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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Jennifer McClure
Jennifer McClure
1,191 Points

Set the character set for the page.

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I feel like I have typed out the code exactly like how he showed it in the video, but it's telling me to "remember to add a character set attribute for my meta tag. Help?!

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

</html>
Luciano Bruzzoni
Luciano Bruzzoni
15,518 Points
Luciano Bruzzoni
Luciano Bruzzoni
15,518 Points

hey, you placed a + sign its supposed to be an = sign :)

Jennifer McClure
Jennifer McClure
1,191 Points

Yeah thanks! I feel silly now..can't believe I missed that!!

2 Answers

David Tonge
PLUS
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points
David Tonge
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 Points

You typed a "+" sign instead of a "=" sign.

Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
3,563 Points
Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez
3,563 Points

The correct answer is:

<meta charset="utf-8">