Background Color Hover Fade Effect CSS

Question

First, I am a beginner. I want a step by step instruction.

I want to add a smooth background hover effect to my links in Wordpress

a {   color:#000;} a:hover {   background-color: #d1d1d1; color:#fff; } 

I want the hover on links slow, instead of instant. Do I need any JavaScript or jQuery ? If so, please tell me how to do that.

Answer 1

Since this is a cosmetic effect, it shouldn't be too vital that this fires. Given that, you might want to look at CSS 3 transformations.

a {    color: #000;    transition: background 0.5s linear;  }  a:hover {    background-color: #d1d1d1;    color: #fff;  }

<a href="http://example.com">Hover me</a>