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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Set the character set for the page.

What is the answer?

index.html
<!Doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset = "utf-8">
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
  </body>
</html>

I wrote it correct, but it show message of "Bummer! Remember to add a character set attribute for your meta tag."

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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STAFF
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

You're doing just fine! The problem here is that you've put in a little extra spacing (which I agree looks nicer) but it doesn't really understand now what you're trying to do. Take a look:

<meta charset="utf-8">

Happy coding! :sparkles: