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HTML Treehouse Club: HTML Publish a Story What Is HTML?

Posted by Ben Towers
Ben Towers
518 Points

How do I save/view changes?

I've made changes to the index page. But they don't display. I have tried clicking on the eye icon, which loads the previous webpage. I have tried launching straight to browser by following the click file, click download button, but it only gave me an option to save to my PC. I have tried downloading to my PC, which saves the file as a zip file. But when I launch the HTML index file, the browers tells me it can't find it. Does anyone know how to display the changes I've made?? Thanks

6 Answers

Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points
Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points

Have you tried using a different browser?

Ben Towers
Ben Towers
518 Points
Ben Towers
Ben Towers
518 Points

Hi Kris. Thanks. I did try that and it worked. I hadn't realised I had to use a particular browser. Or which one, but IE worked. Perseverence, eh!

Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points
Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points

Glad you figured it out. Firefox and Chrome should both work, but there's a lot of things that can cause browsers to behave oddly.

Mike Atkinson
Mike Atkinson
6,882 Points
Mike Atkinson
Mike Atkinson
6,882 Points

Hi Ben, Hope things are going smooth for you! While using workspaces, you can save your work (ctrl + s), and then hit the eye to preview.

Also if you make some change, you can just save again, switch to where the page is open and refresh that page. (f5 for windows, cmd + r for mac). This way you can preview things in a snap!

Also, if you do download the files, just unzip them, look for the *.html file, then you can open it with any web browser. It will work! Even if you write a *.html file with say, notepad, you can open it in the browser! Good luck, and happy coding!

Aleksander Z. Cehajic
Aleksander Z. Cehajic
3,111 Points
Aleksander Z. Cehajic
Aleksander Z. Cehajic
3,111 Points

Can you recomend some html editors that we can use localy on the computer? I am using win 10 64 bit.

ROLDAN DINGLASA
PLUS
ROLDAN DINGLASA
Courses Plus Student 7,371 Points
ROLDAN DINGLASA
ROLDAN DINGLASA
Courses Plus Student 7,371 Points

after you edit you work. click ctrl+s for windows or cmd+s for mac. Then, preview your work by clicking the "eye image" on the upper right corner of workspace, then if you see your work doesn't change just press the F5.=)