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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Lucy Roberts
Lucy Roberts
333 Points

How do I set my character attribute for the meta tag?

<meta charset= utf-8> is not working as setting the character on my quiz. What am I doing wrong?

3 Answers

Umar A
Umar A
4,041 Points

You can set the character set like this:

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">  
</head>
Khaleel Hamid
Khaleel Hamid
5,258 Points
Khaleel Hamid
Khaleel Hamid
5,258 Points

It would be nice if you showed us what you did, but Umar should've answered your question.

William Herold
William Herold
772 Points
William Herold
William Herold
772 Points

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

why isn't this working???