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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Mac Farnsworth
Mac Farnsworth
3,688 Points

Meta tag Charset element

When attempting to place the meta tag charset element in this practice section of the HTML quiz for building a simple website I am putting <meta charset = "utf-8"> in the head section of the code and it is telling me that it is incorrect. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. AS far as I can tell it is the same as when we practiced it.

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

can you post the code you are using? you are going to have to format it using markdown. see the tips for asking questions video on the right side of the page if you dont know how to format it

1 Answer

Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points
Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points

Your code should look like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
</html>