I'm running Moodle 2.2 and testing out the Wiki for use in classes next week. I'm running TeX and algebra filters.
The wiki works fine, but links vanish into plain text from red once they exist rather than turning blue. The links work fine if one can then find them.
Is there a simple setting or fix to this? I have not been able to search and find something on this problem.
Many thanks!
Hi Ted,
Does this mean that all your links in all blocks turn back to grey text after you have visited them? If that were the case your theming could be better! I'm not a Wiki expect but it sounds to me as if the css theme settings for links aren't doing you any favours. If the colour (color) setting for a:visited is the same as your ordinary text then they will certainly turn to plain text after the page is defined. If you are using Chrome browser then you can right-click (or CTRL-click) one such link and choose Inspect element to see what the settings are. You should also be able to change the colour temporarily here to see what effect that has. Similar things are available in in Firefox if you have Firebug installed as an add-on.
To make permanent changes you need to edit the css. But if you do that in the theme's style.css you may affect all links. You can also work with the wiki's style.css in /mod/wiki/style.css. You should not open this file in a word processer such as Word, but in a text editor or a special css editor (a text editor will do fine). Start by saving a spare copy of this file (in case of disasters). Find the entry that begins: a.wiki_newentry and replace it with:
.text_to_html a:link {
color:purple !important;
}
a.wiki_newentry:link {
color:deeppink !important;
font-style: italic;
}
a.wiki_newentry:visited {
color:turquoise !important;
}
Save the file and refresh the page. Do you get strange colours now? This should allow you to narrow down what you want. But note, you may also have to go into the Admin settings -->Theme settings and switch on Designer mode, otherwise you may not see the changes. This is one of many good reasons for not doing this on a live site, it will slow the site down. Hope this helps a bit.
--John
