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Anchor Links Visited State
Hello
I have a page with anchor links
Whenever i go into the page the links are set to the visited state - even if tehy have never been clicked on.
How do i stop this from happening?
Thanks Heaps
JO
I have a page with anchor links
Whenever i go into the page the links are set to the visited state - even if tehy have never been clicked on.
How do i stop this from happening?
Thanks Heaps
JO
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>test</title>
<style type="text/css">
a, a:link {
color: lime;
}
a:visited {
color: green;
}
a:hover {
color: pink;
}
a:active {
color: red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>
<a href="#C4">
See also Chapter 4.
</a>
</p>
<p>
<h2>Chapter 1</h2>
<p>This chapter explains ba bla bla</p>
<h2>Chapter 2</h2>
<p>This chapter explains ba bla bla</p>
<h2>Chapter 3</h2>
<p>This chapter explains ba bla bla</p>
<a id="C4"><h2>Chapter 4</h2></a>
<p>This chapter explains ba bla bla</p>
</body>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<title>test</title>
<style type="text/css">
a, a:link {
color: lime;
}
a:visited {
color: green;
}
a:hover {
color: pink;
}
a:active {
color: red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>
<a href="#C4">
See also Chapter 4.
</a>
</p>
<p>
<h2>Chapter 1</h2>
<p>This chapter explains ba bla bla</p>
<h2>Chapter 2</h2>
<p>This chapter explains ba bla bla</p>
<h2>Chapter 3</h2>
<p>This chapter explains ba bla bla</p>
<a id="C4"><h2>Chapter 4</h2></a>
<p>This chapter explains ba bla bla</p>
</body>
</html>
You can use a javascript to overcome this, to some extent, with a mod of your CSS. Something like this:
CSS MOD: Replace A:VISITED with the following
A .visit { color: green }
JavaScript: Using a cookie object set to expire in one month, and onClick dynamic changes, we provide a new visited link setup:
<script type="text/javascript">
if(document.cookie == "") {
var dt = new Date();
var yr = dt.getYear();
if(yr < 1900) yr += 1901; else yr += 1;
document.cookie = "expires: "+new Date(yr, dt.getMonth(), dt.getDate()).toGMTString(
}
if(document.location.toStr
var id = document.location.toString
visitLink(id);
}
function visitLink(id) {
document.cookie = id + "=V";
document.getElementById(id
}
</script>
This should assure that outside links to this page content at one of the #id positions will be covered as well as same-page links.
CSS MOD: Replace A:VISITED with the following
A .visit { color: green }
JavaScript: Using a cookie object set to expire in one month, and onClick dynamic changes, we provide a new visited link setup:
<script type="text/javascript">
if(document.cookie == "") {
var dt = new Date();
var yr = dt.getYear();
if(yr < 1900) yr += 1901; else yr += 1;
document.cookie = "expires: "+new Date(yr, dt.getMonth(), dt.getDate()).toGMTString(
}
if(document.location.toStr
var id = document.location.toString
visitLink(id);
}
function visitLink(id) {
document.cookie = id + "=V";
document.getElementById(id
}
</script>
This should assure that outside links to this page content at one of the #id positions will be covered as well as same-page links.
Oops... Cookie expires in one year. To make the expire in one month, change the if(document.cookie == "") { } part to this:
if(document.cookie == "") {
var dt = new Date();
var yr = dt.getYear();
if(yr < 1900) yr += 1900;
var mo = dt.getMonth() + 1;
if(mo > 11) mo -= 11;
document.cookie = "expires: "+new Date(yr, mo, dt.getDate()).toGMTString(
}
if(document.cookie == "") {
var dt = new Date();
var yr = dt.getYear();
if(yr < 1900) yr += 1900;
var mo = dt.getMonth() + 1;
if(mo > 11) mo -= 11;
document.cookie = "expires: "+new Date(yr, mo, dt.getDate()).toGMTString(
}
Sorry... my code doesn't seem to work as I expected now that I've tested it, although I presume something very similar could do the trick. Perhaps it will give you, or another EE Expert, the inspiration you need to find the answer. In the meantime... I'm going to bed! :-P
Use an extra css class:
<a class="anchorlink" href="#C4">See also chapter 4</a>
<style type="text/css">
a.anchorlink:visited {color:lime;}
</style>
Regards
-r-
<a class="anchorlink" href="#C4">See also chapter 4</a>
<style type="text/css">
a.anchorlink:visited {color:lime;}
</style>
Regards
-r-
Not sure why you would need any extra CSS.
You just need to code the anchor like this:
<h2><a name="C4" id="C4">Chapter 4</a></h2>
Anchor tags are not supposed to be styled like a link (since they aren't links...)
Because you left out the name attribute, the browser assumed it was a link.
Sean
You just need to code the anchor like this:
<h2><a name="C4" id="C4">Chapter 4</a></h2>
Anchor tags are not supposed to be styled like a link (since they aren't links...)
Because you left out the name attribute, the browser assumed it was a link.
Sean
@Sean: That would be correct if Joana had used the word anchor like you expected her to.
In her example she refers to an anchor link as a hyperlink linking to an anchor on the same page:
<a href="#C4">See chapter 4</a>
Obviously these links are always in visited state, because they always link to the page the visiter is currently on. Therefor the page will be visited.
To counteract this effect she could add a class="anchorlink" which colors this type of links as if they are always unvisited.
Regards
-r-
In her example she refers to an anchor link as a hyperlink linking to an anchor on the same page:
<a href="#C4">See chapter 4</a>
Obviously these links are always in visited state, because they always link to the page the visiter is currently on. Therefor the page will be visited.
To counteract this effect she could add a class="anchorlink" which colors this type of links as if they are always unvisited.
Regards
-r-
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You will have to use either some js or frames.
tried with frames and it works.
there is another similar question that gives you the answer: its not possible inside same document.
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Web_Languages/CSS/Q_20257755.html
Sorry it cant be done the way you described it :(
Hope you can do some workaround.
Regards,
Alex