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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Aimee Rosato
Aimee Rosato
431 Points
Posted by Aimee Rosato
Aimee Rosato
431 Points

I don't know what the hint means about the charset. I wrote <meta charset"utf-8"> What am I missing?

I don't know what the hint means about the charset. I wrote <meta charset"utf-8"> What am I missing?

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

2 Answers

Neil Docherty
Neil Docherty
10,418 Points
Neil Docherty
Neil Docherty
10,418 Points

You are missing the equal sign, = , after 'charset'.

Your code:

<meta charset"UTF-8">

Correction:

<meta charset="UTF-8">
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

There needs to be an equals sign ( = ) between charset and "utf8".