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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by AYUSHMAN PRIYADARSHAN
AYUSHMAN PRIYADARSHAN
430 Points

<meta> tag attribute

i have written

<meta charset = "utf-8">

to set the character set , but the interpreter is giving error like

"Remember to add a character set attribute for your meta tag".

please tell me what mistake i have done.

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

3 Answers

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Hmm that looks okay.. Maybe try removing the spaces. Semantic html has no spaces before of after the '=' (equals) sign.

<meta charset="UTF-8">
Saskia Lund
Saskia Lund
5,673 Points
Saskia Lund
Saskia Lund
5,673 Points

Hi!

You need to remove the space after charset and the equal sign as well as the space after the equal sign and "utf-8". Result should look like this:

<meta charset="utf-8">
Patrice Anoh
Patrice Anoh
8,577 Points
Patrice Anoh
Patrice Anoh
8,577 Points

I agree with Tom and Saskia, remove the space after the equal sign. <meta charset="utf-8">