<html> Topic 3

View>Page Source

 

The best way to learn how to do good html is to see how others do it. When you visit a web page that you like, use the View > Page Source to see how the designer did the html

Use your cursor to go to "View" in the tool bar at the top of the browser page, and then select "Page Source" or "Source", depending on whether you are using Netscape or Explorer.

picture of tool bar to view source

(This graphic shows a Netscape browser toolbar with "View" selected and the "Page Source" highlighted. Selecting "Page Source" will direct the browser to display the html code in a new window.) With a pc mouse you can also right-click to get to the View Source option.

Many pages these days will begin with a lot of code to describe a java script. Even if the web author did not add any java script, some web hosts add java script. For this class, just ignore these codes that refer to "script" and focus on the tags that you recognize.

Some sites use framesets. If you are using Navigator you can right-click inside the frame and select "View Frame Source" to see the code for that frame.

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Readings
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<head>
<p>
<b>
<li>
<a href>
<img src>
Access
<table>
<frame>
<style>
<form>
<script>
<object>
validate

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