Links not working from External File

[Chop]

I am just starting out with CSS. All has been going pretty smooth with the exception of one thing...hyperlinks.

Using an external css file, I put in:

a:link { color: #0000FF; text-decoration: underline; }
a:visited { color: #800080; text-decoration: underline; }
a:active { color: #cc0000; text-decoration: underline; }
a:hover { color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none; }

p.black {
margin-top: 10px;
margin-right: 10px;
margin-bottom : 10px;
margin-left : 10px;
color:#000000;
font-size: 8pt;
font-family: arial;
}

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In my .html file I use the regular:

<p class=black>
"Appledore Engineering moves to Pease...
<a href = "moving.html">Click here to read the complete article</a>
</p>

Every other part of the css file is recognized, except for the hyperlinks....They either show a color that is part of IE's default for links, or they show something completely different.

Thanks for your assistance!

[Winged Spider]

Just setting just a plan old A attirbute without the events.

That should probably do it.

like:

a { color: #0000FF; text-decoration: underline; }

[Bill Posters]

Try reordering the pseudo-classes...

a:link { … }
a:visited { … }
a:hover { … }
a:active { … }

Humour me, try it.

[Mike]

Yes, as Bill implied, they have to be in that order

www.w3schools.com has a bunch of CSS info if you're stuck again

[Chop]

Thanks for the posts...and so timely!!!

Alright, I reordered the attributes in the css file and still am not having luck...so I will post the link....so you guys can see the full picture and pick up something that I may not be translating to the post correctly:

http://www.appledoreeng.com/oct/index2.html

Click on the "NEWS" link...

The CSS is here:

http://www.appledoreeng.com/oct/stylesheet.css

Thanks so much for your help.

[Chop]

Big dummy....

In the very bottom of my CSS, I had the code that made the links wierd....I hadn't been bothering to look at the very bottom...bad me....