visited link...

[RAB]

When my user closes the browser, I want the visited link to change to a
"fresh" never been visited link once the user (on the same machine)
reopens their browser.

Here is the code I am using:

/* buttons.css */
body { font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
color: black; background-color: white; }
h1 { color: navy; }
.navbar a:link, .navbar a:visited
{ font: bold 12pt Verdana, sans-serif;
padding: 0.5em; margin: 0.5em;
display: block; text-decoration: none;
background: url("pics\butto n.gif") transparent 50% 50%
no-repeat; }
.navbar a:link { color: yellow; }
.navbar a:visited { color: lime; }
.navbar a:hover, .navbar a:focus
{ background-image: url("pics\butto n_yellow.gif");
color: black; }
.navbar a:hover:visited , .navbar a:focus:visited
{ background-image: url("pics\butto n_green.gif");
color: black; }

How could I do this?

Thanks,
RABMissouri2006

[Bergamot]

RAB wrote:

When my user closes the browser, I want the visited link to change to a
"fresh" never been visited link once the user (on the same machine)
reopens their browser.

It doesn't really matter what you want in this regard. That setting is
in the user's control, as it should be.

--
Berg

[RAB]

Nice answer...the tone demonstrated a lot of class...

What setting is it?

If I know what setting it is, I may be able to change it
programatically .

Thanks,
RABMissouri

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

RAB wrote:

Nice answer...the tone demonstrated a lot of class...

Succinct, wasn't it? But very true. (Why do people think a succinct,
concise answer is argumentative?)

What setting is it?

It is the visitors' browsers' history/cache/number of days setting. If
your site is not visited within that number of days, your link will show
as visited.

If I know what setting it is, I may be able to change it
programatically .

Not very likely; you can't program my browser settings. Save your
breath.

And finally: "Welcome to Usenet!" <lol>

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Beauregard T. Shagnasty replied to hisself:

If your site is not visited

If your site is visited... got a not where there is not one desired.
<g>
--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

[spam_only_please]

usenet = answering questions with snooty nonsense?

A better answer might be to look into adding some dynamic identifier to
your links with a scripting language? Or utililizing some sort of
session setting/ criteria.

i.e,

<pre>
<a href="./index.htmlexamp le 1 </a>
<br />
<a href="./index.html?123e xample 2 </a>
</pre>

Both links will load the same page- index.html. Both will appear as
unvisited on each load IF the numbers within the '?123' are randomly
created on page load say with javascript or php. The "page load" may be
an issue for you- so you may need to look into something like sessions
in php if it is important enough to your needs.

Hope that helps. If so, you can celebrate accomplishing the
'impossible'...

Now somebody can reply with: "You ignorant #@$$%- I said it was
impossible and I meant that...." "because this is CSS and you advised
PHP..." "bla blah blah".

P.S Op visit a php or javascript group for some help for this if you
still need it...

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Scripsit sp************* *@comcast.net:

usenet = answering questions with snooty nonsense?

You seem to wish to contribute to such developments. Posting anonymously
with a forged or forged-looking address is a good start. Not quoting or
paraphrasing when responding to something is a usual sign of cluelessness or
arrogance and fits into the plan.

A better answer might be to look into adding some dynamic identifier
to your links with a scripting language? Or utililizing some sort of
session setting/ criteria.

You can always create _new_ links on each visit to a page. This, however,
has nothing to do with CSS, and the OP requested a CSS solution by the
choice of posting to this group.

Besides, it does not make "the visited link to change to a 'fresh' never
been visited link" as requested. Au contraire, it implies that the link will
not be seen ever more. Of course it could point to the same address, just as
links named "foo" and "bar" may.

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

[Jim Moe]

RAB wrote:

When my user closes the browser, I want the visited link to change to a
"fresh" never been visited link once the user (on the same machine)
reopens their browser.

Or you could set the visited color the same as the link color. That way,
for your site, all links look the same regardless of visited-ness.

--
jmm (hyphen) list (at) sohnen-moe (dot) com
(Remove .AXSPAMGN for email)

[Ed Mullen]

Jim Moe wrote:

RAB wrote:

>When my user closes the browser, I want the visited link to change to a
"fresh" never been visited link once the user (on the same machine)
reopens their browser.

Or you could set the visited color the same as the link color. That way,
for your site, all links look the same regardless of visited-ness.

Unless, of course, the user's browser is set to over-ride those settings.

--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net
http://mozilla.edmullen.net
http://abington.edmullen.net
Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.

[spam_only_please]

>(some random thought process of some unnamed individual)

>>GASP- Someone didn't agree 100% with a fellow postaholic of mine- and expressed the >>opinion that responses were "snooty". I'll Show you....

I don't really wish to contribute to such developments- its unavoidable
due to the intellectual age of the discussion police who live here.

Perhaps you should be more diligent in communicating your address
requirements- I'd bet most of us didn't know they couldn't appear
forged or be anonymous! Hail the king.

How did you guess what I was referring to without the quotes? Or for
that matter why did you feel a need to respond exactly as predicted?

Clueless? Arrogant? Yeah, well your daddy is an alcoholic and your
mother is on welfare. I'm sure that was all very helpful to everyone.

I'm not saying you have sticks up your a$$es. Or telling you to get a
life. But maybe you could look up "snooty" and search your responses to
see if they could remotely be misconstrued as such. If it is
intentional, then more power- if you didn't realize- or if you disagree
then so be it. I could be wrong.

At least the OP can have his links appear as he wanted. I sent the
session example to you that takes care of the "reloaded page" issue.
Let me know if you have any problems.

P.S Prediction: I won't be reading the follow ups ("You top posting
sob..") (" Usenet etiquette dictates") ("Blah bla blech") as the
problem is solved thanks to all the great input from everyone. Its nice
to participate in an intellectual exchange where adults provide
friendly advice without taking it personally and lashing out if someone
has a different point of view or idea.


Jukka K. Korpela wrote:

Scripsit sp************* *@comcast.net:

usenet = answering questions with snooty nonsense?

You seem to wish to contribute to such developments. Posting anonymously
with a forged or forged-looking address is a good start. Not quoting or
paraphrasing when responding to something is a usual sign of cluelessness or
arrogance and fits into the plan.

A better answer might be to look into adding some dynamic identifier
to your links with a scripting language? Or utililizing some sort of
session setting/ criteria.

You can always create _new_ links on each visit to a page. This, however,
has nothing to do with CSS, and the OP requested a CSS solution by the
choice of posting to this group.

Besides, it does not make "the visited link to change to a 'fresh' never
been visited link" as requested. Au contraire, it implies that the link will
not be seen ever more. Of course it could point to the same address, just as
links named "foo" and "bar" may.

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/