Font Default Changed to black on black….can’t see

  • I’m using the Gold Coins theme on my site at https://www.steveduce.com and I just noticed that the two links in the bottom right of the header [ Home, About, instead of the default gold color font on the black background, I have a black font so…the links cannot be seen. I don’t know how this happened and can’t find where to set it to the default gold color. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

    Thank, Steve

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  • style.css line 507

    #header a:link, #header a:visited, #header a:active, #header a:hover, .left a:link, .left a:visited, .left a:active, .left a:hover, .right h1 a:link, .right h1 a:visited, .right h1 a:active, .right h1 a:hover
    color:#000000;
    text-decoration:none;

    I think you need to remove this: color:#000000;

    …and then make your other adjustments as needed.
    Just a guess, though.

    [EDIT] I don’t think it is anything you did. It appears the same way for me in the demo.

    Thread Starter steved7

    (@steved7)

    Thanks for taking a look for me. You placed me in the right area…I think. I’ve been playing with the code colors and can change the fonts to the color it was designed to be but…..it seems these two links in the bottom right of the header [ Home, About ] are tied to the header topic as well as the menu links to the right. I actually changed them to white so maybe someone trying to help me can see what I’m talking about.

    So given that, when I change the code to the gold, the links on the right menu are on a gold background so they come out looking like a standard web link (blue).

    I can’t figure out how to make the changes separately so I can adjust only the two links. I think we’ve gotten close but I’ve spent several hours this morning trying to figure it out, It’s become a challenge…….

    Steve

    For whatever reason, (possibly so people could customize them to their liking later), the author chose to lump all of these link attributes together and color them black. you will need to separate the left, right, and header definitions and describe them separately. That includes the active, visited, and hover styles. Or you can remove the effects you don’t want at all. (visited, active, whatever you like).

    #header a:link

    #header a:visited

    #header a:active

    #header a:hover

    .left a:link

    .left a:visited

    .left a:active

    .left a:hover

    .right h1 a:link

    .right h1 a:visited

    .right h1 a:active

    .right h1 a:hover

    … you can shorten the process by putting all items with the same characteristics on one line. (as the author did with all of them, then described them all as color: #00000; which canceled out the rollover, visited and hover effects). Perhaps someone with real css knowledge (I’m just a hack), can offer a more correct analysis, or simplify the process for you.

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