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HTML How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Follow Along with Workspaces

arifbinyusuf
arifbinyusuf
901 Points
Posted by arifbinyusuf
arifbinyusuf
901 Points

My Workspace isn't working.

It is not allowing me to preview my code. It has another feature called the forked workspace just beside the preview workspace button. A feature I didn't see when Nick was using his workspace. Can some one help me get my workspace to preview my code?. it getting frustrating.

3 Answers

Mark Josephsen
Mark Josephsen
8,803 Points
Mark Josephsen
Mark Josephsen
8,803 Points

I wish I could help, but this sounds like a Treehouse technical support issue. You can go to http://teamtreehouse.com/support and click on "Contact Support" for excellent service.

Jerilyn P
Jerilyn P
8,788 Points
Jerilyn P
Jerilyn P
8,788 Points

I had the same problem and ended up downloading a textwriting program called Vim. Now I can use that to follow along the lessons and it works fine. Good luck!

arifbinyusuf
arifbinyusuf
901 Points
arifbinyusuf
arifbinyusuf
901 Points

Thx Jerilyn. But how do I view my codes functionality after typing it in vim. How will I know that it working. I don't see any preview button on vim like the one on treehouse workspace. Please help.

Gary Insley
Gary Insley
14,133 Points
Gary Insley
Gary Insley
14,133 Points

Hi arifbinyusuf

I would download Sublime Text 2 - Many of the teachers are actually using Sublime Text when demonstrating their lessons on Treehouse (It can be downloaded for free) And its great for working offline and on your own projects - can be used for everything from simple html to full blown ruby database programmes.

Create a file in your text editor and save it using the normal conventions i.e filename.html / index.html etc

Then to view a preview of your file - Simply open the files that you have created and edited using Vim or Sublime Text 2 up in your Web Browser.

This can normally be done using File Open - (Select file) or Dragging and dropping the file into your browser, or on Macs the default way to open your .hmtl file is to open it within a Web Browser, so double clicking the file will do this for you.

If you are looking to also build stylesheets etc - Just recreate the normal file structure (sub folder called CSS etc - exactly how they are in the demos) and link the Stylesheet into the .html file using a header tag as shown in the treehouse videos.