Can anyone help??
I have put the HTML code as correct like this: however, when I put my sidebar on the page, the colour of the buttons on the sidebar has a white outline (as it is a link) How can I get the sidebar to be transparent and the rest of the links on the page to be white as I want them?
I know th links should be white as I have commanded it to do that, but I would like to know if I can put another set of the above command somewhere where as the links on the sidebar do not stay white?
I hope this makes sense, as I am so confused myself!
Can some one help with this please?

You Use All Css Styles for the links text colors,fonts
and sizes.

You put in two sets of link styles

1.You use this for main set of links
but with your own colors codes and fonts sizes
and styles.

a:link{color:#FF0000:
font-family:arial;
font-size:10pt;}
a:visited{color:#00FF00;
font-family:arial;
font-size:10pt;} }
a:active{color:#0000F:
font-family:arial;
font-size:10pt;} }

For the white links you do this

a.white:visited{color:#ffffff;}
a.white:link{color:#ffffff;}
a.white:active{color:#ffffff;}

your link text


Then in body you put main text color and background image only.

You find a complete css tutorial at

Css Tutorials

Thanks Pamela for the great tip! I will try this later