The Inspiration of Others

One of the easiest ways to expand your (X)HTML fluency is by looking at how other page designers have created their pages. Luckily, (X)HTML code is easy to view and learn from. However, text content, graphics, sounds, video, style sheets, and other external files may be copyrighted. As a general rule, use other designers’ pages for inspiration for your (X)HTML, and then create your own content.

To view other designers’ (X)HTML code:

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Open a Web page with any browser.
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Choose View > Source (in some browsers, it’s View > Page Source) (Figure 2.27). The (X)HTML code will be displayed (Figure 2.29).
Figure 2.27. All browsers have a menu command that lets you view a page’s (X)HTML code. The name varies from Page Source ...

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