Trying to see text file in browser with Mac

[Bill Shaw]

I am right at the start of tutorial. I used the basic Mac text editor. When I saved the first basic file as html my browsers see the code as well as the page. I would like to see just what the browser should see without the tags.

[falkencreative]

TextEdit defaults to a "rich text" mode, which may be giving you problems and showing your code, rather than showing an HTML page.

 

To fix it:

-- open up TextEdit

-- go the the Preferences

-- Make sure you are using the "plain text" option

 

I believe that should take care of your issue. You may need to copy/paste your old files into new, plain text files to get it to work. And make sure you are saving your files as .html, of course.

 

Also, take a look at Smultron or TextWrangler for the Mac -- both are free text editors that support things like code coloring and such. They're both a lot better/easier to work with than TextEdit (though you could do a website in TextEdit just fine.)

[Bill Shaw]

Thanks Benjamin, that did it. Great looking logo by the way.

[falkencreative]

Thanks Benjamin, that did it. Great looking logo by the way.

 

Glad to hear that it fixed your issue. And thanks!