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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Graham Crookston
Graham Crookston
1,766 Points
Posted by Graham Crookston
Graham Crookston
1,766 Points

Charset problem

added the charset as follows but I don't understand why it is not accepted

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

</html>

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Graham. Welcome to Treehouse.

You've almost got it. You are just missing the = sign between charset and the opening quote mark (no spaces).

<meta charset="utf-8">

Keep Coding! :)