css & 'span' problem

[jo]

My css includes a style to use for formatting text inline - for emphasis.

This is working fine in IE, but doesn't appear to work in Netscape or
Firefox where the text remains unchanged.

Is this a compatibility issue (ie. span is not recognised is all browsers??)
or am I doing something wrong.

Here's what is in the css:
span.6inline { color: #333333; font-weight: bold;}

This is how it appears in the html:
<p>
sample text <span class="6inline">this text is using span style
6inline</span> sample text<p>

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Try changing your css to
..6inline { color: #333333; font-weight: bold;}



| My css includes a style to use for formatting text inline - for emphasis.
|
| This is working fine in IE, but doesn't appear to work in Netscape or
| Firefox where the text remains unchanged.
|
| Is this a compatibility issue (ie. span is not recognised is all browsers??)
| or am I doing something wrong.
|
| Here's what is in the css:
| span.6inline { color: #333333; font-weight: bold;}
|
| This is how it appears in the html:
| <p>
| sample text <span class="6inline">this text is using span style
| 6inline</span> sample text<p>
|
| Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
|
|

 

[jo]

This may sound implausable, but I think the problem may be the name of style.

I had named it 6inline because it replicated the h6 style. I changed it
from span.6inline to span.emphasis - and all of a sudden it works

 

[jo]

Stefan - our posts are crossing over!

Having found a 'solution' I did then try changing the css as you suggested,
but this then affects the whole paragraph, not just the selected text.

Thanks anyhow.

 

[Murray]

Not implausable at all. Custom class names cannot begin with a number.