Changing username color with CSS

I've checked the previous thread found here, but it didn't work for me.

Here's what I got:

Code:

a[href="/u2"]{
  color: #ffffff !important;
  text-shadow:0px -1px 2px #FFC71F;
  background: url("http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8437/smallkrom.png") no-repeat;
}

Is there something I'm overlooking?

Try this code:

Code:

a[href="/u2"]{
      color: #ffffff !important;
      text-shadow:0px -1px 2px #FFC71F;
      background-image: url('http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8437/smallkrom.png');
      background-repeat: no-repeat;   
}


Or this one:

Code:

a[href="/u2"]{
          color: #ffffff !important;
          text-shadow:0px -1px 2px #FFC71F;
          background: url("http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8437/smallkrom.png")
          background-repeat:no-repeat; 
    }

No difference. T-T

I edited my post and added another code to try.

Still no change, sadly.

Try this one, and make sure you are adding the right id number, the /u2 is a member id number.

Code:

    a[href="/u2"]{
    color: #05EB0C !important;
    }


Can you provide a link to your forum?

http://sc-fotr.forumotion.com/forum

It's not mine, as in I didn't make it with my Email, but I'm the only other admin and in charge of the CSS stylesheet and other codes and such.

The picture is showing up for me...

I do not believe the CSS coloring can over-power the usergroup coloring.

I was afraid of that.

Then go to your usergroups in AP and disable usergroup coloring for the member you are trying to do this for.

That's what I was trying to avoid doing so as to not disturb the others in that group.

Yep. Unfortunately not possible, unless you make another group for the user in question~

Yes but the background image coding should work regardless of the usergroups font coloring, so I'm still at a loss as to why the first codes using the background image from imageshack didn't work,

@Runawayhorses;
It did work, but the OP was trying to color this user's name differently from the group they were in. The picture worked from the beginning, I believe, but the color wasn't working because the user in question is in a colored usergroup.

Oh I see, he kept saying it wasn't working so I got the notion he meant the whole thing including the background image.

No, sorry for the confusion. It's just the color that wasn't working.

Does that mean I mark it solved?

Not necessarily because I know its been done before under the same circumstances as you, it may take some javascript to make it work but its doable. If you keep this topic open maybe someone will tell you how you can do it.