Need a consistent color for hyperlinks to web pages

Jessy McMullan

On Online Express Email, the links to websites either display blue or purple. It seems they don't stay these colors once I exit the edit screen. Some links are purple and others blue. How do I make them stay a uniform color?

Matthew Garbarino

Hi Jessy - the blue and purple are web defaults from the text editor that Online Express uses. In general, blue are links that have not yet been visited in your specific browser, purple denotes links that have already been visited.



That said, the ability to change the color of the links isn't great in the current text editor - and we are working on upgrading the text editor to better support this case as well as lots of other small but helpful improvements.

Jessy McMullan

When I send the newsletter they still appear with varied colors. Is there a way to make them all send as blue and when the recipient clicks the link only then will the color divert to purple?

Matthew Garbarino

Right - the blue/purple link color are specific to your browser. Once you have visited a link, a blue link will turn purple until you clear your internet history. Your recipients will see the links as blue until they visit the page.



In a future update we hope to offer much better control over text and link colors.

Matt Page

Matt Garbarino:

Right - the blue/purple link color are specific to your browser. Once you have visited a link, a blue link will turn purple until you clear your internet history. Your recipients will see the links as blue until they visit the page.


In a future update we hope to offer much better control over text and link colors.

18 months on, is there a work around for URL/hyperlink text colors/colours. If you're using white text on a dark background the blue and purple doesn't show very well.


Matt

Michele Stender

Matthew Page:

Matt Garbarino:

Right - the blue/purple link color are specific to your browser. Once you have visited a link, a blue link will turn purple until you clear your internet history. Your recipients will see the links as blue until they visit the page.


In a future update we hope to offer much better control over text and link colors.

18 months on, is there a work around for URL/hyperlink text colors/colours. If you're using white text on a dark background the blue and purple doesn't show very well.


Matt

 

Hi Matt, Since the origianl post we did update the text editor so today you can edit the color of your hyperlink. It starts off as Blue but you can edit to different colors in the text editor. It does still convert to purple in most browsers after the link has been clicked.

 

Matt Page

Thanks for getting back to me Michele.


I managed t work that out. If I recall correctly when you write it out (or paste if you paste a whole blovk of text) it will default to Blue/Purple, but if you go back and then select it all and then change the text colour as you say then it does go to the chosen colour (athough some email clients change the underline link back).


Matt

Michele Stender

Matthew Page:

Thanks for getting back to me Michele.


I managed t work that out. If I recall correctly when you write it out (or paste if you paste a whole blovk of text) it will default to Blue/Purple, but if you go back and then select it all and then change the text colour as you say then it does go to the chosen colour (athough some email clients change the underline link back).


Matt

You are exactly right, Matt. Let me know if you find it differently or have other suggestions on improvement.