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CSS CSS Basics Basic Selectors Pseudo-classes

Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points
Posted by Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points

pseudo class

Not sure what I'm missing from this pseudo-class to identify the pseudo-class for a link that is unvisited

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
a:visited {
  color: steelblue;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
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  <title>Developer Diane: Resume</title>
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  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main>
    <header>
      <div id="header-box">
        <h1 id="heading">Developer Diane: Resume</h1>
        <address>
          <p>website: developerdiane.com</p>
          <p>email: diane@developerdiane.com</p>
        </address>
        <img src="developer-diane.jpg" alt="Developer Diane coding on her laptop.">
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    </header>          
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      <h2>Education</h2>          
      <ul>
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      <ol>
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        <li>Developer of the Month, October 2019</li>
        <li>Achieved rating of 6 kyu on <a href="https://www.codewars.com/">Codewars</a></li>
        <li>Certified Accessibility Specialist</li>
      </ol>
    </section>
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</body>
</html>

3 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

Change a:visited to a:unvisited. There's a specific pseudo class for links that haven't yet been clicked (visited)

As you go through the challenge make sure to leave the code you've already passed. :-)

Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points
Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points

thx for your response Jonathan, the challenge still says that its incorrect. I changed a: visited to a: unvisited.

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

The confusion is mine.

You actually want to use the a:link pseudo selector and to make sure you use the orange colour value to pass the first part of the challenge. steelblue comes a little later on I think.

Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points
Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points

thx Jonathan, that worked :)