How do I select and style page anchors (with no hrefs or class names) differently than other standard hyperlinks with an href?

That would be the point of having the pseudo class :link style on the 'a' or ':link'

You could also use the attribute selector to target anchors based on the attributes they have but these wont work in IE6 and are limited in IE7

How are your internal page links targeting?

Since the link pseudo-classes apply to "a" elements with an "href" attribute, you may do this:

a:link {
    color: red;
    }
 
a:visited {
    color: green;
    }
 
a {
    color: black;
    }
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  <p><a href="#target" >link</a></p>
  <p><a  name="target">target</a></p>

cheers,

gary

Great! Thank you! Now my bookmarks(a)are black and my hyperlinks (a:link) are blue.

But, then if I add a red colored hover style, the black bookmarks now turn red on hover

a { color: black; }
a:link { color: blue; }
a:hover { color: red; }

I would like the bookmarks to remain black on hover. I only want a:links to have a hover color of red.

Is there something obvious that I'm leaving out?

a:hover applies to all "a" elements. If you want only the links to respond, use a:link:hover, a:visited:hover {...}.

cheers,

gary

Oh wow this is great! Didn't know you could do that

Thanks so much!