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1. • CommentRowNumber1.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2010
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownI like to hyperlink on the nLab and on my personal web essentially every term that has its own page. I think this constitutes one of the great advantages of a wiki text: that the reader is in principle never left alone wondering what terms mean, but always has the option to click and get more details. _But_ a text with lots of hyperlinks looks messy. At least when the hyperlinks are distinctly highlighted. I am beginning to believe that at least on my personal web, I want therefore hyperlinks to be shaded only minimally. Maybe I don't even want them underlined. Maybe just underlined when moused-over. I think ideally I would like hyperlinked words to be just slightly darker than the rest of the text. What do I need to do to achieve this? I am sorry, but I even forget where I might find the CSS style sheets that I presumeably have to edit.

   I like to hyperlink on the nLab and on my personal web essentially every term that has its own page. I think this constitutes one of the great advantages of a wiki text: that the reader is in principle never left alone wondering what terms mean, but always has the option to click and get more details.

   But a text with lots of hyperlinks looks messy. At least when the hyperlinks are distinctly highlighted.

   I am beginning to believe that at least on my personal web, I want therefore hyperlinks to be shaded only minimally. Maybe I don't even want them underlined. Maybe just underlined when moused-over. I think ideally I would like hyperlinked words to be just slightly darker than the rest of the text.

   What do I need to do to achieve this? I am sorry, but I even forget where I might find the CSS style sheets that I presumeably have to edit.

2. • CommentRowNumber2.
   • CommentAuthorAndrew Stacey
   • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2010
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   Author: Andrew Stacey
   Format: MarkdownI've messed around with your CSS a little. Partly to give you an idea of what it could be like, and partly so that all the necessary CSS is in your "stylesheet tweaks" in the "edit web" section (off the [[schreiber:HomePage]]); it should be fairly obvious what to change in those and what the possibilities are (for example, 'text-decoration' could be 'underline' if you want the underlining back). The only thing that probably isn't obvious is that 'existingWikiWord[title]' refers to pages on *other* webs. You can now tweak it how you like, or decide what you do and don't like and ask me to have another look. If you want to do it yourself, remember that you can get the master password by typing 'nlab.password' when logged on to mathforge.

   I've messed around with your CSS a little. Partly to give you an idea of what it could be like, and partly so that all the necessary CSS is in your "stylesheet tweaks" in the "edit web" section (off the HomePage (schreiber)); it should be fairly obvious what to change in those and what the possibilities are (for example, 'text-decoration' could be 'underline' if you want the underlining back). The only thing that probably isn't obvious is that 'existingWikiWord[title]' refers to pages on other webs.

   You can now tweak it how you like, or decide what you do and don't like and ask me to have another look. If you want to do it yourself, remember that you can get the master password by typing 'nlab.password' when logged on to mathforge.

3. • CommentRowNumber3.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2010
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownThanks, Andrew. Phew, now that is tredious, each step requires a password, the edit web page always closes itself... And my trial-and-error attempt left me puzzled. I set all color numbers that I can see to 00000 and still when I hover with the mouse over my links, they appear in what seems to be three different shades of aubergine...

   Thanks, Andrew.

   Phew, now that is tredious, each step requires a password, the edit web page always closes itself...

   And my trial-and-error attempt left me puzzled. I set all color numbers that I can see to 00000 and still when I hover with the mouse over my links, they appear in what seems to be three different shades of aubergine...

4. • CommentRowNumber4.
   • CommentAuthorAndrew Stacey
   • CommentTimeMar 2nd 2010
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   Author: Andrew Stacey
   Format: MarkdownOne thing to speed up experiments is to make a local copy of a page and then look at that. The 'stylesheet tweaks' get copied into the page so it's easy to edit them in a downloaded copy. Using firefox, do File->Save Page As and select whatever option looks most sensible (something like "Complete web page", I don't recall off the top of my head). Then work on the local page until you're happy, then transfer the numbers back to the lab once you're done.

   One thing to speed up experiments is to make a local copy of a page and then look at that. The 'stylesheet tweaks' get copied into the page so it's easy to edit them in a downloaded copy. Using firefox, do File->Save Page As and select whatever option looks most sensible (something like "Complete web page", I don't recall off the top of my head). Then work on the local page until you're happy, then transfer the numbers back to the lab once you're done.

5. • CommentRowNumber5.
   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2010
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownI see, okay. I'll see later what I can do. But by the way: I still think that also on the main nLab, we should remove the dark colored highlighting that appears on mouse-over. It looks ugly in how dark it is, and silly in that it makes the link unreadable. Maybe I get around to change that later...

   I see, okay. I'll see later what I can do.

   But by the way: I still think that also on the main nLab, we should remove the dark colored highlighting that appears on mouse-over. It looks ugly in how dark it is, and silly in that it makes the link unreadable. Maybe I get around to change that later...