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JJudy

01-20-2003, 09:53 AM

I have tried using <UL> <LI> to line up what I have on site.
This is what I've done .
But they do not line up on my page ...they center.And do not line up...kind of helter skelter order.
What have I dont wrong ?

One other thing please ... I want to change the color of my Text links to white with no underline .I am going from banners to just text links . HOW do I do this. I have read the forum but I guess I dont know just exactly what Im to do..or if Im looking at the right thing.

<BODY><ALIGN="left">
<UL>
<LI>COLDWATER CREEK ... Clothing, House ware, gifts , Bath and Body .
<LI>STRAWBERRY NET ... skin care , makeup, Perfumes .
<LI>LOVE SCENT ... Need I say more ?
<LI>FAMILIES
<LI>PERFUMANIA
<LI>SPA WISH
<LI>1-800-FLOWERS

http://www.clickeasygifts.com

Thanks in advance.

Judy
:confused: :confused:

gil davis

01-20-2003, 10:09 AM

You have many HTML errors. You should consider taking a tutorial, or reading a good book on HTML.

Your page has two BODY tags (illegal). The bit you are asking about has no closing UL tag (required). You have many CENTER tags that have no closing tag (required).

JJudy

01-20-2003, 10:33 AM

Thank you for your reply ... And I do appreciate your candor. Not taken badly at all.
I am trying to learn this stuff .
I have just bought a book on html for dummies . ( ME ):confused:
So I am trying to correct my mistakes .

Again , Thank you
Judy

Stefan

01-20-2003, 07:17 PM

This place can give you invaluable help to find errors on your pages when you are learning (as well as catching typos later on)

http://validator.w3.org

Also here is a basic template for how a webpage should look, in case the book you have doesn't include a good one.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<title></title>
<style type="text/css" title="Default" media="screen">
</style>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JJudy

01-20-2003, 07:33 PM

Thank you Stefan

I know it's wrong . Now anyway . And have been reading most of the day trying to learn about closing tags and what has pairs .
I try the html editors , but don't really understand what it is I have to do. I wish there was someplace or some kind of program that would fix the errors. Then I could learn by how they were fixed.
I guess I'm a visual person . Alright ... dumb :confused: ;)

Thank you for your help . I do really appreciate you ( all of you ) taking your time to do it.

I could close this . but really do want to learn . So I'll leave it open for awhile longer ... If you all don't mind ?

Judy

JJudy

01-22-2003, 06:11 PM

Thank you all for your help ... I have fixed some of my errors and trying to fix the rest.
I finally got all of them to line up.....looks so much better. Im sure there are still many errors .. But because of your help...atleast I can look now and not think it's right.

Now if someone could please tell me how to make Text links NOT look like links.So they will be whilte not the blue.:confused:

Again THANKS :D

spufi

01-22-2003, 07:39 PM

Here's code to create white links without underlines. The link turns black when somebody hovers over it. You can change the colors to whatever you want.

a {
text-decoration:none;
}
a:link, {
color:#FFFFFF;
}
a:visited {
color:#FFFFFF;
}
a:hover {
color:#000000;
}

Now save this code in a file called styles.css and have the file be in the same directory as the rest of your pages. Also make sure it has a .css extension. Now add the following line within your <head> tag.

<link rel="stylesheet" title="Default" media="screen" href="styles.css" type="text/css" />

This means that any page that has that <link> tag in it, uses that .css file to define how links act.

JJudy

01-22-2003, 07:50 PM

I wish there were hearts on here.... what a bunch of great guys you are.

Thank you so much ... I am working hard on fixing it. I will add this to the manager.:)

I work so I only have so much time right now. But I am resoloved to doing it.
Again , My hat off to all of you.

spufi

01-22-2003, 08:10 PM

Oops, I found a typo. Here's the correct code for the one part.

a:link {
color:#FFFFFF;
}

If you want visited and non-visted links to have the same color, here's the code to combine them.

a:link, a:visited {
color:#FFFFFF;
}