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Posted by jordan tucker
jordan tucker
1,813 Points

Does it make a difference if you type <meta charset="utf-8"> before <title></title> Or vise verse?

I'm just curious to know for future coding.

3 Answers

Sue Johnson
Sue Johnson
16,648 Points
Sue Johnson
Sue Johnson
16,648 Points

The <meta charset="utf-8"> needs to come within the first 1024 bytes at the start of the file in order for it to work in all browsers, more info here: https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-html-encoding-declarations.en so it is best to put it before <title></title>.

egaratkaoroprat
egaratkaoroprat
16,630 Points
egaratkaoroprat
egaratkaoroprat
16,630 Points

Besides it could assume another character set for your title, if the declaration comes afterwards.

jordan tucker
jordan tucker
1,813 Points
jordan tucker
jordan tucker
1,813 Points

thanks guys, appreciate the responses.