I put this is my code:
<font size="-1" class="textbg" class="bluetxt">
But only the class="textbg" is working...not the second class. Is this wrong?

You can't specify two classes, only one. So you'd have to remove one or combine the classes to make one class/id. But you can specify a class and an id for one thing(I think..)

1. kinda useless using a FONT tag in conjunction with CSS coding, but life goes on i guess.

2. try this...
class="textbg bluetxt"

Why is it useless?

This didn't work: class="textbg bluetxt"

Is there something else I can do so that I can get the background of my text to be black and the font color blue?

yes, add the background color to the other class :rolleyes:

that's where classes are for ;)
i think what pb&j means it's kinda useless because you are using a <font> tag. I would use a <div> or <span> myself.

Love,
Mirna

my apologies for calling useless. that is a personal opinion.

css is used for formatting, thus the FONT tag is old news, a thing of the past, put out to pasture...

if you are going to use css to format an area, it is best to use it with a SPAN or DIV area as Mirna pointed out.

to get your desired effect, it seems your only solution left would be to create a new class and have your wanted features in it.

Okay...I'm not familiar with how to do that with Span or DIV....
If I create a new class, can I have both features in it?

Yes, you can have as many attributes in a class as you want.
Using span or div is exactly like the font tag, only you replace the word font with whichever you're going to use

So what is the difference between Span and DIV?

And what exactly do I put in my CSS?
This is what I have now....

.textbg { background-color: #000000; }
.bluetxt { color: #0000FF; }



So is it <span="textbg" "bluetxt"> ?

Or do I have to separate them?
Thanks a lot for the help.

Combine your CSS
.newclass { background-color: #000000; color: #0000FF; }
You use a span like this
<span class="newclass">text</span>

Ah, I see. Thanks very much!

So what is the difference between Span and DIV?

div is more used for pieces of text, while span can be used for only one word or line. also a div creates a block around the text, while a span tag leaves the text as it is on the webpage.

Example if you use this sentence:

this sentence uses a div and a span

and you put a div around the word "div" then it will look like this:

this sentence uses a
div
and a span

while using a span tag it will just look like this:

this sentence uses a div and a span

it doesn't break up the text and still styles the text with the css you give it :)

Love,
Mirna