Should I use non-standard tags in a HTML page for highlighting words?
- by rcs20
I would like to know if it's a good practice or legal to use non-standard tags in an HTML page for certain custom purposes.
For example:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam
consequat, felis sit amet suscipit laoreet, nisi arcu accumsan arcu,
vel pulvinar odio magna suscipit mi.
I want to highlight "consectetur adipiscing elit" as important and "nisi arcu accumsan arcu" as highlighted.
So in the HTML I would put:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, <important>consectetur adipiscing
elit</important>. Nullam consequat, felis sit amet suscipit laoreet,
<highlighted>nisi arcu accumsan arcu</highlighted>, vel pulvinar odio
magna suscipit mi.
and in the CSS:
important {
background: red
color: white;
}
highlighted {
background: yellow;
color: black;
}
However, since these are not valid HTML tags, is this ok?
