Posted by me@mdaines.com on 2006-01-31 23:46:42
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belleepoque,
Whether or not it is a good idea to do so is maybe a matter of style, (I'm of the camp that thinks links should usually be underlined) but you can control whether or not links are underlined with your web page's stylesheet. I'm not sure what your HTML book will say about stylesheets or how to use them, but a stylesheet (as you might guess from its name) is a set of rules that tells web browsers how to style the stuff in your webpages. One way to use a stylesheet is to put it inside a "style" tag in your webpage. A "style" tag should go inside a "head" tag.
A quick way to make links not have underlines on them would be to put these lines in your stylesheet:
a {
text-decoration: none;
}
(These would go inside the "style" tag, which goes inside the "head" tag of your webpage. Your HTML book will probably show you a couple ways to put a rule like this in your stylesheet.)
This means that all the text inside "a" tags (links) in your webpage won't be decorated with anything. Normally, they're decorated with underlines. However, you asked for a way to make only certain links not have underlines. To do this, you'll need to put these links in a little group, like this:
<div class="longlist">
...your list of links would go here...
</div>
Putting this "div" tag around your links and setting its class to "longlist" (that's what the class="longlist" does) says that this "div" tag contains a long list of links. You can set the class to something else if you want.
Now that you have this "div" tag around your links that says they're in a long list of links, you can change your stylesheet to make only those links not underlined. This is how you do that:
.longlist a {
text-decoration: none;
}
Adding the ".longlist" in front of the "a" means that any link that's in something with the class "longlist" will be affected by the rule, meaning that only the links in your long list of links won't have underlines. If you have another long list in the same page, just put another "div" tag with the same class around that list of links.
I hope this helps. I don't have the chance to explain this sort of thing very often, so I find it's difficult to explain, even though it seems perfectly natural for me. (Sort of like my mother trying to teach me how to thread her old sewing machine, I guess.) If this is confusing, or if you have any more questions, you can email me at me@mdaines.com. If you're too busy for that, you could also hire me to help!
Posted by happydaisydoo on 2004-07-14 16:58:36
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To cover my sofa, I bought inexpensive king size blankets at Target. They were much cheaper than upholstery fabric. They are knit, so they wear easy and are machine washable. I made two piece couch covers. One piece drapes over the arms, front and back under the cushions. The second wraps from underneath the cushions, over them and then back under. It is a little longer on the ends to tuck around as well. They don't shift very much and are easy to straighten. You can easily embellish them with embroidery or trims. I am very happy with how they turned out, however, there were a few challenges. The seams were very thick in places, and my old sewing machine didn't always like that. That being said, my sofa looks better and it is much easier to keep neat than those elastic type cover. Good luck with your project!
Posted by viggie on 2004-05-30 19:06:02
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as i get ready to movei find myself leaning in this direction more and i have started planning a lot.
i am inheriting a veggie garden with tomatoes, potatoes, herbs, lettuce, and cabbage among other things and my mom has more stuff down the street so i plan on working meals around ingredients i have readily available.
relating to the veggie one, i have discovered a fabulous farmer's market about 10 minutes away every saturday morning so when i do have to spend i can support local growers as much as possible.
netflix is saving me a ton of money on the late fees i seemed to always rack up at the video rental store.
the library is one of my best friends.
i am going to be needing new window treatments and bedding stuff in the new house but i'm doing lots of hunting online and off for cheap cool fabric so i can whip out the old sewing machine for them
Posted by teagrrl on 2005-10-05 04:45:01
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I think my mom's old sewing machine (like, from the 70s) is a Husqvarna, and it still works. But then most sewing machines were probably better quality back in the day, so I don't know how good the new ones are...
For what it's worth, they have a good reputation here - but it could be because "here" is Sweden, and Husqvarna is a Swedish brand. :-)
