Links Continue Where I Don't Want It

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So I am having a problem with my links carrying over. I made the <"span"> tag so I could just say "this is where you post". I don't want it to be a link, just four letters that do nothing but sit there, but my code apparently says otherwise. The <"textview"> tag is also a link and I have no idea what's going on.
This is what I have so far:

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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
body{
background-color:white;
}
.vcpostword{
color:orange;
}
.vcredbar{
background-color:darkred;
 color:orange;
font-family:sans;
text-align:left;
}
.vcnotebar{
float:left;
}
.vcposter, vccontent{
margin-left:100px;
border-left:1px solid grey;
padding:0em;
}
a:link, a:visited{
display:block;
font-weight:bold;
color:orange;
width:70px;
padding:7px;
text-align:left;
text-decoration:none;
}
a:hover, a:active{
color:darkred;
}
.vccontent{
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="vcredbar">
<h2 id="redbar">vocabularity</h2>
</div>
<div class="vcnotebar" id="sidebar">
<a id="prof" href="http://www.vocabularity.com">Profile<br/>
<a id="upd" href="http://www.vocabularity.com">Updates<br/>
<a id="strm" href="http://www.vocabularity.com">Stream<br/>
<a id="msg" href="http://www.vocabularity.com">Messages<br/>
</div>
<div class="vcposter">
<span class="vcpostword">Post</span>
<textarea align:top-center; rows="2" cols="50" title"quote-bar" placeholder="What's your quote?" maxlength="1000" decorated="true">
</textarea>
</div>
<div class="vccontent" id="content">

</div>
</body>
</html>

If you can tell me what's going on, I would greatly appreciate it.

Posted 22-Oct-11 7:56am

Mein Nam

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Simon Bang Terkildsen · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-22T08:12:00

Solution 1

Now I haven't look into HTML5 yet, but I'm sure you still have to close your a-tags, so add </a> to you html.

Posted 22-Oct-11 8:12am

Simon Bang Terkildsen

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Espen Harlinn 23-Oct-11 17:51pm

Right :)

Simon Bang Terkildsen 25-Oct-11 14:38pm

phew, was afraid HTML5 had f***ed up the little knowledge I have of web development :P

Sandeep1003 · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-22T08:20:00

Thats because of your anchor tag was open. close them like below.

HTML

<body>
<div class="vcredbar">
<h2 id="redbar">vocabularity</h2>
</div>
<div class="vcnotebar" id="sidebar">
<a id="prof" href="http://www.vocabularity.com">Profile</a><br />
<a id="upd" href="http://www.vocabularity.com">Updates</a><br />
<a id="strm" href="http://www.vocabularity.com">Stream</a><br />
<a id="msg" href="http://www.vocabularity.com">Messages</a><br />
</div>
<div class="vcposter">
Post<br />
<textarea align:top-center; rows="2" cols="50" title"quote-bar" placeholder="What's your quote?" maxlength="1000" decorated="true">
</textarea>
</div>
<div class="vccontent" id="content">
 
</div>
</body>