How to apply style to partial text within a tag in xml file

Question

I have created a webpage using Dreamweaver CS4 Spry Regions. Everything is functioning as expecting, however now I need to apply a style to part of the text. Every occurance of the company name needs to be in italics - the problem is that the company name appears within different parts of the text within a set of tags.
http://www.certifiedangusbeef.com/private1/sales/facts/index.php
ie - <description> this is my company name which must appear in italics</description>
In this example, only "company name" needs to be italicized. We have created an XSL file that applies the italics properly when the XML file is viewed in the browser. But it does not have any effect on the final web page - as though spry is blocking the XSL or we've missed a step in linking all the files together.
Here's the XSL code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!-- DWXMLSource="facts.xml" --><!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet  [
<!ENTITY nbsp   "&#160;">
<!ENTITY copy   "&#169;">
<!ENTITY reg    "&#174;">
<!ENTITY trade  "&#8482;">
<!ENTITY mdash  "&#8212;">
<!ENTITY ldquo  "&#8220;">
<!ENTITY rdquo  "&#8221;">
<!ENTITY pound  "&#163;">
<!ENTITY yen    "&#165;">
<!ENTITY euro   "&#8364;">
]>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:template match="node()|@*">
        <xsl:copy>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="node()|@*"/>
        </xsl:copy>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="text()[ancestor::description]" name="replace">
        <xsl:param name="pString" select="."/>
        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="contains($pString,'Certified Angus Beef ®')">
                <xsl:value-of select="substring-before($pString,'Certified Angus Beef ®')"/>
                <i>Certified Angus Beef^&reg; </i>
                <xsl:call-template name="replace">
                    <xsl:with-param name="pString"
                    select="substring-after($pString,'Certified Angus Beef ®')"/>
                </xsl:call-template>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
                <xsl:value-of select="$pString"/>
            </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:template>
    <xsl:template match="text()[ancestor::item]" name="replace1">
        <xsl:param name="pString" select="."/>
        <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="contains($pString,'Certified Angus Beef ®')">
                <xsl:value-of select="substring-before($pString,'Certified Angus Beef ®')"/>
                <i>Certified Angus Beef^&reg; </i>
                <xsl:call-template name="replace">
                    <xsl:with-param name="pString"
                    select="substring-after($pString,'Certified Angus Beef ®')"/>
                </xsl:call-template>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
                <xsl:value-of select="$pString"/>
            </xsl:otherwise>
        </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Answer 1

An element attribute is set with the method
setAttribute(String name,
                         String value)or the
setAttributeNode(Attr newAttr)method.