How do I get the nav bar link to stay highlighted?

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Hi,
Can anyone tell me how using CSS I can get my navigation bar link to stay highlighted (white)?

I have read quite a few posts but I’m still unclear how to implement them for a dynamic site.

I am a complete novice so any help would be much appreciated!

I am using Joomla 1.5 CMS and here is the complete CSS code:



h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }

h1 {
    font-weight: lighter;
    color: #3C4C5A;
}

#page h1 a {
    color: #3C4C5A;
    text-decoration: none;
}

h2 { color: #497496; }
h3 { color: #3C4C5A; }
h4 { color: #497496; }
h5 { color: #3C4C5A; }
h6 { color: #497496; }

h1 { font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; }
h2 { font-size: 22px; line-height: 22px; }
h5 { font-size: 9.5px; font-weight:bold; line-height:15px; }

#left h1, #left h2, #left h3, #left h4, #left h5, #left h6 { color: #dcdcdc; }
#right h1, #right h2, #right h3, #right h4, #right h5, #right h6 { color: #dcdcdc; }

/*
 * anchor
 */

a:link { color: #000000; }
a:visited { color: #000000; }
a:hover { color: #B34437; }
a:current {color:#FFFFFF;}

.sidebar a:link,
.sidebar a:visited { color: #98908a; text-decoration: none;}
.sidebar a:visited {line-height:100%;}
.sidebar a:hover { color: #ffffff; }
.sidebar a:hover {line-height:100%; }
.sidebar li#current
{
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-weight: bold;
}



a.icon-folder {
        padding-left: 17px;
        background: url(../images/typography/icon_folder.png) 0 40% no-repeat;
}

a.icon-file {
        padding-left: 17px;
        background: url(../images/typography/icon_file.png) 0 40% no-repeat;
}

a.icon-download {
        padding-left: 17px;
        background: url(../images/typography/icon_download.png) 0 40% no-repeat;
}

a.icon-external {
        padding-left: 17px;
        background: url(../images/typography/icon_external.png) 0 40% no-repeat;
}

a.icon-pdf {
        padding-left: 17px;
        background: url(../images/pdf_button.png) 0 40% no-repeat;
}

/*
 * emphasis
 */

em.box { 
    padding: 0px 3px 0px 3px;
    border: 1px dotted #aaaaaa;
    background: #f5f6f7;
    font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
    font-style: normal;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

#left em.box,
#right em.box,
#bottom em.box {
    background: #232328;
    border: 1px dotted #3C3C50;
}

/*
 * unsorted lists
 */

/* icon style */
ul.arrow,
ul.checkbox,
ul.check,
ul.star {
    margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
    padding-left: 20px;
    list-style: none;
}

ul.arrow li,
ul.checkbox li,
ul.check li,
ul.star li {
    margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
    padding-left: 35px;
    font-weight: bold;
    line-height: 26px;  
}

ul.arrow li { background: url(../images/typography/list_arrow.png) 0 0 no-repeat; }
ul.checkbox li { background: url(../images/typography/list_checkbox.png) 0 0 no-repeat; }
ul.check li { background: url(../images/typography/list_check.png) 0 0 no-repeat; }
ul.star li { background: url(../images/typography/list_star.png) 0 0 no-repeat; }

/* links style */
ul.links {
    margin: 10px 0px 20px 0px;
    padding-left: 0px;
    list-style: none;
}

ul.links li {
    padding-left: 15px;
    height: 25px;
    line-height: 25px;
    background: url(../images/typography/list_links.png) 0px 0 no-repeat;
    cursor: pointer;
}

ul.links li:hover { background-position: 0px -35px; }

#page ul.links li a { text-decoration: none; }

/* table style */
ul.table {
    margin: 20px 0px 20px 0px;
    padding-left: 0px;
    list-style: none;
}

ul.table li {
    padding: 5px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #c8c8c8;
}

ul.table li:nth-child(odd) { background: #f0f0f0; }
ul.table li:nth-child(even) { background: #ffffff; }
ul.table li:last-child { border: none; }

/*
 * ordered lists
 */

ol.disc {
    margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
    padding: 0px 0px 0px 45px;
    background: url(../images/typography/list_disc.png) 20px 0px repeat-y;
}

ol.disc li {
    margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    font-weight: bold;
    line-height: 26px;  
}

/*
 * horizontal rule
 */
 
hr.dotted {
    margin: 15px 0px 15px 0px;
    display: block;
    background: url(../images/typography/line_dotted.png) 0 0 repeat-x;
    height: 1px;
    border: none;
}


/*
 * highlighted div and span tags
 */

span.note,
span.info,
span.alert,
span.download,
span.tip { display: block; }

div.note, span.note {
    margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
    padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px;
    background: #E4EBF1;
    border-top: 1px solid #D4D9DE;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #D4D9DE;
    text-align:justify;
    text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px rgba(255,255,255,1);
}

div.info, span.info,
div.alert, span.alert,
div.download, span.download,
div.tip, span.tip {
    margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
    padding: 8px 10px 8px 40px;
    text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px rgba(255,255,255,1);
}

div.info, span.info {
    background: #E4EBF1 url(../images/typography/box_info.png) 8px 5px no-repeat;
    border-top: 1px solid #D4D9DE;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #D4D9DE;
}

div.alert, span.alert {
    background: #FFE6DF url(../images/typography/box_alert.png) 8px 5px no-repeat;
    border-top: 1px solid #FFD9CF;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #FFD9CF;
}

div.download, span.download {
    background: #f5faeb url(../images/typography/box_download.png) 8px 5px no-repeat;
    border-top: 1px solid #D6EBCD;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #D6EBCD;
}

div.tip, span.tip {
    background: #FDF9E3 url(../images/typography/box_tip.png) 8px 5px no-repeat;
    border-top: 1px solid #FAE7BE;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #FAE7BE;
}

/*
 * p tag with dropcaps
 */
 
p.dropcap:first-letter {
    display: block;
    margin: 7px 4px 0px 0px;
    float: left;
    font-size: 280%;
    font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
}

/*
 * tables
 */
 
table.listing {
    width: 100%;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    font-size: 11px;
}

table.listing thead th {
    height: 30px;
    padding: 5px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #c8c8c8;
    background: none;
    vertical-align: top;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: normal;
}

table.listing tbody td {
    height: 20px;
    padding: 5px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #c8c8c8;
}

table.listing tr.odd td { background: #f0f0f0; }
table.listing tr.even td { background: #ffffff; }

table.listing td.bold {
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 12px;
}

/*
 * blockquotes
 */

blockquote { font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; }

q.blockquote {
    margin: 10px 0 10px 15px;
    font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 130%;
}

q.blockquote:first-letter { font-size: 150%; }

q.blockquote:before,
q.blockquote:after { content: ""; }

blockquote.quotation {
    margin: 10px 0px 10px 0px;
    padding: 10px 35px 10px 35px;
    border: none;
    background: url(../images/typography/blockquote_start.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
    text-align:justify;
}

blockquote.quotation p {
    margin: 0px -35px -10px 0px;
    padding: 0px 35px 10px 0px;
    background: url(../images/typography/blockquote_end.png) 100% 100% no-repeat;
}

/*
 * floating boxes
 */

body .inset-left {
    margin: 15px 15px 10px 0px;
    float: left;
}

body .inset-right {
    margin: 15px 0px 10px 15px;
    float: right;
}
2

In the first place

a:current {color:#FFFFFF;}

should be

a:active {color:#FFFFFF;}

and like Baylisstic already said you should create a class

a.current{color:#FFF;}
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Hi T4NGM4N

If you have standard Joomla menus, you could write the current state for links in CSS like this:

li#current a{
color:white!important;
}

or

li#current a{
color:#fff!important;
}

The !important argument is needed only if you have other li a styles declared before.

4

you would usually create a class - .current for example and use this class for the link i.e
<a class=“current” href=“mylinkhere”>Home page</a>

Ant