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[digang]

How Do I Change the Color of a Word or Phrase Inside a Post? I've tried the normal html code: <font color="0066FF">word or phrase but it does not work. Thanks in advance! Angela

[digang]

Oh, I did close the tag with :-)

[bryan-hadaway]

Better practice would be:

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Thanks, Bryan

[digang]

if I already have <span style="font-size: xx-large;">, how do I implement the color in there? (and let me tell you where to send the bill...) :-)

[digang]

Okay, I just put your code right next to mine, and created another closed span tag. It worked! Not sure what best practice is, but if it works, I'm good :-) Thanks so much.

[bryan-hadaway]

Every time you open a tag you need to close it where you want the styling to stop.

Best practice means what is modern and currently standards compliant,

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will still work, but is out-dated, just a quick tip to help you sharpen your skills.

Thanks, Bryan

[digang]

you know how in the old school way you could put many features inside , i.e. face, size, color, etc.? In the more current span feature, how do you do the same? What does it look like? I tried combining my increased letter size span tag with my color span tag but it would never work, that is why I just did two separate span tags side-by-side.

[bryan-hadaway]

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

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is truly wonderful and you can do so much with it.

Here's an example of the most basic text stylings:

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You can add

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to almost anything. As you get better you'll want to start using classes and ids instead. And you can start governing almost anything from your stylesheet.

Any time you want to style something, just go ahead and ask.

Thanks, Bryan

[digang]

You have been such a great help - thank you, Bryan.

[bryan-hadaway]

You're welcome, come back for help anytime. Thanks, Bryan