I have following CSS in my application 

2. .input_wrapper {
3. border: 1px solid #cecece;
4. display: block;
5. background: #fefefe url(layout/site/forms/input_text2.gif) repeat-x;
6. float: left;
7. padding: 2px 0px;
8. width: 150px;
9. margin: 0 8px 0 0;
10. line-height: normal;
11. }
13. .blank {
14. border: 0;
15. background: transparent;
16. }

Using above CSS like this

2. <div class="row">
3.        <label>Contact Person <span style="color:Red">*</span> :</label>
4.          <div class="inputs">
5.          <span class="input_wrapper large_input"><asp:TextBox runat="server" CssClass="text" ID="txContactPerson" Text='<%#Bind("contactPerson") %>'/></span>
6.                                 <span class="error"></span>
7.          </div>
8.      </div>
9.                           <div class="row">
10.       <label>Channel <span style="color:Red">*</span> :</label>
11.          <div class="inputs">
12.          <span class="input_wrapper blank">
13.                                   <asp:DropDownList ID="dpChannel" runat="server" selectedvalue='<%#Bind("channel") %>' AppendDataBoundItems="true" DataSourceID="ChannelDataSource" DataTextField="Data" DataValueField="Value">
14.                                     <asp:ListItem>-- Please Select --</asp:ListItem>
15.                                   </asp:DropDownList>
16.                                   <asp:ObjectDataSource ID="ChannelDataSource" runat="server" SelectMethod="GetDropDownByGroup" TypeName="_DropDownBLL">
17.                                     <SelectParameters>
18.                                       <asp:Parameter Name="Group" DefaultValue="DP_CHANNEL" />
19.                                     </SelectParameters>
20.                                   </asp:ObjectDataSource>
21.                                 </span>
22.          </div>
23.      </div>

But now my problem is that when I call validate function error display is inside the textbox and for dropdown it comes perfectly. But when I put following code in JQuery

2. errorPlacement: function (error, element) {            
3.               error.appendTo(element.parent().next());
4.           }

error display will come properly down to the textbox but my dropdown become red.  So in my above Jquery how I will deal with DropDown or how can I put error in <span class="error"></span> that I m putting after all element which I am going to validate.