HTML: Viewing HTML-files
You can view an HTML-file that is under preparation by opening it in a
browser.
You can do this without having to move the file to
~/.www, change permissions, etc.
Moreover, most browsers will allow you do changes as well (on a WYSIWYG basis).
Be careful however to not edit the same file simultaneously in two editors!
The following steps apply to Netscape, but each browser should have similar
features.
- start your browser
- under the "File" menu click on "Open Page"
this will open an "Open Page" dialog box
- in this new box, click on "Choose File" (if you cannot
fill-in the file's location directly)
- once the file is found (in the "File Browser" window), click "OK"
this returns you to the "Open Page" window
- click on "Open in Navigator" (if you want to make changes to the file,
you can use instead "Open in Composer")
When you view files this way, the links should work even if you did not
gave them special permissions.
However new directories are opened as a listing, and you have to
click on the file that you meant to see (the file that the browser would
open by default is index.html, or Welcome.html).
BTW, WYSIWG =What You See Is What You Get.