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On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 03:04:19 -0700, Fred Bauder
<fredbaud@ctelco.net> wrote:

> On Internet-Encyclopedia, for example at
>
> http://www.internet-encyclopedia.info/wiki/history
>
> if there is a table all links (whether an article exits or not) are in
> blue.
>
> Any clue as to what is happening?
>
It's probably browser specific. Some browsers (Netscape 4, IE 5) have bugs
where they don't inherit styles into tables. This can be overcome by
something like:
foo, TD foo {color:red;}
--
Richard Grevers

Well, this is easily tested. Can anyone access the referenced page with a
browser that correctly shows red (most links are empty).

Fred

> From: Richard Grevers <dramatic@xtra.co.nz>
> Organization: Dramatic Design
> Reply-To: wikitech-l@wikipedia.org
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 01:15:38 +1200
> To: wikitech-l@wikipedia.org
> Subject: [Wikitech-l] Re: Links Within a Table
>
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 03:04:19 -0700, Fred Bauder
> <fredbaud@ctelco.net> wrote:
>
>> On Internet-Encyclopedia, for example at
>>
>> http://www.internet-encyclopedia.info/wiki/history
>>
>> if there is a table all links (whether an article exits or not) are in
>> blue.
>>
>> Any clue as to what is happening?
>>
> It's probably browser specific. Some browsers (Netscape 4, IE 5) have bugs
> where they don't inherit styles into tables. This can be overcome by
> something like:
> foo, TD foo {color:red;}
> --
> Richard Grevers
>
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On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 06:41, Fred Bauder wrote:
> Well, this is easily tested. Can anyone access the referenced page with a
> browser that correctly shows red (most links are empty).

I'd love to, but:
Not Found
The requested URL /wiki/history was not found on this server.

Apache/1.3.27 Server at internet-encyclopedia.info Port 80

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

Ok, Try:

http://www.internet-encyclopedia.info/wiki.phtml?title=History

Thanks,

Fred

> From: Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>
> Reply-To: wikitech-l@wikipedia.org
> Date: 27 Mar 2003 10:07:25 -0800
> To: wikitech-l@wikipedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Links Within a Table
>
> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 06:41, Fred Bauder wrote:
>> Well, this is easily tested. Can anyone access the referenced page with a
>> browser that correctly shows red (most links are empty).
>
> I'd love to, but:
> Not Found
> The requested URL /wiki/history was not found on this server.
>
> Apache/1.3.27 Server at internet-encyclopedia.info Port 80
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>

Well, it does seem to be a netscape 4.x problem. IE works.

Fred

> From: Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>
> Reply-To: wikitech-l@wikipedia.org
> Date: 27 Mar 2003 10:07:25 -0800
> To: wikitech-l@wikipedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Links Within a Table
>
> On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 06:41, Fred Bauder wrote:
>> Well, this is easily tested. Can anyone access the referenced page with a
>> browser that correctly shows red (most links are empty).
>
> I'd love to, but:
> Not Found
> The requested URL /wiki/history was not found on this server.
>
> Apache/1.3.27 Server at internet-encyclopedia.info Port 80
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
>

On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 14:20, Fred Bauder wrote:
> Ok, Try:
>
> http://www.internet-encyclopedia.info/wiki.phtml?title=History

Fine and dandy in Mozilla 1.3.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:20:31 -0700, Fred Bauder
<fredbaud@ctelco.net> wrote:

> Ok, Try:
>
> http://www.internet-encyclopedia.info/wiki.phtml?title=History
>
In opera, I sed red, I see red, I see red (apologies to Split Enz)
--
Richard Grevers