Php, mysql and stylesheets

[Anon]

I'm developing a content managing system for a site. That is not a problem. But I want the client to have full control of the specifications of the fonts, fontcolor, etc. by selecting a piece of text in a textarea and choose a specification from a dropdownmenu like: bold, green, 10px etc.
And the rest of the text in that textarea can have other specifications... So the client is actually designing the look of the text/bodytext. Can I do this with stylesheets and php and mysql?

TIA.
Mac

[Anon]

Use Javascript:

// CRTL-SHIFT-B
function boldThis(from) {
strSelection = document.selection.createRange().text
if (strSelection == "") {
document.commentform.comments.focus()
if (from == 2) document.commentform.comments.select()
strSelection = document.selection.createRange().text
document.selection.createRange().text = strSelection + "<b></b>"
}
else document.selection.createRange().text = "<b>" + strSelection + "</b>"
return;
}

set up some custom styles, etc. and create "button"-links like this:
<a href="javascript:boldThis();" target="_self" title="CTRL-@!#$-B">Bold</a>

In the above example, you have to name your form "commentform".

[Anon]

You could write all your variables to a configuration file and store it in the filesystem, then include it in each page.

Or you could store your configuration variables inside a DB and pull them out for each page.

Storing them as a file would certainly be much quicker.

[Anon]

Could you help me starting with this?
I am fairly new to working with php and mySql, and I love to find things out myself from hereon, but could you give me a headstart?

TIA
Mac