how to highlighting hyperlinks

[portishead]

I tried highlighting a hyperlink using a stylesheet, but I am not doing this right. Does anyone know, step-by-step how to create another color when I rollover a hyperlink?

[coopersita]

It would be something like:

a:link {color: blue; }
a:visited {color: purple;}
a:hover {color: red;}
a:active {color: green;}

Just make sure that they are in that order (link, visited, hover, active), otherwise it may not work as expected.

Also, you can add a background color to make the highlighting more dramatic.

[portishead]

thank you, it worked!