css span help 1

[leegold2]

On my webpage in the style block I have:
.highlight2 {color: goldenrod;}
Then (if you can ignore all the PHP) I have the ink
...
<a href=search010.php?id='.$pg_id.'&Type_view=detail&Type_Submit='.$Type_Submit.'&key_word='.urlencode($highlight).'><span class="highlight2">more</span><a>';

But I only get the word "more" changed to the color not the underline link decoration - that's the default blue color.

How do I get the word and the underline set to the same color via the span method I'm using?

Let's say another ques. How could I get a box around "more"?

Sincere thanks for the help,
Lee

 

[philote]

Give the <a> tag the class 'highlight2' and get rid of the span.