Color of Dynamic Hyperlinks in a SSI

aaron_karp

Hi, thanks for looking.

I'm using a PHP file as a Server Side Include inside a table on another PHP page. The include file dynamically spits out a series of links, drawn from a MySQL Database, using echo()

I have several CSS styles defined for my site, and have tried applying them to the table in which the SSI is located. But no matter what, I can't seem to change the color of the links, both unvisited and visited.

Does anyone have any suggestions of how to get them to turn out white? (they're on a blue background).

Here's the code from the include file, minus the mysql_connect and <?PHP...?> tags:

$sql = @("SELECT FAQCategory FROM CJOCFAQ ORDER BY FAQCategory");
if (!$sql) {
echo "Error Loading Database";
}
while ($faqloaded = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) {
$currentcategory = $faqloaded["FAQCategory"];
echo "<br><font color='white'><a href='faq.php'>$currentcategory</a></font>";

}

eriksmoen

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you can force each link by using:

hope it helps.

aaron_karp

That didn't work, unfortunately.

eriksmoen

aaron_karp

Where should I put that tag? Do I put it in the Include File's code or do I put it on the page where I want the include to appear?

notionlogic

If you want to change the colour (or color 🙂 ) of a link then you'll need to specify the style either in the <A tag itself or use CSS

To answer your question though... if you want your included content to be different you'll have to change the script that generates it!

eriksmoen

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depends on whether you want just that link to be colored, or if you want all the links. for all, add it to the css script, otherwise, for the individual link, you will use it in the link tag itself.

aaron_karp

Alright - let me get things straight:

Right now my SII file does not contain any HTML Tags. It starts with a <?PHP and ends with a ?>. The only substantial thing inside those tags is an echo() function that spits out a list of links drawn from a database (uses a while...mysql_fetch_array loop).

Therefore, can it even support CSS styles? I don't have any on the page.

On the page where these SSI appears I DO have the CSS defined, and have attached it to the table where the links go.

Where do I put the style tag? Do i have to add some HTML (and thus <HTML></HTML> tags) into the page?

By the way, thanks a lot for helping me with this.

eriksmoen

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alright, to make all the links white, use something like

<html><title>SOME PAGE</title>
<style>
A.link { text-decoration: none; color: white; }
A.active { text-decoration: none; color: blue; }
A.visited { text-decoration: none; color: white; }
A.hover { text-decoration: none; color: red; }
</style>
<body ... >

otherwise:

echo ("<a href=\"$LINK_STRING\" style=\"color:white\">$TITLE_STING</a>");

play around with it a bit, i'm sure you'll get it.

hope it helps.

aaron_karp

It works! Thanks!