Link Colors
There are three types of Links (shown in their Netscape Default colors):
- Hyperlinks <LINK>
- Links to another document or anchor within a document.
- E.G.: <LINK="#000000"> creates BLACK links.
- Visited Links <VLINK>
- What the Hyperlink is called after you have "visited" the document;
VLINK colors can be helpful in remembering which links have been visited.
- E.G.: <VLINK="#FFFF80"> creates YELLOW
visited links (not a very good choice on a white background).
- Active Links <ALINK>
- What the Hyperlink is called as it is being clicked. One cool use of ALINK is to
have the ALINK and the BGCOLOR be the same; when the link is active, it disappears.
- E.G.: <ALINK="#008000"> creates FOREST GREEN active links.
Each link can have a designated color. Link colors enable you to coordinate your links with
your background. If you choose a blue background, you
wouldn't want your links to be blue; no one would be able to see them.
Netscape has set links to have the following default color (in other words, unless you specify
other colors, Netscape will show the links in these colors):
- Hyperlinks in Blue <LINK>
- Visited Links in Purple <VLINK>
- Active Links in Red <ALINK>
Link color specification is placed at the beginning of the web-page in the <BODY> tag.
For example:
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#FF8040" LINK="#008000" VLINK="#804040" ALINK="#FF80FF">
(Cut and Paste into a document to see how this really looks...)
You have just learned all there is to know about colors and links. Have fun!
More to come...
©Jonathan Singer 1997