not displaying HTML files

rianm7 · Feb 8, 2008

in Windows when i created an HTML file, saved it, i opened it and it displayed what i wanted it to. i was working with html on my Mac, saved the HTML file, and opened it in Safari. instead of displaying the Titles, tables, etc. i wrote, it displayed the ACTUAL HTML (<html></html>, that type) and not what the HTML coded for. does anyone know how i can get it to work?

goobimama · Feb 8, 2008

What app did you use to write that html? Cause if you have written html in rich text mode in textedit, it will show you the actual code (using special characters). Check the source and see (Safari > View > Source)

Neo · Feb 8, 2008

I think you have a tagging problem.
What did you use to write the code?

louishen · Feb 8, 2008

Is the document type declared at the head of the html file

otherwise its an open ended tag that is at fault

Neo · Feb 10, 2008

louishen said:
Is the document type declared at the head of the html file

otherwise its an open ended tag that is at fault

Yep, that's what I was thinking.

smithy1802 · Sep 15, 2011

if you have written html in rich text mode in textedit, it will show you the actual code

This was the issue i had, i set to plain text in preferences and this resolved the issue

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