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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Ahmadia Hines
Ahmadia Hines
176 Points

how to set the character set for the page

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset- "utr-8"> 
  </head>
  <body>
    <hl> Ahmadia Hines </hl>
  </body>
</html>
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points

Updated your formatting. From the Markdown Cheatsheet:

Wrap your code with 3 backticks (```) on the line before and after. If you specify the language after the first set of backticks, that'll help us with syntax highlighting.

        ```html
        <p>This is code!</p>
        ```

2 Answers

Michael Fish
Michael Fish
7,804 Points
Michael Fish
Michael Fish
7,804 Points

Hey Ahmadia,

try this:

<meta charset="utf-8">
Ahmadia Hines
Ahmadia Hines
176 Points

thanks! LOL, I put "r" instead of "f".

Ahmadia Hines
Ahmadia Hines
176 Points

I just noticed that! lol, thank you