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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Laura Yonkers
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Laura Yonkers
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 180 Points
Posted by Laura Yonkers
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Laura Yonkers
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 180 Points

How do I Set the character set for the page

I am doing a quiz the following is my code but I do not know how to set the character set for the page I thought it was <meta charset ="utf-8"> but I am not getting it right. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset ="utf-8"> <title>Laura Yonkers | Professional Engineer and Designer</title> </head> <body> <header> <h1>Laura Yonkers</h1> <h2>Professional Engineer and Designer</h2> </header> <section> <p> Gallery will go here.</p> </section> <footer> <p> ©2016 Laura Yonkers. </p> </footer> </body> </html>

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset ="utf-8">
    <title>Laura Yonkers | Professional Engineer and Designer</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <h1>Laura Yonkers</h1>
      <h2>Professional Engineer and Designer</h2>
      </header>
    <section>
      <p> Gallery will go here.</p>
        </section>
    <footer>
      <p>
      &copy;2016 Laura Yonkers.
      </p>
    </footer>
   </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You have an extra space before the equal sign. Try getting rid of that :)

Autumn Silvers
Autumn Silvers
2,995 Points
Autumn Silvers
Autumn Silvers
2,995 Points

Alex is correct

<meta charset="utf-8">