[SOLVED] tags in IE

[Brian W]

I have custom tags called a1, a2, a3.

They are used for color codding and also sorting. Like this:

<a1>Low</a1>

<a2>Normal</a2>

<a2>High</a2>

They are stored in my database like that so that when I print them they will be the correct text color and I also ORDER BY and get the high priorities first.

This all works in Firefox, but in IE the text does not take on my CSS.

Here is the relevant CSS

a1 {
font-weight: bold;
}
a2 {
font-weight: bold;
}
a3 {
font-weight: bold;
color: #FF0000;
}

I also tried color: red; but again, only FF takes it.

 

Thanks in advance...

[rhodesa]

your code is not XHTML compliant if you do this. instead, use CLASSES on an HTML tag like SPAN, P or DIV:

 

.a1 {
   font-weight: bold;
}
.a2 {
   font-weight: bold;
}
.a3 {
   font-weight: bold;
   color: #FF0000;
}

<span class="a1">This is some a1 text</span>

 

[Brian W]

thanks rhodesa

Happen to be able to tell me why IE taking it but FF does??? besides FF's superiority. lol

[rhodesa]

my guess would be cus FF doesn't recognize the tagnames as valid XHTML, and IE doesn't check