# Document not showing up in browser

**URL:** <https://discourse.threejs.org/t/document-not-showing-up-in-browser/228>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** getting-started\
**Created:** [April 22, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/document-not-showing-up-in-browser/228 "2017-04-22T18:39:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Black\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr\_Black\_Cat](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/Mr_Black_Cat)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/document-not-showing-up-in-browser/228/1 "2017-04-22T18:39:07Z")

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Hi guys. Im new to three.js but I can’t even get it to load into a browser. I’ve downloaded the files, extracted them to desktop, created a simple html file and copy/pasted the example cube scene that [threejs.org](http://threejs.org) provides. Still nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![INF1N1T](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/inf1n1t/32/79_2.png) [@INF1N1T](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/INF1N1T)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/document-not-showing-up-in-browser/228/2 "2017-04-23T07:10:22Z")

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Hello Mr\_Black\_Cat,

- Can you let us know which config you are using: OS, browser and three.js versions?
- Also when you view the official examples @ [https://threejs.org/examples/](https://threejs.org/examples/), are they working for you?
- If you use Firefox, Chrome or IE, you can use the JS console from the “dev tools” (pressing F12) and let us know the error you are getting?

Thx.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Black\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr\_Black\_Cat](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/Mr_Black_Cat)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/document-not-showing-up-in-browser/228/3 "2017-04-23T12:06:30Z")

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Hi. I am using Windows 7, Google Chrome, and I just downloaded the complete  
download of the three.js. I can view the examples perfectly fine. Any help  
would be appreciated. I have a project in three.js due tonight!

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**Author:** ![INF1N1T](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/inf1n1t/32/79_2.png) [@INF1N1T](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/INF1N1T)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/document-not-showing-up-in-browser/228/4 "2017-04-23T12:17:55Z")

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Re Mr\_Black\_Cat,

> [@INF1N1T](#):
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> If you use Firefox, Chrome or IE, you can use the JS console from the “dev tools” (pressing F12) and let us know the error you are getting?

What info are you getting back from the console?

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Black\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr\_Black\_Cat](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/Mr_Black_Cat)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/document-not-showing-up-in-browser/228/5 "2017-04-23T12:34:37Z")

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Sorry, I don’t know exactly what you mean. I’m on a laptop and hitting FN +  
F12 and the console isnt appearing.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Black\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Mr\_Black\_Cat](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/Mr_Black_Cat)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/document-not-showing-up-in-browser/228/6 "2017-04-23T13:36:41Z")

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Ok. So I switched laptops(why doesn’t my console open up on the other?) and  
I’ve opened the console. "failed to load resource net::ERR\_FILE\_NOT\_FOUND"  
and an uncaught reference error stating that THREE isn’t defined. Obviously  
this means that it can’t find the file location, but why? I downloaded the  
three.js files and just extracted them to my desktop. Am I missing  
something?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![INF1N1T](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/inf1n1t/32/79_2.png) [@INF1N1T](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/INF1N1T)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/document-not-showing-up-in-browser/228/7 "2017-04-23T15:04:35Z")

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Re Mr\_Black\_Cat,

It seams that your issue is related to a “javascript configuration” and is not pertinent to THREE.js. You might need to go through the [https://www.w3schools.com/](https://www.w3schools.com/) examples to get you started. For your case scenario you can see how the src attribute is used with [https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att\_script\_src.asp](https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_script_src.asp). Can’t you ask a classmate to set you up?

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**Author:** ![FrankSilvaHM](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.threejs.org/franksilvahm/32/117_2.png) [@FrankSilvaHM](https://discourse.threejs.org/u/FrankSilvaHM)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.threejs.org/t/document-not-showing-up-in-browser/228/8 "2017-04-23T15:20:03Z")

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Are you running a local copy of Chrome?

[https://threejs.org/docs/index.html#manual/introduction/How-to-run-thing-locally](https://threejs.org/docs/index.html#manual/introduction/How-to-run-thing-locally)