 > In <7oOdnbKLtNPeERLfRVn-uQ DeleteThis @comcast.com>, jstucklex DeleteThis @attglobal.net wrote:
  >> David Preston wrote:
   >>> I'm trying to make a web page that has links (<a> tags) formatted in a
   >>> couple of different ways on the same page. I know CSS is the way to do
   >>> it, but I don't begin to understand how.
   >>>
   >>> Please, would someone direct this thicko to a tutorial that explains
   >>> the
   >>> way to do it in *very* simple terms...
   >>>
  >>
  >> That's not bad. I don't understand my wife!
 >
 > dude, *NO* man understands his wife!
 >
 > It's like, a law of nature or at least a law of femininity.

femininity has laws? well bugger me sideways with a wet kipper, and there
all along I thought they were completely random.

o random movement
o random noise generators
o random handbag/shoe selection process

 > -=-
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wow - the lengths some folk go to to ensure anoninimity - I guess the
wife-force is strong where you come from.

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William Tasso wrote

 > Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, Anonymous stumbled into
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  >> -=-
  >> This message was sent via two or more anonymous remailing services.
 >
 > wow - the lengths some folk go to to ensure anoninimity - I guess the
 > wife-force is strong where you come from.

Sure looks like it!

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In article <KCIWLRP138495.5456018519@anonymous>,
BigappleRemailer.DeleteThis@bigapple.yi.org says...
 > In <7oOdnbKLtNPeERLfRVn-uQ.DeleteThis@comcast.com>, jstucklex.DeleteThis@attglobal.net wrote:
  > >David Preston wrote:
   > >> I'm trying to make a web page that has links (<a> tags) formatted in a
   > >> couple of different ways on the same page. I know CSS is the way to do
   > >> it, but I don't begin to understand how.
   > >>
   > >> Please, would someone direct this thicko to a tutorial that explains the
   > >> way to do it in *very* simple terms...
   > >>
  > >
  > >That's not bad. I don't understand my wife!
 >
 > dude, *NO* man understands his wife!
 >
 >
What's not to understand? Just do what your wife tells you and you'll
never get into trouble.

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 > In <Xns965FC1D3814Dmecharlessweeneycom.DeleteThis@130.133.1.4>,
 > me.DeleteThis@charlessweeney.com wrote:
  >> William Tasso wrote
  >>
   >>> Forging a path through the Usenet jungle, Anonymous stumbled into
   >>> alt.www.webmaster and said:
   >>>> -=-
   >>>> This message was sent via two or more anonymous remailing services.
   >>>
   >>> wow - the lengths some folk go to to ensure anoninimity - I guess the
   >>> wife-force is strong where you come from.
  >>
  >> Sure looks like it!
 >
 > yep, it sure is!
 >
 > I use remailers becaue I'd really like to KEEP my balls

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