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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Chrissy Smedegaard
Chrissy Smedegaard
357 Points
Posted by Chrissy Smedegaard
Chrissy Smedegaard
357 Points

Setting the character set on the page

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

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset=utf-8>
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Ryan Field
PLUS
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points
Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

You need to enclose any values for attributes in html tags with quotes, like this:

<meta charset="utf-8">
Chrissy Smedegaard
Chrissy Smedegaard
357 Points
Chrissy Smedegaard
Chrissy Smedegaard
357 Points

Thanks, I tried that but I will try again. I appreciate the help.