Tips & Tricks

Link Colors

I really hate the default color of Internet Explorer links. The blue is OK for a new link, but that purple color it turns to after you've visited the link is just plain ugly.

So, how do you change it?

Easy -

1. Open Explorer, hit the Tools menu, Internet Options. You should be on the "General" tab.

2. Next, click the little "Colors" button. A settings screen will open up.

3. From this screen, click the little color boxes to reset the default colors. I left the blue link color alone, but changed the visited link color to a dark green.

Hit OK and you're all set.

To test your new settings, head to a site like Yahoo! since they use your computer's default color scheme for their links.

Note that if you are on a site like mine, WorldStart.com, that your new settings won't make any difference since we specify what colors the links and such should be in the web code.

Bonus Tip -

When you were on the color settings screen described above, you may have noticed a checkbox labeled "Use hover color". If you check that box, you can set the color a link is when your mouse hovers over it. I like the default color - red - so that's where I left it. Black looks sharp too.

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