CSS can’t set link color

.sitename a {color: blue; text-decoration: none;}

works

that’s what I’m doing now, and it’s not working

CSS:

.sitename {padding-left: 15px; font-size: 22px; font-family: Georgia, Times, “Times New Roman,” serif; color: #efefef;}
.sitename a {color: #efefef; text-decoration: none;}
.sitename a visited {color: #efefef; text-decoration: none;}

implementation:

<div id=”logobox” style=”background-image:url(https://upmarketmerchant.com/wp-content/themes/upmarket-merchant-credit-card-3-col/image001.gif); position:absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 775px; height: 50px; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;”>
<span class=”sitename”>UpMarket Merchant</span>
<span class=”description”>Credit card merchant services, credit cards processing, internet merchant service</span>
<span class=”topright” style=”position:absolute; top: 10px; right: 0px;”>
</span>
</div>

Site is at:

https://upmarketmerchant.com

CSS is at:

https://upmarketmerchant.com/wp-content/themes/upmarket-merchant-credit-card-3-col/style.css

any thoughts yet on this one?

https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=https://upmarketmerchant.com/wp-content/themes/upmarket-merchant-credit-card-3-col/style.css

Try fixing the errors first. You seem to adopt some odd style.

Those styles don’t differ, really, so you wouldn’t see if it works or not. But that .sitename a visited should be .sitename a:visited (or .sitename a:hover or .sitename a:active)

Hope this helps ??

Actually it doesn’t make much sense to have a “visited” for the blog title – it will always apply that color.

Thanks for the advice–moshu, why will it always apply that color? Wouldn’t the default visited color override it?

Nope, it’s the other way around. The “general” rule is ovwerriden by the specific rule.
On the other hand I questioned the whole idea of having a “visited” colour for the title of the blog. It is useful for internal links to keep track which pages, posts, categories, whatever I have seen on the site, but why for the main title? Since I am on the site – it will always show me as a “visited” link. So, what’s the functionality of it?

Minna, that solved it (I think). Thanks, you’re a life-saver.

Frankly, I don’t think that CSS validator tool can be worth very much if it hasn’t heard of the Trebuchet font. Sometimes those things are a little too orthodox.

It recognizes if you don’t put it in between “.
trebuchet, arial, 'Times New Roman', sans-serif

You should use comma between font names and use single quote [‘] for font names with more than one word.