diff --git a/agaric/css/agaric.css b/agaric/css/agaric.css
index 55e45d2..b49a4d4 100644
--- a/agaric/css/agaric.css
+++ b/agaric/css/agaric.css
@@ -7261,17 +7261,17 @@ p label {
 p label::after {
   content: ':'; }
 
-.content a {
+a {
   font-weight: bold;
   padding: 0.25em;
   margin: -0.25em; }
-  .content a:hover {
+  a:hover {
     color: #FFFFFF;
     background-color: #26599B; }
-  .content a:focus {
+  a:focus {
     color: #FFFFFF;
     background-color: #26599B; }
-  .content a:active {
+  a:active {
     color: #CBC219;
     background-color: #26599B; }
 
@@ -8528,7 +8528,8 @@ ul.slick-dots {
     color: currentColor; }
   .footer a:hover {
     color: #26599B;
-    text-decoration: underline; }
+    text-decoration: underline;
+    background-color: transparent; }
   .footer .container {
     padding-top: 3em; }
   .footer .footer-logo .icon {
diff --git a/agaric/sass/agaric/_base.elements.scss b/agaric/sass/agaric/_base.elements.scss
index 32e6e8d..6aa5715 100644
--- a/agaric/sass/agaric/_base.elements.scss
+++ b/agaric/sass/agaric/_base.elements.scss
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ p {
 // Links
 
 
-.content a {
+a {
   font-weight: bold;
   padding: $link-hover-padding;
   margin: -$link-hover-padding;
diff --git a/agaric/sass/agaric/_component.footer.scss b/agaric/sass/agaric/_component.footer.scss
index 16d5432..8b1f3b8 100644
--- a/agaric/sass/agaric/_component.footer.scss
+++ b/agaric/sass/agaric/_component.footer.scss
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   a:hover {
     color: $blue;
     text-decoration: underline;
+    background-color: transparent;
   }
   //
   .container {