Yes. Your method will work in a browser, but it's semantically wrong and will give the wrong result for other methods of looking at your page. You should use <span> for what you want to do.
<span style="color:red;">red</span> Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 8/15/06, Chad Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Say I want to apply color on text. I need to do it in the html itself. > > Here is what I ended up with how can I do it better? The <p> tag I have no > control over. It is there to format the paragraphs. Is there a better tag > other then <a> to apply a style to? > > <p>the following text is the color <a style="color:red;">red</a></p> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249788 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

