How do I upload pages using a Mac?

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How do I upload pages using a Mac?

Iwrite

4:54 am on Sep 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

If I were to create web pages in a text editor - in my case 'Text Editor' how do I then get those pages to appear on the browser. There seems to be something I don't do -I can't see what it is. I save as html, but when I try to open the web page in the browser to view it, ( I use Safari or Internet Explorer), I can't seem to get it so that I get a page that does not simpy show the html..........

Every so often I have another try, but I have never succeeded - even with following the instructions provided by Appleworks etc.

I know I need a web host to actually get the pages onto the internet

Thanks

Iwrite

Civichunter

4:57 am on Sep 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

That is quite strange. All web browsers act more or less the same in terms of presenting mark-ups, whehter windows or Mac.
Try posting your code up maybe. Maybe a stupid mistake like, not including proper <html></html> tags?

Don_Hoagie

12:50 pm on Sep 23, 2005 (gmt 0)

You do not need a webhost to actually see the file in action on an internet browser... a good text/html editor should be able to show you a "web preview". Also, once you've saved the file as .html, you can open it with Safari or IE, just like a photoshop file opens in photoshop. The only difference (with not having a webhost) is that if you have images and such within your html, the browser will not know where to look for the files and you may get a case of the red X's. But you should definitely not be seeing a page in a browser that reads:

<html>
<head></head>
<body>stuff</body>
<html>

My guess is that you've made a totally acceptable newbie mistake of not including all the correct tags, i.e., you're missing the <html> tag... or you're using incorrect syntax. If you post what you've written in the text editor i'm sure we can help you out.

Edit- you can also try checking your technique by downloading a text editor that can create a blank HTML page for you... i think SubEthaEdit for Mac does that... you click on something like "new HTML page", and you get a page that is for the most part blank, except it includes a valid DTD and the basic html tags already typed into it.