crunched up html source?

[bash]

i downloaded a webpage and when i view the source, it is all crunched up with funny characters in between.

How can i restore the source into manageable and readable format without the funny characters??

Hope someone can help?

thanks

[PeOfEo]

what the **** do you mean? Give me a link. Their are scripts that will change the code so that it cannot be red and in asp.net their are just a bunch of numbers called view state but irregular characters? I have never seen it in an html document, this is html correct?

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[havik]

Web pages usually have references to code not on that page.
Example:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css">

- this links to a style sheet that has the definitions for how certain elements appear

So, when you download a page you may not be getting the entire code and that's the reason you may not be viewing it as it is on the web.

Havik

[Jona]

Most of the time when you download an HTML file from the Web without using the "File-Save As..." dialog, it "crunches" up the code and puts a square-like character where all of the spaces go. This is not a problem, and all code still works. But, if you're trying to get it to look "nice," you can try HTML Tidy Online (http://cgi.w3.org/cgi-bin/tidy). (Note: The file must be uploaded to the Internet, because it has no "HTML Tidy from local disk" form.)

[bash]

Thank you very much Jona.

[PeOfEo]

Originally posted by PeOfEo

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targeting someone, what????!? I didnt know it crunched the code when you save, but I tried to save a swf and that did not go well, bunch of those boxes where a character cant be displayed. You think that is the same thing? I dono I though my plugin should be able to read a swf.