ok currently i have all the links set up to have a background colour when i hover over them well... theres a few links in my website that i want to do a different thing when hovering over them but i want the rest of the links to stay the same how can i code that in css, i mean how can i tell all the other links to use this link coding and these particular links to use another link coding like does it need a style what please help i dont know what to search for as i dont know what you would call it !!

a.testing:link {style here;}
a.testing:visited {style here;}
a.testing:hover {style here;}
a.testing:active {style here;}

then add the class to your specified link...

<a href="newpage.html" class="testing"> text here </a>

You should look on website helpers :)