CSS not working for permalink

Hello CombatPost,

If you are using the following styling:
.main-text h1 a:hover{ text-decoration: underline; }

This is trying to underline a hyperlink that you hover over.

Try removing the “a:” -it will then underline regardless if it’s a hyperlink.

Hi Arncus,

Thanks for the reply, but that doesn’t work either!!

When I use <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> in the same way, it underlines on hover. Is there a way to auto link that title?

Like <?php the_title_posts_link(); ?>

Your HTML is not nested properly if you are using that code.

<h1>
  <a href="<?php esc_url( the_permalink() ); ?>" rel="bookmark">
    <?php the_title(); ?>
  </a>
<h1>

Should be the code if you want the CSS to take effect right. The reason it is not working is because you have the h1 tag inside of the anchor ( a ) tag. That would mean your CSS would be something like:

a:hover h1 {
    /* CSS goes here */
}

Thanks for your reply Jose.

I have tried it both ways, inside and outside the anchor tag, and changed the CSS accordingly but no change.

Have you tried clearing your cache? I was able to apply the rule:

.main-text a:hover {
    color: blue;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

Hi Jose,

Yeah I managed to fix it with the info you provided.

I now have h1 outside the anchor tags and have the CSS as h1 a{. . . and that works perfectly.

Any help on another problem, though? When I call for the title, I call first for the featured headline as follows.

<?php if(get_post_meta($post->ID, "mvp_featured_headline", true)): ?>

				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "mvp_featured_headline", true); ?></a></h2>

				<?php else: ?>
the title. . .

The CSS is NOT working for when the article is using a featured headline, but is working when using the title.

Unfortunately you will have to seek CSS help from a dedicated CSS forum. Most volunteers may/may not be able to further help you with it. All I can really tell you is that odds are your CSS selectors may not be right. ??

Ok Jose, thanks alot for the help ??