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Link colour on page?
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I always thought that the link colour has to be different from text colour?
I have come across a site http://www.printandpackaging.co.uk/ and it has made me question this belief, they seem to only have bolded the link which would be very nice if this is fine.
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Even though it's the same color, the link stands out from the text because it has a different weight. I think it's more important that that links stand out, which this one does, but generally that means a different color.
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Hi Bob,
As others have said, there are no hard-and-fast rules. If you want to use a particular style for link text my only other recommendations to the others so far is:
1. Be consistent - don't have all sorts of random colours / styles in your copy.
2. Test. Test. Test. - Give your design to someone and ask them to complete a task that might have them click on a link and see if it works.
Good luck.
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there are no particular rules, but I think its important to have your links stand out from body text for a user experience. I would also recommend having a visited link and a hover color change as well.
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Hi Bob,
There are no rules on link styling. It is purely up to you how you want to style all elements of your site and you can control this via CSS: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_link.asp.
Thanks,
K
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