How-To: Find all HTML Comments on a Website
A quick guide to finding all the hidden HTML comments on a website.
Step 1: Enter your Root URL
Run Power Search and enter the URL of the website you want to work on. For this
example, we'll use 'www.inspyder.com'.
Step 2: Open the Query Library
Power Search has a number of pre-configured Queries stored in the Query Library.
Open the Query Library browser by clicking the blue "Query Library..." link in Power
Search.
Step 3: Select the HTML Comments Query
In the Query Library window, find the Query named "HTML Comments". Highlight this
query by clicking on it. Then click the "Select" button at the bottom right hand
corner of the Query Library window. This will preconfigure Power Search with all
the necessary settings. (The "Query" field should now contain "<!--#Comment#-->"
(without quotes) and the "Wildcard Match" Query Type should be selected.
Step 4: Click Go!
Click the Go button to start the crawl. Power Search will go through each page on
the site and capture any HTML comments on the website. You can stop the crawl at
any time by clicking the red "X" button. When the crawl is completed you can export
the results by clicking "Project | Export Results..." from the main menu.
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