Footer Links CSS and a wider container div

Hey All, 

Back again.  2 quick questions.  

1. I applied css to footer links on a site, and while link and hover are working fine, avtive and visited aren't.  Any idea why?  Here's the CSS:

div.bottomCopyright div.bottomLinks a.bottom_links_block:link {

color: #fff;

}

div.bottomCopyright div.bottomlinks a.bottom_links_block:visited {

color: #fff;

}

div.bottomCopyright div.bottomLinks a.bottom_links_block:hover {

color: #b11d33;

}

div.bottomCopyright div.bottomlinks a.bottom_links_block:active {

color: #b11d33;

}

I kept on adding more specificity, but that doesn't seem to be working.  

2. Is there a way to get a container div that is 20px wider than .main?  I ask as a margin would be nice, a lot of times I set mains bg to white, and there is a nice 10px margin between blocks, but they are flush on the outside edges.  It would just keep that 10px white space consistent on all content edges. And if possible, could it go right up to the nav bar?  

Pls let me know! 

Aaron

Your not going to see a difference between the link and visited because they are both the same color.

Also the same for active and hover because they are both the same color. Active only shows up during the click while the mouse is down, but because you have it set to the same color as the hover you do not see a change.

Thanks Deano.  As for more info, the visited and active links go blue...which should not happen at all.  I see the rule they obey in firebug, but I just can't seem to override it, no matter what I put in there. yet hover and link work just fine.  Different forum maybe?  

As for the container, I can get things to snug up to the nav bar with margins and padding, but not a wider container.  Is this just too much to ask? Anyone?  Bueller...bueller...