I get a page with source code junk instead of published content

Q: I'm trying to test-publish a single article through Administration>Publishing>Publications. When I hit Preview, it looks all right, however, when I attempt to get the code and paste it where suggested I get a page with source code like this:

Any ideas?

A: When a web page is accessed, the server checks the extension to know how to handle the page. Generally speaking if it sees a .htm or .html file, it sends it right to the browser because it doesn't have anything to process on the server. If server sees a .php extension, it knows that it needs to execute the appropriate code before passing it along to the browser. There are two solutions for this problem:

1. Simply rename your .html or .htm page in order to set .php file name extension (e.g.: page.html -> page.php).
2. Modify the .htaccess file (or create it if there is no .htaccess file yet) in the folder with publication and tell it to execute PHP code in .html pages by adding following line:
   
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
   If you're going to use one publication page only, it is better to do it this way:
   
   <Files page.html>
   AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
   </Files>
   Do not forget to replace "page.html" with your web page name.