HyperText Markup Language is a language used to create pages on the Web. Web browsers interpret the language and display the page as instructed by the HTML. By viewing the page’s HTML or source code, you can see how elements on the page are handled as well as paths to the page’s images or audio features. For a small business, viewing the source code of a page that has an element you wish to incorporate on your own page or even viewing elements on your own page can be helpful in determining how the browser interprets the HTML.
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Open your browser and navigate to the page for which you wish to view the HTML
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Right-click on the page to open the right-click menu after the page finishes loading.
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Click the menu item that allows you to view the source. In Internet Explorere, the menu item is “View Source.” In Mozilla Firefox and Chrome, the menu item is “View Page Source.” In Opera, the menu item is “Source.”
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When the source page opens, you'll see the HTML code for the full page. Scan through it to locate code for specific features and objects on the page, as desired.
