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Hi All,

Question about EE and Channel Fields…

Let’s say I have the following code (in HTML/CSS):

HTML

This is just some <span>dummy text</span>. There is absolutely <span>no meaning</span> to this text.  It is here so I do not have to use <span>Lorem Ipsum</span>.  (I can't read latin.)

CSS

.yes span {font-size: 150%; color: red}

Problem
I want the spans inside the paragraph.  The first method I can think of is to have the following settings in the Channel Field:

Option 1:
Default Text Formatting for This Field:  none
In Template:  {yes}

This works great for being able to add the paragraph class, but doesn’t allow for putting in the spans.  On the other hand, if I had the following settings:

Option 2:
Default Text Formatting for This Field:  none
In Template:  {yes}

I could type my spans in the input box for that channel field.  However, for the client, that’s asking them to add HTML and I’d like to avoid that if at all possible.

Suggestions?

If you want to highlight known words/phrases you could use a find/replace plugin to do this automatically, http://devot-ee.com/search/results/search&keywords=replace&channel=addons&addon_version_support=ee2/ has some ideas.

Otherwise it’s woth considering using a WYSIWYG addon so your client can format text more easily.

Thanks Rob.  I think I’ll take the WYSIWYG approach and add a button for those special spans.  Thanks for the idea.