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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Brandon Vaught
Brandon Vaught
12,343 Points
Posted by Brandon Vaught
Brandon Vaught
12,343 Points

Add character set attribute to meta tag element.

Wrote <meta charset = "utf -8"> and it says to add character set attribute to meta tag element?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset = "utf-8">
  </head>
  <body></body>
</html>
Larry Coonrod
Larry Coonrod
5,041 Points

Hi Brandon,

It's just a little syntax error slowing you down. There should not be any spaces on either side of the charset equal sign. <meta charset="UTF-8">

1 Answer

Larry Coonrod
Larry Coonrod
5,041 Points
Larry Coonrod
Larry Coonrod
5,041 Points

Hi Brandon,

It's just a little syntax error slowing you down. There should not be any spaces on either side of the charset equal sign. <meta charset="UTF-8">