- By default, there are two problems when you try to open html files on a Mac:1. When you double click it opens in Safari = annoying!2. Even if you right clic.
- How to open HTM files with CorelDRAW. Launch CorelDRAW. Choose File Open. Find the HTM file you wish to open. Select the File (s) Edit & Save Your File!
Create an HTML file. In the TextEdit app on your Mac, choose File New, then choose Format Make Plain Text. Enter the HTML code. Choose File Save, type a name followed by the extension.html (for example, enter index.html), then click Save. When prompted about the extension to use, click “Use.html.”.
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So I created an html page with TextEdit on my mac saving it at an HTML file, however when I click on it, to open it with safari, the all coding appears on my web page:
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <meta charset='utf-8'> <title> My page </title> </head> <body> <p> Lorem blabla </p> </body></html>
Normally i should be able to only see the title My page and Lorem blabla.
But it's not the case at all (you can check out what i see by copy pasting this: file:///Users/paulinefaure/Desktop/Index%20copy.html
What should I do?
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you need to convert your file on text edit, to simple instead of rich text. You do this by going to format, and looking for the simple text format, and select it. Then when you save the file, next to what ever name you use for it put .htmland de-selecting the option that says that it'll automatically be a txt file if nothing else is selected.
Then if you want to view it on you web page, go to your file and select open with, and select whatever browser you use. Then you can just edit your code at will and save it and refresh your page in order to view what it looks like.
Hi Pauline,
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Make sure you have closed all of your HTML tags. If you need help, you can use Markdown here to display your code and we can help review it. (Use the 3 backticks around your code to display it inline as code, as the Markdown Cheatsheet shows.)
We won't be able to see what you see with your link. That link indicates a file stored locally on your computer.
Hi Pauline,
TextEdit is a word processor and needs to be configured to work with text files.
I would recommend that you switch to a text editor like sublime text or do a search for 'mac text editor' for more options.
Hi Pauline,Unfortunately, I can't see your HTML file as it's local to your machine and not on a public web server. I noticed that you are using Text Edit on a Mac. I use this from time to time as well! My best and initial guess stems from this answer I came across on stack overflow. (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6758706/why-isnt-html-rendering-on-my-web-browser) It would be a good idea to make sure that you are producing your files in 'Plain Text'. To check this in Text Edit, click Text Edit in the top menu bar and then Preferences. Click the 'Plain Text' radio button and then create your file.
I hope this helps!Brenton
To correct some previous responses: You can open local HTML files in Safari and they should be interpreted and displayed correctly.
As some other users advised, I also would recommend you to use a text editor primarily developed for editing code.When using TextEdit there are two ways to write your markup properly:
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- Under TextEdit > Preferences: New Document: Format select the radio 'Plain Text'. Then create a new document.
- Simply create a new document regardless of your preferences. After that click Format > Convert to plain text (or simply hit
[cmd]+[shift]+[t]).
Write your code into the newly created file (plain text) and save it with the file extension '.html'.You can open this file in Safari or any other web browser properly.
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Actually, to see the website you will need to host it online because its saved locally on your mac. Can you post whats inside of your html file here to see exactly whats wrong? Also make sure you save your file as name_of_file.html
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