SID-00493: Changing the color and style of links

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.3.1	Perl version:	5.8
Category:	CategoryRendering	Server OS:	RH	Last update:	16 years ago

The WikiWords are supposed to by red if the topic does not exist. in our installation links are faint blue with dotted underline whether the topic exists or not.

Is the style and colour configurable for links?

Why wouldn't a new topic be in red as stated in the doc?

Thanks in advance for any help

-- PeterJones - 2009-08-20

Discussion and Answer

Looked into TWiki/PatternSkin/colors.css. It is possible to change the colour of .patternTopic a:link there .

The colour for .twikiNewLink a:link remains the same as for a:link though regardless of what is put there for color:

-- PeterJones - 2009-08-24

Check also the the NEWLINKFORMAT in your TWikiPreferences. Compare with TWikiPreferences.

-- PeterThoeny - 2009-08-25

Yes the NEWLINKFORMAT was the cause.

I got the expected results by wrapping the NEWLINKFORMAT with the span tags rather than using a class

<span class="twikiNewLink">...</span>

-- PeterJones - 2009-08-26

We shoudl check why the class defined in the anchor does not work.

I close the question

-- PeterJones - 2009-08-28

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