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Viewing Source

Every web browser lets you view the source code of the web pages you visit. Below you can find the directions to view that code with your broswer.

Viewing the source code of a web page is one of thos fundamental things that every webmaster who dares call him or herself a webmaster should be able to do. Every page on the Internet has some source code coupled with it. Without that code the page wouldn't be displaying on your browser. When you see something great on a website you are at sometimes you want to do that same thing on your site, too. A great first step in that learning process is to view their source code for hints, if not an outright cheat-sheet, for how to get that stuff on your site. The source will open up in a separate window and you can scroll through it to find the code you want. Then just do your best to reverse engineer it.



Viewing Source with Mozilla Firefox

On your browsers toolbar choose "View" and then go down to "Page Source". Alternately, you can use the keyboard shortcut CONTROL + U.



Viewing Source with Netscape

On your browser toolbar choose "View" and then go to down to "Page Source". Alternately, you can use the keyboard shortcut CONTROL + U.



Viewing Source with Opera

On your browser toolbar choose "View" and then go to down to "Source". Alternately, you can use the keyboard shortcut CONTROL + F3.



Viewing Source with Internet Explorer

On your browser toolbar choose "View" and then go to down to "Source". Alternately, you can use the keyboard shortcut CONTROL + F3.