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links.css error? What the hell is this?
Everything looks fine but when I call a category i get this error:
Not Found
The requested URL /links/links.css was not found on this server.
I don't know how I did request this file but I'd like to overcome this problem!
I use the template!
Cristina

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links.css is a Cascading Style Sheet. It is called from each page, e.g.:

<LINK rel="stylesheet" href="/style/default.css" type="text/css">

Have you uploaded this file to your site?

Martin Webster
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Cebidae's UK Internet Resource
http://www.cebidae.co.uk/
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Could you please write me down the exact tags, and in the right way, I should put in this .css if I simply want a verdana font and the smallest character (8?)..
Thanks a lot
Cristina

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Links 2.0 comes with a default style sheet. Did you upload it to your site as suggested? I think that the correct tags are already in your HTML. That's why you get the error message.

Using FTP upload links.css to /links/links.css. Then let me know if the error goes away.

If you want to change your styles get TopStyle 1.5.

Martin Webster
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Cebidae's UK Internet Resource
http://www.cebidae.co.uk/
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Wow, what a customer care!
(Are you always online??)
Anyway the error page has gone BUT I still get the Times new Roman font instead of Verdana and a big size (I want the smallest)
I'll try to fix it, even if I don't know how....
Thanks for your precious support!!!
Cristina

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OK, do you want to change it using your style sheet? That's my preferred method, but it's your choice.

First, check this: load the page in your browser and the view the source. Let me know what tags surround the text. If it's the categories it could be something like <STRONG><A class="link" href="http://www.cebidae.co.uk/links/pages/Books/">Books</A></STRONG> <SMALL class="numlinks">(1)</SMALL>, for example. If it is, I'll tell you what to do in your links.css file.

BTW, I'm not online all the time. I just do a bit of browsing at lunchtime in the office and then later in the evening when I'm home (it's now 21:09 BST).

Martin Webster
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Cebidae's UK Internet Resource
http://www.cebidae.co.uk/
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Well, I was trying to change and add the font and size stuff in to the site_html_templates.pl as I believed it would have been easier, the, to generate all the pages (I just found out how to change a page... not all the site) BUT if you can help me solve the links.css I would come to England and offer a glass of good Chianti's wine.
I simply want to have the same font and the same size for all the site:
The font I'm willing to add is Verdana the size is the smallest one (1 or 8 px I guess)
How can I do that?
Wich is the code I've to insert in the links.css file?
Do I upload it in ASCII or in BINARY?
Thanks for your time
Cristina

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...did I mention that I use SSI in my pages?
Does it matter for the links.css?
Ciao
Cristina

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Cristina,

Add this (or modify if already there) to links.css:

P {
color : Black; (or whatever you like)
background : White; (ditto)
font-size : Smaller; (or small, x-small, xx-small)
font-family : verdana, arial, geneva, sans-serif; (keep the other fonts in case verdana isn't supported)
}

Upload in ASCII and CHMOD 644.

SSI has no impact on CSS.

I can't wait for the Chianti! But I'm outta here now, it's getting late. See you soon.


Martin Webster
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Cebidae's UK Internet Resource
http://www.cebidae.co.uk/