2 sets of CSS pseudo-classes on one page (Dreamweaver)

[Richmilnix]

I want these pages (here and here, for example) to have two different sets of text behavior: the yellow text in the sidebar should behave differently from the black text at the center of the page. Every way that I've tried stacking the CSS, though, the pseudo-class selectors conflict. Is it the case that a page can only parse one set of a:hover, a:visited, et c., commands?

I thought it might make sense for the "yellow" CSS to be written into the page script, and the "black" (Body) code to be stored in an external .css file, but that hasn't done the trick. any help is appreciated.

Ian


PS Am I the only one who's unable to post at the (Macromedia-format) Adobe forums? When I punch 'New Topic' in the Dreamweaver page, I get
an endless loop that holds up every browser I try.

[tommylogic]

well... first of all, not sure where you got that template... but it has MANY drawbacks.

-Get rid of the tables in it and use pure css for your layout.
-Create a sperate file for your css and link to it (as opposed to including it in your page)
-As for the class selectors... do it per div as you like

#leftbar a:visited { 
text-decoration : none;
} 
#leftbar a:hover { 
text-decoration : none;
background-color : #999966;
color : #d2d2a6;
} 
etc
etc 
etc

[Richmilnix]

Thanks for your response. It solved the problem. I'm one of the million people who are doing www layout in Dreamweaver because though we're not good at it, we're better than anyone else at the office. It's been a big hump for me, getting over CSS, but I'm starting to get there (and they're right - once you understand it, it really is easy).

Believe it or don't, I really didn't know that the pseudo-classes were subsets and that I could type them that way (#big_dumb_thing, #big_dumb_thing a: hover, #big_dumb_thing a:visited) — now that I get that, I get the central premise of the pseudo-class selectors, which I didn't before. (I know, I know, learn to look at the code. I'm learning.)

I've saved my css to an external file. I'm keeping some of my tables, at least for now. Thanks again for your input.

[tommylogic]

no problem.... I'll let you know where to send the check

let us know if you need any more help. Good Luck