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vjicha
post Jul 8 2008, 06:05 AM
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I am working through Ian Lloyd's book, Build Your Own Web Site the Right Way Using HTML & CSS. I've entered the markup for his Basic Web Page, but when I open it in Firefox, it shows as a TextEdit page instead of a Firefox website. Sorry - this is such a basic question, but I can't figure out what I have done wrong. mad.gif Can anyone offer some advice?
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Frederiek
post Jul 8 2008, 07:22 AM
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Have you uploaded the page you made? Can you post the URL (address) of that page? If not, at least show us the code you have for the page and how you named it.
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pandy
post Jul 8 2008, 08:52 AM
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If you were on Windows I would say you saved the document with a .txt extension isntead of .html. But I don't think that applies on a Mac. unsure.gif
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Darin McGrew
post Jul 8 2008, 12:27 PM
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Please see the FAQ entry Why does the browser show my plain HTML source?
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post Jul 8 2008, 03:15 PM
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QUOTE(pandy @ Jul 8 2008, 03:52 PM) *

If you were on Windows I would say you saved the document with a .txt extension isntead of .html. But I don't think that applies on a Mac. unsure.gif

Why wouldn't that apply on a Mac? I think it's even easier to write a file extension to whatever file. Although a Mac will effetively warn you before you can apply the new extension (through a confirmation dialog), if the file bits contain a specific file format, so you'd be sure what you're doing.
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post Jul 8 2008, 03:21 PM
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I didn't think Mac depended on extensions. wacko.gif
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post Jul 8 2008, 03:32 PM
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Nope, not as much as Windows, I guess. Extensions do tell a Mac too though what kind of file it is and with what app to open it by default. But that doesn't mean I can't open it with another app. Since I have installed DW (mistakenly thinking I needed it on something blink.gif ), all CSS files get the DW file icon and want to open in DW. Of course I batch change that to the app of my liking.
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post Jul 8 2008, 04:08 PM
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Sounds exactly as on Windows then. One illusion less. tongue.gif
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post Jul 9 2008, 01:58 AM
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Well, they are all still only computers that only know "0" and "1" bites. They *have* to get their info from somewhere. rolleyes.gif
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post Jul 9 2008, 10:33 AM
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But people keep telling my Mac is so different and I, like a fool, believe them. rolleyes.gif
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post Jul 10 2008, 02:40 AM
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Ha, ha!
Believe them in another way then: it's the user experience that makes the difference on a Mac. Windows nearly almost gives me headaches, even on my VM.

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They must be desperate rolleyes.gif
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