How do I steal HTML and CSS idea's using F12?

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Recently got a good handle on HTML and CSS and have seen a lot of things, also on the new Tek Syndicate forum) that I would like to able to implement in my projects. For instance the highlight/quote mechanism in the new Tek Syndicate forum.

On a few occasions I have tried to figure out how such functionalities worked, however some are harder to figure out and I have used F12 to view some of the code written. But sometimes what I am looking for does not seem to be there.

Is there a way to use F12 in Firefox more effectively? Is there a better for such things?

ABEHD \m/

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HTML and CSS basically give the page its layout and design. Things like the highligh/quote mechanism are done in javascript and PHP.

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Is there a way to view the code of the PHP and Javascript?

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The javascript yes but the php not so much. I'm not sure how well you know javascript but they have probably used some witchcraft with jquery and ajax. I haven't actually looked but thats what i normally use.

Chromes inspector is quite good, I can't stand using firebug...

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Try using firebug or firePHP, they are extensions for firefox.

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Thank you I will look into it!