How to Use CSS to Style Hyperlinks on Websites

Cascading Style Sheets, or 'CSS' brings a lot of dynamic web ability to the table: developers are taking advantage to turn bulky HTML into precision CSS for web pages. One thing you can do with CSS is apply a whole lot of styles to hyperlinks and craft them according to use. Here's how to get hyperlink styles implemented in CSS.

Difficulty:

Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Choose an external or internal style sheet. You can use CSS to style elements from a standby file elsewhere on your server, or use inline commands or code modules to modify HTML and enhance web pages. Figure out which one of these works better for your needs, according to whether you want to warehouse files along with your pages.

2. Set up hyperlinks in HTML. The hyperlink will be identified by an "a href=" command.

3. Use CSS selector commands to style hyperlinks. CSS can create a uniform style for any HTML element with simple three-line code modules that specify color, font size, etc. Just identify the hyperlink, code in style requirements, and watch the page implement them.

4. Utilize CSS 'class' commands. To have greater flexibility, you can include one or more hyperlinks in a created 'class' so that you can style them as needed. Name the hyperlinks using a CSS class command, then add style requirements and change or update them easily through your style sheet.

5. Take advantage of CSS 'pseudo-class' commands for hyperlinks. One of the things built into CSS is a set of commands for elements based on mouse activity. The four states are: link, visited, hover, and active. Create styles, colors, etc. for each of these cases, and your hyperlinks will respond accordingly.