bbcodeparse() & forcing a link color

[sde]

I want to be able to make the link color of posts different than the link color of the rest of the forum. This is because the rest of my forum uses a dark color which is hard to distinguish against the normal text of the forum.

i'm looking in the bbcoddparse() function in functions.php and trying to edit the part that parses urls with no success.

to me this looks like the area i need to address. i've tried placing <font color=#ffcc00> tags in between the <a href> </a> tags, but no effect took place.

$replacearray = array(
         "<ol type=\"[url=file://5]\\5\">\\7</ol[/url]>",
         "<ul>\\4</ul>",
         "<li>",
         "<a href=""\"[url=http://www.6]http://www.\\6\[/url]" target=\"_blank\">\\8</a>",
         "<a href=""\"[url=file://5]\\5\[/url]" target=\"_blank\">\\7</a>",
         "<a href=""\"[url=http://www.5]http://www.\\5\[/url]" target=\"_blank\">\\5</a>",
         "<a href=""\"[url=file://4]\\4\[/url]" target=\"_blank\">\\4</a>",
         "</normalfont><blockquote><pre><smallfont>code:</smallfont><hr>\\5<hr></pre></blockquote><normalfont>",
         "</normalfont><blockquote><pre><smallfont>code:</smallfont><hr>\\5<hr></pre></blockquote><normalfont>",
         "java script:",
         "about :",
         "vbscript :"
        ); 

there must be another place i have to edit because when i view source , my edits do not show up in the html.

has anyone successfully done this or know how?

thanks in advance for any insight.

[sde]

err .. sometimes i think too hard .. this code at the end of the function fixes it.

$bbcode=str_replace("<a href","<a class=post href",$bbcode); 

then just 'modify' the style in the control panel.