[Resolved] Visited link colour doesn’t change

[Jennifer]

I have certain blocks where I want to highlight the colour of a visited link.

For those blocks, I have added an additional class in Advanced called “daily-readings-links”.

In Additional CSS I have added:

.daily-readings-links a:visited {
color: #E31C3D;
}

This works as intended if I click on the link on the page that contains the block; the visited link turns red and stays red if I leave and return. However, if I visit the page that the link points to some other way and then go look at the link, it is still the original colour.

Is there a way to have the link change colour no matter how the page (that the link points to) was visited?

Edit: There is no option in Appearance > Customize > Colours > Body (or Content) to add a visited link colour, only Initial and Hover.

[Ying]

Hi Jennifer,

However, if I visit the page that the link points to some other way and then go look at the link,

Not sure I understand what this means.

The CSS you are using is the correct way to change the visited link color.
I’m not aware of other CSS for this.

[Jennifer]

I was under the impression that the URL for a page would register as ‘visited’ no matter how the page was called up. So you have two pages, as a simple example, with the same link for a third page. I follow one link. On both pages the URL would show as ‘visited’. Perhaps I’m crazy and this doesn’t happen? Only one page would show the URL as ‘visited’?

Edit: other than the blocks where I have specified a colour for visited links (and I have clicked directly from this page), no link on the site shows a different colour if the URL has been visited.

[David]

Hi there,

the :visited pseudo selector only applies to the link if it has been clicked on. As the browser records the visited action on click.

And in the theme, we don’t apply a visited color.

If you want you can do some CSS like this:

.entry-content p a:visited {
    color: #f00;
}

This will apply a visited style to any links within the content of your post.

[Jennifer]

Got it, thanks!

[David]

You’re welcome

[Author]

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