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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Jinwoo Chung
Jinwoo Chung
2,611 Points
Posted by Jinwoo Chung
Jinwoo Chung
2,611 Points

I have "<meta charset = "utf-8">" within my header yet it's giving me errors to add in charset in the meta?

html

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

2 Answers

Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

This code passed (the entire quiz). I can only guess that it is a white space issue.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title></title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
    </header>
    <section>
    </section>
    <footer>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
Marc Busby
Marc Busby
35,550 Points
Marc Busby
Marc Busby
35,550 Points

Hi Jinwoo,

It's as Ted has mentioned, you have white space between charset and the = sign. Remove the white space and it should work fine.

Regards,