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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Taylor Acosta
Taylor Acosta
703 Points

how do i set the character set on the page

help

1 Answer

toddschneider
toddschneider
4,795 Points 
<meta charset="UTF-8">

Here you go Taylor hope this helps. You will want to past this in the head of your html doc.

here is a link to more info on charsets charset info

good luck =D

Kevin Lozandier
Kevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 Points

Correct. In addition to the charset, make sure to define the lang and dir attribute for your html tag to make it clearer the intended audience of the content inside your HTML file.