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Jason Weissman
Courses Plus Student 1,220 PointsThe simplest things are often the hardest
How does a text editor connect to the browser outside of this website?
I was doing a cupcake website example build in first track of html & css where we named the project index.html... I downloaded sublime text editor onto my computer and was able to follow along with my own build.... In the beginning I was able to refresh my browser in real time to see progress of work I was doing outside of this website.... now I cant for some reason.
How does the text editor connect to browser in real time? What or is there a best way and place to store things when building to make it easier to access? How do you or is there a way too rename what needs to be typed into url to see things
I feel like I need to get set up properly and understand the little things upfront before being able to fully grasp what I'm doing later on. If I cant make it work in real life then whats the point.
Please help! Thanks
4 Answers
Josef Coban
7,260 PointsHey Jason, As far as I know, unless you are using a text-editor with a live-preview, a text editor doesn't connect to the browser in real time. Using the text editor , you make an html (or css, javascript..etc) file, which you then save on your computer. After the file is saved you can use a browser of your choice to open the the file that you created and view it in the browser. When you make changes to the file with a text editor, you will then need to save the file, and refresh the browser for the updates to appear. . Also note that this does not mean that the page is published and can be accessed through an internet URL. You can use your browser to search for and find the file locally on your computer (or simply right-clicking on the file and selecting open-with( e.x. Chrome)), however it is not on the web.
Josef Coban
7,260 PointsWell I suppose you could use some sort of cloud storage to save the file to so that it can be retrieved from another computer, but that still doesn't exactly "publish" the site and you would have to access it the same way as if it was stored locally. To have your file accessible online as a web page you need to first have all the files you need, and upload them to a hosting server using an FTP client, which basically just takes the html files you want and uploads them to a hosting server (which you will have to choose and pay for depending on what hosting package you want) so that those files become published and accessible by anyone with an internet connection, using the URL that you get through the hosting company.
Jason Weissman
Courses Plus Student 1,220 PointsGotcha... Thank you
Josef Coban
7,260 PointsWelcome!
Jason Weissman
Courses Plus Student 1,220 PointsJason Weissman
Courses Plus Student 1,220 PointsGotcha, I just read and figured it out on w3 website as you responded. So what if you wanted too not have it saved directly on your computer though?.. or accessible on the internet instead?