# Odd link color / format - different from the usual orange color on Patreon

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**Category:** Friendly Help\
**Created:** [May 19, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/odd-link-color-format-different-from-the-usual-orange-color-on-patreon/605 "2018-05-19T15:15:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/www.patreondevelopers.com/sam/32/492_2.png) [@sam](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/odd-link-color-format-different-from-the-usual-orange-color-on-patreon/605/2 "2018-05-19T15:41:42Z")

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This forum is for people who are developing using the Patreon API, it isn’t a forum for support with [patreon.com](http://patreon.com) – you would need to reach out to the Patreon support team for Patreon help: [https://www.patreon.com/faq](https://www.patreon.com/faq)

That said… I can see what the problem is by looking at the HTML output of your post. The Patreon styling for links is based on a link being inside a paragraph element:

```css
#component-playground p a, .reactWrapper p a, #component-playground .text a, .reactWrapper .text a, #component-playground ol a, .reactWrapper ol a {
    font-weight: 700;
    color: #F96854;
    text-decoration-skip: ink;
    -webkit-transition: #F96854 200ms cubic-bezier(0.19,1,0.22,1));
    transition: #F96854 200ms cubic-bezier(0.19,1,0.22,1));
}

```

However the first part of your post isn’t in a paragraph element, so it’s not getting the link styling:

 ![55](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/patreondevelopers/original/1X/52a1a3d21a5ca81708e5875d73a0e3650323c17e.png)

I have just tested and I can reproduce the issue: the first paragraph of a Patreon post is not in a paragraph element, it appears to be a consistent bug and not something you’ve caused. You can work around this by adding a new line at the start of your post[1] (so that the first text of the post is in the first paragraph) or by not including the link in the first paragraph.

You should report this to the Patreon support team.

> [@Periscope not working with Patreon](https://www.patreondevelopers.com/t/periscope-not-working-with-patreon/567/2):
>
> Hey @VCSL Nick here from the platform team at Patreon. The forums here are more geared towards providing developers with support using the Patreon API and integrations. This looks like it may be a question better suited for our Community Happiness team. I’d recommend sending them a note at [https://www.patreon.com/faq](https://www.patreon.com/faq), they should be able to help you sort that out.

[1] Like this:

 ![47](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/patreondevelopers/original/1X/7f56314b04e85572002b02bb3724c1c9b0ed361e.png)

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