Title: styling permalinks with css
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# styling permalinks with css

 *  Resolved [timsig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timsig/)
 * (@timsig)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-permalinks-with-css/)
 * Hello,
    I’m having trouble getting a list of permalinks to respond to css styling
   i want to apply to them. They do so erratically/ selectively. In the example 
   below, the default underline disappears, but the text does not appear white, 
   as i want it to or change colour when hovered over. This is the code in question:
 *     ```
       <div id="FAQ">
       <h2>FAQs</h2>
       <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
       <?php query_posts('catname=FAQ');
       while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       <h4 id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
       <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
       <?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
       <?php endwhile; ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * and this is the css:
 * _[code moderated as per [forum rules ](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome)-
   please use the [pastebin ](http://pastebin.com/)or post a link to your site for
   acccess to the stylesheet]_
 * h4s only appear in this section of the site. If i add the pseudo selector :link
   to the selector of the penultimate rule, bizarrely the last item in the list 
   gets the default underline (none of the others).
 * Any help/pointers much appreciated.
    Tim

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-permalinks-with-css/#post-1988911)
 * maybe a `a:visited` style is interfering.
 * try and define a `a:visited` for your selection as well
 * [http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/css_pseudo_classes.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/css_pseudo_classes.asp)
 *  Thread Starter [timsig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timsig/)
 * (@timsig)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-permalinks-with-css/#post-1989009)
 * Thanks for the reply; I tried this, but no dice. What i don;t get is that if 
   i alter the text size for the h4 tag in the stylesheet, it changes, but i can’t
   get the color to change.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-permalinks-with-css/#post-1989010)
 * the color is possibly on the `h4 a` style;
 * sometimes it might help to use `!important` on the style;
    example: `h4 a { color:#
   333!important; }`
 * also, the link styles might already been defined in connection with some higher
   css divs or classes.
 * a **link to your site **pointing to a post/page with the problem might get you
   more replies.
 *  Thread Starter [timsig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timsig/)
 * (@timsig)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-permalinks-with-css/#post-1989011)
 * Thanks for that. Unfortunately, I am developing the site locally, so can’t post
   a link. I think i have found the problem: I can’t help myself spelling colour
   correctly. Thanks for all your help.

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 * [permalinks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalinks/)

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/styling-permalinks-with-css/#post-1989011)
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