How I Changed The Footer Link Color Of My Blog

Have seen a lot of people telling me that they are having issues about their footer
link color.
To some of you having problem with the footer link color of your blog template 
especially does who are using the awesome template.
It also happens to me some time ago as soon as  I change the color of  my blog link 
 the same thing applies to my footer link color anytime I try to change the color of my footer link the color of my blog also change,
 it was so frustrating then that I have to search and search through the web but I later got a solution to it
To change the footer link color of your blog without affecting your blog link
Login to your dashboard
Click layout>>>template designer
Click Advanced
Scroll down and click Add CSS as shown in the screenshot below

Copy and paste the code below into the CSS box
.footer-outer a:link, 

.footer-outer a:visited {
color : #ffffff;
}
You can change the link color to what you want that #ffffff is white you can change it to any color you want it to be
Then click apply

Check your blog again and you will notice that it has already changed