Ketta33 Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Hello, I really need some help. I'm very interested in becoming a web designer and I found this wonderful helpful site. I will be going to college to in web designing and I wanted some experience in so I won't fail. Anyways, I'm having a hard time a simple task. For the life of my I can't open myCSSwebsite folder to look at the progress I made. Why? I did follow the instruction by naming the folder myCSSwebsite, also in that same folder is the CSS folder. Why can't I open it in a browser? Please help me Ketta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Do you have a .html file within your myCSSwebsite folder? That is what you will need to open -- you can't open the folder itself in your browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketta33 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Yes I have the practiceHTML.html file in that folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Then that's the file you'd need to view. Viewing it in your browser should be as easy as double clicking the file -- it should open in your browser. If you need to edit the code, right click on it, select "open with" and then select your text editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketta33 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I have tried that it just opens in the notepad. The name of file is text document. Does that have something to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Assuming you are using Windows... By default, Windows hides the file extension, so it's possible that the file that you think is called "practiceHTML.html" is actually "practiceHTML.html.txt". To check this: -- Open up the folder that includes practiceHTML.html in your file browser -- Go up to Tools > Folder Options -- Select the "view" tab -- Make sure the "hide file extensions for known file types" is unchecked -- Click "OK" to save any changes Let me know if that fixes it. If you do have that checkbox checked, make sure to uncheck it, and then check your "practiceHTML.html" file again. Make sure that the file extension is .html, not .html.txt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketta33 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 When I open up the file, I do not see the tools selection at all and I am using Windows 7. I know I'm not slow lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Ah. Windows 7 is slightly different -- whoever designed the file browser hid the file menu by default. Updated instructions: -- Open up the folder that includes practiceHTML.html in your file browser -- press the alt key on your keyboard -- the File menu bar should appear in the file browser window -- Go up to Tools > Folder Options -- Select the "view" tab -- Make sure the "hide file extensions for known file types" is unchecked -- Click "OK" to save any changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketta33 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Ah. Windows 7 is slightly different -- whoever designed the file browser hid the file menu by default. Updated instructions: -- Open up the folder that includes practiceHTML.html in your file browser -- press the alt key on your keyboard -- the File menu bar should appear in the file browser window -- Go up to Tools > Folder Options -- Select the "view" tab -- Make sure the "hide file extensions for known file types" is unchecked -- Click "OK" to save any changes That worked! Thanks! But I still could not open that file in a browser. It keeps opening up in Notepad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 And you've double check that the "hide file extensions for known file types" is unchecked? And the file itself ends in .html, not .html.txt? The only other thing I can think of is that perhaps your computer is set up to open .html files in Notepad for some reason. If so, either you can always right click on .html files, select "open with" and select your browser, or you can change the file associations like this: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/default-program-windows-7.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketta33 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 And you've double check that the "hide file extensions for known file types" is unchecked? And the file itself ends in .html, not .html.txt? The only other thing I can think of is that perhaps your computer is set up to open .html files in Notepad for some reason. If so, either you can always right click on .html files, select "open with" and select your browser, or you can change the file associations like this: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ht/default-program-windows-7.htm Yes I made sure to uncheck the "hide file extensions for known file types". Thanks for all you help and patience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketta33 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 When I went back into the file the .txt was at end so i changed and it worked!!! Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketta33 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Now may I ask you another question and then I got it? Now how do I back to edit the webpage now it's in HTML? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Glad to hear you got it working. To edit the file now that it ends in .html, right click on the file, select "open with" and then select your text editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketta33 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 When I do that my options are web browers only..sighs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Then after you've clicked "open with" select "choose default program" and find the text editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketta33 Posted April 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Ok I did it! Yay me and thanks so much! You have been a great help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Good. I know it can be frustrating if you run into issues right at the beginning just getting started, so hopefully it'll get easier from here on out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I did as instructed. I am using windows and after unchecking the checked box I saved and discorvered that my practice folder does indeed have the .html extension and not the html.txt The css file in question is named root.css.txt I will double check all of my file names as instructed. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 The css file in question is named root.css.txt That's your issue. According to your html, that fill needs to be named "ROOT.css". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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